Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge …
Windows Mobile gets more ‘finger-friendly’
Acknowledging the iPhone's influence on smartphone design, Microsoft Corp. last week unveiled an upgrade of its Windows Mobile operating system …
Open-source toolkit aimed at telcos
Although the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) has become the default architecture for telcos to deliver services such as SMS, voicemail …
BlackBerry Curve 8900 hits the hotspot with VoIP
RIM has developed a knack for pulling customers into new BlackBerry devices. That's no mean feat. BlackBerry is the most …
Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system
Microsoft Corp. unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system today on what are being called “Windows phones” that focus on …
Lenovo Constant Connect serves as an e-mail go-between
Business travelers will be able to use their BlackBerry smartphones to automatically forward e-mail to their ThinkPad notebook PCs with …
Wi-Fi vs. prepaid 3G data dongles
There are some attractive emerging options for getting international mobile voice services with predictable, flat-fee pricing models, as discussed last …
Contracting economy forces new cellular priorities
The only reason an enterprise IT professional would go to this year's Mobile World Congress is to track down a …
Cisco: Mobile data traffic to grow 66-fold by 2013
Cisco predicts that the biggest driver for the traffic increase will come from video traffic, which will account for roughly …
BlackBerry bug threatens Windows users
Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, yesterday warned users of a critical bug that can expose …
‘Mobile data traffic to grow 66-fold by 2013’
A report published by Cisco says that mobile Web traffic volume will double every year between now and 2013, when …
BlackBerry enterprise server zooms in on IT management tools
Research In Motion Ltd. officials offered a broad-brush preview of Argon, the code name for RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, …
The incredible shrinking operating system
From the software concept called JeOS (pronounced “juice”), the Just Enough OS, to hardware concepts like Celio RedFly, an 8-inch …
BlackBerry still targeting businesses
While competitors like the Apple iPhone and the budding Google Android platform have garnered a lot of attention lately, Research …
Motorola to rely on Android to revive phone sales
Motorola said its mobile phone revenues fell by 51% in the fourth quarter of 2008, and said it plans to …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …
Polycom CEO sees videconferencing on handhelds
According to industry experts, videoconferencing wireless handhelds could be widely available soon, and the technology could become more popular than …
How carriers will weather the recession
Although Verizon and AT&T have continued to post solid earnings over the past year, they are unlikely to emerge from …
Smart steps for corporate mobile devices
If you've ever let a stranger borrow your corporate smartphone, you may have just given him a gift of your …
Is Apple opening iPhone to new browsers?
Apple may be loosening restrictions that have so far blocked Web browsers save its own Safari from the iPhone, according …