Archive for the ‘WinPhone’ Category
What Mobile Consolidation? Canonical Wants Ubuntu On Smartphones, Tablets
Tom Krazit, MocoNews, 10/31/2011 At least one company thinks the world hungers for another mobile operating system. Canonical, the company that builds and maintains Ubuntu Linux, is planning to release a version of their operating system for smartphones and tablets. ZDNet scored an interview with Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, who discussed plans for mobile Ubuntu [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: Linux
Intel Ditches MeeGo Mobile OS for HTML5-Centric Tizen
Sara Yin, PCMag.com, 9/28/2011 After months of speculation, Intel has officially abandoned the Linux-based MeeGo mobile operating system it launched in 2010 with Nokia. Instead, Intel will focus on Tizen, an open-source Linux build being developped with Samsung. Like MeeGo, a hybrid of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo, Tizen is hosted by the Linux Foundation. [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HTC, HTML5, Linux, Nokia, Samsung
BoxTone blends mobile device control with enterprise directories, policies
John Cox, Network World, 9/27/2011 Revamped software maps enterprise policies to mobile users BoxTone has released a new version of its mobile device management software, which now works with existing enterprise policy-setting and security tools. This integration lets enterprise IT staff apply those tools to mobile users. Management and security policies set through Microsoft Active [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Verizon
NFC Companies Prepare for Windows 8
Claire Swedberg, RFID Journal, 9/19/2011 Near Field Communication (NFC) technology vendors are already aligning themselves to provide solutions that could be used with Microsoft‘s upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS), which will include built-in NFC functionality, according to Microsoft’s product presentation and demonstration offered at the company’s Build developer conference, held on Sept. 13-16, 2011. [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: NFC
Mango supports Internet Sharing/Mobile Hot Spot feature
Daniel Rubino, WPCentral, 8/25/2011 Looks like Mango still has a few hidden surprises. As you can see to the right, that’s an official instantiation of Internet Sharing on a Samsung Focus running Mango. That’s the good news, that and it “works like a charm”. The bad news is it reportedly eats a lot of battery [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Hotspot
Nokia Launches Three New Symbian Smarpthones
MobleTechNews, 8/24/2011 Nokia today announced the launch of three feature-packed, mass market smartphones, bringing the latest smartphone functionality at attractive price points and including market-leading innovation with Symbian Belle. The Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600 extend the range of available designs, features and functionality in the Nokia Symbian smartphone range. Symbian Belle powers [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Bluetooth, NFC, Nokia
AT&T expands its mobile app services
Matt Hamblen. Computerworld. 8/22/2011 Businesses get a fully-managed mobile app development service and cloud storage AT&T has expanded its mobile application services for businesses, offering them a fully-managed service for building apps on various mobile platforms and storage of the apps in AT&T’s cloud. The service, announced today, is available in 220 countries. AT&T didn’t [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), WinPhone · Tagged with: AT&T
Skype Gets Into Group Messaging With GroupMe Buy
Geoff Spick, CMS Wire, 8/22/2011 Skype shows off some more acquisition aggression by picking up group messaging start-up GroupMe for around US$ 80 million. Skyping in Groups Leading VoIP service, and Microsoft acquiree, Skype is making a lot of headlines these days. Last week, it launched its own Wi-Fi app for iOS devices to encourage [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Banking Trojan hits Android phones
Brad Reed, Network World, 7/14/2011 Android users hit by banking Trojan that has plagued Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone users A banking Trojan that has plagued Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone users has now made its way to Android devices. The Zitmo Trojan, which has been used by the ZeuS criminal gang to steal banking information, was [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Malware, SMS
Alibaba plans own cloud-based phone OS
Electronista, 7/4/2011 Alibaba, best known for its e-commerce sites, is now working on developing its own cell phone operating system, an anonymous source close to the matter told the Wall Street Journal on Monday. The software will offer cloud-based services, unlike current popular operating systems such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, which requires users [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Cloud