Category Archives: Technology

Choosing a SmartPhone

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: November 25, 2010
ADAM TURNER – Sydney Morning Herald Last updated 05:00 25/11/2010 The latest smartphones let you email, take photos and surf the web, all at the touch of a screen. Today’s smartphones are smarter than ever. Just about anything you can do with a computer you can do on a smartphone and it also works as an in-car sat-nav. [...]
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Windows Phone 7 Reviewers Weigh In:Too Little, Too Late

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: October 22, 2010
Smartphones running Windows Phone 7 OS soon join the millions of iPhone and Android phones, but do they stand a chance with consumers? Maybe, but apparently not with the critics. By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Oct 22, 2010 11:13 am Windows Phone 7 Reviews Wiegh In: Too Little, Too LateThe first reviews of Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 are [...]
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RIM unveils iPad rival BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: September 28, 2010
RIM unveils iPad rival PlayBook tablet Reuters Last updated 10:17 28/09/2010 IPAD RIVAL: Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO of Research in Motion, shows off the new Blackberry PlayBook. Relevant offers Research In Motion unveiled a tablet computer on Monday that it hopes will leapfrog Apple’s iPad, using its annual developers’ conference to highlight the device’s potential for gaming, media publishing [...]
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Questions and answers about BlackBerry objections

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: August 15, 2010
By PETER SVENSSON – AP Last updated 08:08 14/08/2010 Some questions and answers about foreign countries planning to ban the use of BlackBerry’s messaging and Web services: Q: Which countries are involved? A: India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have threatened to shut down some BlackBerry services in their respective countries. Lebanon and Indonesia have said [...]
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New Touchscreen BlackBerry

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: August 4, 2010
AP Last updated 09:25 04/08/2010 The BlackBerry Torch. Research In Motion has unveiled a new BlackBerry aimed at wooing consumers away from Apple’s iPhone and other rivals, but analysts said the handset won’t blow away the competition. Even though the main features of the BlackBerry Torch, including a touchscreen and slideout keyboard, were well-known within the industry, investors registered [...]
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Your cellphone probably isn’t killing you . . .

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: May 22, 2010
Your cellphone probably isn’t killing you By NICKY PHILLIPS – Sydney Morning Herald Last updated 12:29 22/05/2010 RELAX: Your cellphone isn’t hurting you – probably. Most children would remember being told that sitting too close to the television would give them square eyes. Despite this comical myth there have been genuine concerns from scientists and the public about the [...]
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Navigating Tech Etiquette

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: April 20, 2010
Tech etiquette: We interrupt this meeting for an email By RICHARD BAUM – Reuters Do you check your BlackBerry during work meetings? Do you do it furtively under the table, while your colleagues are distracted by a presentation? Do you leave it in front of you so [...]
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BlackBerry Storm 2

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: March 21, 2010
Review: BlackBerry Storm 2 By ASHER MOSES – SMH Last updated 05:00 20/03/2010 The BlackBerry Storm 2 is Research in Motion’s second attempt at devising an iPhone-killer, but in rushing to join the [...]
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Top 10 Mobiles for 2010 – Stuff.co.nz

By Jo Silverthorn | Published: March 1, 2010
Article courtesy of stuff.co.nz – http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/3348912/Top-10-mobiles-for-2010 OPINION: Judging by the announcements at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, 2010 is going to be the year of the Android. Google’s mobile platform was everywhere, with most major phone makers announcing new Android phones and a range of Android tablet devices and netbooks on diplay. Manufacturers clearly [...]
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