| Slideshow: Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS
Motorola's new Droid 3G smartphone could have what it takes to grab a chunk of the cellular data market and rival the iPhone's success: big touchscreen coupled with a sliding Qwerty keyboard, robust Web browser, the improved Android 2.0 operating system, and tight integration with Google services. The exclusive carrier, Verizon Wireless, is making a full-court press with Droid.This slideshow looks at both phones, based on their specifications. New look Juniper opens up, readies for next decade
Juniper Networks' wide-ranging announcements last week, billed as the most significant since its founding in 1996, included a sweeping array of software, silicon, systems and partnerships designed to take the company and its customers into the next decade of networking. GPS tracking system unveiled for Alzheimer's patients
The Alzheimer's Association has unveiled a Web-based application that allows Alzheimer's patients to roam within a pre-established area. If they leave that area, a GPS tracking system alerts loved ones or caregivers who can then locate them. Mobile phone shipments show signs of improvement in Q3
The mobile phone market globally turned a corner in the third quarter, with shipments by manufacturers increasing by 5.6% over the previous quarter, market research firm IDC reported. Android 2.0: The iPhone killer at last?
Get past the hype: Here's the real deal on Android's chances to unseat the iPhone Sprint improving even if financial numbers don't show it, says analyst
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse laid out a number of strides his company has made in such area as customer satisfaction, pricing plans and new smartphone models, but preliminary third-quarter results still showed a 9% decline in revenues and a 48% loss in profit compared to a year ago. Want to bone up on wireless tech? Try ham radio
John D. Hays, an IT manager in Edmonds, Wash., devotes most of his spare time these days to helping develop a communications system that's designed to integrate portable two-way radios with the global telephone network. The project's goal is to create a failure-proof voice communications infrastructure that can immediately connect first responders with the outside world. Will Droid gain iPhone's tech 'lust' factor?
Comparisons have already been made between the iPhone and the Droid smartphones, but one telling difference that might matter more is something less tangible, involving Apple fanaticism and the iPhone's two-year-plus market lead over the Droid. Unfinished Windows 7 feature turns laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots
A Philadelphia developer has rooted out an unfinished feature of Windows 7 that turns any laptop into a wireless access point, allowing other Wi-Fi-enabled devices to share the connection without special software. ARM vs. Atom: The battle for the next digital frontier
Small, inexpensive, power-efficient new chips from Intel and ARM are enabling the new wave of mobile devices -- and setting the two companies on a collision course Apple to ink Verizon-iPhone deal next year, analyst says
Apple will probably drop its exclusive deal with AT&T next year and offer its iPhone to Verizon subscribers as well, a Wall Street analyst said today. Google drives into new market with Maps Navigation beta
Google unveiled the beta version of Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 devices. Sprint plans open app store
Sprint Nextel next year will introduce a new, more open application store on its feature phones, turning to a third party to manage it with the goal of getting new offerings out to consumers in an average of one week. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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