Smartphones - Features

iPhone 3G vs. Storm: 8 reasons to pick the iPhone

Due in large part to the overwhelming success of Apple's iPhone smartphone, touch screen technology is winning more attention than ever before

Storm vs. iPhone 3G: 8 reasons to pick the Storm

You've read my reasons to choose the iPhone 3G over the BlackBerry Storm. Now check out the flip side.

3 Mobile's Facebook-friendly INQ1

3 Mobile last week announced that it will exclusively offer the INQ mobile phone in Australia.

The Nokia conundrum: N95, N95 8GB or N96?

Nokia's N-Series handsets were launched in Australia with much fanfare. These cream-of-the-crop smartphones boast a wealth of features, and are just as much about photography and multimedia as they are about voice communication.

Seven Lessons That SMBs Can Learn from Big IT

Just because you don't have a large enterprise doesn't mean you can't run your IT operation like the big guys. Here are seven ways to help your SMB--a small or medium-size business--implement some of the lessons big IT operations have learned over th...

How 10 Famous Technology Products Got Their Names

Coming up with a great technology product or service is only half the battle these days. Creating a name for said product that is at once cool but not too cool or exclusionary, marketable to both early adopters and a broader audience, and, of course,...

Five cutting-edge phone designs for 2009 and beyond

The (possible) phones of the future

Motorola to launch EM325 for $99

Motorola has announced it will launch its low-end EM325 in November, with a price tag of just $99.

Which smartphone OS works best?

Once only within reach for executives and the well-heeled, smart phones are now at the center of many road warriors' lives. But their popularity has led to a problem: With so many smart phones available now, it's hard to know which one is right for y...

T-Mobile G1: A tour of Google Android

Step through the following slides for the highlights.

Palm Treo Pro: A sweet Windows smartphone

The BlackBerry, iPhone, and T-Mobile G1 may be the kings of smartphone cool, but if you ask me, they all share one big shortcoming: They don't run Windows Mobile.

The "one iPhone per student" project

US university outfits first year class with iPhone, iPod Touch

Samsung scores a hat-trick in November

Samsung is set to shake up the Australian mobile phone market in November with the launch of three new handsets.

Google's iPhone killer

Now that we early reviewers are free to talk about the T-Mobile G1, you should expect to see G1 referred to as the "iPhone killer." G1 is a killer, all right, but imitating iPhone was the farthest thing from the minds of the Google and open source de...

The T-Mobile G1 'Google phone' is a tweaker's delight

At first glance, the T-Mobile G1 (US$179) doesn't seem to merit much attention. It looks like just another bland, HTC-manufactured phone. But use the G1--the first phone to run Google's Android operating system -- for 5 minutes, and you'll start to s...