Christmas day this year brought an extra present for me, I was due a free upgrade on my phone from my mobile carrier. I’d spent a long time before weighing up the pros and cons of the various mobile operating systems and handsets but eventually needed to make a choice. That choice, as you can assume [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Windows Phone 7 WILL get Cut and Paste in early 2011
It was one of the biggest complaints about the iPhone for the best part of three years and looked set to also be a major gripe about Microsoft’s new smartphone OS, Windows Phone 7. Now though, Microsoft have come out to say that the OS WILL get Cut and Paste in an update early in [...]
- Author: Brian Welsh
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Have Smart Phone, Will Travel – But Be Careful!
One of the great things about living in this age of smart phones and wi-fi devices is that it makes getting connected to the internet pretty easy, no matter where you are. That includes when you are traveling in a different country. The information networks are functional in something like 85% of the world now [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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BBC News releases Smartphone Malware… deliberately
No, the BBC isn’t trying to subsidise its coffers by branching out into cyber-crime. As an experiment the British public-service broadcaster wants to know just how secure smartphones really are. The malware takes the form of a game that spies on the smartphone’s owner and was built using the standard software toolkits that are available [...]
Nokia Finally Releases N900, ‘Tis Exciting But A Bit Late
Nokia has finally released its Maemo5 based smartphone – the N900. Maemo is Nokia’s next generation mobile OS. It is a Linux-based platform that seeks to take on such juggernauts as the iPhone OS and the Android. The N900 has intrigued the tech community and people in general with its bevy of features ever since [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Ask The Readers: Mobile Device Recommendation
I want to buy a new mobile device and think that the best way to find one that suits my needs is to ask the readers here at Ghacks. If a device like this exists you will surely know about it recommend the best fit for my needs. I will start this article by describing [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Mobile Halo 3 Wallpapers and Ringtones
If you are a big Halo fan you surely would like to download four Halo 3 wallpapers and one Halo 3 ringtone for Windows Mobile devices directly from Microsoft. All Windows Mobile devices with touch screens (Pocket PCs) and without touch screen (Smartphones) are supported.