Mobile

Thu, February 07, 2008 - The iPhone has been on the market for less than a year, but the chic gadget has already made Apple the world's third largest vendor of smart mobile devices, according to a recent report. Nokia and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) remain the clear kings of the space, however.

Wed, January 23, 2008 - Each time employees of U.S. companies travel overseas for work, they're racking up international mobile phone roaming charges as high as 12 times the average monthly wireless bill, according a recent study.

Wed, January 16, 2008 - While growth in year-over-year wireless spending looks to slow in 2008, U.S. businesses are making wide use of wireless e-mail, IM and similar tools, says In-Stat.

Fri, December 14, 2007 - Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi or VoFi) devices could offer CIOs and other technology executives more control over mobile devices, as well as significant cost savings.

Thu, December 13, 2007 - Forrester Research says IT departments should refuse to support Apple iPhones, even if CEOs are the ones asking to use the devices for access to corporate networks and systems.

Thu, December 06, 2007 - Roughly 500 million of the world's mobile phones, or more than 40 percent of the global total, were or will be produced in China this year, according to the country's Ministry of Information Industry.

Fri, November 30, 2007 - Research firm expects revenue generated by shipments of GPS phones to equal $100 billion in 2012.

Thu, November 29, 2007 - Apple iPhone users love their gadgets. And, like it or not, they plan to employ the iPhones for business purposes as well as for personal use.

Wed, November 14, 2007 - Research firm says growth will be a product of users employing smartphones in place of notebook computers.

Fri, November 09, 2007 - Two thirds of technology execs would dump their current mobile operators if they could get better MDM from another provider, says a recent survey.