Tablet Rivals May Face a Smaller Apple iPad
Barry Levine, Mobile Tech Today, 8/17/2010 Apple is reportedly planning a smaller seven-inch iPad 2 even as its rivals scramble to introduce their own tablet computers. Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad is a hot seller with no competition at the moment, but Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, ASUS and others plan to grab a share of a growing market. ASUS [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, WinPhone 7, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: HP, Samsung, WebOs
Rhomobile smartphone app framework adds iPhone-like mapping
Paul Krill, InfoWorld, 6/29/2010 Licensing charge also is dropped in Rhodes 2.0, but the planned bidirectional streaming capability is delayed Rhomobile is shipping on Tuesday version 2.0 of its Rhodes framework for developing native smartphone applications, which extends Apple iPhone native mapping capabilities to other devices. Rhodes 2.0 also offers accommodations for back-end applications via [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, Palm, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: SDK, Symbian, WebOs, WinMo
Nokia Dumping Symbian for MeeGo on N-Series Phones
Reuter, PCMag.com, 6/25/2010 Nokia Oyj will use Linux MeeGo software in its flagship N-series smartphones, hoping the new platform will give it a better chance to battle rivals such as Apple Inc and Google Inc. The N-series has been Nokia’s crown jewel for years and it dominated the smartphone market before Apple’s iPhone was introduced [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux, Moblin, Nokia, Symbian, WebOs
Palm exec promises ‘future devices,’ ‘new version’ of WebOS
Ben Patterson, Yahoo!News, 6/21/2010 Will the wireless world ever see a Palm Pre 2, or a revamped version of Palm’s touchscreen WebOS? The outlook seemed a bit cloudy in light of Hewlett-Packard’s recent (and ongoing) acquisition of Palm — and particularly after some dismissive remarks by HP’s chief executive. But according to one Palm exec, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, HP, HTC, Nokia, WebOs, WiFi
Palm: ‘we don’t know what the hold-up is’ on mobile Flash
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 6/18/2010 Palm hints Adobe not close to Flash on webOS Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on Thursday. When asked about the multiple delays, a representative said that Palm didn’t ‘know what the hold-up is’ with [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm, iPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, Flash, HP, Verizon, WebOs
HP: we’re still planning webOS smartphones
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 6/4/2010 HP hushes claims it would axe Palm phones HP in a brief update put to rest fears that it would drop webOS for phones. The company promised that smartphones from Palm would still exist and would just be part of a larger strategy, which would include newer or more unusual devices [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm, iPhone · Tagged with: HP, HTC, Motorola, WebOs
HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business”
Michael Oryl, MobileBurn, 6/3/2010 According to ZDNet, HP CEO Mark Hurd discussed some of his thoughts on his company’s acquisition of Palm while speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch technology event. ZDNet quotes Hurd as saying that HP didn’t “spend billions of dollars trying to go into the smartphone business; that doesn’t in [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm, WinPhone 7 · Tagged with: HP, WebOs, WinMo
AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans, iPhone tethering coming at OS 4 launch
Chris Ziegler Engadget, 6/2/2010 You might think that AT&T would hold off for a national HSPA+ deployment or a full-on LTE launch before tweaking its data pricing strategy, but not so much — the carrier is coming out swinging today with some significant changes that should benefit the overwhelming majority of its smartphone users (and [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, HSPA, LTE, Tether, Verizon, WebOs, WiFi
HP Set to Launch webOS Extravaganza With Tablets, Printers, and More
Jason Mick, DailyTech, 5/19/2010 HP’s CEO is very excited about his company’s new acquisition Palm Inc. has struggled in recent years and has been passed, first by Research in Motion, next by Microsoft, then by Apple, and most recently by Google in terms of smartphone market share. The company finally received some good news on April [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, Palm, WinPhone 7, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: HP, WebOs
Wi-Fi Sync app rejected by Apple, headed to Cydia for $9.99
Thomas Ricker, Engadget, 5/14/2010 Can’t say we’re surprised to hear that Apple rejected Greg Hughes’ Wi-Fi Sync app. You know, the app that allows you to wirelessly sync your iPhone / iPod touch with iTunes without having to USB tether to your computer. Messing with Apple’s synchronization technology is a pretty big no-no as demonstrated [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm, iPhone · Tagged with: Tether, WebOs, WiFi