Archive for February, 2010
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Apple tops touchscreen smartphone shipments for 2009
More than half of all smartphones shipped in the final three months of last year were touchscreen models, the latest stats show. Apple came top of the touchphone charts, just ahead of Nokia and followed by HTC and Samsung. Analysts at Canalys reveal that the iPhone manufacturer shipped over 25 mill...
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Google discusses launch of translation software for mobiles
Google says it plans to add voice recognition and translation features into mobile applications, according to a report by the Sunday Times. Google’s head of translation services, Franz Och, told the paper, "we think speech-to-speech translation should be possible and will work reasonabl...
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Consultation launched on 3G power boost
Communications regulator Ofcom has published a consultation on increasing the power limits of 3G mobile licences, in a move that would improve mobile phone coverage in the UK. The development follows a request by Vodafone UK to increase the permitted transmission limits on its 3G licence, based on ...
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Symbian takes on Google Android by opening up
The Symbian operating system - the world's most popular smartphone platform, associated most with Nokia phones - has been made open source. From now on developers will be able to download free source code and experiment with it, paving the way for faster and more exciting development of mobile...
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Nokia prices slashed as Symbian plans unveiled
The world's top mobile phone maker has slashed prices across various product lines, making the Nokia 5230 the cheapest Symbian smartphone on the market in the process. Nokia is said to be going head-to-head with rival brands Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson in the mid-range phone bracket, where d...
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Mozilla unveils Firefox for Maemo smartphones
Mozilla has unveiled a mobile version of its Firefox browser that works on Maemo-powered devices like the Nokia N900. It boasts many of the features familiar to users of the desktop version of Firefox 3.6, including tabbed browsing, the type-ahead Awesome Bar and mobile add-on compatibility. Firefo...
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2010 mooted as year of smartphone wars
The global smartphone market grew by almost a third between October and December 2009, prompting analysts to predict a year of "smartphone wars" between the leading brands in 2010. According to the latest report from consulting firm Strategy Analytics, worldwide smartphone shipments reach...
