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  • Windows Phone 7 is released by Microsoft

    Microsoft also made it easy to "like" a post from the People Hub in the OS, or quickly post a message to someone's Facebook wall directly.Microsoft as of late July described at least five makers for Windows Phone 7 : Asus, HTC, LG, Samsung and…
  • Google CEO Schmidt to close IFA trade show

    IFA runs September 3 - 8.Like the Mobile World Congress in February, it looks like IFA is going to be another good show for Google's Android platform. Google CEO Eric Schmidt will deliver the closing keynote at the Internationale Funkaustellung…
  • Google, Verizon make net neutrality proposal

    If managed services are allowed to cannibalize the best efforts Internet, whatever protections are agreed to for the latter become, for all intents and purposes, meaningless.The agreement is "much worse" than a business arrangement between the…
  • Microsoft refuses to name official Windows Phone 7 partners

    Microsoft also named those four at Mobile World Congress.All five of those manufacturers, and others, could well be the final companies that make WP7 phones, but one or more of those initially listed by Microsoft could drop out by the fall or be…
  • Opera Mini iPhone browser submitted to App Store

    I think it would be strange if Apple rejected it.Opera used a company blog to announce that it had officially submitted Opera Mini to the App Store today.The move fulfills a promise Opera made last month, when it previewed Opera Mini for the…
  • Freescale to build cheap tablet running Android and Linux

    If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream…

Latest Features

  • 5 red flags about the Google Net Neutrality plan

    The proposal has no legal standing whatsoever, and is basically a policy paper on network neutrality for consideration by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission. Citizen interest group Public Knowledge said the proposal "shouldn't form…
  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    From talking with members of Congress, they believe an EMP attack will happen. Mobile phones might still work, but the cell towers probably won't, rendering them useless. Google is goneNews flash: Visitors to Google.com were stunned when the world
  • Seven questions with Cisco CEO John Chambers

    We did it on architecture.If you were at the Mobile World Congress, you ask any service provider who is your most likely business partner? It's any device to any content wherever it is in the world over any combination of networks wired or wireless…
  • HTC's New Smartphones and Sense User Interface

    Here at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, I got some hands-on time with HTC's newest smartphones, the Desire, Legend, and HD Mini. Here at Mobile World Congress, I got some hands-on time with HTC's newest smartphones, the Desire, Legend…
  • Windows Phone 7 to integrate with Xbox Live

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft revealed the first major details for the first line of Windows 7-compatible phones, including games and Xbox Live compatibility. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft revealed the…
  • Meego and Windows Phone 7 challenge Apple and Google mobile dominance

    In separate announcements from Barcelona's Mobile World Congress 2010, three traditional powerhouses in computing and communications - Microsoft, Intel and Nokia - kick-started major revamps to their technology to adapt to a quick-changing…
 

Reviews

  • Samsung Wave and Bada OS: First look

    On the eve of Mobile World Congress, Samsung launched its first Bada OS phone, the Wave, in what can only be described as a splashy event. On the eve of Mobile World Congress, Samsung launched its first Bada OS phone, the Wave, in what can only be…
  • Acer M900 smartphone

    Global PC vendor Acer made its first move into the smartphones market at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month. The Acer M900 is a 3G touchscreen smartphone with built-in camera, computing and more, that runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 software.
  • Acer F900 smartphone

    Global PC vendor Acer made its first move into the smartphones market at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month and we had a chance to sit down and try out a few of the new devices in Taipei.The handsets are all courtesy of a company called…
  • Kingston memory card readers

    A few laptops now have built-in SDIO slots, but for most of us, it means remembering to carry a card-reader when travelling.So meeting Kingston Technology at an event alongside Mobile World Congress last month was interesting, because as well as…
 
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