Microsoft July 19 released Windows Phone 7 to technical preview, with smartphones based on the platform due in October. Since that time, reviewers have pored over the highly anticipated mobile operating system, comparing and contrasting it with Apple’s iPhone and smartphones based on Android and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform
SAP’s agreement to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion should help the software company stay competitive with Oracle through new revenue streams and a larger technology portfolio.
SAP’s agreement to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion should help the software company stay competitive with Oracle through new revenue streams and a larger technology portfolio. Analysts agree that the acquisition also gives SAP the ability to capitalize on former strategic partner Sybase’s mobile technology at a time when businesses seem to be gravitating strongly toward smartphones and tablets.
The Samsung Epic 4G is the latest smartphone derived from the Samsung Galaxy S model, with a Super AMOLED screen and 1GHz processor capable of handling the device’s multimedia-intensive features and apps. Like the Samsung Vibrant (on T-Mobile), the Samsung Captivate (on AT&T) and the Samsung Fascinate (on Verizon), the Samsung Epic 4G runs Google Android 2.1. Despite the hardware and software designed to make it an Apple iPhone killer, however, the Epic 4G suffers from some of the issues as the other Galaxy S phones: namely, an imbalance between the features that feel cutting-edge and those that feel decidedly half-baked.
The Samsung Epic 4G is the latest smartphone derived from the Samsung Galaxy S model, with a Super AMOLED screen and 1GHz processor capable of handling the device’s multimedia-intensive features and apps. Like the Samsung Vibrant (on T-Mobile), the Samsung Captivate (on AT&T) and the Samsung Fascinate (on Verizon), the Samsung Epic 4G runs Google Android 2.1.
SAP’s agreement to buy Sybase for $5.8 billion should help the software company stay competitive with Oracle through new revenue streams and a larger technology portfolio. Analysts agree that the acquisition also gives SAP the ability to capitalize on former strategic partner Sybase’s mobile technology at a time when businesses seem to be gravitating strongly toward smartphones and tablets. One analyst suggests that SAP has not been successful with mobilizing its own suite of back-office applications, and that the acquisition can rectify this
As RIM’s BlackBerry Torch hits store shelves, the company is facing more pressure than ever. For now, RIM is putting on a brave face, trying to show its customers that it knows what it needs to do in order to beat back the Apple and Google invasion of its turf. But in reality, RIM is lost
Good enterprise-level security is not cheap, especially with new threats coming every day.
The half-smartphone, half-tablet Dell Streak is the latest device to succumb to iFixit’s teardown team, which ultimately applauded how simple the Streak is to "reverse engineer"& or, more simply stated, to put back together.
Internet Protocol v6 trials launched in four China provinces.