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Motorola's comeback attempt rests on software

News Motorola appears to finally get serious about modern phone software, building communications hub called Motoblur to run atop Android.

Monday, September 14 2009 09:57 AM

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Motorola Inc., Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Hardware, Facebook, Apple iPhone, Motorola Razr

Nokia N97

Reviews Although the Nokia N97 is packed with features, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.

Saturday, June 27 2009 11:30 AM

Tags: Smart Phone, Video, Touch Screen, phone, keyboard, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., High Tech Computer Corp., camera

Developers will decide Pre's fate

News For Pre to stamp smartphone competition, Palm must court developers whose support can "make or break" the device's success, analyst says.

Thursday, July 09 2009 07:12 PM

Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, PalmOS, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Ovum, Mobile, Smart Phone, Developer, Symbian Inc.

Palm opens doors to WebOS applications

News New developer program will allow mobile apps to be sold and installed without review by Palm, waiving fees for open source developers.

Wednesday, October 07 2009 09:45 AM

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Open Source, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., software, Palm Pre, mobile, Developer, Sales

Could Microsoft fix Windows Mobile by buying Palm?

News commentary Microsoft is floundering in the mobile market while Palm has made bold strides but remains vulnerable. These two could make a love match.

Tuesday, September 29 2009 12:24 PM

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Google Android, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Smart phones

Palm CEO: WebOS bigger than just the Pre base

News Despite reporting dismal quarterly results, CEO says company is strategically on track and will launch the Pre on time. Palm envisions an entire product line built on its new WebOS.

Friday, March 20 2009 10:36 AM

Tags: Mobile platforms, Development/design, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Sprint Communications, CFO, Pre, WebOS, CEO, marketing

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.

Monday, November 16 2009 01:02 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Google Android, Market Share, Symbian Inc., Operating System, mobile, Google Android, Smart Phone

Nokia unveils beta SDK for Ovi app platform

News The invitation-only SDK was announced at Nokia World, alongside a new navigation API.

Monday, September 07 2009 01:20 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., web technology, smartphone operating system, CSS, Ovi SDK, Ovi Navigation Player Application Programming Interface, SDK, Nokia Corp.

Adobe takes Flash to smartphones

News The update is set to arrive as a beta on phones early next year, and aims to extend Flash's popularity on the desktop to mobile devices.

Tuesday, October 06 2009 09:28 AM

Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Palm Inc., Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, mobile, Business applications, Barclay, Mobile applications

Palm opening WebOS SDK up to developers

News The price of the Pre is still not known, but Palm is ready to start letting developers get down and dirty with the software that will run on its comeback hope.

Thursday, April 02 2009 10:38 AM

Tags: PalmOS, Software engineering/development, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile, Developer, CSS, SDK, operating system, emulator

Palm Pre set for European launch

News The smartphone will arrive in Spain, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom in time for the holidays, in an exclusive deal with carrier Telefonica.

Wednesday, July 08 2009 08:32 AM

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile platforms, Web services, Server platforms, Palm Inc., O2 Plc., operating system, phone, CEO, North America

Palm's WebOS app strategy needs more details

News It's obviously very early in the public life of Palm's new WebOS and Pre smartphone, but developers want to know how the company will manage applications for the device.

Friday, January 09 2009 11:15 AM

Tags: PalmOS, PalmOS compatibles, Mobile applications, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Android, operating system, Palm OS, Mojo SDK

iPhone apps will challenge Google's mobile search

Insight commentary Google's biggest challenge in mobile search is not other search engines or platforms--it is iPhone apps, says TechRepublic's Jason Hiner.

Thursday, June 18 2009 10:44 PM

Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, App, Mobile, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Google Inc., Search Engine, mobile search

Ovum: Let OS-makers run app stores

News Operators should leave running of mobile app stores to platform makers, advise analysts, who identify Orange and China Mobile as players that will succeed.

Friday, February 20 2009 07:11 PM

Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Outsourcing, Ovum, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, T-Mobile, partnership, Nokia Corp.