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  • Nokia, Motorola slash jobs

    Communications hardware manufacturers Nokia and Motorola have flagged potential and actual redundancies in the wake of disappointing profits.

  • LiMo gets Openwave browser and messaging

    Purple Labs, an increasingly prominent mobile Linux firm and a member of the LiMo Foundation, has bought the browser and messaging side of Openwave's business.

  • Mobile Linux standards rocked by merger

    The attempted standardisation of mobile Linux has been put on hold indefinitely, after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it was to merge with the Linux Mobile Foundation.

  • What does Nokia's Symbian move mean for Android?

    The next great operating systems wars are about to be fought, as traditional computing companies collide with teams representing the mobile phone industry.

  • 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.

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    How smart is the iPhone?

    Like most people with a pulse in their wrist and a love of tech in their hearts, I saw the Macworld keynote the other day. I know it's not going to win me any friends but does anyone else think Steve Jobs mightn't be so good on numbers?

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  • FAQ: Why you should care about Google Android

    The search specialist's open-source mobile platform has the telephony industry hot under the collar -- but what will it mean for the average business user?

  • Security showdown: iPhone vs Google Android

    Google's recent announcement of Android has sparked a debate over whether the mobile Linux platform will prove more secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone.

  • Is mobile Linux ready for the enterprise?

    Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing?

  • Mobile next battleground for Linux

    The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices.

  • Linux calling: Are mobile phones ready?

    The Open Source Development Labs, an industry consortium devoted to improving Linux, plans to launch an initiative Monday to bring the open-source operating system to mobile phones.

Reviews (1)

  • PC Expo: What's hot ... and not

    Handheld computers, Internet appliances and wireless connectivity... If you're looking for the next big thing, check out PC Expo's best-dressed list. Is your PDA hot, or not?

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