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iPhone, Android Management Integrated in RIM’s BlackBerry Mobile Fusion
Research In Motion has long touted enterprise-level security and management as a selling point of its BlackBerry devices, a key differentiator from the Apple iPhones and Google Android smartphones flooding both the business and consumer market. Now, it seems, RIM has decided to extend its branded management capabilities to platforms beyond BlackBerry, in what could…
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Pricing, Availability Confusion Haunt BlackBerry PlayBook
Research In Motion’s PlayBook is due to receive a major software update in February. However, many other details surrounding the tablet–including its price and retail availability–seem in flux at the moment. Early on Nov. 27, tech publications such as Electronista began reporting that Best Buy was canceling PlayBook orders, quoting users on the retailer s…
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Building a Mobile Management Practice: Four Key Questions
As customers turn to solution providers for help with managing their mobile devices, its important for channel partners to carefully calculate which services and solutions they want to offer in order to have a comprehensive–and thriving–business model. There are a lot of strategic decisions to be made that can make or break a mobility practice.…
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Google, Adobe Prepare Flash for ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) may be winding down the clock on its mobile Flash multimedia software, but it’s still going to be available to support Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) new Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” smartphones and tablets. It’s fair to call support for ICS mobile Flash Player’s swan song, as Greg DeMichillie, senior director of product management for…
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Carriers, Manufacturers Fail to Update Android Phones
Security firm Bit9 on Nov. 21 released its "Dirty Dozen" list of insecure smartphones. The list focused on Android smartphones because approximately 56 percent of Android phones in the marketplace are running out-of-date and insecure versions of the mobile operating system, Harry Svedlove, CTO of Bit9, told eWEEK. Smartphone manufacturers Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG…
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Acer Vows to Continue Netbook Production
Acer will continue to manufacture netbooks, even as many of its manufacturing rivals shift their focus to super-thin ultrabooks and tablets. Netbooks once proved a white-hot seller, snatched up by consumers interested in their low price and portability. Two opposing forces helped wither that market: manufacturers own desire to push products with higher margins (in…