mobile OS

Gosling Will Boost Google’s Defence Against Oracle

Google's hiring of Java creator James Gosling in the midst of a legal brawl with Oracle over Java patent infringement…

14 years ago

Android To Lead Booming Smartphone Market In 2011

IDC expects Android to grab nearly 40 percent of a worldwide market shipping more than 450 million devices this year

14 years ago

Windows Phone 7 Suffers Growing Pains

Windows Phone 7’s delayed software update shows Microsoft is still feeling its way in the mobile space, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

Amazon Launches Cloud Music Player

Amazon customers can now listen to their music anywhere they go thanks to the company's cloud music player

14 years ago

iPad 3, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion Rumoured At Apple Event

Apple has said it will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on 6 June in San Francisco

14 years ago

Google Works With Credit Card Firms On NFC Payments

Google is working with big partners on its plans to build an NFC-based payment system into Android

14 years ago

Asus Reveals Honeycomb-Powered ‘Transformer’

Asus' Eee Pad Transformer tablet uses Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' and an expandable keyboard dock

14 years ago

Apple Update Fixes iOS Graphics Bugs

Apple's release of iOS 4.3.1 has fixed graphics and mobile connection flaws

14 years ago

Google Withholds Android Honeycomb Source Code

Google is delaying the release of its Android Honeycomb source code as a quality control measure

14 years ago

Motorola’s Affair Should Be With Windows Phone

Android might not be enough for Motorola, say reports. Clint Boulton says it should consider a fling with Windows Phone…

14 years ago

Stallman: Only Victims Of Tyranny Should Use Facebook

Only victims of tyranny can justify use of Facebook says freedom activist Richard Stallman. He also spoke in favour of…

14 years ago

Student Uses GPS To Sniff Out Stolen iPhone

Student tracks thief, and parachutist finds dropped mobile using the free GPS app Find My iPhone

14 years ago

WinPho Cut And Paste Update Hits UK Next Week

UK operators are pushing out the NoDo update of Windows Phone 7 to users next week

14 years ago

Nokia Could Make A Cuckold Of Microsoft

Nokia and Microsoft are still in the honeymoon period of their smartphone union, but Nokia is already looking out for…

14 years ago

Nokia Tablet Strategy Could Exclude Microsoft

Nokia may opt for MeeGo or Android rather than Windows or Windows Phone for its first tablet

14 years ago

Amazon Appstore Challenges Google Android Market

Amazon opened its Appstore for Android, allowing users to test drive apps before they pay and download

14 years ago

Samsung Puts Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 Slates On Show

Samsung has introduced two Galaxy Tab enterprise-grade tablets that seriously challenge the iPad 2

14 years ago

Apple Sues Amazon Over App Store Trademark

As Amazon.com launches Appstore for Android, Apple has sued over alleged infringement of its App Store mark

14 years ago

Flash Player 10.2 Arrives For Android

Flash 10.2 is designed to deliver a full browsing experience to Android tablets and smartphone, according to Adobe

14 years ago

Google Brings Out TV Remote App For iPhone

Google's TV Remote app for Apple's iOS devices lets users search channels by voice from anywhere in the house

14 years ago

Experts: Android May Violate Linux Rules

Google's approach to the Linux kernel with Android may be leaving it open to legal attack

14 years ago

Android Beats iPhone Safari In Web Browsing Contest

Tests show that browsing on the Nexus S is 52 percent faster than on the iPhone 4, but the results…

14 years ago

Motorola Sets Launch Day For Its Xoom WiFi-only Tablet

Motorola's Xoom WiFi-only could be the first Honeycomb tablet to challenge the iPad 2 in the UK in April

14 years ago

Android Gets Full-Disk Encryption

Whisper Systems has released a public beta of its enterprise-grade encryption product for Android

14 years ago

Google To Test Android Near-Field Mobile Payments

Payments using Android Gingerbread smartphones rumoured to be going on trial in US stores

14 years ago

T-Mobile Unveils Android-Based 4G Sidekick

T-Mobile has brought back the Sidekick as a smartphone running Android 2.2 and using a QWERTY keyboard

14 years ago

Report Highlights Weak Xoom Sales, Honeycomb Bugs

Motorola's Xoom tablet is struggling to sell as analysts criticise Google's Android Honeycomb operating system

14 years ago

Microsoft To Delay March Windows Phone Update

Problems with a previous Windows Phone update have forced Microsoft to push back its planned March update

14 years ago

Apple iPhone 5 Won’t Sport NFC Technology

Apple's iPhone will not include NFC technology until the 'sixth-generation' smartphone is released in 2012

14 years ago

Android Devices To Get Flash This Week

Flash Player 10.2 will be available for Android 2.2 and 2.3 smartphones and Android 3.0 tablets on Friday

14 years ago