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    Australia has been ranked seventh in the world in a new report rating countries on how effectively they use technology, ahead of EU powerhouses such as Germany and France.

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    Nokia have announced that its upcoming handset, the 6212, will feature Near Field Communication technology, which will allows users to make connections with other NFC-enabled devices by 'tapping' the devices together.

  • Nokia enters the mobile open source battle

    Tuesday's big announcement, that several major mobile platforms Symbian, UIQ, Series 60 and MOAP are to be pooled into one open-sourced ber-platform, came out of the blue.

  • Photos: An overview of mobile open source

    Android is not the only open platform. Here's a quick guide to the mobile, open-source landscape.

  • iPhone sports aged look?

    Telstra chief operations officer Greg Winn believes Apple's iPhone isn't a big deal. Is he on the money?

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  • Lies, damned lies and telco stupidity

    Earlier this month, Telstra put out a press release trumpeting that it's come up with a new phone coaching service to help people who are "bamboozled" by their mobiles. Another excellent example of wrongheaded thinking from the mobile industry.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Internet killed the (digital) radio star

    During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Lazy and impatient? Telstra has the answer

    Near field communications -- or NFC -- may sound like another dull mobile acronym. However, the reality is a smooth system that will delight the lazy and impatient.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The cost of changing your tune

    We truly live in the lucky country, what with being able to easily change our mobile ringtone to the song from the VB ad. Others are not so fortunate.

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    Given the hype around anything with a single-letter prefix m-commerce, e-learning, iPhone last year's speculation over a Google "gPhone" sent the blogosphere into overdrive. The Android mobile phone platform that Google actually launched, however, took things in quite a different direction.

  • What does Nokia's Trolltech buy mean for Symbian?

    Symbian, Sony Ericsson and Motorola claim they are confident Nokia's acquisition of Trolltech will leave them unscathed, despite analyst suggestions to the contrary.

  • Nokia's big plans on the Qt

    With the acquisition of Trolltech, Nokia has made its largest bet yet on changing the course of the industry.

  • 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.

  • Nokia launches first phone-based VPN

    Nokia's 9210i communicator adds secure connections to mobile telephony for the first time, a must for many corporate users.

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    If you need an all-in-one communications, navigation and imaging device and don't mind charging it every night, Nokia's N95 raises the bar in the mobile world.

  • 'Unified Communications' announced by Microsoft

    This week, Bill Gates took the stage in San Francisco to announce Microsoft's new line of software aimed at unifying voicemail, e-mail and business meeting technology.

Reviews (73)

  • Ring ring:10 mobile phones tested

    Everybody is different, and everyone's needs from a mobile phone differ markedly. Check out our Australian reviews of 10 distinctly different phones.

  • Nokia E90 Communicator

    Nokia's E90 smartphone is the latest in the Communicator series, featuring HSDPA support, inbuilt GPS and Wi-Fi.

  • Nokia 9500 Communicator

    Want a phone that lets you take your office applications and Web browsing with you and a camera to boot? If you're not fashion conscious the Nokia 9500 might just be your answer. Read our Australian review.

  • Nokia's nod to Bluetooth

    News that software developers are starting to lose confidence in Bluetooth has done little to discourage Nokia from giving a nod to the struggling wireless protocol. The company has recently released a special edition of the Nokia 6210, called the Cyber Silver, and a connectivity pack that will allow it to communicate with Bluetooth devices.

  • Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

    Its excellent, sleek design doesn't cover for its sluggish performance.

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