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Mobile OS wars: Apple, RIM surge; Symbian still dominant

Mobile OS wars: Apple, RIM surge; Symbian still dominantA slight difference of opinion perhaps?http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090504.htmlGo Nokia. Yehhh BabyyyyyyyNokia S60 phone owners,If you haven't done so, download:http://get.skyfire.comIt will make your day!Not really....The NPD Group is simply retarded, that's all it is. They neglected to count Nokia in their survey numbers... More than...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Research In Motion Ltd., Mobile OS, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., mobile, operating system, Symbian Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

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Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700It's been about a year since the original RIM BlackBerry Bold made its debut, and while it remains a very solid device, it's about time that a flashier, faster model took over the reigns. And that device would be the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700. Not only...

Tags: Handhelds, BlackBerry Bold 9700, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Bold, RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700, Research In Motion Ltd., T-Mobile, Bold 9700

Product reviews 2009-11-05

LiMo has a second phone

Web appsWeb apps, based on HTML5, SVG, WebGL, etc., really need to be given some priority in the industry. Otherwise, app developers will go crazy trying to develop & support local apps, for all of the different mobile OS platforms out there.RE: LiMo has a second phoneI adore Linux and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, phone, LiMo Foundation, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SSH, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Birthday Reminder Lite for iPhone 1.1.1 (Mobile)

Birthday Reminder Lite for iPhone delivers what is missing in the iPhone OS since its introduction: getting notified of upcoming birthdays. It features Facebook integration, gives a nice chronological list of all your contacts with their birthday, you can search through the list, quickly call, text, and mail in the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Birthday, Netwalk, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Birthday Reminder for iPhone 1.2.1 (Mobile)

Birthday Reminder for iPhone delivers what is missing in the iPhone OS since its introduction: getting notified of upcoming birthdays. Birthday Reminder for iPhone warns you of upcoming birthdays through email notifications. You can even configure how many days in advance you want to be notified so you still have...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Birthday, Netwalk, E-mail, Smart Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-03

ADmitMac 5.0 (Mac)

ADmitMac v3 allows Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, or Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger with the latest updates, to participate in and take advantage of all the directory services provided by Microsoft's Active Directory, NT, and Apple's Workgroup Manager. As a result, administrators can manage their domain...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Administrator, Network, Domain, ADmitMac 5.0, Apple Mac OS X, Kerberos, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Toshiba Satellite L455-S5975

We've said it before, and we'll say it again: especially in this economy, it's hard to hate a laptop that only costs $350. It's even harder to hate a Windows 7 laptop that costs that much. The Toshiba L455-S5975 is, by 50 dollars, the least expensive notebook computer in our...

Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Intel Celeron, Microsoft Windows 7, Toshiba Corp., laptop computer, processor, Toshiba Satellite

Product reviews 2009-11-02

Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, Palm

To Stay in Business,eventually they will turn to Android.The SAME WAY did HTC and MOTOROLA.and IT will not Take Long!RE: Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, PalmRIM forever!droid is cool, but read the comments on the original article.this guy is probably waaaay off.IT Analysts are kind of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Handhelds, droid, IT-Analysts, Motorola Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Palm Inc., phone, Pre, v60

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, Palm

An analyst confirms it: the market is bullish on Google's Android Mobile OS as a true competitor in the smartphone game but not so big on the stale RIM Blackberry or the ho-hum Palm WebOS. by Sam Diaz

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Palm Inc., Analyst, Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Wondershare Video Converter for Mac 1.9.2.1 (Mac)

Wondershare Video Converter for Mac is the almighty solution for converting video files to all sorts of video formats on Mac OS. This Mac video converter can convert different video formats for all popular mobile players including iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Youtube web,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Video, Wondershare Software, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Keeper Password & Data Vault 2.0 (Mac)

Where do you write down your secret passwords, PIN numbers, etc...? Notepad? PDF? Excel? That's not safe and you deserve a better solution! Keeper is the safest and most secure way to store all of your secret passwords, notes, website logins and other top secret personal information on your laptop...

Tags: AES, Apple Macintosh, Password, 128-bit, Callpod, Keeper, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-01

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

FoxTrot Professional Search 2.5.1 (Mac)

FoxTrot Professional Search is a powerful find-by-content solution that offers precision tools for finding the proverbial "needle in a haystack" directly within PDF, HTML, word processing, e-mail and rich-media content and metadata. The product has been especially well received in legal law firm and courts, media (newsrooms researchers, ad agencies...

Tags: Client-server, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Server, CTM Development, FoxTrot Professional Search, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Servers, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Qualcomm joins open source movement at head of parade

Get it straight...Qualcomm is covering their Android bases to keep their fingers in the pie. Don't lose sight of their goal for a minute. They never do...RE: Qualcomm joins open source movement at head of paradeAre you sure about that? Qualcomm is the maker of BREW which is one of...

Tags: Qualcomm Inc., open source, open source movement

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Facebook users targeted by Zeus banking Trojan

Is it safe to assumethat this threat can happen on any OS/Browser desktop or mobile?Yes but...various Stallman cultist and Job cultist will try to argue that either Linux or MacOSX are immune to this because of a so called superior BSD security model or something along this line.Windows only?The Trojan...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, trojan horse, phishing, Facebook, Linux, malware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-29