• Preview: Prada Phone by LG 3.0

  By Ross Catanzariti | 08 February, 2012 11:09

  The Prada Phone by LG 3.0 is the third smartphone LG has developed in collaboration with Italian fashion label Prada.

• Samsung: Galaxy S III won't be unveiled next month

  By Ross Catanzariti | 08 February, 2012 09:17

  Samsung has moved quickly to denounce rumours suggesting its upcoming Galaxy S III smartphone would be unveiled at a scheduled media event in France on March 22.

• Rumour: 7mm thick Galaxy S III to be unveiled next month?

  By Ross Catanzariti | 07 February, 2012 15:39

  Samsung's next flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, may be officially unveiled in March and will be just 7mm thick, according to the latest rumours.

• Samsung Galaxy S II vs. Samsung Galaxy Nexus

  By Ross Catanzariti | 06 February, 2012 14:52

  Samsung's Galaxy S II is one of the most popular Android phones on the market. But can it be topped by the new Galaxy Nexus? Let's find out!

• Review: Nokia Lumia 800

  By Ross Catanzariti | 31 January, 2012 15:28

  The Lumia 800 is Nokia's first smartphone to use Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and is a direct result of the company's decision to partner with Microsoft.

• 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.)

• 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.

• HTC ThunderBolt 4G smartphone: Hefty but fast

  By Dan Rosenbaum | 22 March, 2011 06:41

  Even by the new standards of cell phone advertising, the run-up to the HTC ThunderBolt -- Verizon's first 4G LTE smartphone -- was elaborate and expensive. Gatefold ads in mass-market magazines and high-profile TV spots on the Oscars, NASCAR and college basketball all proclaimed that there was a new 4G phone coming from Verizon, but not much else. Inquiries made of HTC and Verizon were met with official shrugs. The company spent many millions of dollars advertising a phone and didn't tell anyone when it would be on the shelves.

• Android vs. iOS vs. Windows Phone

  By Preston Gralla | 18 March, 2011 05:43

  The past year has been a remarkable one for smartphones, with the meteoric rise of Google's Android OS, the restart of Microsoft's mobile strategy with its much-ballyhooed release of Windows Phone 7 and the continuing success of Apple's iPhone, buoyed by its new availability to Verizon subscribers. Never has there been so much choice in the smartphone market. As a result, hype and overstatement have been the order of the day.

• Steps to secure your smartphone against data theft

  By Alex Wawro | 05 March, 2011 11:04

  You may already know the basics of Internet security and keeping your personal data private while browsing the Web: Use a firewall, don't open attachments you aren't expecting, and never follow links from strangers. But what about your smartphone? The ease with which security researcher Georgia Weidman was able to infect Android phones with her custom botnet during the 2011 ShmooCon security conference suggests that anyone concerned about the privacy of the personal data stored on their smartphone should think twice before downloading dubious or otherwise untrustworthy apps.

Whitepapers about mobile phones

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  Simplifying branch office security

  Securing your business network is more important than ever. Malware, botnets and other malicious programs threaten your network—at your central offices and your branch offices alike. Yet enforcing consistent network security throughout your enterprise can be challenging—especially for those of you with branch offices with few users and no IT expertise. This paper introduces a new standard—an innovative, unified, cost-effective solution for managing branch office security, with centralised reporting and a clear process for determining return on investment (ROI).

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  Security Threat Report 2012

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  Backup and Recovery as we Know it is Changing

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  Three business scenarios for cloud printing