Hard to deny the wisdom in here. From CSO magazine:
Does Smartphone Security Really Matter?
The short answer is yes, absolutely, more and more…
Threats to your mobile security are not always easy to see. They range from the simple (such as when someone finds your phone and reads all of your e-mail) to the highly complex (such as Trojan horses, viruses, or third-party apps that share your personal information).
Here are some common security risks, with tips, tricks, and tools to combat them.
Verizon iPhone 4 Goes on Sale Feb. 10 for $199
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless and Apple Jan. 11 said they will launch a CDMA version of Apple’s iPhone 4, confirming what the mobile tech world has been speculating about since AT&T launched the iPhone in 2007.
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Apple COO Tim Cook acknowledged the Verizon iPhone 4 handset is similar to the AT&T iPhone 4, from the FaceTime video chat application to the crisp Retina display.
The handset also sports the original iPhone 4′s LED flash, HD video recording, 5 megapixel camera and Apple’s signature glass and stainless steel design.
However, Cook said Verizon iPhone 4 offers one key feature difference: access to Verizon’s Personal Hotspot WiFi node capability, which connects up to five WiFi-enabled devices.
There is another big difference that may put off some more discerning consumers. Verizon’s iPhone 4 runs on CDMA technology, which does not allow simultaneous voice and data performance.
via eWeek.
Sorry to lead you to a slide show (I don’t care for them), but this one has really interesting info, especially for this Christmas buying season.
CIO.com’s mobile master found 11 of this year’s hottest smartphones, including new Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 devices on all major U.S. wireless carriers — even Apple’s iPhone 4 on AT&T! — for less than $50 each. Whatever your device- or carrier-preference, we’ve got a can’t-miss smartphone deal for you.
I found this article very interesting in spite of the fact that I am a strictly Windows Mobile guy; my current phone is a Palm Treo Pro. I have never used either a Blackberry OR an iPhone. (My day-job company recently forbade users to use Blackberry for email access, citing the privacy dangers of the intermediate mail server).
…in light of a recent study that found that two out of five BlackBerry users are eager to switch from their Research In Motion (RIM) devices to shiny new Apple smartphones, I decided to revisit the iPhone v. BlackBerry war…
The people I hand-selected to appear in this story aren’t smartphone “newbies,” by any means. In fact, most of them have used not only one or two smartphones or BlackBerrys before making the iPhone switch; the majority of these gadgets geeks have employed handfuls of smartphones in the past, making them ideal subjects for this account…
And their experiences can serve to inform others curious about what a switch from BlackBerry to iPhone would mean to them–or vice versa. In addition to the six BlackBerry-to-iPhone converts profiled in this piece, I’ve included the accounts of two gadget-lovers who first swapped their BlackBerrys for iPhones, only to switch back to BlackBerry shortly thereafter.
via CIO Magazine: The BlackBerry-to-iPhone Switch: Converts Speak.
I have concerns about touch-screen keyboards (but then, I am such a poor typist I wonder why I care? 
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The rules of notebook design and the components that go inside are being rewritten to make the road a better place to work and play.
“Between now and 2015, we expect to see a series of big changes that will redefine what a notebook is and what it looks like” — Intel
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