News (5)

  • Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone 3G

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the second generation iPhone at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference and details some of the improvements over the original iPhone.

  • Your local corner store will pay for your GPS maps

    GPS users may soon have their digital maps paid for by local businesses, according to mapping heavyweight Navteq.

  • Gadgets: the electronic addiction

    Call me a Scrooge if you want, but I could never justify spending my hard earned dough on the latest PDA phone with in-built digital camera and 802.11 connectivity. I have no sympathy for the technology addicts that fork out megabucks for gadgets guaranteed to become obsolete overnight and that depreciate at the speed of light.

  • Warchalking marks the Wi-Fi 'hot spots'

    A new fad is taking the Internet community by storm: chalking runes on pavements and walls to indicate the presence of a wireless networking node.

  • PGP creator: Surveillance must be curbed

    Phil Zimmermann, the creator of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption tool, says that widespread surveillance is leading us into an Orwellian future.

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    In the future, your glasses will dob on you

    Tech companies love to produce flashy videos gazing into the future. If only all their dreams could come true

  • Photos: Star Wars iPhone running Vista, WiMax

    I can't wait for the new iPhone to come out mainly because I'm so dog-tired of listening to the never-ending screeds of rumour mongering nonsense speculating on what functionality the device will have that come out every single day. So I've decided to join in. I'm 100 per cent convinced the new iPhone will run Vista and have WiMax connectivity. In fact I'd bet my house on it.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The cons of convergence

    Convergence can be convenient, but do we really want our phones to do everything?

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • 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.

  • Mapping a revolution with 'mashups'

    Mashups involving digital maps are bridging the gap between the virtual and physical worlds, with uses ranging from local shopping and traffic reports to online dating and community organising.

  • Will there be a Beagle 3?

    LogicaCMG's head of business development, Space and Defence division, discusses Beagle 2 and the European rival to GPS.

  • Web services inside the firewall

    XML and Web services aren't just external e-commerce tools -- they can also revolutionise the way in which internal applications are stitched together, and the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin can attest to this.

  • PGP creator: Surveillance must be curbed

    Phil Zimmermann, the creator of the Pretty Good Privacy encryption tool, says that widespread surveillance is leading us into an Orwellian future.

Reviews (16)

  • PocketSurfer 2

    Want free Web surfing on an easy to use and speedy device? Then the PocketSurfer 2 is exactly not what you're looking for.

  • Samsung i560

    Seeing or using the i560 is hardly a pulse-racing experience. People looking for a solid phone with navigation will find what they are looking for in the i560. Fashionistas should look elsewhere.

  • Apple iPhone 3G (16GB)

    While parts of the iPhone 3G are superb, there are still some big features missing from this device. If you add up the extras the iPhone doesn't seem like a phone that everyone can afford.

  • Apple iPhone 3G (16GB)

    While parts of the iPhone 3G are superb, there are still some big features missing from this device. If you add up the extras the iPhone doesn't seem like a phone that everyone can afford.

  • LG KF700

    Tossing the KF700 into a mobile market obsessed with the iPhone could be a tough pitch for LG. HSDPA data speeds and multiple methods of input could be what's needed to turn a few heads away from the competition.

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