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  • Holograms beamed to handsets by 2010

    Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by an Indian tech company.

  • Motorola COO sees strong demand for 3G phones

    The market for high-speed cellular data handsets is beginning to take off, according to Motorola's president and chief operating officer.

  • Mobile phones: The cheaper the better

    To attract mobile users in Asia Pacific, vendors should introduce low-price, entry-level handset models, as over 80 percent of handsets sold in 2005 would be to price-sensitive developing markets, according to a recent report.

  • Mobile phone driving offences creeps up

    The number of NSW motorists caught using handheld mobiles whilst driving is growing despite tougher penalties introduced mid-last year police today revealed following a state-wide crack-down on the offence last week.

  • 3 Australia doubles down on data

    Without the iPhone's gravitational pull, 3 Mobile is gambling on huge data increases to drive customers to its network.

Blogs (9)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    The more things change...

    With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mene, mene, tekel, iPhone: What the finger hath wrought

    Keen news readers would have heard about the strong earthquake that rocked south-western Greece on Sunday. Fewer may have realised that the quake was not so much an act of God, as an act of Jobs.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    How smart is the iPhone?

    Like most people with a pulse in their wrist and a love of tech in their hearts, I saw the Macworld keynote the other day. I know it's not going to win me any friends but does anyone else think Steve Jobs mightn't be so good on numbers?

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    The home base station: Too much of a hard cell?

    Despite the fact that a study out this month has shown that the cancer risk from mobiles is more hot air than anything, how many people would be willing to put a base station in their home?

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    What can the UK iPhone show Australia?

    With the iPhone freshly launched in Europe, only now are we starting to get an idea of the true extent of Apple's power over the mobile operators.

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  • VoIP handsets reviewed

    Voice over Internet Protocol, in some way, shape, or form, is a standard inclusion now with most business telephony systems. We review the latest offerings.

  • There's gold in them thar databases

    Finding hidden patterns and trends in masses of corporate data--in real time--takes up enormous processing power, but it can be very profitable.

  • Superguide: Security all you need to know

    When chief information officers and other technology managers talk about their priorities, security is always high on the list.

  • The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight?

    Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?

  • Mobile comms: can you predict the future?

    Industry analysts are always predicting what will happen in the future. David Braue went back in time five years to see how analysts expected the mobile comms market to evolve, and then compared it to what actually happened.

Reviews (142)

  • Motorola COO sees strong demand for 3G phones

    The market for high-speed cellular data handsets is beginning to take off, according to Motorola's president and chief operating officer.

  • Philips dials into the youth market

    The Fisio 311 is one of several phones Philips has chosen to lead the company’s march into the Australian mobile phone market. Competitively price, it is aimed at the younger user.

  • Samsung INNOV8 (i8510)

    The INNOV8 is loaded with features and sports massive storage. If you're in the market for a mobile phone that can do just about anything the INNOV8 should be on your shortlist.

  • Sony Ericsson C905

    The Sony Ericsson C905 is a very good phone with a decent camera, but don't expect this to be the model that has you selling your stand-alone camera on eBay.

  • LG KF700

    Tossing the KF700 into a mobile market obsessed with the iPhone could be a tough pitch for LG. HSDPA data speeds and multiple methods of input could be what's needed to turn a few heads away from the competition.

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