News on Personal Information Devices

Mobile 'apps' a $17.5 bln market by 2012: study

2010-03-17T06:16:03Z

<div><p>A study released on Wednesday indicated that the market for mobile device software programs should rocket to 17.5 billion dollars (US) within three years.</p><p>Downloads of mobile applications to handsets will leap from slightly more than seven billion in 2009 to nearly 50 billion in 2012, according to the independent study commissioned by GetJar, the world's second largest app store.</p><p>"It...

Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct

2010-03-12T16:30:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Nokia revises its 2009 global market share estimate down to 34 pct; expects no change in 2010</div><div><p>Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year.</p><p>The revision was due to more accurate measuring methods, including of counterfeit products, ...

New Windows phones won't run current apps

2010-03-05T19:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">New Windows Phone 7 won't run current Windows Mobile applications</div><div><p>Microsoft Corp. has said its new software for smart phones, Windows Phone 7 series, is a "clean break" with the past. Now it's clear just how clean that break is: The new phones, expected late this year, won't run any applic...

PC sales to grow 20 percent in 2010: Gartner

2010-03-04T12:16:37Z

<div><p>Worldwide sales of personal computers are expected to grow nearly 20 percent this year over 2009, with laptops driving new sales, research group Gartner said on Thursday.</p><p>Gartner said it expected total PC sales of 366.1 million units in 2010, a 19.7 percent increase from the 305.8 million units shipped in 2009.</p><p>It said worldwide PC spending is forecast to reach 245 billion dollars this year, up 12.2 percent from 2009.</p><p>In D...

Cisco makes companies more smartphone friendly

2010-03-03T06:15:42Z

<div><p>Cisco has unveiled a way for businesses to feel comfortable about letting workers use whatever smartphones tickle their fancies.</p><p>While hip new mobile devices such as Apple iPhones or Google's Nexus One smartphones have proven popular with the public at large, businesses have been averse to such device...

Apple eager to field new iPad tablet computer: CFO

2010-02-23T18:15:47Z

<div><p>Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook on Tuesday touted the firm's role as a "mobile devices company" and said he is eager to get new iPad tablet computers to market.</p><p>Apple will sell the iPad online and at retail shops keen on customer assistance such as its own stores and popular US electronics chain ...

Adobe: Flash 10.1 for smart phones out my midyear

2010-02-22T09:26:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Adobe to show off Flash for smart phones _ but still no iPhone _ at Barcelona conference</div><div><p>Adobe says it is still on track to launch the latest version of its Flash Player for smart phones in the first half of the year.</p>&am...

Challengers gain in important phone software fight

2010-02-22T10:01:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Google and other challengers advance as smart phone software begins to overshadow hardware</div><div><p>As smart phones increasingly appear alike, with high-end models mostly taking their cues from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, more and more it's the software they run tha...

Motorola to split business into two in 2011

2010-02-22T09:59:09Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said it aims to split into two companies in the first quarter of 2011, one to focus on cellphones and television set-top boxes, and the other on enterprise networking.</p><p>Motorola said on Thursday that splitting into two independent and publicly traded companies would help i...

On the go: Mobile security

2010-02-22T11:05:33Z

<div id="subtitle">An explosion in smartphones, laptops, USB sticks and other portable devices has brought new security challenges, reports Greg Masters.</div><div><p>h1An explosion in smartphones, laptops, USB sticks and other portable devices has brought new security challenges, reports Greg Masters./h1 pThe rise of the smartphone has done more than bring convenience to the hundreds of millions of consumers who use them. It has forced a...

Why Invest in a Mobile Application Strategy For Your Business?

2010-02-22T13:04:16Z

Today, more people access the internet using mobile devices ( 1.05 bn. ) than by any other strategy, including by PCs ( one bln ). The web no longer is restricted to a personal PC and Web browser. Run on a mobile gadget, the Net has become an always-accessible entity with myriad life-enhancing features : the iTunes App Store; GPS; gaming; email; camera; contacts; photograph albums - your life, anytime, anywhere.<br><...

Samsung Omnia 2 Mobile Phone Reviewed

2010-02-22T13:23:45Z

The Samsung Omnia II runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and boasts of the latest Touch Wiz user interface (UI). The 3.7-inch big screen has a resolution of 480x800 pixels. The AMOLED screen gives the best picture quality seen so far in phones. The Omnia II is fully loaded with ARM11 scries processor running at a speed of 800MHz.<br><br>The processor is powerful enough to run Windows 6.5 which i...

The Ultimate Mobile Power House

2010-02-22T13:23:49Z

In the world of processing the heart of every computing device is its central processing unit (CPU).When a device is designed to run a single application, it doesn't need much of a processing power and speed. But devices like cellphones, which have to perform multiple tasks, need high processing powers and speeds. In fact, few of us would be aware of the fact that even entry-level phones have processors with speeds of a few megabytes.<br><br>Speed of the processor&...

LG bets on Android to boost phone sales 20 percent

2010-02-22T21:10:49Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, aims to increase handset sales by 20 percent this year and is pinning its hopes on Google's Android operating system to beef up its smartphone range.</p>&...

Gadget Show Hot Gadgets

2010-01-10T12:45:23Z

A Powermat charges a BlackBerry, right, and small handheld computer at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Mobile sales to fall 0.7 percent this year: Gartner

2010-02-23T15:43:18Z

<div><p>Worldwide sales of mobile devices are expected to decline by nearly 0.7 percent this year and pick up again next year with nine percent growth, Gartner research group said Tuesday.</p><p>Gartner's forecast of an 0.67 percent decline in sales in 2009 compared with 2008 was better than its September forecast of a 3.7 percent drop in sales this year.</p><p>The Nokia expects industry mobile device volumes to be up approximately 10 percent in 2010, compared to 2009," the Finnish company said at its capital markets day in

Gov't executives cite unstructured data as top concern

2010-02-24T03:24:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Seventy-nine percent of federal government IT executives surveyed recently said unstructured data increases the security risk within their organization.</div><div><p>More than cloud computing, mobile devices and Web 2.0 applications, unstructured data is the cyberthreat federal government IT executives are most worried about, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Motorola looking at selling unit that makes cable set-top boxes</div><div><p>Motorola Inc. is seeking to sell its largest division, which makes equipment for cable and wireless companies, according to a report Wednesday.</p><p>The Schaumburg, Ill., company is exploring a sale wo...

Motorola shopping its home & networks division? (MOT)

2010-02-24T06:40:24Z

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola(MOT) may be looking to sell its home and networks division. Advised by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, people say the ...