http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:20:35 GMT 2009-11-09T01:20:35Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/506963/RIM_BlackBerry_Developer_Conference_Kicks_Off_in_San_Francisco?source=rss_mobile RIM's second annual BlackBerry Developer Conference is set to begin at San Francisco's Marriott Marquis hotel, and CIO.com's Al Sacco is on the scene. Couldn't make it this year? No worries. Here's an idea of what to expect in the coming week--as well as a first-hand look at what attendees see after arriving. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Al Sacco <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506963/RIM_BlackBerry_Developer_Conference_Kicks_Off_in_San_Francisco?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506926/Update_Fixes_IPhone_Sync_Problem_with_Windows_7_for_Some?source=rss_mobile Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506926/Update_Fixes_IPhone_Sync_Problem_with_Windows_7_for_Some?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506920/Exchange_2010_Why_I_m_Using_It_to_Say_Bye_Bye_BlackBerry?source=rss_mobile Here's how one company is using Exchange 2010 as a cost-saving tool to wean users off RIM BlackBerry smartphones and onto Windows Mobile 6.5. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Shane O'Neill <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506920/Exchange_2010_Why_I_m_Using_It_to_Say_Bye_Bye_BlackBerry?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506924/Four_Reasons_to_Buy_and_One_Reason_to_Avoid_the_Droid?source=rss_mobile The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone. Here are four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) this new entry in the smarthone market. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Brad Reed and Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506924/Four_Reasons_to_Buy_and_One_Reason_to_Avoid_the_Droid?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506921/US_Lawmakers_Propose_Changes_in_Telecom_Subsidies?source=rss_mobile Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Grant Gross <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506921/US_Lawmakers_Propose_Changes_in_Telecom_Subsidies?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_mobile More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Matt Hamblen <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506918/Droid_Launch_Draws_Tech_Savvy_Crowd_to_Verizon_Store?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506915/Birth_of_the_Droid_Fanboy?source=rss_mobile It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Jared Newman <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506915/Birth_of_the_Droid_Fanboy?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506906/Has_Microsoft_Placed_Its_Last_Mobile_Bet_?source=rss_mobile When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nancy Gohring <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506906/Has_Microsoft_Placed_Its_Last_Mobile_Bet_?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506892/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_mobile Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Lexton Snol <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506892/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506891/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_mobile Touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the US has shown a significant 159 percent growth rate during the past year to 23.8 million users in August 2009. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Lexton Snol <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506891/Touchscreen_Mobiles_See_159_Growth?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506890/Verizon_s_HTC_Droid_Eris_Caters_to_Business_Users?source=rss_mobile The HTC Droid Eris marks the second in Verizon Wireless's parade of the Droids. Also due this week from Verizon, the Droid Eris ($200 with a two-year contract, price as of 11/5/2009) shares the Droid moniker and many features of competing Android phones, but it also adds some touches that improve the experience for business users. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Robert S. Anthony <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506890/Verizon_s_HTC_Droid_Eris_Caters_to_Business_Users?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506879/AT_T_Profiles_Specific_Cities_in_Bid_for_Coverage?source=rss_mobile AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendly iPhone has proliferated, an executive said Thursday. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Stephen Lawson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506879/AT_T_Profiles_Specific_Cities_in_Bid_for_Coverage?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506877/World_Tech_Update_Nov._5_2009?source=rss_mobile In this week&#8217;s World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola&#8217;s Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Nick Barber <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506877/World_Tech_Update_Nov._5_2009?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506874/Droid_Vs._IPhone_Which_Revolution_Should_You_Join_?source=rss_mobile If you are buying your first smartphone, which should it be: Droid or the iPhone? Both are revolutionary devices, but which revolution is for you? It is not (yet) a coin toss. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT David Coursey <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506874/Droid_Vs._IPhone_Which_Revolution_Should_You_Join_?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/506869/GM_s_New_CIO_Plans_Big_Desktop_Changes_Expanded_Mobile_Support?source=rss_mobile New General Motors CIO Terry Kline looks to continue the progressive IT ways of predecessor Ralph Szygenda by adopting the consumer technologies used by new car buyers as well as cloud computing techniques and "PCs on a stick." Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT Patrick Thibodeau <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/506869/GM_s_New_CIO_Plans_Big_Desktop_Changes_Expanded_Mobile_Support?source=rss_mobile 2009-11-05T05:00:00Z