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Palm Pre News 2Day: More App Developers and Update 1.0.4
There is a new update to the webOS for the Palm Pre 1.0.4 which addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software. It also causes some homemade apps not to work because those apps used security flaws in order to be installed. Townsend Ladd Harris a Palm Pre homebrew developer reported the f…
Palm Pre News: How to Install Palm Pre Update – webOS 1.0.3
Palm has just updated the webOS operating system for the Palm Pre to webOS 1.0.3. The webOS 1.0.3 update for the Palm Pre improves speed and signal strength. It also improves syncing with Google Apps and changed the alarm clock for weekends.There are few details you should know before you perform th…
BlackBerry Storm OTA Update 4.7.0.113 Pushed Out In Next Few Weeks
Verizon has confirmed to Information Week, that it will push out an Over-the-Air (OTA) update of the BlackBerry Storm OS version 4.7.0.113, that we wrote about a few weeks ago.The update adds a portrait on-screen keyboard and fixes over thirty bugs/glitches. One such bug is the one that caused…
Symbian Foundation Sets Agressive Development Schedule
The Symbian open source platform is on course for development this year. They expect a new update of the platform every six months. The first release of the new software, called Symbian^2, will be "functionally complete" by the middle of 2009 and should be bug-free by the end of the yea…
$10K Hacker Contest for Browsers and Mobiles at CanSecWest
Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) will be sponsoring the Pwn2Own hacking contest for the 3rd time. It will be held during the CanSecWest Security Conference March 16-20th in Vancouver, BC. Hackers are invited to crack into browsers and mobile device for the chance to win $10,000 and th…
New Windows Mobile OS 6.5 Revealed at Mobile World Congress
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer revealed the new features of Windows Mobile 6.5 at Mobile World Congress. They include some improvements such as the application store, a backup and restore service, and an improved web browser.The images are bigger and it easier to use with fingers on a touchscreen.The b…
Microsoft to Open App Store: Windows Marketplace for Mobile
As part of their Mobile World Congress press conference with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft announced their new operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 which will have Windows Marketplace for Mobile.The Windows Marketplace for Mobile will allow searching, browsing and purchasing mobile applications from…
Microsoft WinMo 6.5 Honeycomb Seen on Square EDA Exeda
The Exeda smartphone, a square shaped smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard has been getting a lot media coverage, not for the Exeda but because they posted photos of the smartphone running the new Alpha version of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. (Pictured at left, to view larger image click on…
Another BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.90 Update Upgrade Leaked
A new beta OS for RIM's BlackBerry Storm, version 4.7.0.90 has been leaked giving users a full QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode. Users of this BlackBerry Storm firmware update upgrade 4.7.0.90 noticed:An increase in overall stability.Some visual enhancements, "including the older-look application f…
CrackBerry Cracks BlackBerry Storm OS Update
The BlackBerry Storm operating system upgrade known as 4.7.0.75 is currently available for download at Crackberry.com.It appears to be popular because it was busy when we tried to reach it.There have been reports that this upgrade will be available over the air soon. Crackberry advises to install a…
Nokia Releases New SDK for Series 40 6th Edition
Nokia released the new software development kit (SDK) for its Series 40 6th Edition mass-market mobile devices. It provides application developers and network operators with new tools to create unique applications and services for the high-volume feature phone market worldwide. The Serie…
Qualcomm BREW SDK Has Adobe Flash Support
Qualcomm is offering and new software development kit (SDK) for the Company's new Brew Mobile Platform (Brew MP). Brew MP is a mobile operating system platform that supports handsets and mobile devices across virtually all market tiers and across all 3G technologies. The Brew MP SDK has a mor…
Samsung TouchWiz Widget UI Coming to US Phones
Samsung Mobile will offer their TouchWiz user interface in the U.S. market. This customizable interface has been made popular by Samsung's international products, including the SGH-F480/TouchWiz and Samsung Omnia. Samsung Mobile's TouchWiz user interface has specially designed widgets to customize…
Android Apps Can Be Eliminated, Says Computer World
Computer World reports that there is a a Google Android kill switch, not to be confused with killer app. It was discovered after reading the fine print:"Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement...in such an instance, Google retains the right to re…
Andriod Market Open to Deliver Open Content
Android developers will be able to distribute content through Android Market—an open content distribution system that will help end users find, purchase, download and install various types of content on their Android-powered devices. It will be powered by Google’s expertise in infras…
Symbian Open to Google Collaboration
According to Reuters, Symbian said on Wednesday it could expand its collaboration with Google to the operating system level as it moves to grant free and open access to its software platform. Symbian was formed in London 10 years ago by of top mobile handset makers looking for a standardized w…
Nokia Buys Symbian Opens OS, ABI Researchers Comment
Nokia announced that it will purchase the remaining stock it doesn't own in Symbian and then migrate the solution to an "Open" platform. ABI Researchers have some interesting comments on the move.. ABI Research vice president Stuart Carlaw says, "There has been financial pressure on Nokia t…
Verizon, Infineon, Mozilla Join Limo Open Source Alliance
LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry, announced the addition of Infineon Technologies, Kvaleberg AS, Mozilla Corporation, Red Bend Software, Sagem Mobiles, SFR, SK Telecom and Verizon Wireless as new member companies…
T-Mobile May Offer 1st Android Mobile Phone
According to Dow Jones Newswire:At the Wireless Innovations 2008 conference in Redwood City, Calif., Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile's broadband and new business division, said he had already seen prototypes of the company's Android-based phone, which are scheduled to …
Motorola Invests in VirtualLogix for Multiple Mobile OS on Phones
Motorola, Inc. through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, announced today it made an equity investment in VirtualLogix, a maker of virtualization software for communications devices and infrastructure equipment. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. VirtualLogix …
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