Mobile Operating System
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Motorola preps its own Android phone
News The phone maker is gearing up to release by next June, a social-networking smartphone that uses Google's mobile OS, says report.
Tags: Open source, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, MySpace, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, phone, mobile operating system, T-Mobile, Facebook
Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll
News The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.
Tags: Layoffs, PalmOS compatibles, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., operating system, layoff, Palm OS, mobile operating system
Work begins on iPhone OS 3.0 jailbreak
News iPhone Dev-Team says the new mobile OS can be jailbroken but warns some 3G users against updating to Tuesday's beta release.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., USB cable, InfoWorld, iPhone Dev-Team, Bluetooth, mobile operating system, 3G, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch
Samsung launching its own mobile OS
News Samsung unveils plans to launch its own mobile operating system, Bada, giving developers open platform to create new apps for its upcoming phones.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, mobile, Smart Phone, SDK, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile operating system, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Windows Mobile loses nearly a third of market share
News Microsoft's mobile operating system lost 28 percent of its smartphone market share over the past year, according to analysts at Gartner.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Google Android, Market Share, Symbian Inc., Operating System, mobile, Google Android, Smart Phone
Ballmer keeps close watch on Apple and Android
News During a midyear update with analysts, Microsoft CEO says the company is focused on competitors Apple and Linux, with Google's mobile operating system close behind.
Tags: Browser, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Mobile, Google Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile operating system, Google Android, Linux
Google reveals upcoming Android features
News A private development effort for Android has begun feeding new features, such as video recording and stereo Bluetooth, into the wider development effort.
Tags: Applications and tools, Browser, Wireless e-mail devices, Open source, Mobile, Web Browser, Google Inc., Linux Kernel, API, mobile operating system
Symbian's Horizon app scheme goes live
News First 50 applications have been approved through the developer program, but all are for current versions of Symbian rather than future, open sourced versions.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Facebook, Symbian Inc., Operating System, CEO, mobile, Mobile applications, Video, mobile operating system
Freescale aims Android at embedded kit
News A new Power Architecture port has taken Google's Linux-based operating system into the world of embedded devices.
Tags: Google Android, Smart phones, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Mentor Graphics Corp., open-source mobile operating system, RISC, Power Architecture, MPC8536E PowerQUICC III, Google Android
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., Phone, Operating System, cell-phone operating system, App, mobile, Mobile applications, Google Android
Google: We're not making Android hardware
News Rumors of a Google-developed smartphone have been circulating for years, but don't expect to see Google hardware anytime soon, according to the head of its Android project.
Tags: Google Android, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Phone, TheStreet.com Inc., Motorola Inc., software, California, Google Android, Android
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, mobile-phone software, China Mobile Ltd., Android Effort, software
Google releases Donut code, denies multitouch
News Latest version of the Android mobile OS does not have multitouch support, according to a Google developer.
Tags: Mobile applications, Code, Google Inc., Developer, release candidate, mobile operating system, Google Android, Apple iPhone, blog, CDMA
First open source Symbian software released
News With release of OS Security Package code, the Symbian Foundation takes first step to eventually open source its entire mobile operating system.
Tags: Linux, Protocols and platforms, Applications and tools, Business applications, Operating systems, Symbian, Legal, Mobile, Open-source Software, operating system
China Mobile plans its own app store
News The upcoming Mobile Market of the world's largest wireless carrier is set to go live later this year, indicating that Apple and China Mobile are done with any iPhone talks.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., International Data Group, China Unicom, operating system, mobile operating system, handset company, Apple iPhone
