AT&T has unveiled its latest cloud-based offering, which lets businesses grab more computing capacity when they need it. The company announced on Monday its Synaptic Compute as a Service, designed to let IT staffers store and maintain internal applications and data via AT&T’s cloud. Capacity and availability can be ramped up when needed, especially if …

Screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET As most Palm Pre owners (and anyone who bought the Palm Pixi, which went on sale Sunday) found out this weekend, WebOS 1.3.1 is now available for download. The latest version of Palm’s WebOS brings new features, such as the integration of Yahoo contacts, calendar, and instant messaging into Palm Synergy; text message forwarding; custom ring …

What’s worse than a lost or stolen iPhone? Uh, hello? Nothing! That’s why Apple invented Find My iPhone–and charges $99 per year for it as part of the MobileMe service. If you’re not willing to spend that much but want some kind of insurance against an iPhone that goes missing, check out Orbicule’s Undercover. This $4.99 app covertly transmits your …

On Monday, Samsung revealed its latest Google Android device, the Samsung Galaxy Spica (I5700). Like its siblings, the Samsung Behold II and Samsung Galaxy, the Spica has more of a multimedia focus and is actually the first Android smartphone to offer DivX support. In addition, it includes DNSe 2.0 (Digital Natural Sound engine) technology to improve sound quality and features …

The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520 is making the rounds. First debuting with T-Mobile and recently announced for Sprint and Verizon (as the Curve 8530), the Curve will now also be available at AT&T in the coming weeks for $99.99 with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate. While more of an entry-level device, the Curve 8520 has integrated Wi-Fi and …

I get really excited when I see devices like the Android-powered Vega Tablet that debuted last week. The moment I read the announcement, I started thinking of all the ways it could enhance my life. And where would I use it first? In the kitchen, of course! After a minute or so I realized that there are five Google Android …

The Windows Marketplace has rolled up the shutters and opened for business on the Web. You could already buy apps from your Windows Mobile 6.5 phone, but now you can log in and shop till you drop on the Windows Marketplace Web site. To do anything but browse, you have to be signed into the Marketplace from your Windows mobile …

It’s 2009 and every other shop on the high street is a mobile phone shop. PhoneShop is a new sitcom set in one such emporium. Crave put down our iPhone long enough to review the pilot — was it Puns4U or CrapPhone Warehouse? PhoneShop‘s humour is more shop than phone, with the comedy coming from the small pleasures that get …

So it has come to this: My iPhone 3G is a year old and out of warranty. Its battery ain’t what it used to be. And, heavens, does it seem slow sometimes. Needless to say, I’ve been eyeballing a 3GS for some time, but I still don’t qualify for a price break on an upgrade–not until April, 2010, according to …

Last June, I complained about the overused phrase “iPhone killer.” I argued that it elevates the iPhone to a place that it doesn’t deserve. Yes, it’s a great device in many ways, but it’s not the pinnacle of cell phone achievement. As it turns out, I was a little ahead of myself. In the two-and-a-half years since the first iPhone …

Ricky Gervais’s latest office isn’t a paper company in Slough… it’s much more nightmarish. PhoneShop, a new comedy with scripts edited by Gervais, takes place in the shiny-suited world of a mobile phone shop. The programme premiered last night on Channel 4 as part of its experimental comedy strand, and the Independent reports the channel is such a fan of …

Now playing: Watch this: Palm Pixi (Sprint) 4:28 The debut of the Palm Pre got the tech world and gadget enthusiasts excited about Palm once again. Long considered dead in the water, Palm’s innovative WebOS operating system buoyed it back into the spotlight, and the Pre was certainly a boon for the company as well as Sprint. While not a …

Augmented reality (AR), which overlays virtual information on to images of the real world on your phone‘s screen, has mostly been used for useful stuff such as finding the nearest Tube station. Thankfully, someone’s finally come along and used it for setting your house on fire. Firefighter 360 is an AR game for the iPhone that casts you as a …

Windows Mobile lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share between last year’s third quarter and this year’s third quarter, according to market researcher Gartner. Figures released Thursday by Gartner show that Microsoft’s mobile OS had 11 percent of the global smartphone market in Q3 2008. A year later, it had 7.9 percent. Meanwhile, the iPhone’s share rose from 12.9 …

With new features like turn-by-turn navigation and a self-correcting soft keyboard, Android 2.0 is enticing new customers who’ve never owned a smartphone. But is Android ready for business customers? With support for corporate e-mail and calendar accounts, Google Android isn’t just for consumers, but some IT managers have raised concerns over the operating system’s ActiveSync client, its encryption, and its …