Ina Fried in Mobile on August 17, 2011 at 3:30 am PT
Google’s pending deal to buy Motorola has some wondering if any new doors have been opened for Hewlett-Packard, which is fighting an uphill battle to get its webOS taken seriously in the mobile space.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 30, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT
Appia, which aspires to build the largest independent marketplace of applications, has raised $10 million in venture capital from Venrock.
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John Paczkowski in News on February 17, 2011 at 12:15 pm PT
Intel says it’s
“not blinking” on MeeGo, following Nokia’s decision to refocus its mobile efforts on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, and, indeed, CEO Paul Otellini told analysts this morning that the company is seeking out new allies for the OS. “We will find another partner,”
he said. “The carriers still want a third ecosystem and the carriers want an open ecosystem, and that’s the thing that drives our motivation.” Given the further entrenchment of the iPhone and Android operating systems, the debut of Windows Phone 7 and the slowly renewing momentum behind webOS, a new Meego partner may prove difficult to find.
John Paczkowski in News on February 11, 2011 at 2:05 pm PT
Nokia’s commitment to MeeGo may be tenuous after today’s big announcement, but Intel’s is unwavering. The chip giant says it’s sticking with the Linux-based mobile platform regardless of where its partner’s head is at these days.
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT
Nokia has already announced the key piece of its strategy–a shift to Windows Phone for its future smartphones. Now the company is set to talk about the financial implications of that and go through the rest of its strategy, which includes a mix of Symbian and even a dash of MeeGo.
Mobilized has live coverage of the event, which started at around 4 am PT, or noon here in London.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 27, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
Ahead of a Feb. 11 investor meeting, Stephen Elop outlines his perception of the company’s strengths and weaknesses and the need to compete against powerful platforms. “The game has changed from battle of devices to war of ecosystems,” Elop said.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 9:35 am PT
AT&T showed off a bunch of new devices on Wednesday, including a Motorola smartphone that can plug into a screen and keyboard and transform into a thin and light laptop-like device. AT&T also plans to accelerate development of a next-generation network.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 13, 2010 at 6:00 am PT
Jeff Han has been a pioneer in multitouch, but he is best known for his work on big screens, such as creating the touch wall used by CNN. Now, he’s beginning to apply some of his talents to the mobile space, with his first mobile efforts likely to surface early next year.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 8, 2010 at 10:17 pm PT
The fast-growing Android operating system has hit a new milestone, according to a Tweet from the Google executive that heads the effort. In only his second public post to Twitter, Andy Rubin said on Wednesday night that there are now 300,000 Android phones being activated each day. That compares with a rate of 60,000 Android activations per day as of last February.
Ina Fried in Mobile on November 30, 2010 at 6:32 pm PT
Palm-CEO-turned-HP-exec Jon Rubinstein and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs faced off with Kara Swisher of
All Things Digital at a Churchill Club event Tuesday night in an entertaining discussion on the future of mobile tech. Here’s my liveblog of the event.
