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Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Will Debut on 3 LG Electronics Smartphones

September 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 will also roll out on three LG Electronics smartphone models in coming weeks, and eventually 13 devices made by the company by the end of 2010. Other manufacturers, such as HTC and Sony Ericsson, have announced this week that their upcoming smartphones will include Windows Mobile 6.5, which comes with features such as increased touch-screen functionality and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsofts mobile applications store.
– LG Electronics announced on Sept. 3 that it would launch three
smartphones within quot;the next few weeks quot; equipped with Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5, and would release 13 Windows phones in total by
the end of 2010. By doing so, LG joined other smartphone makers planning to port
the opera…

Smartphones Thriving in Slumping Handset Market

August 12th, 2009 | No Comments

After experiencing a record 9.4 percent decline in the first quarter, worldwide global sales of mobile phones fell another 6.1 percent in the second quarter, Gartner says. Smartphone sales, though, jumped 27 percent with the Apple iPhone, Palm Pre and Nokia N97 making their market debuts. Only the iPhone didn’t disappoint.
– Overall mobile phone sales were down 6.1 percent in the second quarter, but smartphone
sales surged 27 percent from the same period in 2008, according the latest
worldwide sales numbers from Gartner. Overall, second-quarter mobile phone
sales totaled 286.1 million units, down from 304 million sal…

Microsoft, Nokia Announce Alliance, Office Apps on Smartphones

August 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Microsoft and Nokia will team up to offer a mobile version of Microsoft Office for Nokia’s smartphones, starting with the phone-makers business-oriented Eseries before expanding into other lines. The two companies will continue to compete in other areas, particularly mobile operating systems, where Microsoft is pushing Windows Mobile and Nokia is backing its Symbian OS. However, the alliance could allow them to compete more effectively in both the consumer and enterprise markets against the likes of Apple and Research in Motion.
– Microsoft and Nokia have announced a partnership that will see Microsoft Office applications ported
onto Nokia smartphones, starting with the Nokia Eseries, which are primarily
marketed towards business users.

The Microsoft and Nokia executives announcing the deal took
pains to emphasize that…

Apple and AT&T in hot water with FCC

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Many have said that the process Apple uses to approve and disapprove apps for its App Store seems arbitrary. When Apple denies apps developers often get nothing more than a cryptic explanation of why the app was denied.

The latest app to get the denial treatment from Apple was the Google voice app. InformationWeek reports that [...]

HTC, Maker of Android Smartphones, Drops Revenue Forecast for 2009

August 2nd, 2009 | No Comments

High Tech Computer (HTC), the Taiwan smartphone maker known for its popular devices running the Google Android operating system, such as the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch, has significantly lowered its revenue forecast for 2009. The only manufacturer immune to the current economy, it seems, is Apple.
– Smartphone maker HTC lowered its 2009 revenue forecast for the year,
after the Taiwan stock market closed for the day on July 31.

Instead of growth of about 10 percent, the Taiwan-based company is now
predicting a Â“low to mid-single digitÂ” fall in revenue, according to a
report from Reuters….

Symbian Smartphones: 1 in 63 Infected

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

A study by mobile security company SMobile Systems claims smartphones running the Symbian operating system are breeding grounds for spyware, viruses, worms and Trojans. SMobile says most users of the infected Symbian smartphones are unaware of the infections.
– Nearly one out of every 63 smartphones
running the Symbian operating system is infected with some form of spyware,
virus, worm or Trojan, as well as hundreds of unlicensed software programs
installed on the handsets, according to a study conducted by SMobile Systems. A
comparison of the statisti…

Apple iPhone Secrecy Criticized Following Foxconn Worker Suicide

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

A Foxconn worker who had been overseeing 16 prototypes of Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone is reported to have killed himself after Foxconn security interrogated him over a missing mobile prototype. Apple is being criticized by some for its intense secrecy, which others call routine.
– A worker at Foxconn, the Chinese company that makes Apple’s iPhones, killed
himself after learning that he was suspected of leaking secrets regarding the
next generation of iPhone smartphones, Reuters reported on July 22.

The Nanfang Daily reports that Sun Danyong, a 25-year-old product manag…

Exclusive Carrier Contracts Slow Smartphone Use in Business

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

News Analysis: Exclusivity in the cell phone industry is impeding the adoption of the latest smartphones in enterprises. More companies might equipment employees with the latest smartphones, or at least subsidize them if the devices were carrier agnostic. This problem won’t keep smartphones out of enterprises. But it’s complicating efforts to support the most advanced models at reasonable cost.
– The cell phone industry is an interesting space. It’s highly competitive. It has all the features of a mature, yet growing market. And it has so many products available, few phones will be able to make a mark for longer than a few weeks (except, of course, for the iPhone).
But it’s because of tha…

Google: Desktop Ads Are Powering Mobile Search on iPhones, Android Smartphones

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Google CEO Eric Schmidt claims online ads created for the desktop are powering mobile search ads and click-throughs. However, Google does not see mobile search eating up desktop ad share in the future. Also, YouTube is approaching profitability for the search engine. How? Pre-roll and home page branded ads.
– Lost in all the hullabaloo over YouTubes approach to profitability
following Googles second-quarter earnings call last week was that desktop ads
that Google tailored to the mobile search performance do better than ads
created specifically for mobile devices.
Thats what Google CEO Eric Schmidt to…

Experts Bullish on Google Voice Mobile App for BlackBerry, Android Smartphones

July 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Google Voice rolls out a mobile and wireless application that lets users make calls from devices such as the BlackBerry Storm and the T-Mobile G1 phone based on Android. Experts say the move may be more than a convenience, but a way for Google to insert itself between consumers and wireless carriers such as Verizon and AT T. GigaOm’s Om Malik and IDC’s Rebecca Swensen weigh in.
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Google Voice, which lets users route calls to their home,
office and mobile phones via a single phone number, is in the
process of rolling out to select invitees in the United States. But the Google Voice
programmers aren’t resting on their laurels during the roll out.
Google Voice…