News

• Optus brings mobile device remote data wiping to SMBs

  By Spandas Lui | 06 September, 2011 12:32

  Optus has launched its OfficeApps Mobile Security product for SMB customers which has the ability to remote lock, wipe and reset passwords for mobile devices.

• SA police launch mobile Web app

  By Julia Talevski | 19 July, 2011 16:46

  South Australia Police has become the first police service in Australia to launch its own mobile Web app.

• Connect2Field invests $500,000 in partner marketing funds

  By Hafizah Osman | 01 April, 2011 16:01

  Application software vendor, Connect2Field, has recently introduced its partner program and a $500,000 marketing and integration fund, specially designed for small service businesses.

• Windows Mobile Growth Strong, Won't Match Android: IDC

  By Shane O'Neill | 10 September, 2010 02:34

  Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS will regain some of the smartphone market share it has lost recently - but will still be in last place in 2014, according to research firm IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

• Rhomobile upgrades development-as-service platform

  By Paul Krill | 08 September, 2010 22:07

  Rhomobile will announce Wednesday version 2.0 of its development-as-a-service platform for building smartphone applications.

• LogicalTech picks Pyxis Mobile

  By Spandas Lui | 20 August, 2010 12:41

  LogicalTech, has become a reseller for mobile enterprise application platform vendor, Pyxis Mobile.

• Microsoft to open direct retail outlets in Oz?

  By Julia Talevski | 21 July, 2010 10:00

  Microsoft is taking its direct retail model global and hasn’t denied it will open a self-branded store in Australia.

• Microsoft's new enterprise mobile OS coming this year

  By Agam Shah | 18 June, 2010 05:31

  Microsoft will release a new mobile OS for enterprise handheld devices later this year as it tries to simplify the Windows Mobile upgrade cycle for customers, the company said Thursday.

• HTC partners with Synnex

  By Jennifer O'Brien | 16 June, 2010 13:46

  Smartphone provider, HTC, has inked a distribution deal with Synnex.

• Of smartphone owners, iPhone users are the most satisfied

  By Matt Hamblen | 28 May, 2010 07:21

  Apple 's iPhone came out on top in terms of customer satisfaction compared with other smartphones, according to a survey of 1,009 consumers who bought smartphones in the last six months.

• Smartphone sales shoot up, benefiting RIM, Apple, Android

  By Matt Hamblen | 20 May, 2010 03:51

  The smartphone's impact on the mobile phone marketplace globally is well-established, but smartphone growth continues its upward trend in fairly astounding degrees, according to market research firm Gartner Inc.

• Mozilla stops development of Firefox for Windows Mobile

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 March, 2010 22:56

  Mozilla has decided to stop development of a version of its Firefox mobile Web browser for phones running Windows Mobile.

• Windows Mobile apps won't work on new phones

  By Nancy Gohring | 08 March, 2010 06:19

  While Microsoft still isn't commenting on whether current Windows Mobile phones will be upgradeable to its new Windows Phone 7 software, it has finally officially revealed that existing applications won't work on the new platform.

• Study: Android, iPhone fastest-growing smartphone platforms

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 February, 2010 06:57

  Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those of Windows Mobile, research company Gartner said Tuesday. Symbian and Research In Motion's BlackBerry still lead the market, it said.

• Toshiba unveils its TG02 smartphone

  By Martyn Williams | 17 February, 2010 03:55

  Toshiba's update on its TG01 multimedia smartphone has made a quiet debut at this week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.