Smartphone Operating System
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Avaya: Gaps still exist in unified communications
News Mobility and limited telco reach are just some shortcomings with various unified communications approaches, says Avaya CTO.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications
10 reasons open source smartphones will win
Insight commentary The advantages of open source for smartphones go well beyond simple cost savings, says TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Android, phone, Open-source Community, TCO
Symbian's open source journey
Insight newsmaker How do you open up a closed codebase? Symbian research chief David Wood weighs potential and practicality, and the promise of multicore phones.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Software engineering/development, Software licensing, Smart Phone, Android, Plug-in, GPL, Symbian Inc., EPL
Nokia completes Symbian acquisition
News Stage is set for eventual release of open-source mobile operating system based on the Symbian OS and backed by several partners in the Symbian Foundation.
Tags: Symbian, Smart Phone, Open Source, operating system, Symbian Inc., Symbian OS, computing company, operating system company, smartphone operating system, Nokia Corp.
Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform
News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., web technology, smartphone operating system, CSS, Ovi SDK, Ovi Navigation Player Application Programming Interface, SDK, Nokia Corp.
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
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
Huawei to launch Android handsets
News Chinese handset maker Huawei is talking up Android and other operating systems at the GSMA Global World Congress 2009 in Barcelona this week.
Tags: Open source, Network infrastructure, Next-generation technology/networks, Handhelds, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Wireless, Wireless Network, operating system
Microsoft-powered handset to make Asian debut
News Philippines mobile operator SMART Communications will be the first telco in Asia to launch a phone running Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system.
Symbian heads 'to top' of smartphone boom
News A report projects strong growth for high-end mobile phones, with Microsoft's market share trailing behind Symbian, and Linux bringing up the rear.
Tags: Smart phones, Symbian
Smartphones will soon turn computing on its head
News The combination of a thirst for the Internet and a mobile society has the smartphone industry positioned to define the next generation of computing.
Tags: Smart phones, Symbian
Gates woos developers for wireless
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Wednesday unveiled plans to help developers more easily create applications for mobile devices that use the company's operating system software.
Google's gPhone draws a crowd
News Although the rumored mobile platform is yet to be announced, software developers already sense a big business opportunity.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, PDA phones
Google sees separate paths for Android, Chrome OS
News Android is already on the horizon for Netbook makers, and Chrome is supposed to be a Netbook-optimized operating system. What's a Netbook company to do?
Tags: Operating systems, Notebooks and tablets, Smart Phone, Google Inc., Google Chrome, operating system, Google Android, partnership, strategy, set-top box
Why Chrome OS? Google says, why not?
News Google says it is building Chrome OS because it wants to improve the experience of using a computer. Of course, getting more people to spend their lives online and searching can't hurt.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Linux server OS, Personal Computers, Web services, Web browsers, Palm Inc., Android, Google Inc., Web Browser
