Features

• How to buy a smartphone for your business

  By Ginny Mies | 06 April, 2012 23:00

  Shopping for a new smartphone is tough: With so many phones out there, finding the best one for your work life and your personal life can be headache-inducing. This guide highlights business features among the different operating systems, explains the best specs for business, and offers advice on the apps you should download once you purchase your smartphone.

• RIM BlackBerry forecast: Grim, with hope on the horizon

  By Ian Paul | 07 September, 2011 23:26

  Mike Lazarus, a Sydney-based software design consultant, relies on his RIM BlackBerry daily to manage his contacts database, store important documents, and keep his information secure. "I use my mobile phone essentially as a mobile office," he says. "Nearly, everything I need to do in the office, I can do from my phone."

• Essential apps for BlackBerry

  By Megan Geuss and Armando Rodriguez | 29 June, 2011 23:44

  About to invest in a new smartphone, or wondering how to take full advantage of your current one? With practical and easy-to-use apps, you can get the most out of your phone. Our package of essentials should be more than enough to get you started.

• Why BlackBerry PlayBook is an ideal tablet for business

  By Tony Bradley | 30 March, 2011 06:05

  The BlackBerry PlayBook is available for pre-order, and will be on the street in a matter of weeks. I am not sure the RIM tablet will see much consumer success, but then consumers have never been RIM's primary market. Consumer tablets aside, the PlayBook has some unique features that make it an ideal tablet from a business or IT admin perspective.

• Tablets: iPad 2 vs. Xoom vs. PlayBook vs. WebOS slates

  By Tony Bradley | 21 January, 2011 11:07

  It may seem like 2010 was the year of the tablet, but the reality is that 2010 was really just the year of the iPad with 15 million units sold and no real competitors for the Apple tablet. However, 2011 will be very different with a diverse variety of tablet options emerging--including some particularly relevant entries from major players.

• Tablet revolution reality check

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 17 January, 2011 17:41

  With so much chatter about tablets this year, you might think that the handheld, rectangular devices being unveiled represent a significant innovation. The reality is that so much of what we're seeing is not a whole lot different than what we saw in previous years; these products offer only a few new twists. But those new twists could make the difference between tablets' remaining a niche item and their finally busting out to the mass market in a meaningful way.

• How HP and Palm's WebOS tablet could 'blow away' iPad

  By Jared Newman | 15 January, 2011 07:00

  We haven't seen HP hype a tablet since last year's flirtation with Windows 7, but that could change after February 9, when the company has all but confirmed that it will introduce its first WebOS tablet.

• BlackBerry Dakota signals RIM's desperation

  By Tony Bradley | 14 January, 2011 09:23

  Images and details of the BlackBerry Dakota--the impending flagship smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM)--have emerged. The Dakota is packed with features as RIM struggles desperately to regain lost ground and compete with the Apple iPhone and the rising Android invasion.

• First Look: Facebook Single Sign-on

  By Alex Wawro | 05 November, 2010 09:03

  Facebook is getting serious about on-the-go social networking with a suite of new features announced during the Facebook Mobile event on Wednesday.

• Gallery: Meet RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

  By PC World Staff | 28 September, 2010 15:05

  Research in Motion announced a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Monday that will do battle with Apple's iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab early next year when it becomes available in the US.

• 4 ways a RIM tablet could smoke the iPad, Galaxy Tab

  By Jared Newman | 23 September, 2010 04:16

  Research in Motion's tablet, rumored for months, is nearly official, according to the Wall Street Journal's unnamed sources. If the report is accurate, RIM could reveal the so-called BlackPad next week during a developer conference in San Francisco.

• BlackBerry's rumored tablet: Pros and cons

  By Barbara E. Hernandez | 23 September, 2010 07:53

  It's all been speculation and rumor for the last year, but now that the Wall Street Journal has joined the rumor mill, many are saying that Research in Motion will launch its top-secret "BlackPad", or Blackberry tablet, in San Francisco on Monday.

• Android app offers new flexibility for IT admins

  By Katherine Noyes | 22 September, 2010 08:19

  Information workers are increasingly demanding to use consumer-friendly Android and iOS devices on the job, so it stands to reason that IT administrators would value such flexibility too.

• Blackberry Torch 9800: Try again, RIM

  By Jared Newman | 05 August, 2010 05:39

  Research in Motion performed a neat smoke and mirrors trick when introducing the BlackBerry Torch 9800 yesterday.

• Looking behind the iPhone 4 launch stats

  By Tony Bradley | 26 June, 2010 05:02

  The official launch of the iPhone 4 yesterday was an unrivaled success. Estimates suggest that Apple sold approximately 1.5 million of the next generation smartphone. The majority of iPhone 4 purchasers were upgrading from a previous iPhone version, but there is still a significant number of new iPhone owners as well.