HP is going to acquire Palm in a deal worth about $1.2 billion. HP, which has a long history of making smartphones using Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system, will switch to Palm’s webOS.
Posted by admin in Industry News on April 30th, 2010
HP is going to acquire Palm in a deal worth about $1.2 billion. HP, which has a long history of making smartphones using Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system, will switch to Palm’s webOS.
Posted by admin in Company News on April 21st, 2010
Matchbox develops two high-profile social apps for Microsoft’s cutting edge entertainment device.
Posted by admin in Industry News on April 20th, 2010
Chip giant Intel has revealed that it can run Google’s Android operating system on its Atom chips. The low-powered chips are designed specifically for portable devices such as smartphones and netbooks. The move is significant because before now Android has most often been found on mobile phones based around chips designed by UK firm Arm.
Posted by admin in Company News on April 13th, 2010
Microsoft launched its latest smartphone series, titled Kin, at its “It’s Time to Share” event. Chances are, the Kin series phones are not targeted at you. Despite the marketing, which reads like a walking Urban Outfitters catalog, Kin isn’t targeted at me either. Instead, Kin, formerly known as Project Pink, is really targeted at teenagers, especially younger teenagers. And that’s why Kin might just be brilliant.
Posted by admin in Industry News on April 12th, 2010
So now that Apple’s finally addressed the 800-pound gorilla known as multitasking, it’s time to take a good, hard look at how iPhone OS 4 stacks up against Redmond’s completely redesigned mobile monster that’s destined to hit handsets toward the end of the year. Though the two companies have taken vastly different paths to get to where they are with their mobile strategies today, there are some striking similarities between the platforms; take that multitasking we already mentioned, for example — both iPhone OS and Windows Phone are looking to keep processor and battery utilization to a minimum by putting the emphasis on managed services for background apps rather than just letting them run roughshod over your fragile hardware. Of course, there are some striking differences, too.