Stories by John Cox

RIM CEO vows to wow with BlackBerry 10

In brief remarks to reporters, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins revealed little of RIM's specific plans for the future but confirmed his determination to rebuild RIM as a "mobile computing" powerhouse, going beyond smartphones and tablets.

RIM's demo of new BlackBerry impresses programmers, users

RIM today gave a brief demonstration of its new mobile OS on an early prototype handset. And both represent a dramatic break from RIM's traditional BlackBerry heritage.

In Pictures: 11 not entirely useless factoids about BlackBerry maker RIM

Trivial pursuits swirling around BlackBerry World 2012

RIM's future hangs on developer support for "new BlackBerry"

With its future up for grabs, Research in Motion at its annual BlackBerry World conference next week will focus on simplifying development for its soon-to-be-unveiled BlackBerry 10 operating system. HTML5 is one key technology in that strategy to cre...

Apple WWDC set for June 11-16: Will iPhone 5 or iOS 6.0 debut?

Apple has finally announced the dates for its Worldwide Developers Conference (Apple WWDC): June 11-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone conference center. Now the race is on for developers to buy tickets for the event, which last year sold out in under 12 ...

iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending April 20

The iOSsphere quivered with anxiety about rumored iPhone 5 delays due to chips and quivered with pleasure at the mere thought of the wondrous liquidmetal.

New software bares iOS, Android app performance problems

New software lets IT groups deconstruct mobile apps running live on iOS and Android devices and uncover bottlenecks, glitches, and a whole lot of other pain points for enterprise mobile users.

RFID "starter kit" is low-cost entry to asset management

Nowadays, you don't have to be a Wal-Mart or Johnson & Johnson to deploy RFID. A kind of "RFID starter kit" from Tego lets much smaller businesses exploit the latest generation of large-memory, programmable tags.

iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending March 9

The new iPad's great contribution to the iOSsphere is how it's already fueling new rumors about the iPhone 5.

The last iPad 3 rumour rollup

So we're done with the Apple iPad 3 (or iPad HD?) rumours, the anonymous sources, the Asian supply chain, the "evidence" that rests on other rumors, and all the rest.

iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending March 2

With the shadow of the Next iPad looming over all, the iOSsphere looks for new meaning in older rumors for iPhone 5.

Broadcom readies chips optimized for Android 4.0

Broadcom announced this week a set of 3G smartphone chips that have been designed specifically to exploit Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The new silicon especially focuses on improving Android graphics performance.

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 "Consumer Preview," downloads start

Microsoft Wednesday released its "Consumer Preview" of Windows 8, and before Windows President Steve Sinofsky finished his presentation to reporters at Mobile World Congress 2012, downloads had begun in 70 countries.

Speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi set for fast, wide rollout

BARCELONA, Spain -- Mobile carriers embracing Wi-Fi is one of the sub-themes of Mobile World Congress. And the particular flavor of Wi-Fi that's generating buzz here is 802.11ac, which promises to boost handset throughput to over 300Mbps.

'Incremental' iPhone 4S still promises to be big seller

Apple's new iPhone 4S, despite failing to win over many pundits, bloggers and early adopters, nevertheless seems destined to be as successful as the old iPhone.