10 Gameloft Games for Android. Gameloft announced plans to develop 10 plus games for Android, an open source mobile platform. Bubble Bash will be the first title scheduled for launch in Q1 2009. In addition to Bubble Bash, Gameloft has several diverse offerings lined up in 2009 for the Android platform. The company has been developing mass market games for casual audiences and continues its commitment with its offerings for Android.
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Symbian + Android Collaboration? According to Reuters, Symbian could expand its collaboration with Google Inc to the operating system level as it moves to grant free and open access to its software platform. (possibly Android?) “We already work together and so whatever collaboration, if there is an opportunity, we will be happy to collaborate with them,” Symbian chief executive Nigel Clifford told reporters in Tokyo. Symbian software is used in some 60 percent of smartphones — mobile handsets with computer-like capabilities — but Apple Inc’s iPhone or new categories of phones based on Google’s Android software could challenge that dominance. Continue reading ‘Symbian + Android Collaboration?’
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LiMo Foundation + Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum for Open Source. Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum members and LiMo combine together to support and to unify the growing momentum of Linux platforms in the global mobile market. The move will encompass LiPS Forum members from across the mobile ecosystem, in-cluding chipset suppliers, Linux OS and mobile stack vendors, handset designers and OEMs and regional and global wireless operators. It follows announcements by other LiPS members who have joined LiMo Foundation: ACCESS, ARM Limited, Azingo, France Telecom / Orange, Huawei Technology, MontaVista Software, Inc., NXP Semi-conductors, Open-Plug, Purple Labs and Texas Instruments. Continue reading ‘LiMo Foundation + Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum for Open Source’
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Firmware Update for Nokia N800, N810 Internet Tablets (OS2008 Feature Upgrade). A new firmware update for your internet tablets that will provide you new features and bug fixes to your Nokia N800 or Nokia N810. This update includes the OS2008 Feature Upgrade which is based on Maemo 4.1 (codename: Diablo). It brings a new open-source email application (based on Modest and the tinymail framework). You also get better panning in the web browser, and Seamless Software Update. Continue reading ‘Firmware Update for Nokia N800, N810 Internet Tablets (OS2008 Feature Upgrade)’
Digia @Web - 1st Finger Touch Web Browser for Symbian UIQ. A first full finger touch web browser for UIQ platform phones has been created by Digia Plc. This application which is called Digia @Web is designed for UIQ 3 and Symbian OS. The mobile browser is based on the open-source webkit browser engine ported to UIQ by Digia, and a whole new browser UI that gives powerful and intuitive access to true web content. It is based on the same core Nokia’s S60 browser and Apple’s Safari use - Webkit. Other users of the webkit browser engine also include iPhone and Google Android. Continue reading ‘Digia @Web - 1st Finger Touch Web Browser for Symbian UIQ’
OpenMoko FreeRunner will be available for $399. As we expected last month, New OpenMoko next to the Neo 1973, This OpenMoko Neo1973 open-source Linux handset’s successor will be available in the near future. OpenMoko FreeRunner sports a faster processor than its predecessor and adds three-axis motion sensors to the mix.
As we saw before, the overall aesthetic of the FreeRunner is largely unchanged from the Neo1973, and the glorious VGA touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, and microSD card slot also make the cut. The FreeRunner should lessen the open-source Linux handset-drought caused by dried-up OpenMoko Neo1973 supplies. Continue reading ‘OpenMoko FreeRunner will be available for $399′
New OpenMoko next to the Neo 1973. As follow-up to the last post, 2nd OpenMoko Phone in March-April 2008, It’s a successor to the open-source OpenMoko Neo1973 which is expected to be officially released in April. Continue reading ‘New OpenMoko next to the Neo 1973′
2nd OpenMoko Phone in March-April 2008. OpenMoko, a Linux-based open source handset platform developer, will be launching its second handset in the March-April period this year, according to company’s president Sean Moss-Pultz. In addition to pushing its own products, the Taiwan-based open source handset maker will also use its platform to engage in production of hardware devices in cooperation with other companies and even plans to make up to one-third of its overall revenues from such deals. Continue reading ‘2nd OpenMoko Phone in March-April 2008′
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