After buzz about Android’s possible delay spread like a virus, Google staff put out the wildfare be re-asserting their “2nd Half of this year” position. HTC CEO, Peter Chou, confirmed that the company is, “still shooting for the end of this year,” according to an interview with APCMag.
The fact that this comes from an OHA [...]
As if the lingering Limo Foundation, sharing many of the same members as the Open Handset Alliance, wasn’t confusing enough…Today marks the birth of the Symbian Foundation.
On their new 1993ish looking website they talk about the mobile revolution, “Open software is the basic building block for delivering this future. With this in mind, industry leaders [...]
The Wall Street Journal has reported, and the entire world has basically re-reported, that Google Android is facing delays due to difficulties that carriers, manufacturers and developers are facing when customizing the platform for their circumstances.
As the story goes, the bulk of Google’s time is being taken by T-Mobile who still plans to release an [...]
Anthony Lewis, Vice President of Open Development at Verizon Wireless, stated that at least one device has passed the necessary certification process for allowance on Verizon’s new 700MHz spectrum. He also claims he, “is happy about some of the devices [he] has already seen.” While there aren’t any details about the manufacturers or handsets, the [...]
Random happenings around the interwebz have been interesting, but their general un-newsworthiness prompted us to combine them into one post of tidbits that you will hopefully enjoy.
The big news has been a YouTube video which seems to show a Nokia N95 running a version of Android, complete with Google Maps implementation and the dialing/calling feature. [...]
The Emperor of Android, Andy Rubin, spoke at CommunicAsia saying that the mobile OS will foster an, “erruption of innovation.” This, we already know. And have known. But WHEN Mr. Rubin?
That question has been answered with the company line, “in the second half of 2008,” over and over and over. But the “company line” is [...]
With the roll-out of AT&T’s nationwide 3G network, mobile enthusiasts are excited about the increased potential for mobile applications and web browsing due to drastically improved network speeds. While 3G enabled handsets are kicking off in a big way, carriers are already looking to the next generation of mobile.
Lets take an extremely abbreviated look at [...]
With faster data connections and more robust hardware/software, mobile web browsing capabilities should improve drastically in the new era of wireless. Firefox will soon usher in the new era with a fantastic mobile browser that Mozilla’s Head of User Experience, Aza Raskin, provided a demo for:
Nothing short of amazing. The integration of tabs and navigation [...]
There is an undoubtedly heated debate going on that pits the iPhone 3G - current king of the mobile mountain, with Android- the Search Engine in Shining Armour. But this public battle royale is taking place mostly amongst onlookers and analysts - not amongst the companies themselves.
HTC has announced their Touch Diamond phone which is [...]
One boring hour into WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs announced what everyone already knew was coming… and nothing more: the 3G iPhone. Despite an overly supportive crowd of 55,000 people, a reduced price of $199 and almost immediate expansion into 70+ countries, Apple’s stock fell 2.13% and lost nearly $4 on the day.
In fact, the “iPhone [...]