Tag archive: Windows Mobile

Firefox may be losing marketshare to Chrome, but the Mozilla Foundation has laid out an ambitious roadmap for 2012. It includes not only major new features and capabilities for its Firefox browser, but solutions for online identity management and a full-fledged marketplace for cross-platform Web apps to rival offerings from Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and others. However, while Mozilla is perhaps singlehandedly responsible for breaking… Read More

  If you follow mobile news at all, you know that the smartphone market is exploding and most of the growth is going to Android and iOS. Every quarter we hear numbers, but today NPD Group (via BGR) released a fascinating chart that shows the market share of all major smartphone OS's since 2006. The chart shows the startlingly quick growth of Android, which now holds 53 percent of the US smartphone market as of Oct. 2011. It also… Read More

Since details about the next-gen OS first began emerging, Windows 8 has been elevated to make-or-break status for Microsoft.  The tour-de-forces that are iOS and Android have been a major hindrance for the software titan, but the generally positive feedback surrounding Windows 8 has been promising for what some have called a dying brand. Today at the company’s BUILD developer conference, Microsoft offered the most revealing details of Windows 8… Read More

A new Android virus records users' phone calls without their knowledge, reports Network World. The Trojan malware, which automatically records outgoing phone calls and stores them on the device's SD card, was first uncovered by CA Technologies security researcher Dinesh Venkatesan, who specializes in a variety of nasty software, including “mobile threats.” To test the Android malware, Venkatesan ran tests of the… Read More

As an example of how long patent battles can linger, a federal jury in San Diego has ruled Microsoft must pay Alcatel-Lucent some $70 million in damages for infringing on data-entry patents in a case that dates all the way back to 2003. The patents in question involve keyboard-free data entry technologies Microsoft used in products like Windows Mobile, MS Money, and its Outlook email client. Lucent originally sued Dell and Gateway over the… Read More

Yesterday, Microsoft revealed a lot of new information about Mango, it's upcoming version of Windows Phone 7. One thing lacking, however, was new hardware. Though Microsoft announced three new WP7 manufacturers–ZTE, Fujitsu, Acer–it didn't have any actual phones to show off. That may change soon. HTC CEO Peter Chou has told Reuters that the Taiwanese smartphone maker has Windows Phones in development. “We have some… Read More

Market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) announced today a study which predicts significant increases in the smartphone market in 2011, and foresees Google's Android mobile operating system leading the smartphone pack through 2015. According to IDC's forecast, the number of smartphones used by consumers will balloon by 49.2 percent this year as mobile phone users ditch their “dumb” cell phones for more… Read More

Despite protests that it’s completely happy with Android, rumors that have been brewing for quite some time reaffirm that Motorola is heavily considering creating its own Web-based OS. According to Information Week, Motorola is busy recruiting and hiring engineers from seasoned companies like Adobe and Apple to create an alternative to Android. Of course, Motorola won’t directly comment on the speculation except that to say courtesy of… Read More

Opera announced today the launch of its new mobile app store, reports CNet. The store is usable by anyone running Java, Symbian, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile operating systems. Apple's iOS is currently not supported. The online marketplace now offers over 140,000 mobile applications, including both the free and paid varieties. The apps are organized into a number of categories, including Featured, Free, Top 50, Top Picks, New and… Read More

We already know that Windows Phone 7 hasn’t quite lived up to expectations, but there’s still hope in the shape of its imminent upgrade. LiveSide got wind that French enthusiasts sites predict the update may be here as soon as February 7. It’s codenamed “NoDo” (taking a swipe at Android’s own OS upgrade scheduling, the alias means “no donuts,” although this was refuted by a Microsoft employee) and thanks to CEO Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote, we… Read More

A new survey from mobile analytics firm Zokem finds that Apple's iPhone platform is far and away the smartphone leader in terms of customer loyalty in the U.S. market, scoring 84 percent higher than Android, its nearest competitor. However, the survey also finds 89 percent of current Android owners are very likely to buy an Android device for their next phone…and that actually edges out the 85 percent of iPhone owners who say… Read More

If it computes, someone will find a way to hack it. Whether it is the on-board computer for your car, or a chip implanted in your arm, if you build it, they will hack. The newest victim is a pair of Windows mobile based games designed for smartphones that contain malware that will run up your phone bill. Reuters is reporting that the games 3D Anti-Terrorist and PDA Poker Art have been known to carry malware, even when downloaded from… Read More

Microsoft has officially announced that Robbie Bach, the head of its Entertainment and Devices division, will be “retiring” from Microsoft this fall. The Entertainment and Devices division is responsible for things like Microsoft's Xbox business, as well as the Zune and Windows Mobile; in the wake of Bach's departure the division will effectively be dissolved, with Interactive Entertainment senior VP Don Mattrick and… Read More

The smartphone world is changing and it's changing fast. Companies that were big performers for years are now seeing their profits and market share slide precipitously. Among the companies are Microsoft and Palm. Palm was recently purchased by HP and Microsoft is seeing the market share of its Windows Mobile offerings plummet as phone makers migrate to open platforms like Android. Android devices are burning up the global market and in the… Read More

The 2010 NBA playoffs are in full swing, and if you have an iPhone there are plenty of ways to follow the action when you're on the move. Check out these apps so you never miss a minute of sweet playoff action. NBA Game Time 2009-10$2.99 This official NBA app offers live scores, stats and standings for every game, but what sets it apart is its streaming of live game radio broadcasts for both home and away teams. It also provides video… Read More