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    With the coming of 3G networks and wireless data services, mobile phones aren't going to just function like PCs--they're going to be built like PCs.

  • Hutchison manager: Mobile devices to converge

    Hutchison applications partner manager Shane Williamson weighed in this morning with his predictions about the immediate future of the mobile phone market.

  • Linux paves way for cheaper smartphones

    Several leading mobile technology players have cooperated on a project to explore Linux's potential as the major software component in future smartphones.

  • Get armed for wireless

    Nobody knows exactly when the wireless Web will arrive in North America, or who will be responsible for taking it there. Start placing your bets now on foreign allies, emerging technology standards and platforms.

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • Palm leads way in smartphones' mass market attack

    Smartphones, or phones that enable Web access and e-mail, are heading for the mass market.

  • Is 2008 the year of the BlackBerry-killer?

    In 2005, Canadian wireless company Research in Motion (RIM) came from relative obscurity to steal a global lead in e-mail equipped mobile devices with its BlackBerry. Could 2008 be the year that BlackBerry falls off its perch?

  • 10 alternatives to the iPhone

    Not convinced Apple's iPhone is the 'must have' device it's been heralded as? We take a look at a few alternatives that provide some advantages over the iPhone in its current incarnation.

  • Gates sees big dollars in little devices

    Microsoft chairman claims mobile phone makers have to catch up to the power of his company's software.

  • Intel: Death to all wires

    Intel chief technology officer Pat Gelsinger says every computer-related wire, except the power cord, should be done away with. Additional reading: WiMax: The saviour of rural broadband?

Reviews (13)

  • Mobile Mania: 10 phones reviewed

    ZDNet Australia puts 10 of the best phones on the market today under the reviews microscope. Whatever your mobile needs are, we've got a phone to ponder for you, as well as a look at the first 3G phone on the Australian market.

  • Samsung Omnia

    Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.

  • Samsung BlackJack

    Samsung's BlackJack is a utilitarian PDA-phone which has some consumer-friendly features that aim to balance its workhorse disposition.

  • Telstra's unveils six Next G mobile phones

    Coinciding with Telstra's launch of Next G, an HSPDA-enabled 3G network in Australia that operates in the 850MHz space, is the release of six new mobile handsets

  • Samsung D600

    Samsung's D500 was voted the best mobile handset of 2005 by the GSM association. Can the upgraded D600 outdo it in 2006?

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