Nokia Confirms Symbian to Fade Away
Mark Kurlyandchik, DailyTech, 3/28/2011 Introduces new typeface and branding in effort to move forward It’s no secret that, even before Nokia announced its “strategic partnership” with Microsoft, the most popular mobile OS on the planet, Symbian, was in the midst of a slow death. But the deal to bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia devices [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Nokia
iOS has second place in global mobile operating system market
MacNews, 3/8/2011 Google’s Android mobile operating system overtook RIM’s BlackBerry globally for the first time on a monthly basis in February according to web analytics company, StatCounter (http://www.statcounter.com). Its research arm StatCounter Global Stats finds that Android recorded 15.2% of the worldwide market compared to 14.5% for BlackBerry. Nokia’s Symbian still leads the global market [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Symbian · Tagged with: Nokia
NFC coming to BlackBerry smartphones
Stuart Miles, Pocket-Lint.com, 2/16/2011 Blackberry maker RIM has said that “many” of its future devices launching in the rest of the year will come with NFC capability. The comments made by Jim Balsillie, the company’s co-CEO, at his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona will be good news for those looking to pay for [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, NFC, Nokia
Intel to Still Push MeeGo Without Nokia, Banks on Medfield for Smartphones
Brandon Hill, DailyTech, 2/15/2011 Intel is still keeping its eye on the [MeeGo] prize It seems as though Intel just can’t get any lovin’ these days. The company’s efforts to field an x86-based processor in the smartphone sector have yet to take off, Microsoft will be giving Intel some stiff competition courtesy of an ARM-compatible [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: Nokia, Samsung
Nokia jumps from one burning platform to another with Windows Phone 7
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Linux Today, 2/11/2011 Well, I guess you can take the Microsoft executive out of Microsoft but you can’t take the Microsoft out of the executive. In what will prove Nokia’s final strategic blunder, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, a former Microsoft senior executive, announced, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer grinning over his shoulder, [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HP, Linux, Nokia
Verizon starts testing voice over its LTE network
Ralph Jennings, IDG News Service, 2/10/2011 The VoLTE phone call, hailed as a world first, would free up handsets for multi-tasking Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it had made the first voice call over a commercial LTE network using the Voice over LTE standard. The standard is one of two competing to become the defacto [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, HTC, LTE, Nokia, Samsung, Verizon, Vodafone
Apple Plans Service That Lets Users Pay With IPhones
Olga Kharif, Bloomberg, 1/24/2011 Apple Inc. plans to introduce services that would let customers use its iPhone and iPad computer to make purchases, said Richard Doherty, director of consulting firm Envisioneering Group. The services are based on “Near-Field Communication,” a technology that can beam and receive information at a distance of up to 4 inches, [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: NFC, Nokia, Samsung
“SMS of Death” Could Crash Many Mobile Phones
Erica Naone, Technology Review, 1/4/2011 The phones in many people’s pockets today are miniature personal computers, and they are just as vulnerable as PCs to viruses, malware, and other security problems. But research presented at a conference in Germany last week shows that phones don’t even have to be smart to be vulnerable to hackers. [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, Malware, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, SMS
Starting next year, all European phones will charge through micro-USB
John Brownlee, Geek.com, 12/30/2010 Ever had your smartphone run out of juice while at a friend’s house, only to be prevented from using his charger because of the difference between the proprietary charging standards utilized by your two phones? Europe’s finally doing something about that annoyance: starting next year, every new cellphone in Europe will [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Nokia, Samsung
Cisco, T-Mobile team up for Wi-Fi Calling for Business system
Matt Hamblen, Computer World, 12/15/2010 It’s designed to ensure reliable voice calls over Wi-Fi, seamless roaming Cisco and T-Mobile USA today announced Wi-Fi Calling for Business to help ensure reliable voice calls over Wi-Fi as well as seamless roaming of voice and data traffic between Wi-Fi and cellular networks for smartphone users. The two companies [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cisco, EDGE, Hotspot, Motorola, Nokia, T-Mobile, WiFi