Weekly wrap-up: Workplace ABBB: Anything but BlackBerry
Friday, May 6th, 2011 Karen Ambrose Hickey, EditorI blogged already about BlackBerry World, so here are some other smartphone stories:
So You Want to Use Your iPhone for Work? Uh-oh. by Roger Cheng
For lots of workers, the company BlackBerry just doesn’t cut it anymore. As people pack increasingly sophisticated smartphones in their personal life, they’re clamoring to use those gadgets in the workplace as well. And many of their bosses are loosening up. They’re ditching the traditional BlackBerry-or-nothing policy and allowing a wider range of mobile devices, including tablets such as the iPad.
Google’s Android Moves Past BlackBerry by Steven Russolillo
Google gained six percentage points to capture market share of 34.7% in the first quarter, moving Android to the top position among smartphone operating systems.
Using Windows Phone 7: Differences for Mac & PC Users by Sarah Perez
Today’s Windows Phone is simply not powerful enough for my day-to-day needs. When the “Mango” update (due this fall) is released, that may change.
Samsung May Launch Its Hottest Android Phone On AT&T Tonight by Steve Kovach
The Samsung Galaxy S II, one of the most anticipated Android phones, was just cleared by the FCC for sale on AT&T.
And for fun…and including the Blackberry, Watch The Incredible 70-Year Evolution Of The Cell Phone
Tags: Android, Blackberry, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
