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New Mobile Platform Moves to Kennedy Launch Pad

When the American space agency was still pursuing Project Constellation, it also gave order to construct a mobile launcher (ML), a massive structure that was to be used to support the ARES rocket family. The completed ML was moved to its launch pad on Wednesday, November 16. The giant structure is located at the NAS...

18 November 2011
03:10 GMT

Mozilla's Mobile OS to Arrive on Devices in Q1 2012

Mozilla has been hard at work during the past several months with the building of a mobile OS, and it seems that the things are getting closer to becoming solid reality, as the company aims at having the platform loaded on devices during the first quarter of the ongoing year. We already had the chance to have a lo...

7 November 2011
09:58 GMT

A Quick Look Behind the Symbian Belle OS

Nokia has already unveiled to the world their latest flavor of Symbian, called Symbian Belle, and also unveiled the series of features and enhancements it is set to bring along. However, the same as with any mobile OS out there, there are things that are not visible when one uses a handset running under a specifi...

10 October 2011
17:11 GMT

Windows Phone and a $1000 Bet on Experience

Last fall, when Microsoft launched the brand new Windows Phone platform, they promised a change from the way in which we would use our cell phones. Those who are already in love with their current handsets, regardless of the OS they are running under, will certainly not feel the urge to switch to Windows Phone. ...

25 July 2011
07:06 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Scores High in User Satisfaction Survey

Today's smartphone market is dominated by Google's Android operating system, but it seems that the platform still cannot offer level of satisfaction that other platforms out there deliver. Only 50 percent of Android users declare that they are very satisfied with the choice they made when purchasing Go...

19 July 2011
13:41 GMT

Apple's iOS 5 Brings Over 200 New Features this Fall

Two new mobile operating system versions are set to make an appearance on devices this fall, one coming from Microsoft as Windows Phone Mango, with over 500 improvements included, and another one released from Apple, with more than 200 new features into the mix as well. iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad, iPod touch...

7 June 2011
15:11 GMT

Nokia Believes in Symbian at the Low End of the Market

Symbian, the mobile operating system that has been powering Nokia's smartphones for the past several years, is set to exit the mobile market in the near future, but the handset vendor still believes that it would prove successful in the low-end segment.Later this year, the company would launch its first mobile ...

3 June 2011
13:41 GMT

Next Android Release Almost Confirmed as 'Ice Cream Sandwich'

We all know that Google likes naming its new, major Android releases after sweets, but what we don't know is the exact name of the next flavor of the mobile operating system. Speculation on the possible naming that Google would user for it already arose, but nothing was confirmed on the matter for the time bein...

3 May 2011
04:52 GMT

Andy Rubin: Honeycomb Features on Phones, Source Code when Ready

In response to a series of allegations regarding Google's “open” approach towards Android, Google's Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering, has published a blog post on the Android Developers website, stating that things are actually a little different. According to him, Google continues to move towards...

7 April 2011
04:21 GMT

Microsoft Sells Nearly 1M Windows Phone 7 Devices in February

The number of Windows Phone 7 devices that have been sold during the five months that passed since the official release of the mobile operating system in October last year is reportedly nearing the 3.5 million mark. While Microsoft did not offer specific info on the matter, enthusiasts managed to come up with this n...

15 March 2011
05:41 GMT

Android 3.0 Honeycomb Preview Available

On Wednesday, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google has officially unveiled a new flavor of its popular Android mobile operating system, namely Android 3.0 Honeycomb, which has been greatly optimized for use on tablet PCs, an emerging new generation of devices. The company made the announcement at the Consumer E...

6 January 2011
03:57 GMT

bada 2.0 to Bring Multitasking, NFC capabilities, Other Goodies Too

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics seems set to come to the market in 2011 with a brand new, greatly enhanced flavor of bada, its own mobile operating system, which was launched officially about a year ago. Currently available as version 1.2, the mobile operating system is expected to hit version 2....

21 December 2010
05:23 GMT

Second Windows Phone 7 Update Gets Detailed at MWC

If you thought that the enhancements that the upcoming January update that Microsoft was preparing for the Windows Phone 7 operating system should bring would not be followed by other improvements in the near future, you might have been terrible wrong. Allegedly, the upgrade prepped for Windows Phone 7 for early 201...

10 December 2010
09:47 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Off to a Slow Start in the UK, Retailer Says

Windows Phone 7, the new mobile operating system from Microsoft, is reportedly registering very slow sales on the market in the UK, with Android and Symbian^3 devices being much more popular among end users. According to a recent post on MobilesPlease's blog, Windows Phone 7 devices account for only 3 percent o...

29 November 2010
10:25 GMT

Nokia: All Symbian Phones to Taste Future OS Upgrades

At Microsoft's TechEd Europe 2010 conference in Berlin this week, Softpedia's Marius Oiaga had the chance to sit down a few minutes with representatives from Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and learned a few details on the company's plans for the future when the Symbian OS is involved.According to th...

12 November 2010
10:47 GMT

Nokia Reaffirms Commitment to Symbian Development

Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia, the largest handset vendor in the world, has reaffirmed its commitment to the Symbian operating system, with plans to invest in the future development of the mobile OS.According to the company, even if the Symbian Foundation announced some changes and restructuring plans, Nok...

9 November 2010
08:13 GMT

Facebook Intros Mobile Platform, Updates Android and iOS Apps

Today, the popular social media destination Facebook announced officially the launch of its mobile platform, aimed at the delivery of a social environment specifically designed for mobile phones, though expected to mirror its dominant Web-based platform.It appears that Facebook is already very popular among mobile p...

3 November 2010
17:15 GMT

Android 3.0 Gingerbread Details Emerge, Visual Changes Expected

The next version of Google's Android operating system is just around the corner. Dubbed Gingerbread and expected to sport version number 3.0, the operating system flavor should bring forth a wide range of appealing features, including enhanced support for tablet PCs, a family of devices new to the OS, which is ...

19 October 2010
03:08 GMT

webOS 2.0 Screenshots Available

Recently, mobile phone maker Palm announced plans to launch a new flavor of its mobile operating system before the end of the ongoing year, namely webOS 2.0, a platform version that can be admired in a series of leaked screenshots that just emerged into the wild. In addition to offering a glimpse at the visual looks...

8 September 2010
03:18 GMT

BlackBerry 6 Now Official, Supports Existing Smartphones

On August 3rd, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced officially the launch of its new operating system for handsets, the BlackBerry 6 OS, which comes with many of the popular features of the platform, while offering a fresh look and a new experience to end users. The new platform version comes wit...

4 August 2010
01:47 GMT

First Android 3.0 Builds Already Alive

Mountain View-based company Google was rumored for a long time now to be already working on the next release of its mobile operating system, dubbed Android 3.0, also known as Gingerbread, and it seems that the first proof of the platform version's existence have started to emerge into the wild. The Android team...

27 July 2010
02:59 GMT

Android 2.1 Now on 55.5% of Active Android Devices

Although it is not the latest Android version out there, the Android 2.1 Eclair operating system currently enjoys the largest share of the Android segment. Officially released on the market in the beginning of the ongoing year, when Google launched the Nexus One handset, Android 2.1 managed to cannibalize the Androi...

21 July 2010
05:22 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Details from WPC 2010 Presentation

Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference kicked off a few of days ago, and, since some of the sessions there were dedicated to the upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, additional details on the matter were already unveiled. Of course, most of the WP7 aspects discussed there were already known, but Andy Le...

14 July 2010
09:31 GMT

Symbian^3 PDK 3.0.0 Now Available for Download

The Symbian Foundation has just announced the release of the first PDK (Product Development Kit) based on Symbian^3 (S^3) since it was announced as being Functionally Complete (FC) milestone about three weeks ago, namely PDK 3.0.0. The solution comes with a full build of the Symbian^3 platform, as well as with the c...

9 July 2010
02:08 GMT

Android 2.1 Ported to HTC Touch Diamond 2

Google's Android operating system is seen as the most open mobile platform available on the market at the moment. Moreover, it also started to prove that it can be one of the most appealing mobile solutions out there. Some people see it so opened and so appealing that they started to try porting it to mobile ph...

7 July 2010
12:53 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Comes in October

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft seems set to make Windows Phone 7 available on devices on the market next October, the company mentioned during a recent presentation of the mobile operating system. We already knew that the first mobile phones powered by the platform would arrive on shelves sometime during the ...

25 June 2010
02:06 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Previewed on Video Again

Two new video previews with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system have just emerged into the wild. The new clips were shot in New York City, where Microsoft presented some of its latest achievements, the mobile platform included. In the first video, one would have the chance to take a look at the same Wi...

24 June 2010
05:22 GMT

MeeGo on New Nokia N Series, Pre-Alpha Release on June 30

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia seems set to make a major shift in its approach to the smartphone market. According to the latest news around the Internet, the company won't deliver to the market any more N Series handsets powered by the Symbian OS, but intends to have them all running under the MeeGo operatin...

23 June 2010
10:20 GMT

Another Windows Phone 7 Video Demo Available

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is readying the launch on the market of its latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. The launch date of the first devices running under Windows Phone 7 was set for the fourth quarter of the ongoing year and, as that period of time nears, more details on the operating sy...

23 June 2010
09:27 GMT

Symbian^3 Said to Be Functionally Complete

The Symbian Foundation is hard at work with finalizing the latest version of the Symbian operating system, which was announced officially a couple of months ago, namely Synbian^3. The development of the platform has reached the point in which Symbian^3 has been announced as being functionally complete. Mark Skre...

17 June 2010
05:45 GMT

Android 2.1 on 50% of Android Phones

Google's Android operating system has been gaining more and more market share lately, leaving behind older smartphone platforms on the market. While the ecosystem as a whole is moving forward, there are some changes within it that are worth mentioning. Among them, we can count the fact that Android 2.1 now acco...

17 June 2010
02:56 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Boots Up Pretty Fast

Although Windows Phone 7 is not yet in its final flavor, the mobile operating system seems to be moving pretty nice. A video available with a Windows Phone 7 prototype embedded at the end of this article shows that the platform is being loaded in a little more than half a minute, which is pretty impressive, one shoul...

12 June 2010
06:59 GMT

HTC EVO 4G Named 2nd Most Innovative Product of 2010

The recently released HTC EVO 4G has just become the second most innovative product of the ongoing year in Laptop Magazine's “25 Most Innovative Products 2010” list. The handset, powered by Google's Android operating system, is now available for purchase in the United States as the first smartp...

11 June 2010
05:25 GMT

More Windows Phone 7 Documentation Leaked

Windows Phone 7, the latest mobile operating system from Redmond-based software giant Microsoft, is getting closer to that fourth quarter release on devices, and new confidential documentation on it made it into the wild. Several weeks ago, we spotted a leaked Windows Phone 7 Architecture Guide, which was complement...

17 May 2010
05:01 GMT

First Windows Phone 7 ROM Leaked

The first Windows Phone 7 ROM has been reportedly leaked into the wild. Following the emergence of similar solutions dumped from the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP that were released not too long ago, the newly spotted ROM seems to be intended for use on a device, which supposedly comes to the market under the na...

17 May 2010
02:54 GMT

MeeGo Might Arrive on Nokia N900

Nokia 900 is one of the hottest mobile phones available on the market at the moment, although its fate seems to be somehow doomed. Launched on the market with the Maemo 5 operating system on board, the device has small chances to see an update to a newer version of the platform, especially now that Nokia teamed with...

16 March 2010
11:18 GMT

Microsoft to Invest $1 Billion in Mobile OS Development

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is reportedly planning a great investment in the development of its mobile operating system. The company has just unveiled a new version of its mobile platform, namely Windows Phone 7 OS, and announced that the first handsets powered by it would arrive on the market before the ...

3 March 2010
05:29 GMT

Microsoft to Launch Windows Mobile 6.6 in February

Windows Mobile, the operating system Redmond-based software giant Microsoft delivers to the smartphone market, is somehow shrouded in mystery when the future of the platform is in question. Up until now, the talk around the web has been focused on two upcoming versions of the OS, namely Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and Wind...

14 January 2010
08:09 GMT

AMD Unveils Vision Pro Technology for Business Users

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices announced today the debut of its new VISION Pro technology, a commercial PC platform that will be enabled on future computer systems, aimed at business consumers. The new platform has already been enabled in the new ThinkPad X100e, revealed by Lenovo today, which wil...

4 January 2010
11:20 GMT

Windows Mobile 7 Delayed a Little More

Redmond-based Microsoft is hard at work on the next version of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 7, this is something that most of you should already know. However, while the platform is expected to come to the market with a great deal of novelties, being capable of putting the software giant back into the ...

12 December 2009
04:25 GMT

Windows Mobile 7 Announcement Confirmed for March 2010

Windows Mobile 7, the next generation mobile operating system Redmond-based Microsoft has in store for its users, is expected to become available on the market sometime in late 2010. The news on the platform's availability window are rather old, and the same applies to the announcement regarding it, only that t...

19 November 2009
03:57 GMT

Samsung Launches New Smartphone OS, bada

Samsung Electronics, the second largest mobile phone maker in the world, has just announced the launch of its own operating system for smartphones, called Samsung bada. According to the company, the new OS will arrive on the market in December, and is aimed at offering developers the possibility to come up with appli...

10 November 2009
10:28 GMT

Windows Mobile 6.5 Is 'Done', Developers Say

The development team working on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system has recently unveiled a few more details regarding the upcoming platform, as we've already seen in a video recorded during Microsoft's Tech-Ed conference in Los Angeles. Now we learn that a few details on the platform are d...

15 May 2009
10:54 GMT

Windows Mobile 6.5 on 31 Phones in 2009

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is getting ready to release on the market a new version of its operating system for mobile phones, the Windows Mobile 6.5, which should provide users with a wide range of improvements when compared to previous releases of the platform, while also offering them a series of new fe...

12 May 2009
08:34 GMT

Windows Mobile 7, the Next-Generation Mobile Platform

We all know Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, if not from using it, at least from what we've heard about it. And among the things that we've heard is the fact that the currently available versions of the operating system, namely WinMo 6.1 or previous versions, do not manage to provide all the latest...

15 March 2009
07:43 GMT

Symbian Platform Release Plan Unveiled

David Wood from the Symbian Foundation has recently unveiled to the world the release schedule for the open-source Symbian platform versions that should head towards users during in 2009 and 2010. According to him, the Symbian Foundation plans to complete the development on the functionality of the Symbian^2, based o...

14 March 2009
03:53 GMT

Steve Ballmer Says Windows Mobile 7 Will Come Next Year

Microsoft held yesterday a call conference in which Steve Ballmer talked, among other things, about the company's future plans regarding Windows Mobile. According to the Redmond giant's CEO, we'll be able to see the next version of the operating system, namely Windows Mobile 7, launched to the market a...

25 February 2009
06:34 GMT

Windows Mobile 7.0 Might Come in April 2010

We learned yesterday that Windows Mobile 7 would head our way in 2010, as Motorola’s CEO Sanjay Jha slipped the info during the company's conference call regarding the financial results for last year. While Microsoft hasn't said anything about the future releases of its operating system, some sources ...

5 February 2009
04:05 GMT

Intel's Calpella to Be Launched in Q3 2009

Although people are just getting used to Intel's latest mobile platform, the Centrino 2, the Santa Clara-based chip manufacturer is already planning ahead. The company is reported to be working on the development of their next-generation mobile platform, which follows the current one codenamed Montevina.Details ...

5 August 2008
10:52 GMT

Nvidia - VIA Alliance Confirmed: Intel, Beware!

Nvidia's strategic alliance with VIA on the ultra-mobile PC market has been confirmed during yesterday's financial meeting held by the graphics specialist. The two companies will march together on the extremely appealing ultra-low-cost notebook market in order to fight Intel's upcoming Atom processor.V...

11 April 2008
10:45 GMT


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