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  • It's crunch time for Palm

    Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.

  • Will iPhone discombobulate the mobile market?

    The launch of the iPhone is more highly anticipated than the Second Coming hopefully it will bring redemption from the ongoing scourge of terrible mobile phones.

  • Motorola to sell off its Symbian stake

    Motorola is planning to sell its 19 percent ownership stake in Symbian, the leading developer of operating systems for smart phones that use next-generation mobile networks.

  • Vodafone Australia to launch 3G in October

    Vodafone today announced its third-generation (3G) network would be commercially launched in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra this October with other capital cities to follow in 2006.

  • Putting mobiles on hold

    Mobile phone manufacturers are copping the blows of sluggish sales, evaporating profit margins and a nonexistent upgrade trend by consumers. As a result, consumers can expect to see fewer new products announced, shipments of planned smart phones delayed and rollouts of new networks postponed.

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  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    Has Nokia's Symbian romance cursed UIQ?

    You wait for some hot news on smartphone software -- well, I do -- and then several bits come along at once. This week has seen some seriously fascinating movements in the field -- but what does it all mean for your mobile?

  • 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.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    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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  • 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.

  • 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?

  • Photos: 10 tech flops -- with cool names

    Have you ever thought that some tech companies occasionally invest more brainpower in naming their products than in making them successful? You're not the only one who thinks so.

  • Is there life in Google's Android?

    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.

  • Enterprise OS wars: Symbian v Windows Mobile

    Symbian is the mobile world's dominant operating system, but can it walk the walk in the business world or will it always be the poor cousin to Windows Mobile in the enterprise? David Braue finds out.

Reviews (107)

  • It's crunch time for Palm

    Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.

  • Roam if you want to: around-the-world mobile phones

    If you're a globe-trotter, you'll need a world phone to keep in touch from almost anywhere.

  • The dazzling dozen: 12 mobiles tested

    We take a look at 12 of the latest and greatest mobiles, from high-tech 3G wonders to cheap and cheerful budget phones in our Australian review.

  • Sony Ericsson delays camera phone in Aust again

    Australia will not see the Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone until February 2003 after the struggling Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker delayed the roll-out date yet again.

  • Future bright for brainy phones?

    From downloading emails to surfing on the go, phone-PDA (personal digital assistant) hybrids have long promised users higher productivity in today's Web-connected world.

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