However, taking a wider view suggests that Microsoft's partnerships with handset OEMs such as Samsung and Sony don't compare favourably with Symbian's natural affinity with the big three of Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia.
Transmission speeds are similar to a home modem link. Vodafone is in talks to establish bilateral roaming agreements within its European family and other telcos. Vodafone's newly launched GPRS mobile internet service has been labelled "primitive...
There's no point having a thin, light, ultra-portable notebook computer if it's tethered to a desk by a modem cord. And anyone who has travelled with a dial-up modem and a bag full of different plugs for the world's many and various phone sockets...
Among the three device manufacturers it has on board - in addition to HTC - is Samsung, rapidly emerging as the main pretender to the Nokia throne. This is a big endorsement for Smartphone 2002 but it should be noted Samsung is promiscuous in this...
What if they hooked up their mobile phone to a PC and started using it as a GPRS modem for full web browsing and email synchronisation? Once your free minutes are used up, for example, your price per minute can become very high, especially when...
But when the challenge of connecting to vital customer records while in a taxi is introduced, it can be enough to make the business traveller chuck it all in for a life in the country tending goats. Multimode diallers are ideally combined with a PC...