An oil field worker in western Canada was shocked this month to be charged US$85,000 for surfing the Internet on his new mobile phone.
US mobile carrier T-Mobile is expected to announce the first phone based on Google's Android mobile operating system on 23 September, with the so-called 'Dream' phone from HTC to go on sale sometime in October.
A factory worker from County Durham has run up a 27,000 phone bill by using his mobile as a modem for his PC.
Researchers at England's Newcastle University have developed graphical passwords for mobile devices, and hope to expand the uses of the software.
The recent discovery of a large number of malicious mobile phone programs should raise concerns throughout the wireless industry, according to a virus tracker.
In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.
The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.
A "jailbreak" Web site created earlier this week is already attracting hordes of iPhone and iPod Touch users who want to free their devices from the digital shackles attached by Jobs and co.
Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handheld devices smells strongly of Sun's attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. But will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?
WiMax, the controversial long range wireless broadband technology, is set to spread across rural Australia from next year -- but despite the outgoing Howard government's ambitious project, both fixed and mobile variants of the technology are already being deployed around the world.
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In the 60 years since its invention, the transistor has shrunk from hulking origins to the point where more than six billion can fit in an area the size of a credit card. Follow the history of the transistor from its humble origins in Bell Labs to its possible quantum future.
Intel is developing standards for building inexpensive robots that eventually could automatically inspect industrial equipment or take aerial photographs.
Blogia is touted as more robust and full-featured than other "moblog" offerings.
The 'Swiss-army' 5140 sports a compass, torch, thermometer and is shock/water-resistant. Squeeze in a fitness coach and Nokia has a great phone for those with active lifestyles.
The C60 is a decent mid-range, tri-band mobile phone that supports a clip-on camera and has a colour screen. Read our Australian review.
For those people who hate the tangle of wires that comes with headsets, Sony Ericsson has released the Bluetooth Headset HBH-60. Read our Australian review.
The Siemens A55 is a budget-level mobile phone with a suprising array of features for its price point. Check out our Australian review.
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