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    Optus last week acknowledged it had evaluated a platform that claims to use the processing power of "smart" phone handsets to deploy and run applications more effectively than browser-based alternatives.

  • Windows Mobile still faces issues: Microsoft

    Windows-powered smart phones may be making the transition from executive toy to business workforce tool, but a dearth of management tools, limited upgradeability and inadequate marketing efforts mean Microsoft and its partners still have their work cut out for them.

  • 2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes and no

    Smart phones have been one of the big subjects of 2003. But how close are we to the dream of a single device, great for voice, multimedia and various data apps, one equally at home in a high-powered meeting or down the pub?

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  • Mobility madness: Managing mobile devices

    Today's smart phones are less about ring tones and more about extending your corporate applications well and truly into the field. Say goodbye to the deskbound worker -- and hello to a potential data and security nightmare, warns David Braue.

  • Is 2008 the year of the BlackBerry-killer?

    In 2005, Canadian wireless company Research in Motion (RIM) came from relative obscurity to steal a global lead in e-mail equipped mobile devices with its BlackBerry. Could 2008 be the year that BlackBerry falls off its perch?

  • Managing your move into mobility

    With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.

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    O2's Xphone IIm should appeal to those who want a smarter than average phone, but against serious smartphone opposition it comes a very distinct second.

  • O2 Xphone II

    O2's latest smart phone, the Xphone II, sheds the bulk of its predecessor and gets decked out in a stylish case.

  • O2 Xda Zinc

    With a faster processor, the Xda Zinc has a slight performance edge over the Dopod 838 Pro but falls short by a slight margin in terms of aesthetics. Unless you're looking for a QWERTY handheld, there are more options out there.

  • O2 Xda Atom Exec

    An incremental upgrade to the Atom, the Atom Exec is an incredibly feature-rich, well-designed smartphone.

  • O2 Xda IIi

    The O2 Xda IIi isn't a revolutionary addition to O2's smart phone lines, but with a better processor and simple interface it's still a very appealing device.

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