Update: According to The Next Web’s internal sources, HP is NOT going to
sell or shut webOS down, just the underperforming hardware device division.
HP communicated this in a clumsy way which gave the erroneous impression
that webOS was dead or for sale. HP’s plan seems to be to license webOS to hardware partners. But if [...]
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webOS from HP/Palm on different screens The Google/Motorola deal suddenly makes it relevant to take a closer look at the other OS platforms on the market. Most industry observers in the mobile space have already written off HP/Palm’s webOS as a dead platform. From a smartphone perspective, this is obvious at first sight. With two [...] This article has previously been published on VisionMobile’s blog. A popular view in the industry [...] One of the major hurdles for further growth of mobile data services, and LBS in particular, is the exorbitant data traffic fees customers incur when using their phones abroad. Corporate users can pretend that the service is free but their employers certainly notice if the mobile Net bill is larger than the hotel bill. In the [...] Blackberry Playbook An abbreviated version of this article has previously been Now that the Blackberry Playbook has been released it is fairly obvious that RIM is putting the building blocks in place for a future positioning of the Playbook as a gaming platform, most likely in their next model. [...] The hype created by the promise of HTML5 has almost reached fever pitch during the last quarter. With HTML5/CSS3 it will be possible to run most types of applications directly in the “browser” and the need to install apps that execute native code will be a thing of the past. HTML5 can run from a [...] A week after the Nokia press conference last Friday, the industry still seems to be very conflicted about its view of the alliance. After reading most of the industry comments, I still can’t wrap my head around all the implications and come to a clear-cut conclusion. The pessimists view it as a disaster that will [...] The mobile guru and former Nokia executive Tomi Ahonen has released his new book ‘The Insider’s Guide to Mobile‘ as a free ebook for download. It is an excellent overview of the mobile industry and mobile market opportunity. Its tech evangelism style can be slightly annoying but he presents rather compelling arguments to back up [...] The company that managed to develop the first successful PDA in 1996, the Palm Pilot, is losing out in the battle for the smartphone market. Palm didn’t have the resources to quickly match the iPhone, RIM, and Android. Palm’s own smartphone, the Pre, was late to market when it launched in June last year. The industry [...] Google has the Midas touch and never fails – right? What if they made a Google Phone (gPhone?) and disrupted the global phone market? They already have a smartphone OS and aggressive plans for the market. Rumors about a Google Phone have been floating around for some time but gained momentum yesterday with tweets claiming that [...]
Satio smartphone with camera All mobile phone vendors hope to repeat the success of Apple with a new Jesus phone. Sony Ericsson’s candidate is Satio (previous working name Idou) and they are positioning the integrated 12 megapixel camera as the “killer app” that will lift Satio above the other smartphone competitors when it hits the shelves [...] Have the mobile operators overlooked how customers use the Forwarding To Voicemail function when a call is not answered? If someone calls your mobile and you don’t answer, the call is forwarded to your voicemail after a few rings. I find it very irritating that I can’t set the time to more than 30 seconds [...] |
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