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Google's Android and Nokia's Symbian to Combine?

As the release of Google's [NASDAQ:GOOG] Android mobile phone operating system nears, speculation abounds. But here's a new rumor, fresh from the research firm J. Gold Associates: they say that Android and Nokia's Symbian will ...READ MORE

Could the 8-Megapixel N86 Boost Nokia's U.S. Fortunes?

Despite Nokia's global success it's performance in the U.S. market has been lackluster. Can the arrival of the N86 to America, with its Symbian-smartphone and 8-megapixel-camera powers help turn that situation around? The phone was ...READ MORE

Cell Phone Sales: Powerhouse Nokia Threatened by Stalkers

Gartner released its worldwide mobile sales numbers for both hardware and smartphone OS, and they're not much of a surprise: Nokia's first in hardware sales. It's OS, Symbian, has 46.9% of the marketshare. RIM, makers of BlackBerry, ...READ MORE

Layar Gets Fresh Funding, Promises Multiple Realities

Layar, the augmented reality app that lets you see where stimulus money is being spent, among other things, has just gotten a fresh $1 million cash infusion from European investors. The Dutch company, which makes iPhone and Android ...READ MORE

Samsung Readies 8MP Cameraphone

Not to be outdone by Sony Ericcson's [NYSE:SNE] new 8-megapixel phone, word has it that Samsung [SEO:005930] is formulating a competitor dubbed the i8510, complete with -- you guessed it -- an 8-megapixel camera. The phone will run ...READ MORE

Symbian Demo's Touch-Screen OS

Topping off a week full of touch-screen smartphone news from Apple, Samsung and Nokia, Symbian today released a short video demonstrating some of the features and aesthetics of their touch-based operating system, dubbed S60. Symbian ...READ MORE

Gartner: Smartphones On the March, But Android Army Can't Save Motorola

Gartner keeps a finger on the pulse of the cell phone world, and its latest figures reveal the heart is beating strongly: Sales are up nearly 14%, and Android is leading the smartphone charge. READ MORE

Nokia Says No to Android Smartphone

The world's largest cellphone company won't be making a Google Android-powered Smartphone. But Nokia's recent partnership with Intel means a new OS is inevitable.READ MORE

Hacking Windows Mobile

iPhones aren't the only Internet-surfing phones that have gaping security weaknesses waiting to be exploited. In fact, all smartphones -- that includes Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry devices -- can be easily commandeered by ...READ MORE

Under the Radar Conference Preview: Palringo

As popular as instant messaging is on the desktop, it hasn't quite taken off the same way on mobile devices. Palringo is trying to bring a smarter brand of IM, designed from the start for handhelds, to our mobile world.READ MORE

Bada, Samsung's New Open-Source Operating System: What's the Beef?

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 MORE

How to Save Nokia: Rip Out Its Bureaucratic Guts

Nokia's business may not be circling the drain hole, but it is in the toilet despite positive spin around its recent finances. How can the company be saved? A former exec knows: by flushing its middle management.READ MORE

Nokia World Kickoff Shines a Light on Smartphone Future of Embattled Company

It's the opening day of Nokia World, but trumpet its successes as it will, the cell phone giant is in trouble. It needs to reinvigorate its smartphone business, but can the first clutch of new phones in this market actually help?READ MORE

Layar Launches Augmented Reality Search Engine Layar Stream

Last month Dutch AR master Layar brought us in-app shopping, and now it's gone all Casey Kasem on us. Launching today, Layar Stream is an "augmented reality content discovery engine," which lets you find out which apps are being used ...READ MORE

A Stagnant Nokia Launches Search for New CEO

Though it's the top seller of cellphones worldwide, Nokia is losing ground fast. Sources now report the Finnish company has launched a search for a new CEO to take the company in a new direction.READ MORE

Android Is on Its Way to Beating iPhone in Mobile Web Use

AdMob released its mobile Web usage data for both the U.S. and the world, and the most surprising statistic has got to be Android's huge leap in the past few months--it now has the iPhone in its sights.READ MORE

Nokia Planning More Touchscreen Phones?

Consumers that checked out a Nokia [NOK] podcast on its new S60 Symbian operating system this week might have noticed that it featured press photos of an as-yet-announced touchscreen device. On the heels of the release of the Finnish ...READ MORE

Office Chatter: Microsoft-Nokia Deal in the Works

The Internet rumor fairies have been sprinkling their magic news story dust around again, and have given us a rather intriguing suggestion this time: Nokia and Microsoft are due to announce an alliance today. According to the ...READ MORE

Spotify VP Gives the Nod to U.S. Launch in Third Quarter of 2010

The Stateside launch for Spotify is firming up and could happen in late summer. The music streaming service currently only available in some European countries is in talks with U.S. Internet and cell-phone service providers in this ...READ MORE

Metaio's Augmented Reality Trick Lets You Metatag the Real World

Augmented reality and smartphones are a techno match made in heaven, and the whole idea is about to take a fascinating turn thanks to some new software from Metaio: It'll let you metatag real-world objects. Sounds confusing? It ...READ MORE

Android Smartphone Sales Predicted to Explode: 900% Growth in '09

It's clear that smartphones are going to pull market share away from dumbphones, and that Google's Android operating system is going to appear on many more handsets in the months ahead. But a new report is predicting 900% growth in ...READ MORE

RIM and Apple Battle for the $79 PC Market

Interesting article in the Times today about the battle between Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple for dominance of the smartphone market. Smartphones are becoming so capable these days I call them $79 personal computers. As the ...READ MORE

Mappiness iPhone App Measures Happiness in the U.K.

Discovering the effect your environment has on your well-beingREAD MORE

HTC's Android Phone Delayed

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 MORE

Milan to Venice: Bring It. A Throw-Down With Apps and Fancy Furniture

Despite lingering malaise in the furniture industry, the organizers of the annual Milan Furniture Fair, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, have good reason to ramp up their festival's firepower this year: they feel the hot breath of ...READ MORE