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Fragmentation is easy, integration is hard
The Wall Street Journal reports today that “Google’s Mobile-Handset Plans Are Slowed“. The Inquirer picks up the story and adds a few choice morsels of its own: “Depressing news as Google’s Android...
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The mobile multitasking advantage
How important is it for a mobile device to support background multitasking? Specifically, how important is it that users can install, onto the device, applications which will continue to run well in...
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Co-existing with Android
For some time, I’ve wanted to learn more about Android. Not just theory, or second hand knowledge. I wanted my own, direct, practical knowledge – obtained by using an Android device “in anger” (as the...
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Six weeks without Symbian
It’s only six weeks, but in some ways, it feels like six months. That’s how much time has passed since I’ve used a Symbian phone. These six weeks separate me from nearly thirteen years of reliance on a...
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My brief skirmish with Android malware
The smartphone security issue is going to run and run. There’s an escalating arms race, between would-be breakers of security and would-be defenders. The race involves both technology engineering and...
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My reasonably smooth upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich
I’ve been looking forwards to the new experiences that would be unlocked by installing “Ice Cream Sandwich” (Android 4.0) in my Samsung Galaxy Note, in place of the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) it...
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Duplication stuplication
I had a mixture of feelings when I looked at the display of the Agenda application on my Samsung Note smartphone: On the face of things, I was going to be very busy at 09:00 that morning – I had five...
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