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Dramatic growth in open source use on mobile platforms says Black Duck

Posted by Cian on Feb 25, 2009 17:33

Black Duck Software claims the number of open source projects targeting mobile platforms is rising sharply. Black Duck, which manages and deploys open source software, reviewed over 2,300 mobile projects and says the growth in open source code for mobile devices in 2008 was dramatic.
Palm, iPhone and Windows Mobile had the most open source [...]

Nokia breakfast: exclusive launch of new N86 mobile device

Posted by Cian on Feb 17, 2009 12:27

Nokia unveiled its new mobile device at an exclusive breakfast this morning at MWC - the N86 8MP. Nokia is so proud of its 8 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera that the official name of the product has 8MP in it! We had a great intro to the new device and run through of some its [...]

Toshiba’s new TG01 mobile handset powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon

Posted by Cian on Feb 13, 2009 16:46

Toshiba has announced it’s new device, the Toshiba TG01. And boy is it pretty. With a higher screen resolution and slimmer body than the iPhone, the multimedia-focused touchscreen device will be available across Europe in Summer 2009. The TG01 is the first mobile device that will us Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset.

The Snapdragon processor is designed for [...]

Chat with Tim Haysom from OMTP on The LIMO Foundation supporting Bondi

Posted by Bena Roberts on Feb 9, 2009 17:17

I started off the chat with Tim Haysom today by pronouncing BONDI wrong. He corrected me and said, its like beach BONDI as mobile surfing should be fun in the sun like riding the wave.

I loved the simplicity of that and it set us up for a short chat on some new announcements today.
In short, [...]

More Azingo news with Vodafone deal for open app development

Posted by Cian on Feb 5, 2009 16:38

Bena has covered the new OS that Azingo is releasing, but there’s also news that Vodafone has selected Azingo as it’s partner to create apps for LiMO - the open, hardware-independent, Linux-based OS for mobiles.
LiMO is a consortium dedicated to creating a truly open OS for mobiles, based on Linux.  Both Azingo and Vodafone are [...]

Azingo launches new Mobile 2.0 Full Touch Web Enabled OS

Posted by Bena Roberts on Feb 5, 2009 15:02

Azingo (azingo.com) is an open mobile OS company and it has launched a Linux based platform with a browser and application suite.
Wait! Az - in Go - “as in Go” - clever clever name - I love it!

From the press release
“We are excited to bring a full touch and web-enabled open mobile OS to market,” [...]

Mobile devices can get faster and more efficient with new Intel chips

Posted by Cian on Feb 5, 2009 12:41

Intel yesterday unveiled plans to change the way it designs chips for mobile devices. It’s new system-on-chip (SoC) designs could dramatically reduce power consumption and increase processing power.
What’s system-on-chip?
The trend so far has been to build more powerful microprocessors that can do more things at once. But that generates a lot of heat and takes [...]

Carol Bartz new CEO Yahoo and pondering on Microsoft again

Posted by Bena Roberts on Jan 13, 2009 22:09

I have to admit, I had no idea who Carol Bartz was until I read the WSJ that she was the new CEO of Yahoo!  So I have spent the last hour Googling her and …. well I like her.
See: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/revolution/bartz/
Not only do I love the fact that she is a woman – she also [...]

When the Android UI gets too clever

Posted by Tony Dennis on Nov 11, 2008 11:51

Rating: Tales of the unexpected
Playing with the T-Mobile G1 Android phone the other day I came across an unexpected flaw with the UI. The handset kept anticipating something I didn’t actually want to do.
Actually the G1 was going into Global Shortcut mode when I didn’t want it to. That meant as soon as I typed [...]

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