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T-Mobile unveils pay-as-you-go Android phone
News With a touchscreen measuring 3.5 inches, the Pulse also has the largest display of any Android phone to date — the HTC- and Samsung-made Android handsets that are already on sale only have 3.2-inch screens.
[September 3, 2009, 11:24]
Mobile phone trio plan wireless gaming platform
News Motorola, Ericsson and Siemens announced they are banding together to push an initiative to develop a common gaming platform for mobile phones. A trio of big name mobile phone manufacturers aims to level the playing field for developers of games...
[March 26, 2001, 8:04]
Turn your mobile phone into a Web server
News The tiny server, called the WebCamSIM is based on the MS Smart Card platform and allows an ordinary GSM phone to serve up text to computers over the Internet. Researchers at Microsoft's laboratories in Cambridge have managed to squeeze a minuscule...
[April 5, 2001, 14:22]
Google to unveil 'Android' mobile-phone software
News The search giant is likely to hold a press conference on Monday to unveil the project, which is expected to incorporate Linux software into a mobile platform code-named Android that is designed to run on phones, according to sources familiar with...
[November 5, 2007, 7:49]
New mobile phone Java holds promise
News But some experts predict that memory requirements and cost will likely hamper adoption of the software, known as Mobile Information Device Platform (MIDP) 2.0. Among the dozens of partners in the group are Sun, mobile phone manufacturers, phone...
[December 19, 2002, 8:00]
MySpace Mobile: The Beginning of Cell Phone Social Networking
Blog I am not suggesting any security issues with the MySpace Mobile platform as it is primarily based around receiving alert messages when one receives friend requests, new messages, image comments, and event invites.
[March 23, 2008, 14:20]
The Cell Phone Three Horse Race - Google vs. Symbian vs. MS Mobile
Talkback Android has been introduced as an open-source platform, which will carry its own price of mobile security. The days of the “safe phone” have come and gone; essentially every mobile handset has its share of security vulnerabilities today.
[November 8, 2007, 23:18]
Qualcomm launches mobile convergence platform
News Qualcomm has launched a new chipset platform for portable devices, claiming it will offer a basis for mobile convergence across consumer and computing environments. The company also revealed it would be working more closely with Motorola to bring...
[November 13, 2006, 15:16]
Google Phone Mobile Security
Talkback I respect the move of Google to adopt an open platform, but the reality is that they should probably consider buying a mobile security provider (MSP) in the process. The underlying truth is that a mobile security solution provides a level of...
[November 8, 2007, 22:22]
Microsoft to mobile phone group: You need us
News With initiatives such as .Net and the Stinger smart phone platform, Microsoft has already directed its attention to the Internet and the wireless sectors. Software giant Microsoft has insisted that any attempt to standardise future mobile phones...
[November 14, 2001, 17:22]
Tech visionary foresees mobile-phone revolution
News The mobile phone is already revolutionising societies around the world, but its impact is increasing as phones become more powerful and find their way into the hands of more and more people, according to futurist, inventor and author Ray Kurzweil.
[May 20, 2008, 12:39]
Mobile Linux alliance formed
News Mobile phone makers Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics, along with mobile operators NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, expect to announce on Thursday plans to form an independent foundation to develop a common mobile...
[June 15, 2006, 13:05]
VMware sets date for mobile virtualisation
News Although Herrod said the project is still in its "early stages", researchers at VMware are working on a VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, which will create a virtual machine for mobile devices, allowing users to move their phone to different...
[May 21, 2009, 9:47]
Sendo Stinger phone coming this spring
News The Stinger platform combines mobile phone capabilities with functions of a personal organiser, wireless Web access, email and other advanced features. Sendo is one of the earliest adopters of Microsoft's smartphone software platform, code-named...
[November 26, 2001, 13:12]
Sony Ericsson: Xperia not tied to Windows Mobile
News Sony Ericsson is not tying its Xperia premium handset brand to Windows Mobile despite being satisfied with the platform, the product manager for the first Xperia phone has said. The other big forthcoming open-source mobile platform is Google's...
[September 17, 2008, 17:26]
Microsoft makes waves at 3GSM
News Microsoft and Flextronics have developed a mobile phone platform for low-cost feature phones Even before 3GSM had kicked off, Microsoft was making headlines with a deal with Flextronics to push a low-cost platform for feature phones running Windows...
[February 16, 2005, 14:35]
Android maker talks mashups and mobiles
News After years of rumours of a Google phone, the search giant finally unleashed its mobile play: an alliance of handset makers and an open software platform dubbed Android. By having a free and open platform, we're reducing the cost of software, which...
[November 22, 2007, 11:51]
Microsoft targets mass-market smartphones
News Microsoft announced a partnership on Sunday with phone maker Flextronics to market a new mobile phone platform running Windows Mobile to phone makers and service providers. The Singapore-based mobile phone maker said the Peabody platform offers...
[February 14, 2005, 7:40]
Opera goes mobile with AJAX
News Opera has announced a beta SDK for its mobile phone Web browser and UI package, called Opera Platform. The Opera Platform was announced two years ago as an alternative that allowed developers to build phone front-ends using native APIs.
[November 16, 2005, 10:55]
Sony Ericsson ups the ante for mobile gaming
News Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is aiming to make its latest mobile phones more viable as a gaming platform with a new deal that will see popular titles such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer distributed through UK retail...
[May 13, 2003, 15:25]
