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Which smartphone is the most secure?

Posted October 6, 2011 - 2:01 pm

These days, it is almost impossible to meet someone who doesn't own a cell phone. More specifically, smart phones, whether it be the trendy iPhone, corporate favored Blackberry or modern Windows Mobile, almost everyone has joined the smart phone frenzy -- and with good reason. A smart phone offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary phone.
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'Design' won't get Nokia back in the smartphone game

Posted August 30, 2011 - 4:10 pm

Does Nokia really think that "design" will get it back into the smartphone game against Google and Apple?
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Malware becomes the measure of success in smartphone market

Posted August 23, 2011 - 3:42 pm

It's hard to choose among the sometimes-contradictory market-share numbers in the competition for smartphone dominance. McAfee's quarterly malware report gives a good indication of changes the future of the market by tracking the parasite's point of view.
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Nokia CTO bails, shares rise

Posted June 9, 2011 - 1:17 pm

Chief technology officer Richard Green takes an indefinite leave of absence amid reported strategy disagreements.
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E3: AR.Drone helicopter controlled from Android, bada, Symbian

Posted June 8, 2011 - 9:03 pm

Pilots can also compete in an international competition.
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Mobile Developers Still Choosing Android Over iOS

Posted June 8, 2011 - 9:34 am

More than 5,000 iOS developers are in San Francisco for Apple's big party at the Worldwide Developers Conference, but a new report says the hippest place to be is the Android Market. The study, from Bluevia and Vision Mobile, found that 67 percent of developers code for Android, while iOS trails at 59 percent.
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Nokia hands Symbian OS work and 3,000 employees to Accenture

Posted April 27, 2011 - 6:59 am

Nokia will outsource its Symbian software activities to Accenture, transferring 3,000 employees to the company in the process, as it moves its focus to making phones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system.
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A Nokia exit strategy already?

Posted April 15, 2011 - 2:42 pm

Nokia's actions may seem a bit odd lately... but maybe it's because they're already regretting their partnership with Microsoft?
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Dead mobile OS walking: Nokia unveils updates to Symbian

Posted April 12, 2011 - 3:20 pm

With plenty of time to kill and more market share to lose before its first Windows Phone 7 devices begin shipping in volume next year, Nokia on Tuesday unveiled two new smartphones based on an updated version of its Symbian OS.
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Not too late for Nokia to back out of Microsoft partnership

Posted March 8, 2011 - 6:06 pm

We all knew Microsoft was paying Nokia something as part of the smartphone partnership announced between the companies a month ago.
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Stephen Elop may yet want to climb back on burning platform

Posted February 22, 2011 - 11:19 pm

Remember how Nokia CEO Stephen Elop likened the Finnish cellphone maker's disintegrating market situation to a man standing on a burning oil platform in the middle of the North Sea? And that when standing on a burning platform, making a leap into the unknown -- however foreboding -- is the only sensible option?
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Can Nokia investors afford to be patient?

Posted February 14, 2011 - 2:30 pm

Wall Street initially panned the Nokia-Microsoft smartphone partnership announced early Friday, sending shares of the Finnish mobile device maker down 14 percent by day's end. Then investors had a weekend to sleep on it.
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Why Android is now beating Symbian globally

Posted January 31, 2011 - 3:43 pm

Android has surged past Symbian to become the world's best-selling smartphone operating system, according to Canalys.
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Android, iPhone users outpace BlackBerry, Symbian users in data usage

Posted December 15, 2010 - 2:33 pm

iPad users don't use more data than smartphone users, whereas Blackberry and Nokia Symbian users focus on voice communications
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Android No. 2 mobile OS: Apple eats its dust

Posted November 11, 2010 - 2:33 pm

Google's Android is now the second most popular mobile operating system in the world - second only to Nokia's Symbian OS, according to Gartner's third quarter report. Apple's iOS comes in third, followed by Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry OS, and Microsoft Windows Mobile.
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Kill Symbian now, please

Posted November 11, 2010 - 8:40 am

In a surprise move, Nokia announced Monday it's taking back control of the open source Symbian project. Symbian is one of the oldest mobile phone operating systems around and has been a Nokia favourite almost since the company's inception.
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Nokia uniting mobile app dev around Qt

Posted October 22, 2010 - 3:52 pm

Symbian and MeeGo application builders will use Qt for native and Web development.
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Symbian, Nitobi join on mobile phone app dev

Posted July 19, 2010 - 9:59 am

The technology integration should make it easier to build Symbian apps via Nitobi PhoneGap framework
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Nokia boosts Java development for Symbian 3 phones

Posted July 12, 2010 - 2:18 pm

Developers gain open source runtime under terms of Symbian Foundation's Eclipse Public License
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Skype Lands On Nokia Symbian Phones

Posted March 3, 2010 - 1:03 pm

Nokia is embracing Skype making available for free the Internet-telephony (VoIP) app in the Ovi app store. Over 200 million Nokia handsets will now be able to download the Skype app and make cheap calls abroad while away from the computer.
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Five Benefits of an Open Source Symbian

Posted February 4, 2010 - 8:34 pm

The Symbian mobile operating system is getting a second life as the Symbian Foundation makes the smartphone platform open source. The lifeline will revitalize the platform, and has benefits for Nokia, smartphone developers, Symbian handsets, and smartphone users.
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Don't expect Symbian to lead an open source revolution

Posted February 4, 2010 - 8:25 pm

Now that Symbian has fully opened its source code up to the public, will it lead to an avalanche of mobile operating systems opening up their codes as well?
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Symbian goes open source four months early

Posted February 4, 2010 - 9:43 am

Symbian has completed the process of open sourcing its entire code base, in advance of its June deadline.
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Android Poised To Take Runner-Up Phone Slot by 2013

Posted January 25, 2010 - 9:09 pm

In a new report from IDC, analysts predict there should be 68 million Android-based devices on the market by 2013. Huge growth, but is even this underestimating Google's mobile OS?
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Symbian sets aggressive release plan

Posted March 16, 2009 - 4:30 pm

The Symbian Foundation plans to release a new version of the operating system every six months, with the first expected to appear in phones at the end of this year.
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