Archive for Mobile Software News
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Phone-happy farmers in Philippines offered new service
Mobile phone coverage in the rural Philippines has become so commonplace that one scientist is now launching a text message advisory service that offers farmers help with how they grow their rice. The computer scientist behind the project, Weng Castillo, said it was a very effective way of getting ...
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Consumers angered by HTC Desire updates
People with HTC Desire mobile phones on Vodafone contracts are protesting the operator's forcing of new applications on the devices. Many users have lodged official complaints with Vodafone, after loading an update on the Android-operated handset that they cannot remove and which some people ...
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Google Android sales up by 350 per cent
The number of people buying smartphones running on Google's Android operating platform jumped by 350 per cent in the first six months of this year. German research group, GfK, found that Android's share of the contract mobile phone market is now 13 per cent, shooting up from three per ce...
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MeeGo launched by Nokia and Intel
Nokia and Intel have released the first code from MeeGo, their first joint mobile device Linux project. It is seen as an effort on their part to challenge Android, by Google. The joint project was announced three months ago, and now the two IT companies have launched MeeGo 1.0. MeeGo for touch-base...
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Android outsells iPhone in US for first time
Apple's iPhone has been outsold in the US by phones using Google's Android operating system for the first time, a leading research company has revealed. NPD said handsets using the Android system now accounted for 28 per cent of the smart phone market, compared to the iPhone's 21 pe...
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Opera Mini iPhone app reaches 1 million downloads
It has been revealed that over one million people have downloaded the Opera Mini iPhone application since it was approved on Tuesday. This makes Opera Mini that most downloaded free app on the Apple App Store in 22 countries throughout the world, including the UK, the US, Australia, Germany and Jap...
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Nokia to purchase mobile browser from Novarra
It has been announced that the Finnish company, Nokia, has signed an agreement to purchase Chicago-based firm, Novarra, makers of the Vision mobile web browser and platform. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. This acquisition will allow Nokia to utilise Novarra’s capab...
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Apple accepting iPad apps for review
Prior to the launch of the new iPad in the US on 3 April, Apple has begun accepting apps for the device for the company to review and approve. On 3 April, the iPad app store will go live and developers have been made aware that they must submit apps to Apple by 27 March to have a chance of being am...
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Mozilla dumping development of Windows Mobile Browser
Mozilla has announced that it is to dump development of a Windows Mobile browser. The company made it clear that the reason for its decision is due to Microsoft and that it believes it is completely futile to continue with its years-long development of a Firefox browser for Windows 6.5. The Mobil...
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No cut and paste on Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has announced more details of its new Phone 7 operating system at the Mix10 developer conference. The news has not been warmly received by industry observers as the operating system will not have the functionality expected. The software giant announced that its new operating system will ...
