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February 26, 2010

Motorola Open to Windows Phone 7

Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha has stated that the company is open to creating handsets running Windows Phone 7 , reports SlashGear . Motorola plans to launch 20 to 30 Android phones globally this ye... More >

February 25, 2010

Skype Dumps Skype for Windows and Skype Lite

Windows Mobile smartphone users who would like to use Skype are in for a bit of a letdown. According to Skype, Skype Lite and Skype for Windows are no longer available . Smartphone users who have al... More >

4G Holding Pattern Not Slowing Down Carriers

The march to 4G is on, but not necessarily as fast as hoped or promised, says Carl Weinschenk at IT Business Edge . The speed in which 4G is deployed is not the same as that being discussed in a ... More >

February 24, 2010

Google Cancels Beijing Nexus One Event

Google has pulled the plug on the Beijing portion of its regional event to introduce software developers to its Nexus One smartphone, reports MobileGuerilla . Google will introduce the Nexus One t... More >

Best Buy will Carry iPad

Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, revealed that consumers will be able to purchase the iPad at various locations besides Apple's retail stores. Cook did not mention whether AT&T will be ... More >

February 23, 2010

Symbian Tops Global Smartphone Market, Apple Surges to Third Spot

According to Gartner, Nokia maintains a commanding lead of the global smartphone market with 47 percent. Research in Motion maintains the second slot with 19.9 percent of the market and Apple rounds ... More >

Lenovo Updates Mobile Workstation

Lenovo issued an update to its mobile workstation line with the ThinkPad W701ds , which serves as a successor to the W700ds, reports Notebooks.com . The dual-screen device features a 17-inch WUXGA ... More >

February 22, 2010

webOS 1.4 Update Rumored for Feb. 25

It is rumored that Palm's webOS 1.4 update will go live on Thursday. According to an unnamed source from Verizon, the update is expected to come to 100,000 handsets at a time, SoftSailor reports.... More >

BlackBerry 9650 Facing Delays with Sprint, Verizon

The debut of Research in Motion's BlackBerry 9650 on Sprint's and Verizon's networks has been delayed due to software issues. Some Verizon stores received the smartphone, but they were sent back to... More >

February 19, 2010

Sprint to Launch 4G Handset this Summer

Sprint has announced it will launch 4G handsets that will be compatible with Clearwire's WiMax network during the first half of 2010. The handsets will be dual-mode phones capable of operating on Cle... More >

LiMo Open to Joining Forces with MeeGo

Earlier this week, Intel and Nokia merged their Linux operating systems to create the new MeeGo mobile platform. Sean Michael Kerner, writing for InternetNews , says MeeGo is good for the Linux d... More >

BBC Announces New Mobile App, Criticizes Industry Fragmentation

BBC announced plans to launch several new mobile applications. The BBC News app will initially be available as an iPhone app and will be available for the BlackBerry and Android operating systems l... More >

February 18, 2010

Motorola Backflip Poised to Be AT&T's First Android Smartphone

Beginning March 7, AT&T will be the latest carrier to embrace Google's Android operating system. The Android smartphone coming to AT&T's network is the Motorola Backflip . The handset is e... More >

Verizon Tops Call Quality in Five Regions

Verizon Wireless ranked highest among wireless providers in five regions across the U.S. in the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study, Volume 1, MobileBurn reports.... More >

Sprint Confirms Android 2.1 Update for Hero, Moment

Sprint announced on its Twitter account that Android 2.1 updates for HTC Hero and Samsung Moment phones are expected early in the second quarter of this year, MobileBurn reports. The Hero, also a... More >

February 17, 2010

Google Demos Translation Software for Smartphones

Last week, Google announced that it was in the process of developing software for smartphones that will instantaneously translate foreign languages . This week at the Mobile World Congress trade sho... More >

LG GW900 First Confirmed MeeGo Handset

Earlier this week, Intel and Nokia announced they would be merging their Moblin and Maemo platforms to create the MeeGo OS . An LG presenter at the Mobile World Congress confirmed its GW900 handset ... More >

Mobile Phone Subscriptions to Surpass 5 Billion in 2010

A report by the International Telecommunication Union claims that by the end of 2010, there will be 5 billion mobile phone subscribers globally. Mobile phone subscriptions reached 4.6 billion by th... More >

February 16, 2010

HTC Re-Affirms Commitment to Windows Mobile

Microsoft announced its Windows Phone 7 Series yesterday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Today, HTC confirmed that it will offer a full portfolio of smartphones running the new OS in the... More >

Verizon Announces Unlimited Skype Calling

Verizon unveiled a Skype application that will enable free domestic and cheap international VoIP calls for anyone with a 3G Verizon data service plan , Computerworld reports. The free application ... More >

Symbian^3 Unveiled

At the Mobile World Congress, the Symbian Foundation has officially launched Symbian^3, the first build of the platform to be completely open source. Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian F... More >

RIM Intros BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express, New Browser

Research in Motion announced the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express (BESX), V3.co.uk reports. The new software is expected to be available as a free download in March and will synchronize Black... More >

February 15, 2010

Mobile Operators Form Mobile App Store Alliance

Twenty-four mobile carriers have united to create an open platform, called the Wholesale Applications Community , that will deliver mobile applications to all platforms in an effort to compete with ... More >

Adobe Announces Flash, AIR for Smartphones

Adobe is on track to launch the latest version of its Flash Player for smartphones during the first half of 2010. The company is also planning the same for its AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) platfor... More >

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 7 Series

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Steve Ballmer announced Microsoft is launching new software for smartphones, including version 7.0 of its Windows Mobile operating system. According to CNE... More >

Nokia, Intel Merge Linux Mobile Platforms

Nokia and Intel announced the merger of their Linux operating systems to create a new mobile platform called MeeGo, which is tailored to work across a range of devices. MeeGo will combine the Mobiln ... More >

February 12, 2010

Microsoft to Announce New Mobile Phone Software

Microsoft may give the world a sneak peak at Windows Mobile 7 next Monday at a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where it is set to announce new mobile phone software, says... More >

Marvell Announces Chips Aimed at High, Low Ends of Smartphone Market

Marvell announced Pantheon, a new chip set designed to drive $99 smartphones to market , reports MobileBurn . The platform is equipped with an 800MHz ARM dual-core processor, supports 720p video pl... More >

February 11, 2010

Nexus One Still Facing 3G Issues

The rocky start for Google's Nexus One may or may not be a product of the company's initial approach, but the device's continuing problems may be a hardware issue , according to Endgadget . Despi... More >

Palm Pre Coming to AT&T in May?

Sprint and Palm introduced the Palm Pre last June, and it has since been picked up by Verizon. The handset was reportedly under review at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and is scheduled t... More >

February 10, 2010

Increase in Solar Flares to Disrupt GPS

A group of UK researchers have warned that expected solar flares will cause delays in satellite signals, meaning GPS signals will be inaccurate , according to TechEye . The effects of the resulting... More >

Android 2.1 Coming to Motorola Droid This Week

According to Motorola, Google will begin rolling out Android 2.1 to Droid smartphones this week . The update was introduced along with Google's Nexus One handset. The upgrade is considered minor, al... More >

February 9, 2010

Android, iPhone Gain Ground in Smartphone Market

According to a new report from comScore, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is still the top smartphone platform in the U.S., but the growth of the Android and iPhone platforms is showing no signs ... More >

Retrovo Follows Pulse of iPad Interest

A follow-up survey from Retrevo found that while a lot more people are aware of Apple's iPad, fewer of those people plan to buy one. The number of people categorically uninterested in the device ... More >

Google Taking Calls for Nexus One

Google is now accepting calls. Nexus One customers can call 1-888-48-NEXUS (63987) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Google will only handle queries about the status of their phone orders and... More >

February 8, 2010

Voipswitch to Launch BlackBerry Dialer at Mobile World Congress

Voiceserve subsidiary, Voipswitch , announced it will participate in next week's 2010 Barcelona GSMA Mobile World Conference as an exhibitor. Participating in the event for the first time, the compa... More >

Google Developing Language Translator for Mobile Phones

Having already launched and integrated its Google Translate service with some of its other offerings, Google is now looking to port similar technology to smartphones, says Geek.com . Google is dev... More >

February 5, 2010

First-Month Nexus One Sales Slow, but Steady

Google's new paradigm for selling cellular phones hasn't exactly revolutionized the mobile market. According to Gadgetopolis , Google's model of selling an unlocked phone wasn't really new, the ra... More >

February 4, 2010

Carriers Eager to Carry iPad in UK

Apple has a month-to-month 3G wireless data deal in place with AT&T for its upcoming iPad. Across the pond, wireless carriers are already jockeying to land service deals for the tablet device. T... More >

Symbian OS Now Open Source

The world's most widely used smartphone platform is not the iPhone OS, but rather the Symbian mobile operating system. Today the Symbian Foundation, which is backed by Nokia, announced that the Symb... More >

Skype for iPhone with 3G Support Coming Soon

Skype has reported that it soon will offer a new version of Skype for iPhone application that will support 3G calling , reports Business Insider .   Apple recently released the new iPhone SDK ... More >

February 3, 2010

Apple iPad Adding Spark to Media Tablet Category

ABI Research analysts say that Apple's iPad will spark tremendous interest in the media tablet market . The firm defines media tablet as having a touch-screen interface, 5-inches to 11-inches in siz... More >

Nexus One Get Updated with Multitouch

Yesterday, Nexus One owners began receiving over-the-air updates to their smartphones that will help amend some of their 3G stability issues . That's not all the update provides, says jkOnTheRun . ... More >

Google Chrome OS Tablet Concept Makes an Appearance

Google released concept art of a what a tablet based on its yet-to-be released open source Chrome operating system would look like.The animated concept video depicts a device with an on-screen keyb... More >

February 2, 2010

iPhone Wins Market Share, Loses Market Share

You win some, you lose some . In Apple's case, you do both at the same time, says Brainstorm Tech . Research firm Strategy Analytics found that Apple's iPhone market share grew to 16.4 percent in t... More >

Apple iPad Shipping with Webcam?

According to the folks at Mac and iPod repair company Mission Repair, the replacement enclosures it received for the iPad have a space that closely resembles the holes necessary for a webcam. This ad... More >

February 1, 2010

Qualcomm Eyes Next-Generation Mobile Tech with South Korean R&D Center

Qualcomm announced plans to set up a technology research and development center in South Korea and will invest $4 million in local digital audio chip maker Pulsus Technologies. The new research fac... More >

FCC Approves Nexus One for AT&T

A recent filing by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission revealed that an AT&T-compatible version of Google's Nexus One smartphone has been approved, AfterDawn reports. The handset is ex... More >

Firefox for Mobile Available for Nokia N900

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox for Mobile 1.0 for Nokia's Maemo 5 operating system. The Firefox browser will work only on Nokia's N900, which runs Maemo 5, a Linux-based operating syst... More >