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Near field communication use growing outside smartphones

A growing number of smartphones have near field communication (NFC) capabilities to make mobile payments, but accessories and ultrabooks also now increasingly have the same technology.

By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 05:17

Tags: research in motion, mobility, mobile solutions, DIGITAL GEAR, consumer electronics

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) review: A nice price, but where's the 'wow'?

Android devices - both smartphones and tablets - are getting increasingly affordable. With its new Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) tablet, Samsung is obviously hoping to claim its piece of the budget-price pie.

By JR Raphael | 12 April, 2012 09:18

Tags: Emerging Technologies, hardware, hardware systems, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile OSes

Guide: The new rules for enterprise apps

An insurance company decided to roll out an application for its sales reps. The new app would give them a wider selection of products to offer customers when out in the field. Information on those products was stored in a legacy mainframe system, so the company created a Web interface that let reps query the database to get details on offerings.

By Minda Zetlin | 24 January, 2012 03:26

Tags: mobile, mobile applications

Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S: Smartphone comparison

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone to run the latest version of Google's Android platform, 4.0 or "Ice Cream Sandwich". Naturally, its going to be compared to the popular Apple iPhone 4S. So, how does it stack up?

By Ross Catanzariti | 01 December, 2011 15:03

Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Apple iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus, Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS, iOS 5, iPhone 4S, mobile phones, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, smartphones

What smartphones will be like in 2012

Since the advent of the first modern smartphone--arguably the original Apple iPhone in 2007--the power of these mobile computing devices that also happen to make phone calls has advanced by leaps and bounds.

By Jared Newman | 12 November, 2011 01:31

Tags: Android, Apple, apple iphone, batteries, Batteries / fuel cells, Components, consumer electronics, Google, htc, iPhone 4S, Micro Express, mobile, Mobile OSes, nvidia, Phones, qualcomm, samsung, Siri, smartphones, t-mobile, verimotorola, Windows Phone

Apple and Samsung: What's behind the patent fight

Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.

By Jonny Evans | 06 October, 2011 05:45

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, hardware systems, intellectual property, legal, patent, Samsung Electronics, smartphones, tablets

Guide: How to sync your PC, smartphone, and tablet

A few years ago businesspeople carried a laptop on the road, used a desktop PC in the office, and worked on another PC at home. Maybe they had a BlackBerry, too--but only if they were real big shots.

By Loyd Case | 29 September, 2011 23:55

Tags: applications, Cell Phones, cloud, cloud computing, consumer electronics, document management, file management, file transfers, internet, smartphones, software, tablet PC

Patent madness! A timeline of the Android patent wars

History may look at Android as the tech industry's Helen of Troy: The OS that launched a thousand suits.

By Brad Reed | 21 September, 2011 06:26

Tags: Android, Apple, consumer electronics, Google, Microsoft, networking, smartphones, software, wireless

REVIEWED: Motorola's Photon 4G - The best Android smartphone yet

There's new hope for Android aficionados who want IT to let them use their preferred mobile OS for work, thanks to Motorola Mobility's four business-oriented smartphones: the Photon 4G and Xpert for Sprint, Atrix 4G for AT&T Wireless, and Droid 3 for Verizon Wireless. Motorola has filled in several deficiencies of the Android operating system that keep many IT organizations from allowing its use. For example, the new Motorola devices add support for on-device encryption to Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" and support more Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) security policies, so they're now compliant with many organizations' security requirements.

By Galen Gruman | 01 September, 2011 20:04

Tags: Android, Computer Hardware, consumer electronics, mobile technology, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, smartphones, Verizon Wireless

A look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and TouchWIZ UX

Most Android tablets currently on the market appear to scream "me too", but Samsung appears to be trying to change these similarities with its upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1.

By Ross Catanzariti | 10 August, 2011 11:41

Tags: Android tablets, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, tablets, TouchWIZ UI

Six of the best free Android apps for geeks

There are a lot of things about Google's Android operating system that appeal to geeks. It's open source, it offers a lot of flexibility when it comes to customising your handset, and, despite not yet matching the iPhone when it comes to the number of apps available, the Android Market continues to grow.

By Rohan Pearce | 30 August, 2011 09:20

Tags: Google Android, mobile phones, smartphones

Apple iOS: Why it's the most secure OS, period

In June 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and the device quickly took off to become a major brand in the smartphone market. Yet when the iPhone shipped, security on the mobile operating system was nearly nonexistent. Missing from the initial iOS (then called iPhone OS) were many of the security features that modern-day desktop software has as a matter of course, such as data-execution protection (DEP) and address-space layout randomization (ASLR). Apple's cachet lured security researchers to test the platform, and in less than a month, a trio had released details on the first vulnerability: an exploitable flaw in the mobile Safari browser.

By Robert Lemos | 06 June, 2011 20:04

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, hardware systems, iOS, iPad, iPhone, laptops, mobile security, mobile technology, Phones, security, smartphones, tablet PCs, twitter

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play review

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is a gaming focused Android smartphone launching next week in Australia on Optus and Telstra.

By TechWorld staff | 03 June, 2011 10:07

Tags: Android, Google Android, Google Android phones, mobile phones, smartphones

5 features iOS needs, in order to sway me from Android

With Apple preparing to talk about the future of iOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the rumor mill churning, it's time for an old tradition: the iPhone feature wish list.

By Jared Newman | 30 March, 2011 07:54

Tags: Android, Apple, apple iphone, applications, consumer electronics, Google, iOS, mobile, Mobile operating systems, Phones, software, Telecommunication

HTC ThunderBolt 4G smartphone: Hefty but fast

Even by the new standards of cell phone advertising, the run-up to the HTC ThunderBolt -- Verizon's first 4G LTE smartphone -- was elaborate and expensive. Gatefold ads in mass-market magazines and high-profile TV spots on the Oscars, NASCAR and college basketball all proclaimed that there was a new 4G phone coming from Verizon, but not much else. Inquiries made of HTC and Verizon were met with official shrugs. The company spent many millions of dollars advertising a phone and didn't tell anyone when it would be on the shelves.

By Dan Rosenbaum | 22 March, 2011 06:41

Tags: consumer electronics, htc, mobile phones, Phones, smartphones, Verizon Wireless

Android vs. iOS vs. Windows Phone

The past year has been a remarkable one for smartphones, with the meteoric rise of Google's Android OS, the restart of Microsoft's mobile strategy with its much-ballyhooed release of Windows Phone 7 and the continuing success of Apple's iPhone, buoyed by its new availability to Verizon subscribers. Never has there been so much choice in the smartphone market. As a result, hype and overstatement have been the order of the day.

By Preston Gralla | 18 March, 2011 05:43

Tags: android phones, Apple, applications, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile operating systems, mobile phones, smartphones, software, Telecommunication, Windows Phone 7

Android Honeycomb: Powerful, but not perfect

Honeycomb is a whole different beast from the Android we've come to know. While previous versions of Google's mobile operating system were built for smartphones, Honeycomb -- also known as Android 3.0 -- is the first to be designed specifically for tablet-size devices. And seeing it in action, it certainly shows.

By JR Raphael | 05 March, 2011 06:26

Tags: Android, Android 3.0 Honeycomb, applications, Google, Google Android, Google Android 3.0, mobile, Mobile operating systems, software, tablets, Telecommunication

Steps to secure your smartphone against data theft

You may already know the basics of Internet security and keeping your personal data private while browsing the Web: Use a firewall, don't open attachments you aren't expecting, and never follow links from strangers. But what about your smartphone? The ease with which security researcher Georgia Weidman was able to infect Android phones with her custom botnet during the 2011 ShmooCon security conference suggests that anyone concerned about the privacy of the personal data stored on their smartphone should think twice before downloading dubious or otherwise untrustworthy apps.

By Alex Wawro | 05 March, 2011 11:04

Tags: mobile phones, mobile security, security, smartphones, wireless security

Six things I love about Google's Android 3.0

Android has always frustrated me. I've tracked Google's mobile operating system ever since its debut on the T-Mobile G1, and time and again I've seen new versions fall short of overhauling the interface into a clean, user-friendly experience that can compete with -- and push -- Apple's iOS.

By Melissa J. Perenson | 26 February, 2011 02:30

Tags: Android, Android tablets, Apple, consumer electronics, Google, Google Android, Motorola, Phones

Windows Phone 7: What Microsoft needs next

The last week has brought nothing but good news for Microsoft and Windows Phone 7. Between Nokia's hardware commitment, Angry Birds on the way and Microsoft's own announcement of a roadmap for vital features such as multitasking, Windows Phone 7 seems to be catching a second wind in 2011.

By Jared Newman | 17 February, 2011 05:01

Tags: Android, consumer electronics, iPhone, Microsoft, Nokia, Phones, smartphones, Verizon Wireless, Windows Phone 7

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