Mobile Computing News

The much awaited TG01 smartphone has been finally released by Toshiba. It’s the world’s first smartphone to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip and is aimed at high speed processing and outstanding performance. The TG01 is super-slim and highly powered. It has got cutting edge technology and a broad array of features that make it an all-in-one solution for mobile computing and communication. (Read more…)

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It was decided that the world’s most popular graphics technology maker, Nvidia, will make use of its new system-on-a-chip mobile phone stack known as Tegra to power next generation mobile operating systems. The company has now practically showcased the power of Tegra by running Google’s Android mobile operating system at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. (Read more…)

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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has recently agreed to use the Microsoft’s new Windows Mobile operating system on 50 of its models. This will bolster Microsoft’s goal of getting a bigger mobile phone market share. Microsoft dominates the PC world with its software, but the company fails to earn number one position in the mobile phone business. It stands at third position and is unable to beat Nokia’s Symbian and Research In Motion (the BlackBerry maker). (Read more…)

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In this modern era most of us prefer computing on the go. Our computing gadgets are getting more diminutive day by day and they are smarter too. Data usage is also increasing. An average mobile device user maintains gigabytes of data which is crucial for his work and entertainment. So, it’s imperative to have a good backup solution that not only saves the user from data loss but also offers data retrieval on the go. (Read more…)

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Data security is the latest concern of all organisations that deploy lots of computing machines, both fixed and mobile, on a network. To make the stored information more secure, security experts are looking forward to upgrading from partial disk encryption to full disk encryption. The new technology is likely to be adopted this year. But is the full disk encryption alone enough to prevent an data breaches? (Read more…)

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Ericsson has recently launched a new and innovative social networking portfolio for mobile network operators that will offer easy sharing of user generated data content across different networks. There are two main services that contribute to this innovative social networking platform, namely, Pixl8r and the Social Media Portal. (Read more…)

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Windows 7 is the talk of the town these days. This new iteration of the Windows client is creating lots of buzz in the computing sector and promises to offer enhanced performance and a unique user interface as compared to its old cousins, Windows XP and Vista. The developer Microsoft also claims that the new Windows will be light weight with regards to system’s resource usage. The company, however, has not unveiled the final launch date of the software nor its price. (Read more…)

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Nvidia’s Ion graphics chipset has received a green signal from Microsoft Corp. Nvidia revealed that the Ion platform will be a next generation piece of hardware offering hi definition graphics in Notebooks running on Windows Vista and Linux. The Ion platform is aimed at netbooks that have a display size of 10 inches or less. Nvidia has already started working with Microsoft and other PC manufacturers to launch PCs based on its Ion platform this summer. (Read more…)

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Garmin and Asus started working together a while back to develop the new Nuvifone range of smartphones. According to these developers, the Nuvifone is aimed to offer the mobile computing enthusiasts blazing speed and uncompromised performance, as well as advanced navigational abilities. (Read more…)

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Micron Technology has unveiled a new and unique memory technology for mobile computing applications. The company has developed the low power DDR2 memory technology jointly with the Nanya Technology Corporation. The low power DDR2 or LPDDR2 is aimed at enhancing the battery life by consuming much less power. It will also incredibly enhance the computing speed and optimise the performance of traditional handsets, smartphones and popular mobile internet devices (MIDs). (Read more…)

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Bell Micro’s security division has partnered with the company Virtuity to support the sales of the BackStopp mobile computing software and services. The agreement signed between these two is exclusively for the UK. (Read more…)

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Archos, the popular handheld multimedia device maker has announced that it will be extending its Internet Media Tablet (IMT) product line by enhancing the products. The company will add mobile phone functionality to the IMTs and will also use Google’s Android operating system. This is a strategic move by the company. This was quite essential also for Archos as its rivals are also focusing on enhancing their mobile computing devices. The competition is stiffer now and it’s imperative for any mobile device maker to upgrade its existing product line. (Read more…)

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Computing enthusiasts always crave for performance, reliability and storage capacity. In the past recent years our appetite for digital media storage has increased to a great level. Even the 500GB hard disk drive seems to be insufficient to store all the photos, videos, games, movies and other applications these days. So the companies started to launch large capacity hard drives. At first Hitachi released its 1TB HDD. Then came the Seagate with its 1.5TB HDD and now the Western Digital is claiming the capacity crown with its new Caviar Green 2TB HDD. (Read more…)

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Giving free laptops to the subscribers of the mobile broadband plans is the most popular way to increase sales and has been followed by various mobile phone network operators. Popular mobile phone UK operators, including Vodafone and some others are offering free portable computing machines to their users. This trend has almost become a norm for the mobile phone operators. (Read more…)

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Laptop and sensitive data theft is the biggest issue that majority of portable computing device users face on daily basis. Whenever such malicious activities happen the first thing that the user does is call the IT department immediately and abuse the support guy for poor service, weak security policies and inefficient data breach protection tools. But the main problem is what the IT department can do if the users themselves are careless and ignore the security advises that the support guy requests to follow? (Read more…)

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Smartphones are an integral part of our day to day life. These powerful handhelds are of great help. They not only offer hi-fi communication but are also ideal for entertaining the user on the go and offer a variety of connectivity options. But have you ever imagined smartphones helping you in keeping a check on your driving habits and saving fuel? Yes, you can now use your Windows based smartphone for this too. (Read more…)

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