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    Prime Minister John Howard today opened a new silicon chip design centre in Sydney that will focus on developing next-generation mobile phones.

  • Broadcom to buy maker of 3G chip for phones

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  • Upwardly mobile

    Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.

  • Riding the third wave: 3G mobile technology

    The imminent arrival of 3G telephony into Australia has many confused. ZDNet takes a look at the state of play of the local mobile telephony market in the lead-up to the promised 3G revolution.

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    Travellers will soon be able to order taxis via SMS, if a South Australian wireless communications company has its way.

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  • Upwardly mobile

    Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.

  • Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

    Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

  • IT departments: "We want wireless, we want wireless..."

    IT departments want their applications delivered over wireless and don't much care what kind of wireless technology is used.

  • Scaling up with mobile connectivity

    As your business grows, more and more of your network users are likely to want to connect remotely with a growing diversity of devices. The problem is how to make e-mail and other corporate resources accessible to those who need them while maintaining control and security.

  • SMB Series: Eye on Mobility

    The concept of mobile computing rings familiar in this day an age. The ability to access information on the go is a compelling weapon in the competitive business landscape. This guide is aimed at helping SMBs stay ahead of the game.

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  • HP iPAQ rw6800

    The BlackBerry for non-corporate users who require extensive multimedia capabilities, in addition to push-e-mail. (It's also a phone, portable audio/video player, camera, organiser, navigator and note-taking device.)

  • O2 Xda II

    O2's Xda II combines a tri-band GPRS/GSM phone with Bluetooth, a digital camera, 128MB of RAM and a SDIO slot into a sleek Pocket PC-based device. Read our Australian review.

  • First Look: Nokia 5140

    VoIP and GPRS technology enable the 5140 to act like a walkie-talkie, with the ability to automatically broadcast your voice to many handsets at once.

  • Mobile phone carrier technology chart

    Head spinning from all the cell phone acronyms and wireless tech jargon? Forget the Valium and chill out instead with our handy carrier technology chart. In seconds, you'll know what phones work with which networks and what it all means.

  • Upwardly mobile

    Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.

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