Mobile Phone Software
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Big software plans for Amazon's Kindle?
News Amazon.com's buying and hiring signal that many more Kindle apps may be on the way and software to put Amazon books on other mobile devices.
Tags: Business applications, Development/design, Applications and tools, Business Strategies & Functions, Mobile, Smart Phone, E-book Reader, E-book, Amazon.com Inc., online retail company
HTC Android handset not coming until 2009
News One of the most prominent supporters of Google's Android mobile phone software is reportedly having trouble putting a phone together, and may have to delay the project.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, Linux, Open source, Symbian, Google Inc., phone, software, Google Android
Trojan horses take aim at Symbian cell phones
News Virus tracker discovers 52 malicious programs hidden inside cell phones games, other phone software.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Symbian: Regaining momentum?
News Growing interest in smartphones among consumers is likely the biggest driver of renewed interest in Symbian, whose software powers many of the devices.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Mobile applications, Applications and tools, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, China Mobile Ltd., software, handset, mobile-phone software
Developers look past Apple's jammed iPhone App Store
News Software programmers are designing apps for Google-backed Android operating system, fired by frustration with Apple's rejections and delays.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Business applications, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Ideaworks, Apple App Store, Iconfactory, Operating System, App
Smartphones: A bigger target for security threats
News As the iPhone, BlackBerry and other devices become more popular, harmful software such as viruses and spyware is emerging to exploit their vulnerability.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Security applications/tools, Apple Inc., Phone, Security, software, mobile, handset, Smart Phone
Perils of mobile cloud
News As consumers store addresses, e-mail, and other data from their mobile phones via online services, the potential for lost data is rising.
Tags: E-mail servers, Business applications, Business development/management, Phone, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Business applications, Smart Phone, Backup, Storage
Android's spread could become a problem
News With more handset makers adopting Android, there's a danger of multiple versions of the operating system.
Tags: Google Android, Phone, Operating System, software, mobile, handset, Google Android, Android, Device, Carrier
Sun concerned Google's Android will fracture Java
Techguide Company's software chief wants to work with Google to make sure that the Android phone software won't split Java into incompatible versions.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, PDA phones, Development/design, Open source
Sun concerned Google's Android will fracture Java
News Company's software chief wants to work with Google to make sure that the Android phone software won't split Java into incompatible versions.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, PDA phones, Development/design, Open source
Google to unveil 'Android' phone software
News Company expected to reveal plans for mobile phones, announce a new consortium of some 30 heavy hitters in the wireless industry.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, PDA phones
Motorola to make Windows Media phones, keep iTunes
News No. 2 handset maker says many operators, wanting to open their own music stores, have asked for the Microsoft-run phones.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Digital media
Google carves an Android path through open source world
News Company is committed to many open source tenets with its Android mobile phone software--but it's willing to step on a few open source toes, too.
Tags: Open source, Mobile platforms/communications, Business development/management, Innovation, Google Inc., Android, GPL, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, software
Ballmer: We are 'hell-bent' on succeeding in ads
News Microsoft CEO argues that unprofitable services and consumer-device businesses will blossom into more revenue and diversified business models.
Tags: Internet advertising, Video
Google to preach Web 2.0 gospel to developers
News At Google's I/O event, the search giant will tout its push for better Internet apps, and for browsers better at running them.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Software engineering/development, Google Gears, Google Inc., Android, Developer, software, Web 2.0, revenue
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