Windows Mobile continues to lose market share
Microsoft is struggling in the smartphone market. Their Windows Mobile platform is no longer a strong player with rivals gaining market share.
The latest report by Gartner reveals that Windows Mobile had a market share of just around 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year.
This [...]
Samsung bada mobile platform introduced!
Just when we thought that we had more than enough mobile platforms…
Samsung has announced the launch of their own bada mobile platform that would cater to their range of mobile devices and smartphones.
This new platform would arrive in the market sometime next month.
The company said that this [...]
Optima announces Maemo powered mobile internet device
Chinese hardware company Optima has announced that they are working on a new mobile internet device that would be powered with Maemo mobile platform.
Incidentally, Maemo is only used by Nokia on their devices including Nokia 770, N800 and N810.
Optima OP5-E would become the first non-Nokia product in the [...]
Google AdSense for Mobile Applications launched
Google has finally entered the market of providing advertising solutions for mobile applications.
The company has now launched AdSense for Mobile Applications in beta.
Google said in a blog post about this new product:
AdSense for Mobile Applications allows developers to earn revenue by displaying text and image ads in their [...]
Intel and Nokia announces collaboration for Linux powered mobile devices
Intel and Nokia have announced that they are collaborating together to develop Intel processor based Linux powered mobile devices.
The two companies would now together work on several open source mobile Linux software projects.
Intel would also now license HSPA/3G modem intellectual property from Nokia.
Intel’s Anand [...]
HTC Lancaster Android phone coming to AT&T
AT&T already has the iPhone.
The company is soon going to have an Android powered HTC mobile phone as well.
Market sources have revealed that HTC Lancaster is the latest Google Android smartphone which is coming to the US market.
However this does not look like a high end product as [...]
Google: 2009 could be the year of the Android
Google Android is not making much news when it comes to smartphone launches.
But a lot of new devices are expected to arrive later this year.
Google believes that this could very well make Android the mobile platform of the year 2009.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that they believe [...]
Wall Street Journal now on Apple iPhone for free!
Wall Street Journal has released their own application for the Apple iPhone platform.
This application is now available for free on the Apple App Store.
It also works on the Apple iPod Touch platform.
This mobile app is supported with online advertising which features prominently on the mobile [...]
Dell to bring smartphones to China?
Dell might not have any smartphone model in their product offerings but market reports say that they are already in talks with China Mobile to bring their phones to the Chinese market.
The company is said to be in talks to launch phones powered by China Mobile’s own mobile platform. [...]
Samsung aiming to launch three Android phones this year
Google G1 seems to be the only Android phone available in the market today.
Android should become more popular this year with launches expected from Samsung.
Samsung is expected to launch as many as three devices powered by Android platform in 2009.
HTC also has shown their second Android [...]
