RIM poised to deliver touchscreen smartphone; Smartphone wave challenges enterprise security

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	RIM poised to deliver touchscreen smartphone After weeks of speculation about the company's forthcoming BlackBerry OS 6, Research In Motion is poised to launch the latest version of its mobile operating system in the new BlackBerry Torch 9800, which contains the touch screen technology made popular by the Apple iPhone. The device will be available initially for use on the AT&T mobile network starting next week. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Today! In this Issue Smartphone wave challenges enterprise security Android 2.2: How to install Flash on Froyo BlackBerry Torch visual tour Smartphones as credit cards: Possibly dangerous, definitely inevitable New code uncouples iPhone 4 from home wireless carrier Germans sound iPhone attack alarm as Apple claims fix ready Indonesia presses RIM over its BlackBerry service Android Invasion Has Begun: 200K Droids Activated Daily Clearwire hopes to attract Apple users with new hotspot White spaces: Technology overview iPhone 4 owner satisfaction stays high, survey finds BlackBerry Torch could sink or swim on OS 6 Catching up on the Cool Tools backlog Intel has its eye on iPhone, smartphone market Lebanon also investigates BlackBerry services Survey: WiMax operators plan to go mobile, want more devices RIM: Despite Android's Growth, BlackBerry Still Better DOWNLOAD: Brocade 802.11n and Higher Education WLAN Opportunities Discover how Brocade Mobility solutions can help higher education institutions overcoming costly and difficult WLAN technical challenges. Read more! Smartphone wave challenges enterprise security With ever more employees clamoring to use smartphones for both personal and business purposes, IT and security managers are forced to answer tough questions. Read More Android 2.2: How to install Flash on Froyo Support for Adobe Flash is one of the biggest selling points of Android 2.2 - or "Froyo" - and one reason so many people were looking forward to Google's mobile operating system update. Read More BlackBerry Torch visual tour Can RIM keep the BlackBerry fires burning in the hearts of its users with its latest Torch 9800 smartphone? Here is a look at the features that just might keep BlackBerry users from jumping ship to the an Android device or Apple's iPhone. Read More Smartphones as credit cards: Possibly dangerous, definitely inevitable Now that AT&T and Verizon have decided to turn smartphones into credit cards, you may be asking yourself, "Is this really a good idea?" Read More New code uncouples iPhone 4 from home wireless carrier Hackers on Wednesday released code that lets iPhone 4 owners – if they have modified their Apple smartphones to load unauthorized apps -- to now use the devices on new wireless carriers. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Implementing Tiered Storage: IDC: Enterprises that are investigating deploying a tiered storage architecture should consider using an external services provider to assist with the migration. Of critical importance is the ability to offer a range of services from the initial planning all the way through to ongoing support and management. Read Now Germans sound iPhone attack alarm as Apple claims fix ready Amid a warning by German authorities of possible malicious use of a critical iPhone exploit, Apple said it has a fix ready and will deliver it in the next smartphone update. Read More Indonesia presses RIM over its BlackBerry service Indonesia is continuing to press Research In Motion (RIM) to allow monitoring of BlackBerry data for security reasons, a request made last year but renewed as the Canadian company feels similar pressure from other countries. Read More Android Invasion Has Begun: 200K Droids Activated Daily Google Wave may be gone, but there are still reasons to rejoice in Googleville. One of them is the continuing good news about sales of smartphones running Google's Android operating system. While the shock of Searchzilla's announcement that it was driving a stake into the heart of its experiment in collaboration, its boss revealed to a gathering of reporters at Techonomy in Lake Tahoe, California that Android smartphone activations have reached 200,000 a day. Read More Clearwire hopes to attract Apple users with new hotspot Clearwire has expanded its portfolio of personal hotspots to include the iSpot, which has been designed to attract Apple users, the operator said on Wednesday. Read More White spaces: Technology overview The radio frequency band used to broadcast TV in the United States has evolved over time, primarily due to the Federal Communication Commission's desire to make more bandwidth available for wireless two-way communications. When the TV industry transitioned from analog to digital signals it freed up radio frequency spectrum, some of which the FCC auctioned off to wireless carriers. The rest, having been designated for unlicensed use, is known as TV white spaces. Read More WEBCAST: Sybase Adopting iPad for Enterprise Use There is little doubt that Apple's iPad and iPhone will become a valuable enterprise productivity tools. Watch this Sybase webcast and learn why IT departments should consider iPad and iPhone when planning new enterprise mobility strategies. Watch Now iPhone 4 owner satisfaction stays high, survey finds As many as one-third of new iPhone 4 owners say they've experienced some antenna-related problems, according to a new survey. But overall, iPhone 4 owner satisfaction still far outstrips rival smartphones. Read More BlackBerry Torch could sink or swim on OS 6 From a tech specs perspective, the BlackBerry Torch isn't groundbreaking. Rather, its success or failure will hinge upon the strength of its revamped operating system. Read More Catching up on the Cool Tools backlog It's not even the holiday season yet, and we've got a bunch of boxes coming in daily. This also means that I need to catch up on writing about some items that have been sitting here lately. These are cool items that are easy to talk about quickly without writing a full review. Read More Intel has its eye on iPhone, smartphone market Reports are circulating that Intel is in talks to buy Infineon's wireless chip unit, which could be a boost to Intel's efforts to gain footing in the smartphone market. Read More Lebanon also investigates BlackBerry services Lebanon's telecom regulator said Friday that it will start negotiations with Research In Motion (RIM) to provide the country's security agencies access to communications on the BlackBerry network. Read More Survey: WiMax operators plan to go mobile, want more devices A majority of WiMax operators plan to offer mobile services by 2012, but a lack of smartphones that support the wireless technology will make it a challenge, according to a survey by Infonetics Research. Read More RIM: Despite Android's Growth, BlackBerry Still Better There's no denying that Google's Android operating system is a striking success. Consumer and business users are buying more than 200,000 Android-based mobile phones and other devices daily, according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who made the announcement Wednesday at the Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, California. Read More
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