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  • Freescale to build cheap tablet running Android and Linux

    It is a 7-inch tablet that comes in multiple colors, and can run three different operating systems: Android, Chromium OS, or Linux. Plus, it's got all the ports, inputs and connectors that geeks love and the iPad forgoes.It can't touch the form…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Tablet • Reality • Operating Systems • Mouse • Keyboard • Input

  • Opera launches Mini 5 browser for Google Android

    Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 web browser for Android-based smartphones, the company said.Just like the versions of the beta for other phones, Opera Mini 5 for Android beta compresses data by up to 90 percent before sending…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Smartphones • Opera • Mini • Browsing • Beta • Android

  • Google Android phones to ship with Microsoft Bing search

    Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China. Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Row • Loading • Engine • Delayed • Chinese • Android

  • Citrix XenApp 6 launches

    Citrix XenApp 6 launches Mikael Ricknäs Citrix upgrade lets users access applications on Android phones news Citrix Systems has launched version 6 of XenApp, its platform for centralised application delivery that features centralised management and…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • Smartphones • Macs • Department • Centralised • Administrators

  • Google updates Android developer kit

    OpenGL ES 2.0 added to package enabling developers to build performance critical parts of an app in native code Developers of the Google-backed Android mobile application platform have released revision 3 of Android NDK (Native Development Kit…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Sample • Library • Libraries • Kit • Enabling • Developer

  • Apple iPad to see competition from ARM

    He declined to name specific companies.Like many chip makers, Arm often gains an inside view of products its chips are being used in, sometimes when asked for additional engineering support and other times due to partnership programs.The company…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Tablet • Maker • Electronics • Cores • Arm • Android

Latest Features

  • Here comes Linux's iPad clones

    Some of them will be running Android. Apple's iPad is now available for preorder, but before pulling out your credit card keep in mind that there are going to be dozens of cheaper, feature-rich alternatives.
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Play • Entertainment • Dozens • Credit • Book • Amazon

  • 8 weird but cool Android apps

    You told your boss that you bought your Android smartphone so that you could track your business calls, be more effective when travelling for your company, have easy access to Gmail and keep your organisation's Twitter feed current.
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Star • Movie • Mention • Gps • Gmail • Background

  • The essential guide to BlackBerry

    While the Apple iPhone and Google Android may be battling each other for control of the consumer pocket, Research in Motion has the business buck sewn up. While the Apple iPhone and Google Android may be battling each other for control of the…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Pocket • Notebook • Motion • Modem • Employee • Blackberry

  • Google Android Gesture search: A fingers-on tour

    Google's released Gesture Search, an Android app that lets you search your phone by drawing letters. Android users, get ready to give your phone the finger. Gesture Search, available for devices running Android 2.0 or higher, works by identifying…
    05 March 2010

  • Why Google Android beats the Apple iPhone

    Android's openness, flexibility, and Java foundation make it the best choice for many developers and the businesses that depend on them Can Google Android phones compete with the Apple iPhone? Any Java developer familiar with Eclipse should be able…
    04 March 2010

  • Palm ponders survival

    Yes, but there's already so much competition from iPhone, Android and even Windows Phone 7 coming," Burden said. Smartphone industry pundits wonder whether Palm can survive another year, given Palm's guidance that its smartphone sales failed to…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Wonder • Verizon • Smartphones • Relationships • Carriers • Carrier

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How-Tos

  • How to break your bad tech habits

    Amazingly, LastPass is free, though you'll have to upgrade to the Pro version (at a mere $1 per month) if you want the companion Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm, and/or Windows Mobile apps.Bad Habit #4: Using the Mouse to Launch ProgramsOld…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Sync • Locked • Icons • Handy • Care • Calendar

  • How to get Google Buzz now

    I had no difficulty accessing Google Buzz through the iPod Touch's mobile Safari browser, but it didn't work quite so well for a handful of people using Android phones here at the office.Since most people don't have full Google Buzz…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Safari • Profile • Maps • Bar • App • Agent

  • How to manage smartphones on a business network

    Here's the thing, though: It's not enough to determine whether a feature is present in a device; you have to take a close look at how well it's implemented.For just about any smartphone you look at, whether the platform is the iPhone, Windows…
    21 January 2010
    Tags: Platforms • Implemented • Exchange • Smartphones • Matter • Guidance

  • How to secure the Apple iPhone

    Palm's Web site says its WebOS 1.1 supports Password Enabled, Alphanumeric Password, Password History, Maximum Failed Password Attempts, Maximum Password Length, Maximum Inactivity Lock, Minimum Device Complex Characters, and Password Recovery…
    25 September 2009
    Tags: Failed • Enabled • Windows Mobile • Configured • Trust • History

  • How to access server-hosted Windows applications anywhere

    After several minutes of download and installation, especially the first time you go through the process on a client PC, you'll be able to run remotely hosted applications.An iPhone version adds another way to work, with editions also being…
    26 August 2009
    Tags: Cloud • Licences • Saving • Citrix • Setup • Instances

Reviews

  • Samsung Wave and Bada OS: First look

    review,reviews Overall, Samsung really isn't bringing anything new to the table with Bada: Its features are really no different on what you'd find on the iPhone, webOS phones or Android phones. It is hard to predict how Bada will compete with the…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Wave • Samsung • Layer • Event • Congress • Android

  • Acer Liquid review

    The Acer Liquid is a contract-free touchscreen smartphone equipped with Google Android 1.6. Acer hobbled its first phones with the enduringly inept Windows Mobile operating system, now in its six-and-a-half incarnation, and even some fast and sexy…
    09 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Mobile • Volume • Smartphone • Buttons • Battery Life • Acer

  • Apple iPad review

    And unsurprisingly, it lacks haptic feedback (part of Android phones).You get no physical or visual feedback when you press a key and that's frustrating if you're trying to pound out a long email. The experience, oddly, is akin to typing on the…
    29 January 2010
    Tags: Press • Hands • Viewing • App • Optimised • Tablet

  • Motorola Milestone review

    It's trite to call any mobile an 'iPhone killer', but the Motorola Milestone is the phone that pushed the Google Android OS across the pond, making it look a credible alternative to Apple's iconic smartphone.Since then, Google has waded in with…
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Motorola • Camera • Keyboard • Recognition • Milestone • Android

  • Foursquare review

    As of December 2009, it has 170,000 members.Armed with apps for their iPhone, BlackBerry or Android smartphone and iPod touch users "check in" at venues to be awarded points and sometimes unlock special badges (some of which grant your powers over…
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Facebook • Check • Checking • London • Moment • Game

  • Palm Pre Plus review

    The hardware improvements and future software upgrades should boost its appeal - especially among the latest crop of Android phones. Even so, the subtle hardware tweaks make it an overall improvement from its predecessor the Palm Pre.
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Button • Battery Life • Games • App • Cover • Gaming

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