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  Acer sees the future of smartphones as free

• Huawei launches 7-inch Android tablet

  By Spandas Lui | 21 June, 2011 11:57

  Communications vendor, Huawei, has unveiled the MediaPad, a 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb dual-core tablet with pricing and release date in Australia yet to be confirmed.

• BlackBerry brand hurt by corporate mandate to use them

  By Matt Hamblen | 28 September, 2010 09:41

  IT shops push BlackBerry smartphones on workers for added security, but a new survey shows that workers are less likely to be highly satisfied with them, compared with phones that the users choose themselves.

• Microsoft Tag: You're It

  By Brennon Slattery | 29 May, 2010 02:59

  The minds at Microsoft threw the beta off Tag, an innovative mobile phone barcode-scanning service that holds nearly limitless possibilities when it comes to . . . just about anything.

• ZTE's first Japanese handset designed for elderly users

  By Sumner Lemon | 20 May, 2010 18:44

  Chinese handset and telecommunication equipment maker ZTE showed off its first handset designed for Japan, a model that's intended for elderly cell-phone users.

• Mobile phone shipments surge by 22% in Q1, IDC says

  By Matt Hamblen | 01 May, 2010 01:31

  The global market for mobile phones surged in the first quarter, growing by nearly 22% over a year earlier when the market had declined markedly in the midst of a recession.

• 3G-satellite system coming to AT&T gets first call

  By Stephen Lawson | 21 July, 2009 07:35

  Though not as dramatic as the moon landing that took place 40 years ago Monday, a phone call over a satellite launched earlier this month was the first for a system that may dramatically expand mobile voice and data coverage in the U.S. and Canada.

• Telstra shows off new mobile interface

  By Spandas Lui | 05 May, 2009 16:16

  Telstra has unveiled a new mobile interface aimed at user adaptability. The TelstraOne Experience allows users to customise their mobile interface to suit individual preferences.

• Callforfree.net.au offers free calls to 70 countries

  By Rodney Gedda | 27 March, 2009 14:58

  A new service has been launched in Sydney which promises free telephone calls to 70 international destinations simply by calling a local mobile number.

• GSM encryption cracked, showing its age

  By Tony Bradley | 30 December, 2009 06:12

  The unveiling of a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) encryption codebook compiled by a German security researcher and his team of collaborators lowers the bar significantly for the amount of money and technical expertise required to listen in on a GSM-based mobile phone call. More importantly, it illustrates just how old the current GSM encryption is and demonstrates why it's time for an upgrade.

• Should users worry about new cellular hack?

  By David Coursey | 30 December, 2009 07:58

  How concerned should business users be about wireless security now that another group claims to have cracked the security scheme used by 80 percent of the world's cellular telephones?

• Acer sees the future of smartphones as free

  By Peter Sayer | 05 March, 2009 11:27

  Introducing the Acer F900 touch-screen smartphone