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Google Android OS ported and running on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

Google Android OS ported and running on the Nokia N810 Internet TabletSay What?[i]"I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo," [/i][url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/12/nokia-eyes-wider-use-of-linux-software-in-phones.html]Ukko Lappalainen[/url].;)

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, Google Android OS, Nokia N810, Google Android, tablet, Nokia Corp., Google Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Gartner Q3 2008 data shows iPhone passes Windows Mobile and Nokia has first decline

Last month Canalys reported their 3rd quarter smartphone sales data with Nokia in first, Apple in second, and RIM in third. Today, Gartner posted their 3rd quarter measurements with Nokia still in first (42.4%), RIM in second (15.9%), and Apple in third (12.9%). HTC is shown in fourth place at...

Tags: Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Operating System, Smart Phone, Gartner Inc., Operating System Breakdown, Google Android OS, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Operating Systems, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Google Android vulnerable to drive-by browser exploit

The Google Android operating system is vulnerable to a serious security vulnerability that allows malicious hackers to launch drive-by browser attacks, according to alert from a security research outfit. Technical details of the vulnerability, which occurs because Google Android uses an unpatched open-source software package, is being...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Web Browser, Google Android OS, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Additional Resources

News to know: Facebook privacy, Windows 7, Kindle, Firefox 3.5

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook's privacy settings: users get more control as wall gets torn down Ed Bott: Microsoft to offer Family Pack...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Privacy, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-07-02

RIM: Is the BlackBerry OS the weak link?

The Boy Genius Report has a treatise on Research in Motion's future and it's a must read for BlackBerry watchers. In short, the limitations of RIM's operating systems are becoming more apparent by the day and the company needs a plan to compete with the iPhone OS, WebOS and Android...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Boy Genius Report, Boy Genius, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Why Google's software approach won't work for smartphones or the enterprise

Why Google's software approach won't work for smartphones or the enterpriseBeta Worked For Apple[i]Unfortunately, beta isn?t ?good enough? for smartphones.[/i]It worked well for Apple. Only with 3.0 is the iPhone coming out of beta.Fragmentation and controlFrom what I can tell from reviews and comments by people who have used either...

Tags: Smart phones, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Google Inc., software, smart phone, software approach, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

News to know: Windows 7, HD-DVD, Twitter, iPhone, SOA

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Christopher Dawson: Windows 7: Good enough to pay for? Andrew Nusca: Quickfire Deal: Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Richard Koman, HD-DVD, Jason Perlow, SOA, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Program for Android in C/C with the Native Development Kit (if you dare)

Program for Android in C/C with the Native Development Kit if you dare1975 called, wants its SDK back.... sheeesh ntcriminy...Pity those guys stuck w/ C/CPP... aka dead man walking languages.Android Scripting Environment may be betterhttp://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.htmlProgram and run Android apps directly on an Android handset in BeanShell, Python...

Tags: Scripting languages, Native Development Kit, C/C

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10

HTC announces the Hero with HTC Sense and Adobe Flash Player 10RE:If this phone is under $200 I will buy it without hesitation, but it needs to happen soon. I have a SE phone that I've had for years, no web, no email...no sanity. I'm very close to just buying...

Tags: Keyboards, HTC Lancaster, High Tech Computer Corp., keyboard, Apple iPhone, HTC Sense, Adobe Systems Inc., phone, Adobe Flash Player

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for Motorola

Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for MotorolaT-Mo already announced theirs...Got an email from them yesterday announcing the phone - it's called the myTouch 3G with Google. More info can be had at http://t-mobilemytouch.com/?WT.mc_n=MyTouchAwareCIHU1_External&WT.mc_t=CMIt's due in about 2 weeks on July 8th. This better not be the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Android Phone, Motorola Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for Motorola

A lot has changed in the smartphone game since last October. That's when Motorola first announced its intentions to tap Google's open-source approach toward smartphones with the Android OS - a move that was part of a larger strategy to turn around the troubled mobile handset division....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Channel ambition is not a conspiracy

Channel ambition is not a conspiracyI'm still trying to understand.......how people had their hopes dashed about Android at Computex. If you read any of the Android sites most were quite excited about what was being shown. I'm still not sure I understand your coverage of the event as opposed to...

Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Linux, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

First voice-guided GPS apps arrive for iPhone

First voice-guided GPS apps arrive for iPhoneAm I the only one to strongly dislike subscriptions?Just wondering. $120 USD/year sounds a bit steep to me.Sweet! I believe this is the first smartphone to get voice guided GPS! At least I think it is. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?...

Tags: Handhelds, GPS, Apple iPhone, voice-guided GPS app, GPS app

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

How much do desktops matter?

How much do desktops matter?The desktop/laptop will be around longer than that.Laptops continue to grow more prevalent than desktops, but a workstation computer will be a very long standing fixture in the lives of those in the developed world. No one is going to write term papers on a...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, mobile world, desktop, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

News to know: Morro reviewed; RIM; Intel; Windows 7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Cloud Computing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-19

Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales?

Will Microsoft Security Essentials Morro dent commercial antivirus sales?Microsoft doesn't conjure up "security" in my mind ...... but Ed Bott has an interesting article describing a study that shows OneCare and apparently Morro uses the same engine and definitions scored among the top of the tested products.That opened up the...

Tags: AVG Free, MSE, Avira, antivirus, Security Software, OneCare, AVG, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

96 new features in iPhone 3.0

96 new features in iPhone 3.0The iPhone's best feature... is definitely the auto-wind-up feature. To see this feature in action, just navigate to any ZDnet infomercial mentioning Apple, and look for posts by 'Non-Zealot', the anti-Apple zealot incarnate. Neat. I hear they're doing an "Apoplexia" upgrade in 3.3, better...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, smart phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the StatesAgreed, with one minor point difference . . .I believe that the reason you're seeing what you are in China is that since most Windows installations are pirated copies, they get no support. And if you're going to have no support, might...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux/Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, minor player, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales

Blog posts 2009-06-17