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Articles tagged with: Windows Mobile and Symbian
Adobe Announces Upgraded Flash Platform for Smartphones
Adobe Systems has announced a new variant of the Flash website software that it expects to be available on the majority of smartphones from early next year - excluding the Apple iPhone. more
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BlackBerry Becomes Dominant Platform on Handango Apps Store
Mobile applications retailer, Handango is reporting that for the first time ever, BlackBerry displaced Windows Mobile to become the dominant platform within the Handango content catalog, constituting 44% of all apps sold in the first half of 2009, up from its 31% share in 2008. more
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What Does Nokia Pact Mean For Windows?
When Microsoft and Nokia last week announced a smart phone alliance that they called the first of its type for either, the competition in this market escalated. So tough has this field become that several analysts say the pact signals the demise of Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. more
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Fewer than 10% of LBS Developers Will Port Apps to Palm & Symbian
Developers of location aware applications are not interested in creating apps for the Palm WebOS or Symbian platforms, according to a survey conducted by Skyhook Wireless, provider of the hybrid location system XPS. High quality location results are key for these developers, who are using location to enable over 20 different types of applications. more
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Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
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CIOs Can Cut 50 to 80 Percent of Communications Costs
Yankee Group has demonstrated that CIOs and corporate IT departments of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can save more than 50 to 80 percent on costs related to corporate wireless, e-mail and messaging by moving to an Anywhere IT environment. more
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Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown
Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units. more
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Qualcomm Targets Sub-$150 Smartphones with Lower Cost Chipset
Qualcomm has announced a new Mobile Station Modem MSM7227 chipset designed to lead towards sub-$150 smartphones. The MSM7227 solution will offer advanced processing and rich multimedia while utilizing HSDPA/HSUPA for broadband data speeds over 3G networks. It also can support all leading mobile operating systems including Android, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and BREW Mobile Platform. more
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Handango Publishes Top Mobile Applications Chart for 2008
Mobile applications retailer, Handango has published its 2008 Handango Yardstick. For the first time, Handango is releasing 'Handango's Top Ten' list identifying the top ten downloaded applications across all operating platforms and devices and sold through Handango's multiple distribution channels. more
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Mobile software retailer, Handango hss announced the promotion of Alex Bloom from vice president of content and international to CEO and president, succeeding current CEO and president Bill Stone, effective from next month. more
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