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RSS androidiPhone still king of apps: But don't ignore Android
News The long-awaited flood of Google Android devices is about to hit the market, which should help bring more applications to new Android phones. Motorola is the latest manufacturer to announce its... [11 Sep 2009]
Motorola joins the Android Cliq with T-Mobile device
News On Thursday morning, Motorola officially introduced its first Google Android device: the Motorola Cliq. Motorola did say it would announce a second Android phone in the coming weeks. Motorola unveiled... [11 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation: Forget datacenters, think ordinary people
News VMware showed Google's Android system running on a Windows CE mobile phone through VMware virtualisation software (photo credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Specifically, they showed a mobile phone using Windows CE 6.0 run... [04 Sep 2009]
Want to run iPhone apps on Windows phones?
News At VMware's annual user conference in San Francisco the company's director of product management and market development, Srinivas Krishnamurti, demonstrated running an application built for Android on a Windows mobile... [03 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Why Apple was smart to OK 'iTunes killer'
Comment It ensures the company doesn't fall behind its own competitors - Spotify is working on an Android app too. Though Apple has rejected many iPhone apps that may threaten its business, it's approved a music service dubbed... [03 Sep 2009]
Nokia's new mobiles take aim at Facebooking music lovers
News And last week, it also announced its N900 smartphone, its first Linux-based phone, which is expected to compete more directly with the iPhone and a flood of Google Android phones due to hit the market later this year and... [03 Sep 2009]
Microsoft: First 'Windows Phones' arriving next month
News Microsoft has come under criticism for the rather slow pace at which its software has evolved in the face of competition from the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Palm Pre. Microsoft is hoping that a new crop of phones... [01 Sep 2009]
Target Apple's weak spots, mobile's old boys warned
News The Canalys report also pointed to the success of relative newcomer Android. The first Android-based phone was shipped in September last year, and has taken three per cent of the smartphone market. Its... [20 Aug 2009]
Microsoft kicks off mobile fightback with double OS
News Both its plans for Windows Mobile 7 and its long-running "Pink" project aim to match the kinds of experiences seen on the iPhone and Android, using more advanced voice and touch interfaces and higher-end hardware. [20 Aug 2009]
Dell shows off prototype touchscreen mobile
News Reports from the China Mobile event, which introduced the mobile operator's Android-based Open Mobile System, say the Mini 3i was confined to operating on a 2G GSM network - with no wi-fi access - but had a... [18 Aug 2009]
Apple hunts for replacement for Google CEO Schmidt
News Both are players in the mobile phone market (Google's Android operating system competes with Apple's iPhone) and soon will compete in desktop operating systems, when Google releases its Chrome OS. On Tuesday, Apple's... [14 Aug 2009]
Microsoft's Office coming to Nokia phones
News The deal comes even as Microsoft is trying to figure out how to keep its Windows Mobile operating system in the game amid stiff competition from Nokia in Europe as well as Apple's iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry, and an emerging threat from... [12 Aug 2009]
Google's Android coming to a set-top box near you
News The Android operating system is a step closer to being embedded in consumer electronics, after the company behind the Mips processor architecture open sourced the code for its Android port. Mips... [06 Aug 2009]
Apple loses Google boss as Schmidt steps down from board
News Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple's core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric's effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from... [04 Aug 2009]
Minority Report: Will Apple open up to 'iTunes killer' Spotify?
Comment Well, the music service will certainly be coming to iPhone's competitors, including Android devices. Why would Apple let an iTunes rival run on the iPhone? Seb Janacek offers several plausible explanations. [29 Jul 2009]
