Mobility & Wireless

Visual tour: Windows Phone 7

Microsoft's Windows 7 Phones Series mobile OS blends stylish Zune interface with new features for socializing, sharing, and office productivity.

In pictures: LG's Mini (GD880) and GT540 mobile phones

In the middle of groundbreaking announcements from the likes of Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung, LG has so far been fairly quiet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The best of Mobile World Congress 2010

MWC is the premier global event for the mobile phone industry. Here's the latest in mobile innovations, from Barcelona this week.

Hands-on with Sony Ericsson's first Android phone: the XPERIA X10

Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X10 smartphone, the company's first handset to run Google's Android operating system, was announced well before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. However, for many people MWC was the first chance to get some one on one time with the phone.

In pictures: Samsung's Wave mobile phone at MWC

Samsung's GT-S8500 Wave at Mobile World Congress

Free BlackBerry Apps: Your Smartphone's 10 New Best Friends

True BlackBerry lovers, or "CrackBerry" addicts, if you will, can never have too many BlackBerry apps

Android apps for business users, at a glance

Even though the market for Android apps is still emerging, there are a number of good programs for business users.

Apple's iPad vs. e-readers

Apple's iPad is a multi-function device that focuses on multimedia and some productivity apps, but also functions as an e-reader with a new iBook store of EPub format books.

Android apps for developers and IT pros, at a glance

These eight apps allow you to open a shell, run a shell script, tap the Linux command line, or otherwise put your Android-based smartphone to productive use. Most are available in free editions, and none will set you back more than a few dollars.

Apple iPad: A hands-on tour in Pictures

Though the Apple iPad's interface may look familiar (see our hands-on impressions for more on the iPad), the hardware is clearly bigger than its iPhone/iPod Touch siblings.