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VMware to bring virtualisation to mobile phones

Well-known virtualisation software provider VMware is set to break new ground with virtualisation coming to mobile phones through the new VMware Mobile Virtualisation Platform (MVP.)

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Vodafone plus PayPal equals mobile top-up on the move

Vodafone has added PayPal to the list of ways its prepaid mobile customers can top up their accounts.

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iPhone sales outstrip Windows Mobile handsets

Apple's iPhone has pulled ahead of Windows Mobile based devices in the smartphone market, according to a leading analyst firm. While the iPhone is also catching up with the BlackBerry,...

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Are seniors an “EasyTouch” for Telstra?

Telstra's eyeing up the senior market with a new 3G phone designed with older users in mind, although anyone that prefers 'just a phone' might see that with the EasyTouch...

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Do you want a naked woman with that?

Ever taken sexy snaps with your mobile phone camera? Ever left your mobile phone in McDonalds? One guy learns the hard way that the two do not mix.

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CommonTime releases mNotes for Symbian phones

Lotus Notes developer CommonTime has released its mNotes Lotus Notes mobile e-mail software for the Symbian platform, claiming to bring the best Lotus Notes mobile e-mail to Nokia E and Nokia N...

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Jailbreaking the Google Android G1 Phone

The T-Mobile G1 has been jailbroken, or at least root has been obtained in a few simple steps to provide full read and write system access to the device. It's...

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RIM to launch new BlackBerry App Store

Hot news coming out of the BlackBerry Developer Conference in Santa Clara, California: RIM plans to launch an all new, all singing and dancing, App Store for the CrackBerry......

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Obama 2.0 - the iPhone years

Barack Obama pretty much built his campaign to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States on the back of a clever Internet bankrolling campaign. Now, as the...

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Why can’t the iPhone see through walls?

Hands up anyone who was disappointed as a kid when those x-ray specs they spent their pocket money on turned out be a pile of useless crap which most certainly...

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Lotus brings Notes to iPhone with free iNotes ultralight

IBM has delivered on its promise of Lotus iNotes software for Apple's iPhone, so we iApologise for previous suggestions that there could be some iSlippage.

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Judge dismisses Apple iPhone battery suit

Judges often come in for some stick over their decisions, so it's good to report on one that seems sensible. US Judge Matthew Kennelly has ruled that Apple did not...

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61 percent of global population now using mobile phones

The International Telecommunication Union does not make predictions lightly, which is why you have to sit up and take notice when it announces there will be some 4 billion mobile...

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T-Mobile/HTC G1: First Android phone arrives

After months of anticipation, the first Android-based phone has been unveiled. Does the T-Mobile G1 have what it takes?

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iPhone 3G dominates mobile data in Australia

iPhone owners use far more data than do users of other mobile devices, according to a new study.

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Apple recalls iPhone 3G power adapter, but replacements not ready until October 10

Apple is no stranger to recalls: first there were those 1.8 million laptop batteries (content/view/11683/53/), followed by rather less of the old iPod Nano devices in Japan which could possibly...

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Telstra releases BlackBerry Bold software not invented by John McCain

BlackBerry Bold customers on Telstra's network can now upgrade to the anticipated final version of the handheld software, in time for its public release. This software was produced by Research...

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iPhone Dev Team: 2.1 Pwned, iTunes 8 not harmed in the process

That didn't take long! A day after Apple released the iPhone 2.1 firmware upgrade, the iPhone Dev Team has released the new versions of PwnageTool and QuickPwn. So much for...

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BlackBerry addicts hanging with their MySpace homies

What is missing from the life of your average CrackBerry user do you reckon? How about an integrated MySpace application so the suits can hang with their homies...

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RIM goes flipping crazy with the new BlackBerry Pearl

A BlackBerry is many things, but good looking has never really been at the top of the features list. Research In Motion hopes to change all that with the first...

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