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Microsoft’s Windows Phone to Go After the Midmarket
Can a lower-cost Windows Phone carve off a significant portion of the smartphone market? After months of positioning its smartphone platform as the counterpoint to high-end competitors such as Apple’s iPhone and some Google Android devices, Microsoft plans on aiming Windows Phone at a less-pricey market segment. “We are dramatically broadening the set of price…
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Android Smartphones, iPad Activations Grow: Report
Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility for the Apple iPhone and iPad, Google Android, and other smartphone platforms, released its quarterly data report detailing the changing landscape of IT and mobile enterprise technology. The report found in the third quarter of 2011, Apple devices held onto their lead in the enterprise…
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10 Things You Should Know About Android 40 Ice Cream Sandwich
10 Things You Should Know About Android 40 Ice Cream Sandwich A Redesigned User InterfaceOne of the most significant changes users will find in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is its redesigned user interface. According to Google, the operating system makes “common actions more visible” and helps users more easily navigate their way around the…
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Security Loophole Found in Apple iPhone 4S’s Siri: Analyst
Apple’s iPhone 4S comes with a digital assistant named Siri, who responds to voice commands and can perform a variety of tasks ranging from scheduling appointments to sending texts. According to one security analyst, however, Siri also comes with a significant–but easy to fix–security loophole. “I borrowed a passcode-locked iPhone 4S from a colleague here…
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VMware, Verizon Partner on ‘Dual-Identity’ Smartphone
Virtualization software maker VMware revealed Oct. 19 that it has partnered with telcom Verizon Wireless to develop Android-based, 3G- and 4G-LTE-network smartphones with split personalities: one for business and one for personal use. Mixing business and personal use on any type of IT device has always posed its own set of difficulties, especially when enterprise…
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Motion Computing Tablet Gets Barcode, Magnetic Scanner for Hospitals
Motion Computing, a manufacturer of rugged mobile devices, has introduced the CL900 SlateMate, which is the company’s CL900 Tablet PC with an integrated MagTek magnetic stripe reader and barcode scanner. MagTek is a maker of credentialing devices such as secure card readers, check scanners and PIN pads. Announced on Oct. 18, the SlateMate allows for…
