• iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

• Android, Samsung hold off Apple in US

  By AAP | 07 May, 2012 09:08

  Google's Android system has grabbed more than 50 per cent of the US smartphone market, while Samsung cemented its leadership as the top device maker, a survey showed.

• Smartphone wallets going mainstream: Poll

  By AAP | 19 April, 2012 08:49

  Using smartphones or tablets as digital "wallets" will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a new survey.

• Phone bill shock costing consumers $557m

  By AAP | 29 March, 2012 08:44

  'Bill shock' is hitting nearly half of Australian mobile phone users and is costing the country more than $557 million a year, a new study has found.

• Mobile phone money scam warning

  By AAP | 23 March, 2012 09:36

  Scammers are ripping-off bank accounts by gaining access to mobile phone numbers without their owner's knowledge, regulators warn.

• Root Google Android the easy way

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 15 September, 2010 23:15

  Google's Android operating system is riding a wave of popularity that has rapidly eclipsed Apple's iOS, and by the end of 2010 it's expected to overtake RIM's BlackBerry as the world's leading smartphone platform. However, despite the relative openness and flexibility of the OS, your Android phone still isn't as powerful and customizable as it could be. To unlock all of your phone's potential, you'll need to root it.

• Free BlackBerry apps: Nine Torch 9800 compatible downloads

  By Al Sacco | 01 November, 2010 15:20

  Check out the following slides for a list of nine valuable applications for the BlackBerry Torch 9800. Best of all: You’ll never have to open your wallet; all of these BlackBerry apps are free.

• 7 smartphone disasters that could happen to you

  By Shane O'Neill | 31 August, 2010 11:51

  Like all technology, smartphones can be hugely useful. However, some of the time they provide opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment. We tracked down seven of the most unfortunate mobile phone disaster tales we could find. The stories are fun to laugh at now, but most of them were anything but amusing when they actually occurred...

• 6 ways to type faster in Android

  By JR Raphael | 17 August, 2010 00:27

  Smartphones are meant to make our lives easier--or at least more connected to people we want to communicate with--so why does typing on them sometimes seem on a par with performing root canal surgery?

• Using e-mail message flags in BlackBerry OS 5.0

  By Al Sacco | 20 November, 2009 06:36

  BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) recently started shipping its brand new mobile operating system (OS), BlackBerry handheld OS 5.0. The new software packs a variety of cool new features and enhancements, including improved mail-folder management options; auto-correct and word-completion typing software; and a number of personal information management (PIM) feature-enhancements. (Note: Some of the new features require BlackBerry Enterprise Server BES 5.0.)

• Samsung's Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule

  By Ross Catanzariti | 23 February, 2012 13:14

  When will your Samsung smartphone get Google's latest Android update, 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich?

• LG's Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule

  By Ross Catanzariti | 16 February, 2012 12:23

  When will your LG smartphone get Google's latest Android update, 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich?

• Android's Ice Cream Sandwich update and why it takes so long

  By Ross Catanzariti | 13 February, 2012 11:44

  We explain how and why Android updates take so long to be released.

• HTC Velocity 4G speedtest

  By Ross Catanzariti | 24 January, 2012 15:40

  The HTC Velocity 4G promises data speeds of up to five times faster than its competitors, but is it really that fast? We put it to the test.

• A first look at the Nokia Lumia 800

  By Ross Catanzariti | 20 January, 2012 11:39

  Nokia's Lumia 800 represents somewhat of a new dawn for the struggling giant. It's the first phone to use the Windows Phone platform, following Nokia's decision early last year to partner with Microsoft for many of its future smartphones.

Whitepapers about mobile phones

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  Cloud printing in the enterprise: liberating the mobile print experience from cables, operating systems and physical boundaries

  In recent years mobile technology has proliferated throughout the enterprise. Today, virtually no one in the workforce is bound to a desk to work, check e-mail or communicate with co-workers and customers. At the same time, we’re seeing the rise of cloud technologies, loosely defined as online resources, often provided as a service, that manage the data and software that used to run solely on PCs. This merger of mobile and cloud technologies is on its way to becoming one of most significant enablers of business productivity and innovation seen in the past decade. Read more.

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  Mobile Security - Mapping an Ecosystem of Risk

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  Best Practices for Secure Enterprise Content Mobility

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  10 Mobile Security Requirements for the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Enterprise