Android has now captured 80 per cent of the global smartphone market, according to second quarter results analysed by research firm Strategy Analytics. According to the research, the Android operating system now accounts for 79.5 per cent ...
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Mobile network O2 has announced that its 4G service will launch in the UK on 29 August. The new network, which it claims will be up to five times faster than 3G, will be switched on in London, Leeds and Bradford first, followed by a ...
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ONE-TIME market leader Toshiba is on the comeback trail in the notebook and tablet arena and its Portege Z10t is an attempt to nail the tricky hybrid tablet/ultrabook zone. The hybrid attempts to straddle the best of both worlds by ...
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Apple's iPhone sales are sputtering as rival smartphone makers ramp up their offerings, a market research firm says. The survey by IHS iSuppli said smartphones are still going strong around the world, but that Apple is lagging. "Apple's ...
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BlackBerry has slashed the price of its flagship smartphone, the Z10, in the US after disappointing sales. Consumers can sign up to a two-year contract with either AT&T or Verizon and get the Z10 for $99, or only $49 on Amazon or Best Buy ...
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The current direction of smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry means its products might not be a sustainable option for use in BYOD schemes. That's what Maurice Jenkins, director of information systems and telecommunications for Miami ...
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Sales of BlackBerry's 10-series devices weighed in at just 2.7 million in the last quarter - at the lower end of financial analysts' expectations. The news, conveyed as the company delivered its quarterly financial results, provoked a ...
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BlackBerry shipped 6.8 million smartphones and recorded a $84 million loss during the three months to June 1, as it struggles to turn around its fortunes. The first quarter of BlackBerry's fiscal year served as a referendum on how ...
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BlackBerry continues to expand its support for Android and iOS with Secure Work Space, which separates work and personal apps and data, as the company tries to hold on to enterprise users by becoming more platform neutral. Remaining ...
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Law firm DWF is to extend its use of mobile device management (MDM) solution MobileIron, to support the widespread use of apps in the enterprise. Richard Hodkinson, CTO of DWF, explained that the law firm has 1,000 mobile workers, who use ...
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Fresh from yesterday's revelations about BlackBerry security holes discovered by GCHQ at 2009's G20 meetings, BlackBerry is fighting similar claims against its newest BlackBerry 10 platform. BlackBerry posted an advisory on its Knowledge ...
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BlackBerry Messenger, a free messaging and social networking application for BlackBerry devices, will be coming to iOS and Android app stores at some point, but not June 27 as tweeted by T-Mobile UK early Thursday. T-Mobile did send out a ...
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Sixty per cent of the 500 largest corporations in America are testing or using BlackBerry 10 devices, the Canadian telecommunications firm has said, as phone operators' start stocking its keyboard interfaced Q10 smartphone. "This is a ...
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SAN FRANCISCO -- While premium cable and satellite television channel Starz has through trial and error evolved its mobile device strategy over the past five years, one technology that employees rejected was dual persona smartphones. ...
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Computerworld - T-Mobile USA on June 5 will become the first major U.S. carrier to sell the BlackBerry Q10 qwerty smartphone to consumers in stores and online for $99.99 down and 24 monthly $20 payments. The BlackBerry Q10 has a ...
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