Published on: 1st September, 2010

BlackBerry producer Research in Motion could benefit from an extension of the August 31st deadline for granting access to messages. According to Reuters, such an extra time could be granted if the smartphone maker claims to have a solution to solve this problem and also asks for an extension. Currently, there is a battle between [...]
Published on: 28th August, 2010

Making serious efforts to close the incident and avoid a ban imposed by the Indian government, RIM has offered to initiate an industry forum, meant to solve the Indian security concerns currently associated with BlackBerry phones. Research in Motion has a deadline until August 31st to resolve this problem and is now making an offer [...]
Published on: 27th August, 2010

Apple does not agree to let its iPhone be rated in the new environmental ranking system of the United Kingdom carrier O2, according to information from The Guardian. In partnership with Forum for the Future, a sustainability advisory group, the new scheme rates phones taking into consideration the impact certain factors like energy efficiency, manufacturing, [...]
Published on: 27th August, 2010

Motorola has recently made a new acquisition by buying 280 North. The deal is rumored to cost about $20 million and gives Motorola access to a programming platform called Cappuccino, which simplifies creating deeper web applications. A company’s representative declared for “TechCrunch” that this deal would be effective in fostering the Android ecosystem through web-based [...]
Published on: 27th August, 2010

Justin Case, white hat hacker has just discovered that the recently implemented Google anti-piracy system for developers seems to be largely ineffective. Even if it was supposed to give tighter reins over applications, Android License Verification Library (ALVL) has been quickly cracked only by making a simple code patch which tricks Android, making it believe [...]
Published on: 27th August, 2010

Several Windows Phone 7 gaming features have been recently confirmed by a Microsoft representative; these include the ability to engage in multiplayer competition between consoles and handsets. Greg Milligan, Microsoft’s Mobility Solutions Manager for Canada, suggested that the phone-to-console feature may be experienced in real-time via Wi-Fi.
Xbox integration will go beyond multiplayer gaming too; users [...]
Published on: 26th August, 2010

Microsoft has recently announced a time-frame for its final version of the Windows Phone 7 development kit: it will most likely be available in September. The program’s initial popularity has been also boasted by the company, because, according to a post on the Windows Phone official blog, the existing Windows Phone developer tools have already [...]
Published on: 26th August, 2010

According to an Indian government official, on August 30 there will be made a final decision on the BlackBerry services ban being considered by the government. Compromised safety that the secure communications devices can supply to militants is what the country is concerned of. RIM was given a deadline for August 31 to give Indian [...]
Published on: 24th August, 2010

On August 20, 2010, Nokia declared that it has bought out Motally in a bid in order to improve its mobile applications experience. The eight-person company’s technology is able to show usage patterns on both websites and in native applications in order to identify where these could be optimized. The plan is to keep supporting [...]
Published on: 24th August, 2010

BlackBerry phones are supposed to lose market share faster than Research in Motion or anyone else expected, according to Ehud Gelblum, Morgan Stanley analyst. Research in Motion has 18.2 percent share currently, but the analyst expects BlackBerry share to reach 13.1 percent, less than the previewed 16 percent.
Modest performance of the Torch made Gelblum think [...]