Articles tagged with: Open Source and Microsoft

Report Reveals Manufacturing Cost of T-Mobile's Google Phone

The T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google's Android mobile operating system, carries a Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost of $143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli.  more

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Mobile Operators Confused About "Open Mobile" Movement

A study of the movement to Open Mobile concludes that carriers are confused about the potential economics of open networks and believe their own myths about having their businesses become "commoditized" and being turned into "dumb pipes."  more

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Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market.  more

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UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation

Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the Symbian Foundation, an open source model for the Symbian wireless operating system.  more

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Nearly 20% of Mid- and High-End Mobile Devices Will Run a Linux Operating System by 2013

Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated. The growing momentum behind the LiMo Foundation initiative, as well as the marketing boost that has been realized from the entry of Google's Android solution has been further enhanced by Nokia's support of the Maemo solution and its purchase of Trolltech.  more

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iPhone is Top Mobile Internet Browser in the USA - #2 in UK

Internet traffic monitoring company, StatCounter has reported that iPhone is the number two mobile internet browser in the UK and number one in the US, according to its own data.  more

Related Tags: blackberry, mobile-internet, firefox, itouch, sonyericsson, statcounter, UK


Report: 85% of Cantv pensioners accept payment proposal

Pensioners that do not agree to the plan may resort to an arbitration tribunal. more

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