Cell Phone Operating System
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Windows Mobile 7 release delayed
News Microsoft's new cell phone operating system, aimed at helping the software maker better compete with Apple's iPhone, is now not expected until the second half of 2009.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mobile platforms/communications, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, software, Microsoft Windows
Nokia loosens reins for developers
News Nokia is changing the way it deals with software developers, in what is widely seen as an effort to stave off a growing challenge from Microsoft.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
IBM, Symbian bring office to cell phones
News The companies announce a partnership to work on technology that will allow people to access their work email, calendar and corporate information via their cell phones.
Can Android Market catch up with Apple App Store?
News commentary Increased developer hustle and bustle around Android and slew of devices based on Google's mobile operating system, signal that apps written for this platform will skyrocket.
Tags: Mobile applications, Google Android, Apple Inc., App, Phone, Operating System, cell-phone operating system, Google Android, mobile, Mobile applications
Sendo details Microsoft divorce
News U.K.-based cell-phone maker Sendo has filed a lawsuit accusing Microsoft of engaging in a "secret plan" to push the small maker of cell-phone software into bankruptcy.
Microsoft misses Windows Mobile goal
News The software maker had said it would ship 20 million copies of its cell phone operating system by June. Instead it fell 10 percent short.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Cell Phone, operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, Microsoft Windows
Germany approves Symbian deal
News Nokia said Wednesday that its attempt to buy a majority of Symbian, the cell phone software joint venture competing with Microsoft, has been approved by a German competition authority, thus completing a "formal clearance process."
Tags: Cellular phones, Symbian
Report: Motorola expanding Android team
News Cell phone maker is apparently in the midst of dramatically expanding the size of its Android team, according to TechCrunch.
Tags: Open source, Mobile platforms, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc., Google Inc., Android, operating system, phone, TechCrunch, Eric Schmidt
Gartner: A billion cell phones by 2009
News There's no slowing down the cell phone: Expect one in three people to have one by 2009, the research firm says.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Analyst reports, Sales
Microsoft hooks up with CDMA
News The software giant steps up its fight with Nokia, unveiling software that powers cell phones based on a faster version Code Division Multiple Access technology.
