AL SACCO

Al Sacco covers mobile and wireless technologies for CIO.com, with a focus on BlackBerry handhelds and other smartphones. He resides in Massachusetts. E-mail Al with tips.

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BlackBerry Tip: How to Avoid a "Bricked" or "Nuked" BlackBerry

CIO.com's Al Sacco offers advice on one way to help ensure you never find yourself with a BlackBerry that's stuck in an endless reboot cycle or frozen on a BlackBerry error screen.

How to Protect Your Smartphone from Bad Apps

Antivirus software maker McAfee released a set of five new tips to help ensure that your smartphone remains secure and free of potentially harmful mobile applications.

What Adobe's Decision to Kill Mobile Flash Means to You

Adobe has decided to do away with mobile Flash. CIO.com's Al Sacco explains what the news means to mobile users, developers and platform makers.

RIM Developer Chief on the Future of BlackBerry, BBX

CIO.com's Al Sacco chats with RIM's new VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, about the new BlackBerry platform, BBX, the future of the existing BlackBerry OS, what this software split means to BlackBerry--and Android--developers, and more.

New Security Flaws ID'd in BlackBerry 6 OS, Enterprise IM Apps

BlackBerry-maker RIM has identified a number of significant security flaws that affect the Webkit browser in its BlackBerry 6 handheld OS and enterprise IM applications from Microsoft.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich: Best New Features for Business

Google's Android mobile OS really wasn't designed for enterprise use; it's a consumer OS. But that doesn't mean the software won't be used in the enterprise. CIO.com's Al Sacco highlights eight new features in Google's latest mobile OS, Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich," that could be valuable to business users.

Four Key BlackBerry DevCon Announcements--and What They Mean to You

CIO.com's Al Sacco shares details and insights, and eliminates the hype, on the most significant announcements made at RIM's annual BlackBerry Developer conference.

Forget iPhone 4S: Nine High-End Apple Alternatives

The iPhone 4S -- not the rumored "iPhone 5" -- was revealed this week. Apple fanatics are still predictably going ga-ga over the new iPhone, but not everyone's been bitten by the Apple bug. Here are ten comparable, high-end devices we like just as much--or more--than the iPhone 4S.

Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango": Top New Business Features

Microsoft's Windows Phone senior product manager details the top eight new enterprise features and enhancements found within the company's recently released Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" mobile OS.

Windows Phone 7.5 (WP7.5) "Mango": 10 Things You Need to Know

CIO.com's Al Sacco sat down with Microsoft Windows Phone Senior Director of Product Management, Paul Bryan, to discuss the company's brand new mobile OS, WP7.5. Here are ten things current Windows Phone users and anyone else considering a Windows Phone handheld, needs to know.