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Handheld computers have simplified many activities. Individuals can surf the Web, text message their friends, buy a new pair of pants and, increasingly, try to hit the jackpot in the lottery. Juniper Research expects the worldwide mobile gambling market to grow from $1.35 billion in 2006 to $16.6 bi...
Just in time for the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, McAfee has released new research that points to a recent increase in mobile malware attacks. Additionally, nearly half of the operators who have been the recipients of mobile malware experienced an attack within the last three months, acc...
Hewlett-Packard is taking a new approach to smartphones with the launch of a slim new handset with 3G Internet connectivity, moving away from the clunky styling of its previous series of powerful PDA phones. The iPaq 500 smartphone, unveiled this week at the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, wi...
Against the backdrop of the 3GSM World Congress wireless trade show in Barcelona, Spain, Research In Motion on Monday unveiled the latest in its BlackBerry line of e-mail phone devices. The BlackBerry 8800 smartphone is the slimmest BlackBerry yet, and comes equipped with a variety of consumer-style...
Microsoft unveiled three new Windows Live services in conjunction with the official launch of the latest version of its operating system for smartphones, in an effort to cut deeper inroads into the mobile device market. Although details of Windows Mobile 6 were leaked to the press last week, the OS ...
2006 was a pivotal year for the smartphone industry, with significant developments in areas both technological and in terms of industry practices and operation. As handset manufacturers continued to accessorize the smartphone and churned out a seemingly limitless variety of models and styles, substa...
Korean electronics maker Samsung has unveiled a new mobile phone with sleek features and functions that are similar to Apple's recently announced iPhone. The company delivered the new Ultra Smart F700 at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The handset, which even looks a lot like the iPhone...
Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, says it will begin offering free maps and routing to its customers in more than 150 countries, as well as users of Window Mobile devices. Nokia's "smart2go" will allow users to focus localized search and route-finding services into mobile handsets for free. T...
Details about the forthcoming Windows Mobile 6, a platform that has been code-named "Crossbow," have been leaked days before Microsoft's planned formal release at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The operating system will begin shipping on mobile devices worldwide by the second quarter.
Vodafone has signed an exclusive partnership deal with social networking Web site MySpace, allowing its customers to access and update their MySpace pages from their mobile phones, according to the telecom giant. The deal is expected to help Vodafone, Europe's biggest mobile operator, boost mobile u...
With Apple grabbing all the headlines of late with its iPhone, it's difficult for other spiffy mobiles to garner any mindshare in the market. That's a shame because a recent offering by Samsung deserves some attention. The new cell phone -- Samsung's answer to Motorola's Razr -- is called the Sync (...
Sony Ericsson unveiled its slimmest Walkman phone ever on Tuesday. It's only 0.38 inches thick and has several new music features. The matchbook thin device, called the "W880," packs music features into its ultra-thin design with a handset preloaded with Walkman Player 2.0, Disc2Phone music managem...
Chip and PIN is a UK government-backed security measure that requires customers to present both a four-digit PIN and a bank card containing a smart chip in order to complete a purchase. Backers argued that the system offers a much higher level of security than previous schemes. Also, they claimed th...
As part of Safer Internet Day, which is being celebrated Tuesday in 40 countries around the world, a group of more than a dozen European mobile phone companies joined together in Brussels, Belgium, to sign an agreement to help make mobile phones safer for children. By signing the European Framework ...
Last November, the Librarian of Congress adopted half a dozen exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, among them one that might give cell phone phone users greater freedom to move between carriers with their mobile devices. That exemption allows users to legally unlock their cell phones,...
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