When was the last time you heard people, young or old, arguing the merits of different rock bands? I’m guessing it’s been a while. But what about a tiff about their choice of mobile phone? In the last five years, I’ve heard too many to count. Does that make personal technology the rock ‘n roll of this century? The
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If Microsoft’s nascent Windows Phone platform is going to succeed, it’s in the corporate market, where the company is already strong with its desktop and server tools, where it arguably has the greatest chance of success against rival platforms such as Google’s Android and Apple, with the iPhone. Now, its ambitions
From Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy S3 to Nokia’s Windows Phone-powered Lumia 920, it’s been a banner year for technology innovation and a real treat for gadget junkies. What, then, were the best tech toys of 2012? I’m fortunate enough in my job to
Last week, my Android-powered smartphone, which had just been upgraded to Jelly Bean, the latest version of the software, popped up a message warning me that it would take nine minutes longer than normal to get to my next meeting, in Midrand. The reason, it said, was that there was a traffic
Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) and Finland’s Nokia have both taken a beating in recent years. The former’s share price has slumped 89% in the past five years; the latter’s is down by 91%. Yet, in recent weeks, both shares have bounced up significantly, prompting questions about whether
It’s been more than five years now since Apple pulled the rug from under Nokia with the original iPhone. Since then, Nokia, once the world leader in smartphones, has been scrambling to develop a product that can beat the iPhone as its market share and its
Nokia on Friday launched its highly anticipated new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 920, in South Africa. The phone, seen by analysts as the Finnish firm’s best chance to date of reversing its punishing loss in smartphone market share, is the first from Nokia running Windows
After a period of “consolidation” at its local office, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC is promising a renewed assault on the South African market by increasing its profile in the country and introducing new Windows Phone 8 and Android 4.1 smartphones. “We’ve had a period
The fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) version of Nokia’s new flagship handset, the Lumia 920, will go on sale in November, the Finnish handset manufacturer said in a statement on Tuesday. The Lumia 920 is Nokia’s new flagship device powered by
What the heck is going on? Microsoft, famous for developing products for its platforms only, has suddenly become a leading advocate of openness. Office, its productivity suite, for example, will be available early next year for Apple’s iPad and for devices powered by Google’s Android operating