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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Symbian 10 years anniversary. Symbian, the market leading open operating system for mobile phones, celebrates its ten year anniversary. This year already, over 20 new mobile phones have been announced on Symbian OS v9. All of the world’s top five handset manufacturers have announced new Symbian OS models and more will come to market this year with volumes continuing to grow. Symbian also launched a dedicated site to talk about where they’ve been, what they’re doing now and where the future leads. You may check it out at http://tenyears.symbian.com/
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Palm Nova - Linux-based Palm 2.0 OS? As a follow-up to the previous post (Palm Nova Upcoming OS), According to APC, Palm’s CEO Ed Colligan reveals the ‘Palm 2.0’ OS platform, he calls “Palm 2.0.” The new mobile platform is codenamed “Nova,” and will be built on Linux, but Colligan refrained from referring to it as Palm OS 2.0. “I’m not coming up with the branding right now – whether it’s Palm OS 2.0 or Next Generation, we’re not coming up with the branding right now.” Continue reading ‘Palm Nova - Linux-based Palm 2.0 OS?’
Panda: Mobile Phone Adware / Malware increases. Panda Security, an anti-virus firm is reporting that Adware accounted for the most malware infections in the first quarter of 2008 - and it predicts a rise in mobile phone viruses. Continue reading ‘Panda: Mobile Phone Adware / Malware increases’
Windows Mobile 6.1 for Motorola Q9 + WiFi. From the last post, we’re looking forward to Windows Mobile 6.1 Release on April 1st. Then here’s a treat for Motorola Q9, the latest cellphone tweaked by Boy Genius Reports, not only came to BGR toting a WiFi radio, but also boasts a verified Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard operating system. Continue reading ‘Windows Mobile 6.1 for Motorola Q9 + WiFi’
Windows Mobile 7 details has leaked. There is a rumor that Windows Mobile 7 is currently developed by Microsoft. Windows Mobile 7, the first revolutionary change to its mobile device operating system. Recently, Someone on the internets was given a document by a source inside Microsoft that details the touch and gesture plans for Mobile 7. This document is a confidential internal use only document, used to explain the plans for Mobile 7, and contains well over a hundred pages of designs, ideas, and changes to the way we interact with our mobile devices. Here is the summary of the long details from microsoft.blognewschannel.com. Continue reading ‘Windows Mobile 7 Details Leaked’
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