This week's big mobile news is the launch of bada, Samsung's own-brand operating system. In the few days since the news hit, however, there's been an awful lot of rumors, disinformation, misinformation and general blather. Does the ...READ»
We've covered bits and bobs about Microsoft's "Project Pink" Zune smartphone before, but the device since disappeared from the news. It's back again, matched with exciting rumors of an MS Tablet PC. Doesn't this all sound familiar?READ»
The App Stores War is getting a lot more interesting: Palm, it seems, is paying serious cash to app developers, while Microsoft has resorted to placing ads for developers in iPhone Apps. All to beat Apple.READ»
Microsoft will use one version of its Windows Mobile operating system to combat Android sales, and another version against the iPhone, According to Digitimes.
The hare-brained two-tier strategy won't roll out until October, when ...READ»
According to AdMob, Web traffic from Google Android devices is quickly overtaking Windows Mobile in the smartphone segment with 25% month-over-month growth in June. The advertising company, which does 40% of its business serving ads ...READ»
Good news for Windows Mobile users from the Worldwide Partner Conference: by year's end, Windows Marketplace, Microsoft's upcoming app vendor, will be open to WinMo 6.0 and 6.1. Previously Microsoft was gearing the site toward WinMo ...READ»
Cherry is going to have T-Mobile and AT&T more than a little worried. The Belgium-based startup modifies your GSM smartphone to allow it to switch seamlessly between WiFi and cell network calling, all at ultra cheap "WiFi calling" ...READ»
Garmin's been teasing its entry into the smartphone market, the Nuvifone, for ages. And there had been suggestions that Asus was building an Eee phone. But the two companies have now revealed they're joining forces to make cellphones ...READ»
Windows Mobile is the oft-forgotten prince of Smartphoneland, with millions of smartphone handsets carrying at least one version of the OS, sometimes behind the scenes. But to counter the rising threat from the iPhone and Android, it ...READ»
HTC has just pulled the wraps off its US-bound S743 cellphone. It's a variation on the S740 sold in Europe, and it's a smooth-looking candybar with traditional 12-key keypad and a full sideways-sliding QWERTY keyboard.
It's also a ...READ»
We’re always looking for an easier, more secure way of getting a hold of contact information, whether its personal or professional acquaintances. Telnic, a UK-based registry operator, launched what their developers call the ...READ»
Late last Friday, the world's most fecund tech company, Asus, [TPE:2357] announced it's latest gadget: a Windows Mobile phone. It's called the P552w, and sports a touchscreen interface, a respectable 624MHz processor, 3G radios, ...READ»
A couple of weeks back, we reported on this very blog that HTC's [TSE: 2498] new open-source phone running Google's [NASDAQ:GOOG] Android operating system was indeed on track for its Q4 release date. Now reports are surfacing that ...READ»
One of Microsoft [NASDAQ: MSFT] Vista's most lauded features, called Sideshow, allows users to access their PC through another Windows device and retrieve documents, e-mail, and other information through mini-applications called ...READ»
According to well-respected tech pundit Gary Krakow, Google's [NASDAQ: GOOG] smartphone operating system, dubbed Android, will be ready to launch via several manufacturers by the end of 2008. But what's more interesting is a second ...READ»
More details have surfaced on Sony Ericsson's (NYSE: SNE) much-anticipated Xperia X1 phone, which the company is positioning as a “mobile Web communication” device. The X1 – which is the first of the Xperia line due out – has ...READ»
