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  • Several Spankin’ Samsung Smartphones shown in Singapore

    Several Spankin’ Samsung Smartphones shown in Singapore

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    The CommunicAsia event is happening in Singapore right now, and Samsung came clean today, admitting that they will announce 5 new phones across 3 OSes at the event tomorrow. That's almost as many phones as there are 'S' words in the post title.

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  • Hands-on with the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide

    Hands-on with the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    In a perfect world, every phone would be like the T-Mobile MyTouch Slide. It's small, it's light, it has a keyboard, and it's easy enough for almost everyone to use even if it's running one of the most powerful mobile OSes out there. Built by HTC to T-Mobile's specifications, the MyTouch Slide with full QWERTY keyboard is, in actuallity, one of the best feature phones I've seen in a long time.

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  • Android Coming Soon to an x86-based Phone Near You

    Android Coming Soon to an x86-based Phone Near You

    Posted on April 13, 2010 | No Comments
    While not the first to do it (that title goes to Acer), Intel has now ported Android to the x86 architecture. While the obvious application for this is tablets and netbooks, Intel has said that they have it running on smartphones based on their Atom line of processors. Most smartphone processors are based on the ARM architecture, while Intel's processors on the other hand are typically x86 based. By porting Android to the x86 architecture, Intel are clearly trying to make a name for themselves in the smartphone market.

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  • For Windows Phone 7, Only The Best Is Good Enough

    For Windows Phone 7, Only The Best Is Good Enough

    Posted on April 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Feeling a bit disappointed with the recent(ish) announcement of the feature-reduced, locked-down OS that is Windows Phone 7? Despite valid arguments for the change, it does feel a bit like moving back in with your parents after finishing college: sure it's a nice house, but what's with all the rules? However, a recent interview (in Dutch) with Charlie Kindel during the Dutch DevDay event says that while the first release of WinPho 7 may be a little "lacking" initially, missing features will be added in the future... but only when they're perfect.

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  • With Windows Phone, Microsoft is trying to win back the magic

    With Windows Phone, Microsoft is trying to win back the magic

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes me a Mac guy as opposed to a PC guy and it seems that the Register may have hit on some very good points. Tim Anderson, the Register writer, notes that Microsoft has lost its edge when it comes to industrial design and even in during its [...]

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  • Sugarsync gets an API

    Sugarsync gets an API

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments
    SugarSync, a file syncing product that we may have all forgotten in our rush to glorify Dropbox has been rolling out a steady stream of improvements and, as of 11am today, it will offer an API so mobile applications can use SugarSync shared storage. The API information will live at SugarSync.com/Developers when it goes up [...]

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  • Smartphone Sales Up 24 Percent, iPhone’s Share Nearly Doubled Last Year (Gartner)

    Smartphone Sales Up 24 Percent, iPhone’s Share Nearly Doubled Last Year (Gartner)

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Last year, Apple's iPhone nearly doubled its worldwide market share of smartphone sales to 14.4 percent, up 6.2 points from the year before, according to the latest market share figures put out by Gartner. The iPhone still trails behind Nokia's Symbian-powered smartphones (No. 1), which saw their share decline 5.5 points to 46.9 percent, and RIM Blackberries (No. 2), which gained 3.3 points to end the year with a 19.9 percent share. Remember, these are worldwide estimates. In the U.S., both Blackberry and Apple are much larger than Symbian. And when it comes to mobile Web traffic, Apple and Android dominate with 81 percent share. According to Gartner, Android phone sales jumped 3.4 points (to 3.9 percent), but Android is still smaller than WIndows Mobile or Linux. Those mobile OSes, however, saw their market share drop 3.1 and 2.9 percent, respectively. Palm's WebOS barely made a mark with 0.7 percent share.

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  • VMware wants dual-OS virtualized smartphones, no ugly boot-loaders

    VMware wants dual-OS virtualized smartphones, no ugly boot-loaders

    Posted on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
    VMware wants dual-OS virtualized smartphones, no ugly boot-loaders
    It's getting harder and harder to pick a smartphone, with options like iPhone OS, WebOS, Android, and Windows Mobile making the choosing difficult. Life would be easier if you could pick two, and that's what virtualization giant VMware is working on, the ability to run dual OSes in one smartphone. The company already has Android/WinMo and other prototypes running, but phones featuring the tech now aren't expected to hit market until 2012 -- a big delay from the earlier indications of a release this year. Those prototypes rely on ugly boot menus, whereas the vision for this tech would see users switching between environments on the fly, taking and making calls in either whilst juggling chainsaws and dazzling their friends. The company pledges it'll be a seamless experience, but we're doubtful given how even stepping out of HTC's SenseUI into the OS below can occasionally result in mild nausea. The bigger question is who would want this, and it's easy to think the answer is "basically nobody," but picture the poor corporate souls who must carry one phone for work and another for play. This tech could finally let them ditch that holster, and wouldn't the world be a better place then?

    VMware wants dual-OS virtualized smartphones, no ugly boot-loaders originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sergey Brin: Android and Chrome OS ‘will likely converge over time’

    Sergey Brin: Android and Chrome OS ‘will likely converge over time’

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    When it comes to nerd obsessions, the only thing that can trump a fictional tablet developed by battling left-coast legends is the promise of a revolutionary OS from Google that relies upon nothing but a browser and the dreams of a young Larry Ellison. Don't even start with your Korean product waifs as we're trying to keep the discussion in the realm of possibilities. Now, with the weekend over, you've probably experienced the same sense of ennui we've all felt at having downloaded and tested a copy of Chrome OS. To be fair, that meh-ness is kind of what you'd expect from a browser-based OS that's meant to get out of your way. Still, it's hard not to wonder where Android and its growing application base fits into Google's long-term OS strategy especially after seeing several ARM-based smartbook prototypes running Google's smartphone OS. Fortunately, Google co-founder Sergey Brin shed some light on this topic in a candid statement following the Chrome OS event. According to CNET, Brin said that Android and the Chrome OS "will likely converge over time," noting the common Webkit and Linux foundation of both operating systems. It's unclear when this might occur however. In fact, listening to Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempt to explain the difference between Google's operating systems in a recent CNET interview leaves us wondering if Google has a clear idea of its target markets as smartphone and laptop functionality continues to converge across devices. Schmidt concedes that it's too early to tell how the OSes will be used and prefers not to "prejudge the success" of each. "The future will unfold as it does," he says, and the open-source community will determine the natural fit. Check the interview after the break -- the Android vs. Chrome OS waffling begins at the 16:30 remaining mark of the 19 minute and 11 second interview.

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    Sergey Brin: Android and Chrome OS 'will likely converge over time' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • ‘Half a billion vs 50m’: Ideaworks Labs blows open the wider smartphone market for mobile application developers

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
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  • ChromeOS spotted with dock and other blurry UI elements

    ChromeOS spotted with dock and other blurry UI elements

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    A blurry snapshot of ChromeOS has surfaced showing a new, Mac-like dock and some battery and wireless notifiers in the bottom corner. This OS looks so stripped down compared to other OSes we’ve used that we’re loathe to call it anything more than a shell. However, we all love us some Google so let’s just [...]

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  • New HTC Hero Android Build Leaks, We go hands on

    New HTC Hero Android Build Leaks, We go hands on

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
    As anyone who has spent some time with any recent HTC-made Windows Mobile phone ought to know, HTC has a serious knack for taking mobile OSes and customizing them - and there's no better OS for that than Android. After cranking out the Dream and the Magic with only limited modifications, all signs indicate that HTC is going all out with the tweaks on the upcoming HTC Hero. Over the past few weeks, a build of the HTC Hero ROM has been floating around, albeit closely guarded, amongst the developer community. A hacker going by the name of Haykuro would port it to the G1, then demonstrate the new features on video. Eventually the build leaked without without Haykuro's permission, and it spread like wildfire. It's a buggy beta build and lacks some of the features we've already seen (like the Rosie UI home screen), but it's relatively functional and gives us a sneak peek at some of the cool things to come from the future HTC Android devices.

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