The Year of the New Mobile Operating System
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The entrance of two new operating systems from well-known brands shakes up the plans of some mobile operators and indicates some fundamental changes in the mobile industry.
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Microsoft has released version 6.1 of the Windows Mobile Device Center, which most notably adds support for the Redmond company's newest Windows Mobile 6 platform. The update also enables a PC to access the Internet over a connected phone.
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A new interface and expanded file format support are among the new development tools for Google's mobile phone operating system.
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By Andrew Murray-Watson There was deja vu in the air at 3GSM, the annual get-together for the global mobile phone industry. The event in Barcelona is used by mobile executives to discuss the future of their sector and to unveil new products and services.
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An operating system for smart phones might make up for a rough quarter and Microsoft nipping at its heels.
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The recipe for a mobile Linux-based application ecosystem Comment Why should an operating system be important for a mobile phone? It shouldn't, but of course mobile phones are no longer simple voice communicators, they are smart devices capable of many methods of communication and other sophisticated applications. Capable and complex, with a high degree of variety required to meet different market and user needs.â¦
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Mobile Internet Devices will surf, play music and video, take calls and pictures--and more.
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While most mobiles find their way to the trash heap after only a year or two, these decadent devices need their own security details. By Rob Beschizza.
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I'm getting a new mobile phone :) In the whole spectrum of digital opportunities, mobile is where the next big battle lies and I'll be rejoining the fray. It's eight years since Western Mail & Echo bought my first mobile. Four phones later my new one will bear no resemblance to the first.
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Wu'll be lucky Analysts are predicting that Apple will launch a mobile phone in the first half of 2007.â¦
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The latest technology is on display in Taiwan at the Computex trade show. Mobile products are everywhere--here's what our roving correspondents found.
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At the GSMA conference in Barcelona, the biggest buzz is about prototype phones running the Google-backed Android operating system. Although they're little more than circuit boards and screens, these phones -- from a variety of manufacturers -- show how the so-called "GooglePhone" is shaping up.
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Blog: This ambitious suite will go beyond basic antivirus and firewall protection for your mobile device.
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Google released an update to the SDK for Android, its mobile-phone operating system.It&#39;s the first update since the SDK was&#160;released in November&#160;and includes changes requested by developers.Google highlighted a couple of changes in the updated SDK, which was released Wednesday. It has a new user interface that the search giant said is still a work in progress.In addition, developers can now support additional file formats in the Android media player. Also, applications can translate an address into a coordinate and the reverse, in location-based programs.Developers haven&#39;t had much time to review the updates; few have posted reactions on the Android developers&#39; blog.Even though developers said that the first version of the SDK was thin, Android has managed to gain momentum. Four chipmakers, including Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, showed off&#160;prototypes that support Android&#160;this week in Barcelona at the annual Mobile World Congress.Still, Android faces competition from the established mobile operating systems as well as companies that have rallied behind LiMo, the consortium that is developing an open Linux mobile operating system. At the conference in Barcelona,&#160;LiMo announced 18 phones&#160;that comply with the operating-system specification that are either on the market already or will be.
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InfoWorld - The wide variety of operating systems on mobile phones is hindering the growth of cool mobile Internet applications, according to Arun Sarin, CEO of network operator Vodafone.
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PalmSource will ratchet up the competition among wireless OS vendors this week by announcing Cobalt 6.1, the latest version of its mobile operating system. The main emphasis of the new PalmSource OS is on wireless connectivity, putting it on a par with Microsoftâs Windows Mobile and Nokiaâs Symbian mobile OSes.
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â