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Huawei will enter into the smartphone market in the first half of 2009, and plans on producing devices running on the Symbian OS and Google's Android platform. The Chinese equipment maker did not disclose details on the models it plans to produce or even how many phones it will be launching, but...
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Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , Orange , Linux , Symbian , ALP , Android Without much fanfare, the Samsung i800 was canned at the tail end of last month. When asked why, Orange simply noted that it was pulled in order to "prepare a more competitive Linux mobile." A recent writeup at Ostatic...
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08-17-2008
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Filed under: Samsung, Handsets, Symbian, Linux, Google, Orange, alp, Mobile Linux, Access, MobileLinux, LiMo foundation, android, LiMo, LimoFoundation, i800, access linux, AccessLinux
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Filed under: Software , Symbian , Windows Mobile Adding a feature BlackBerry users have already enjoyed for a little while now, the S60 and Windows Mobile clients for Google Maps have now been imbued with transit directions, making it easier than ever to find the closest ratty upholstered seat with puke...
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08-01-2008
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Filed under: Windows Mobile, Symbian, s60, WindowsMobile, Google, Software, Google Maps, navigation, GoogleMaps, maps, transit
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Google has just announced the release of Google Maps for mobile with Transit directions for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile powered handsets on the Official Google Mobile Blog. Google Maps for mobile is actually on version 2.2 now and features the addition of commuter-friendly transit directions.
The...
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Dredging up memories of flopped rumors from days gone by, Michael Dell, the founder of the computer manufacturer that bears his namesake, has hinted at the possibility that Dell is entering the handset business. More specifically, Dell could be poised to take a swing at the smartphone segment that fellow...
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Filed under: Handsets , Others Rumors of Dell playing a role in the smartphone industry have been around for what seems like ages , but each time the fire dies down, another can of lighter fluid emerges to get us all wondering again. In a recent interview with Om Malik, the bigwig had more than a few...
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07-28-2008
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Filed under: Handsets, Symbian, Others, Google, Software, Smartphone, os, dell, OperatingSystem, operating system, industry, plans, android, michael dell, MichaelDell
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The two largest open-source mobile platform initiatives are swirling up rumors that they’ll be joining forces to combine the Symbian and Android platforms spearheaded by Nokia and Google, respectively. Allegedly informed analysts at J. Gold Associates are claiming that a merger between Nokia and...
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07-26-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, merger, rumors, Linux, Google, Mobile OS, Announcements, open source, Partnerships, android, mobile platform, symbian foundation
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Analyst J. Gold Associates said the merger of the two mobile operating systems will begin within three to six months. Nokia (NYSE: NOK)-owned Symbian and Google (NSDQ: GOOG)-created Android are destined to be combined to provide a single open source operating system for smartphones, an analyst firm said...
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Somebody just had to say it. Google has been blowing mighty horns about how its open-source Android smartphone OS will blow all its competitors out of the water. Nokia, meanwhile, with Symbian and access to the largest smartphone market share, is surely to make a difference when the first traces of its...
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07-26-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, merger, Google, Featured, os, free, operating system, open-source, wireless, android, Software&Services
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Industry analysts J. Gold Associates has a theory that, if true, could mean that the mobile market is going to get a LOT more interesting.
Nokia and Google, says J. Gold, are close to combiniing the Android and Symbian operating system “to provide a single open source OS.”
In some ways it...
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Filed under: Software , Nokia , Symbian , Android According to the oracle-like superbrains at J. Gold Associates, Google's Android OS and Nokia's Symbian will " combine to provide a single open source OS," sometime in the very near future... say, three to six months. Sure, Android is...
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07-25-2008
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Filed under: Nokia, Symbian, speculation, Google, Software, rumor, OpenSource, open source, analyst, android, j. gold associates, J.GoldAssociates
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Google is pushing their Linux-based mobile operating system, dubbed Android, to the development community as the mobile platform destined to revolutionize the mobile space. And, under the search-giant's mantra of "do no evil," Google has been touting Android as a completely "open"...