More Smartphones News

12 September 2008
News: Analysts: Mobile social networking next big thing

Mobile social networking and the way mobile phones are used looks set to become an important tool in the workplace, say industry analysts.
News: RIM continues push into consumer space

RIM this week made a number of announcements of consumer services for BlackBerry devices, including partnerships with MySpace and Tivo. Research In Motion is typically considered an enterprise device developer, but it continues to push its consumer strategy.
11 September 2008
News: Smartphones to get single Linux OS

Even while new mobile operating systems continue to hit the market, experts speaking during the CTIA conference in San Francisco are anticipating a consolidation of the software.
News: LogMeIn shows remote access smartphone tool

LogMeIn has demonstrated management software that could help IT administrators better understand problems smartphone users are trying to describe and more easily show them how to correct the issue.
News: Apple's App Store delivers 100m downloads

Apple's App Store has delivered more than 100 million applications since it first went online in July.
News: Yahoo adds oneConnect for iPhone & iPod Touch

Yahoo has launched a new tool for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to integrate mobile messaging and bring together contacts from a variety of social networks. Yahoo's oneConnect is available now for free through the Apple AppStore.
News: Sony Ericsson X1 to hit UK on September 30

Sony Ericsson is to launch a new Windows Mobile handset - the Xperia X1 - featuring a distinctive touchscreen design in the UK on September 30.
10 September 2008
News: New LG handset slashes power consumption

LG Electronics has launched a mobile phone that reduces battery power consumption by 29 percent through ALC (auto luminance control) technology.
News: RIM launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220

Research In Motion (RIM) diversified its BlackBerry line by introducing a 'flip' or clamshell model. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will be available later this year through operator T-Mobile, although RIM didn't say at what price.
News: Nokia boosts Exchange support to tackle BlackBerry

Nokia is making it easier for business workers to get their Exchange email on its smartphones, pushing an alternative to Research In Motion's ubiquitous BlackBerry technology.
News: Opera to develop web browser for Nvidia Tegra

Web browser developer Opera will develop a version of Opera 9.5 that is optimised for Nvidia's upcoming Tegra processor line.
News: Thinner iPod touch & new iPhone software launched

Apple has upgraded the iPod touch and its iPod touch/iPhone software at the highly anticipated 'Let's Rock' product launch in San Francisco.
09 September 2008
News: Vodafone lets Facebook users send text messages

Vodafone has hooked up with Facebook to allow its customers to send SMS messages to their friends from the social networking site.
News: Coming today: Cheap iPod touch or iTunes Unlimited?

Apple is expected to refresh its iPod line today, and although the company has been characteristically silent on precise details of what will be announced at its annual September product launch, the big money is on a slimmer iPod nano and a cheaper iPod touch.
08 September 2008
News: BBC iPlayer coming to Nokia N96 smartphone

The BBC's iPlayer service will be available on smartphones for the first time next month, following a deal between the BBC and Nokia.
News: Nokia handsets now sync to Ovi service

Nokia is expanding the capabilities of its online content-sharing site, Ovi, as it steps up competition with other providers of services that link mobile phones to online services.
04 September 2008
News: Tesco launches TalkWiFi service

Tesco has today launched a new Wi-Fi service for mobile phone users that allows customers to make free phone calls regardless of which country they are calling to or from. Tesco TalkWiFi is available as a downloadable app for Nokia phones and enables customers to make free calls from a Wi-Fi hotspot to recipients who are also within reach of a wireless network.
News: O2: 89% of Brits happy to pay via mobile phone

Nearly 90 percent of Brits would be happy to use a payment system on their mobile phone, says O2.
News: Sergey Brin: Google Android to include Chrome

Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, said he expects the new Google Chrome web browser to eventually become part of the Android wireless phone platform, which is under separate development by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.
02 September 2008
News: PocketSurfer 3 coming next month

PocketSurfer 2 supplier Datawind looks set to launch the third generation of the portable internet access device at the end of September.