http://www.silicon.com Results for mobile phone en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39677645,00.htm We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern lives. This week a new light was thrown on the levels of mobile phone-induced human ineptitude in the UK, with a poll revealing the UK's worst mobile phone howlers. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:59:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39674577,00.htm The software, available as a downloadable app for Android, iPhone, Symbian and Window Mobile, allows users to answer incoming calls to their home phone on their mobile using wi-fi, or make VoIP calls from their mobile using their home broadband line. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39668396,00.htm Mobile maker Sony Ericsson has debuted another phone in its Xperia range - but with a twist. Unlike other devices in the series, such as the X2 smartphone and the upcoming X10 Android device, the Xperia Pureness mobile phone (pictured above) has... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:56:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39668394,00.htm As for phone loss, is there anyone who hasn't lost a phone at some point? We know from a recent research project that about 15 per cent of respondents had personally suffered accidental loss or theft of bag, keys, wallet/purse, phone or laptop in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39650565,00.htm I'm only talking about knowledge workers here: those whose work could be done with a laptop and phone. In this age of mobile working, should businesses consider ditching their offices? I would venture that interactive and mobile technology isn't... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60823461p,00.htm The real innovation in the mobile phone world is in the area of smartphones where we see the Apple iPhone, Palm WebOS, Google Android, RIM BlackBerry, and Microsoft Windows Mobile devices taking us to places we have never been before. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39646337,00.htm Pictured above is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 - the follow-up device to the mobile maker's first Windows Mobile phone, the X1. The 3.2-inch touchscreen Xperia X2 runs the latest iteration of Microsoft's OS, Windows Mobile 6.5 - which Microsoft... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813179p,00.htm The techno-commercial feasibility of using mobile phone networks for Feeder Automation is established. The mobile phone networks include several security aspects such as encryption, VPN, firewalls, static IP, passwords etc.which are adequate for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816506p,00.htm Within enterprise FMC there are several different architectural options that differ, depending on how closely the mobile phone is linked to the enterprise PBX, where the phone number is hosted and what voice and data calling features are offered... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813187p,00.htm In fact, the asset can even have enough intelligence built into it to initiate calls using the GSM phone links. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) enable the tracking of all kinds of mobile assets accurately and provide their real time positions... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39640950,00.htm This is the F-Circle, designed by Yuji Ito and featuring a distinctive round screen: "a departure from the typical rectangular mobile phone shape". The mobile present was also addressed in October with silicon.com's pick of the best open source... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39637917,00.htm Asked which they could "least live without" for a day - a mobile phone, internet access, email and an MP3 player - readers confessed they find internet access the most essential. Are you a mobile lover or an internet addict? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:02:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39635524,00.htm AT&T phone users who are mobile will be offered deals and discounts from nearby AT&T business customers. But US carrier AT&T liked what it saw and partnered with the company to enable the wireless networking that allows photos to be sent from a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60174819p,00.htm During severe weather events such as hurricanes, the animated radar maps have proven extremely valuable, especially when television and phone lines are hit by outages. The Weather Channel developed a wireless download application using Brew and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:58:20 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39629411,00.htm Sony Ericsson's first Android phone is a bit of a looker. The X10 has an 8.1-megapixel camera, and comes with up to 1GB memory storage on the phone and an 8GB memory card. It's two years since Google announced it was building an open mobile OS... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60662450p,00.htm For incoming calls, Mobile Connect can allow up to 10 remote devices to be rung down while also ringing down the primary office phone. On outgoing calls from a remote corporate user, Mobile Voice Access allows the company to centralize long... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:46:39 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39617379,00.htm Here Salesforce demonstrates the Wave CRM app in use by the mobile phone apps company Booyah. Using the app, customers can choose from accessing information about their billing and mobile service, adding services or reporting a hardware problem. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39607328,00.htm Notations could then be overlaid on the phone's camera view to provide an augmented reality view of the world. The first mobile device running Google's Android OS - the G1 - came with GPS and a built-in compass which gave app developers an exciting... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:03:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39586415,00.htm This is about getting people who have never really used a mobile phone for anything other than answering calls and making calls to actually do their day to day job on a small, tiny in some cases, PDA. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39582316,00.htm It's also the first Android phone to be powered by Snapdragon. Acer has also shown off a smartphone running Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset for low-power mobile computing called Liquid. This week saw hardware maker Acer announcing the latest... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:45:02 +0000