http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:21:03 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-11T18:21:03Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/smartphone-surge-offers-opportunities-for-business/?cs=39991 Smartphones are set to outpace sales of desktop computers by 2012. Sales of smartphones are expected to more than triple to 491.1 million units by 2012, up from 139.3 million in 2008, Bloomberg reports.   That doesn't necessarily signal that business_technology smartphones technology_markets desktops_and_workstations mobile_workers cost_containment Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:44:43 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/smartphone-surge-offers-opportunities-for-business/?cs=39991 2010-03-11T19:44:43Z 5 hours, 53 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/smartphone-surge-offers-opportunities-for-business http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39991 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/opera-mini-5-beta-for-android-released/?cs=39979 Opera has released a beta of Opera Mini 5 for the Android platform. The firm claims the browser, available directly from the company's Web site and the Android Market, will help reduce page load times and improve browsing by compressing data by up to business_technology productivity_software android opera_software opera_mini_5 smartphones Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:04:40 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/opera-mini-5-beta-for-android-released/?cs=39979 2010-03-11T16:04:40Z 8 hours, 9 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/opera-mini-5-beta-for-android-released http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39979 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/motorola-switching-to-bing-for-its-mobiles/?cs=39977 Motorola and Microsoft have signed a new deal to bring Bing search and map services to Motorola phones, including the company's Android-based devices. Initially, the switch will occur on handsets in China, which is in a row with Google . However, the business_technology motorola mobile_search microsoft bing google china smartphones android Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:42 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/motorola-switching-to-bing-for-its-mobiles/?cs=39977 2010-03-11T15:40:42Z 8 hours, 33 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/motorola-switching-to-bing-for-its-mobiles http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39977 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/verizon-to-launch-4g-handset-in-mid-2011/?cs=39971 Verizon says it will sell its first 4G smartphone in mid-2011, six months earlier than it had previously said. The company's recent trials of its LTE network in Boston and Seattle produced better-than-expected results. Verizon plans to launch the 4G business_technology smartphones 4g verizon lte Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:00 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/verizon-to-launch-4g-handset-in-mid-2011/?cs=39971 2010-03-11T14:26:00Z 9 hours, 48 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/verizon-to-launch-4g-handset-in-mid-2011 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39971 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/ipad-an-opportunity-for-verizon/?cs=39956 Verizon is poised to take advantage of the hype surrounding Apple's iPad . The nation's No. 1 wireless carrier reportedly plans to use the tablet to peddle 3G data plans , says Chris Ziegler at Engadget . Leaked Verizon documents encourage its cellular_platforms at&t business_technology tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs 3g mifi broadband_services verizon ipad wi-fi access_points Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:06 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/ipad-an-opportunity-for-verizon/?cs=39956 2010-03-10T18:40:06Z 1 day, 5 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/ipad-an-opportunity-for-verizon http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39956 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/ipad-to-inspire-an-onslaught-of-tablets/?cs=39952 According to ARM, the Apple iPad will be the face to launch 1,000 tablets . Maybe not that many, but ARM executive Roy Chen expects as many as 50 media tablets before year's end, says Erictric . Chen declined to name specific companies, but says he tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs ipad arm roy_chen business_technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:24 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/ipad-to-inspire-an-onslaught-of-tablets/?cs=39952 2010-03-10T17:30:24Z 1 day, 6 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/ipad-to-inspire-an-onslaught-of-tablets http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39952 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/netbook-growth-expected-to-plateau-in-2010/?cs=39924 Larry Dignan at ZDNet asks if it is time to write the obit for netbooks . IDC's 2010 PC industry predictions spurred the question. The analyst firm predicts that last year's rise of netbooks , which has been tidily displayed by the edit staff at business_technology idc laptops desktops_and_workstations tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs it_market_analysts Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:31 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/netbook-growth-expected-to-plateau-in-2010/?cs=39924 2010-03-09T19:45:31Z 2 days, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/netbook-growth-expected-to-plateau-in-2010 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39924 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/dell-updates-vostro-laptops/?cs=39921 Dell announced updates its business-centric line of laptops. The new Vostro 3000 series is made up of four models: the 13.3-inch 3300, 14-inch 3400, 15.6-inch 3500 and the 17.3-inch 3700, reports PC Magazine . All the models feature the latest business_technology laptops dell vostro_3300 vostro_3400 vostro_3500 vostro_3700 smbs processors core_i3 core_i5 core_i7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:29 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/dell-updates-vostro-laptops/?cs=39921 2010-03-09T18:42:29Z 2 days, 5 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/dell-updates-vostro-laptops http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39921 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/hp-looks-to-challenge-ipad-with-slate/?cs=39918 Apple's iPad made its commercial debut during last weekend's Academy Awards. Hewlett Packard has taken a few jabs at the device for the sake of its HP Slate. While the Slate won't beat the iPad to market, a pair of videos have been released to fuel hp client_hardware_vendors apple advertising_and_marketing business_technology tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs slate china ipad Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:47:27 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/hp-looks-to-challenge-ipad-with-slate/?cs=39918 2010-03-09T16:47:27Z 2 days, 7 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/hp-looks-to-challenge-ipad-with-slate http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39918 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/blackberry-suffers-nationwide-outage/?cs=39915 Research in Motion's BlackBerry is suffering another nationwide outage.  According to Dataoutages News : A number of users are reporting and an escalated RIM tech support call has confirmed data issues affecting WiFi devices NOT connected to a WiFi blackberry wi-fi t-mobile research_in_motion business_technology quality_of_service verizon Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:25 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/blackberry-suffers-nationwide-outage/?cs=39915 2010-03-09T16:19:25Z 2 days, 7 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/blackberry-suffers-nationwide-outage http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39915 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/verizon-lte-trials-bring-better-than-expected-results/?cs=39890 After successful trials in Boston and Seattle, Verizon says it is well on track to deploy LTE in 25 to 30 markets by the end of 2010. The trials produced downlink average rates of 5 to 12 Mbps and 2 to 5 Mbps uplink rates, according to Computerworld 4g wimax business_technology lte verizon Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:13:46 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/verizon-lte-trials-bring-better-than-expected-results/?cs=39890 2010-03-08T19:13:46Z 3 days, 4 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/verizon-lte-trials-bring-better-than-expected-results http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39890 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/t-mobile-dumps-yahoo-search-in-favor-of-google/?cs=39883 Default search deals significantly improve the likelihood that users will use the search engine presented by the browser. A few short days after being tapped as the default search engine for the Backflip , AT&T's first Android device, Yahoo has mobile_search google business_technology t-mobile yahoo search_engines Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:37:52 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/t-mobile-dumps-yahoo-search-in-favor-of-google/?cs=39883 2010-03-08T16:37:52Z 3 days, 7 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/t-mobile-dumps-yahoo-search-in-favor-of-google http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39883 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/att-gets-on-board-with-android/?cs=39868 AT&T has officially entered the Android market. It's offering the Motorola Backflip for $99.99 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate, HotHardware reports. The handset, which runs on Google's Android, is equipped with a 3.1-inch HVGA business_technology smartphones android motorola backflip at&t google Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:38:08 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/att-gets-on-board-with-android/?cs=39868 2010-03-08T13:38:08Z 3 days, 10 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/att-gets-on-board-with-android http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39868 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/windows-phone-7-marks-a-clean-break-for-microsoft/?cs=39852 Has Microsoft written a Dear John letter to all its Windows Mobile users?   Charlie Kindel, partner group program manager for the Windows Phone Application Platform & Developer team wrote on a blog post: For us, the cost of going from good to microsoft windows_mobile os_interoperability windows_phone_7 software_and_web_development business_technology mobile_applications Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:14:05 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/windows-phone-7-marks-a-clean-break-for-microsoft/?cs=39852 2010-03-05T18:14:05Z 6 days, 5 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/windows-phone-7-marks-a-clean-break-for-microsoft http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39852 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/apple-sets-ipad-sales-date/?cs=39837 Apple has put the rumored March 26 release date for the iPad to bed and confimred it will begin shipping the Wi-F version of the tablet computer Saturday, April 3 in the U.S. only. The Wi-Fi plus 3G version will be available in late April. Users in business_technology tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs ipad consumer_electronics apple Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:36:18 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/apple-sets-ipad-sales-date/?cs=39837 2010-03-05T14:36:18Z 6 days, 9 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/comment/apple-sets-ipad-sales-date http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/mt/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=39837