phones

Motorola Milestone 2 confirmed by accident through promotional video

Published on: 2nd September, 2010

Essentially a GSM version of the Droid 2, the Motorola Milestone 2 phone has appeared accidentally in a promotional video material which has been posted on YouTube, but since then has been made private. The Milestone 2 handset will reach the German market, as well as other markets, but there is no information regarding the [...]

Possible extension for BlackBerry ban deadline imposed by Indian government

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 [...]

To solve BlackBerry incident, RIM initiates India forum

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 [...]

Android’s new anti-piracy system can easily be cracked

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 [...]

Phone-to-console gaming with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 confirmed

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 [...]

The final WP7 developer kit to be shipped starting September 16

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 [...]

Mobile analytics company bought by Nokia for improving application quality

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 [...]

BlackBerry’s share supposed to collapse by 2012

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 [...]

Cities chosen by Verizon and AT&T for tests of the phone payment system

Published on: 13th August, 2010

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have developed a smartphone payment system for the United States, according to unofficial information. The system is believed to be tested in Austin, Salt Lake City and Minneapolis. The coded name of the project is Mercury and a pilot is expected to start in the middle of the next year.
The sources [...]

LG and Samsung hire visual design academics in order to counter iPhone’s user interface

Published on: 13th August, 2010

LG and Samsung have recently hired design professors in order to improve their user interfaces’ quality. LG was the first to hire Lee Kun-pyo, dean at Korea Institute of Advanced Technology, to coordinate its Design Management Center. Samsung also hired Jung Ji-hong, professor of Visual Communications Design at Kookmin University, who will oversee the smartphone [...]

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