Copyright © 2009 4 Square Media http://www.channelnews.com.au/Portable_Devices/Portable_Device_Issues Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:42:00 GMT Portable Device Issues on www.channelnews.com.au newsfeed.sichbo.ca http://www.channelnews.com.au/Portable_Devices/Portable_Device_Issues/S2K4C6E4 Only months out from the roll out of digital radio in Australia one of the UK's leading content providers Channel 4 has pulled the plug on the technology claiming that vendors are not interested in advertising on digital radio and that the technology has become unaffordable. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:42:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/Portable_Devices/Portable_Device_Issues/S2K4C6E4 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20081011045203544bb.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/Portable_Devices/Portable_Device_Issues/M3X3B7R4 Portable navigation systems from the likes of Navman, Tom Tom and Mio are set to become old hat as a new generation of GPS navigation systems built into mobile phones, in car dashboard systems and mobile handsets take over, claims leading research Company iSuppli. Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:37:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/Portable_Devices/Portable_Device_Issues/M3X3B7R4 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080928084032bd2f2.jpeg http://www.channelnews.com.au/CE_PRO/A6U3B8K6 According to mobiletechnews.com, IBM has released a study, which reveals 80 per cent of consumers want a service provider that gives them more choice in the applications and services available on their mobile device. Thu, 22 May 2008 10:26:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/CE_PRO/A6U3B8K6 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200805230828042ec12.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/IT_PRO/A8F2V2M2 Like the script from a bad B-grade sitcom, it seems some things in the smartphone space are just as easy to predict. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:48:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/IT_PRO/A8F2V2M2 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080516025102c6c2e.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/IT_PRO/E7P4M5L4 Fortune Magazine has suggested that US telco AT&T, which has an exclusive five-year deal to sell the iPhone in the US, is prepared to sell the device for as low as $US199 for customers who sign a two-year service contract. Thu, 01 May 2008 06:30:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/IT_PRO/E7P4M5L4 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080501043208df5a1.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/P2K7M3V5 FreeRange has launched a free version of its long-standing RSS news reader supporting up to 10 feeds for the BlackBerry and other smart phone platforms, including Windows Mobile, the Palm OS and J2ME. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:58:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/P2K7M3V5 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080408050240d0217.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/Business_News/B6V5V3R9 It seems Aprils Fools Day is getting a bit of an extension this year. Last week, a number of online sites (except for channelnews.com.au) reported that Panasonic was going to start putting tiny LCD TV screens into mobile phones this year. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:06:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/Business_News/B6V5V3R9 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080407030806810c2.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/U6B6N2F9 According to Jarno Niemela, senior analysts for anti-virus researchers for Finnish security vendor F-Secure, spy programs for mobile phones are likely to grow in sophistication and there is increasing evidence that “money from selling the tools will create a stronger incentive for more accomplished programmers to get into the game, which could make the programs harder to detect”. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:52:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/U6B6N2F9 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008033110540766a11.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/S9U2T5X5 Following a fire this month at one of the biggest South Korean battery makers, LG Chem, notebook battery production is being halted for up to three months, the company said. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:49:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/S9U2T5X5 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200803281151260db09.jpg http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/Business_News/H5B2S7V4 According to the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, in 2007, some 9.64 million mobile devices were shipped to Australia, with over one-third of these- or about 3.55 million being shipped in Q4, making the last quarter of 07 the highest on record. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:42:00 GMT http://www.channelnews.com.au/News/Business_News/H5B2S7V4 Branko Miletic http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008032601430782a26.jpg