Motorola’s Sanjay Jha talks tablets, Android, HTC, and more
It looks like an investors conference hosted by Barclays earlier today was the place to be for anyone looking to get Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha 's thoughts on, well, just about anything, as he took advantage of the occasion to address about as wide a range of topics as you could ask for.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: device, droid, moto, result, sanjay jha, sanjayjha, smartphones, tablets
Confirmed: Palm’s Matias Duarte joins Google as User Experience Director for Android
We'd heard rumors this morning that webOS design guru Matias Duarte had left Palm for Google , but now we've got it straight from Mountain View: Mr. Duarte is the new User Experience Director for Android
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: breaking-news, design, designers, duarte, matias, matias-duarte, matiasduarte, mountain, palm, printers, result, Transition, user, userexperience, view
Symbian^3 to launch on non-Nokia handset, courtesy of ‘Asian vendor’
Well, here's a bit of thunder theft for you. Nokia's N8 launch is still firmly wedged in Q3 2010 , but according to Symbian Foundation Executive Director Lee Williams, other handset makers are not going to hang around and wait for it to be the vanguard Symbian^3 device. Instead, says Lee, the first phone with the overhauled software will be provided by an unnamed Asian vendor -- we're thinking LG or Samsung, with the latter being more likely as it has more history with Symbian.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: director, engadget, goods-should, launchdevice, lee, mobileos, more-history, overhauled, roadmap, samsung, schedule, symbian 3, symbian3, the-overhauled, vendor
Nokia N8 gets first official carrier in Vodafone UK
Expect this to be the first of many similar announcements as Nokia works out carrier agreements for its new flagship phone . Vodafone's always informative Coming Soon page has today been updated with the N8, touting its "incredible" camera, social features, and personalization options
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: coming-soon, engadget, entry, new-flagship, nokia, nokia8, social-features, symbian, symbian 3, vodafone
iPhone vulnerability leaves your data wide open, even when using a PIN
if you feel like going through the process of typing in your PIN every time you unlock your iPhone is worth it thanks to the unconquerable security it implies, you might want to read this report from Bernd Marienfeldt about the chosen one's security model. Yes, a PIN will keep casual users from picking up your phone and making a call with it, or firing off an e-mail to your co-workers saying that you're quitting and becoming an exotic dancer, but it won't keep someone from accessing all your data
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: appleiphone3gs, belief, berndmarienfeldt, chosen, data, exotic, guru, iphone 3gs, lucidlynx, phone, prime, security, storage, workers
Acer’s Android-powered Stream gets official, gets handled, lives up to its name with DLNA support (video)
If for some reason none of the current Android slates have tickled your fancy, not the Nexus One nor the Droid Incredible nor even the Evo , maybe Acer's Stream is for you.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: after-the-break, camera, dlna, five megapixel, gets-handled, incredible, megapixel, upnp, video
Samsung Behold II fails to fulfill Android 2.0 promise, jilted users contemplating lawsuit (video)
When Samsung launched its Behold II with Android 1.5 on board, it made something of a big deal about the fact the handset will be upgradeable to version 2.0 when that software became available. Such a big deal that it even put the promise of an OTA update into a promo video -- a video that subsequently got yanked as the company realized it wasn't going to be able to stick to its word.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, controversy, cupcake, eclair, expectation, handset, mobile-os, release, samsung, samsung-mobile, samsungbeholdii, unfulfilled, yitzhak
webOS design mastermind Matias Duarte leaves Palm… and could be headed to Google
According to a report filed over at All Things D , Matias Duarte -- the man considered to be the driving force behind the user interface of webOS -- has left Palm, and may very well be headed to Google. Duarte held the title of Senior Director of Human Interface and User Experience, and before working his magic at Palm, was one of the hands that touched the Sidekick and Helio UIs
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: behind-the-user, duarte, experience, force, google-duarte, human-interface, lengths, matias-duarte, matiasduarte, rumblings, senior-director, sidekick
Firefox Home ‘coming soon’ to iPhone, will sync with desktop browser
Continuous client functionality , you say? Sounds like Mozilla might be just what the doctor ordered. The company has announced that its upcoming Firefox Home app is coming soon to the iPhone
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, apple-iphone, browser, desktop, fire fox home, functionality, iphone browser, mozilla, release, result, technically
Fox Mobile launches Bitbop beta, a Hulu for your phone
While Hulu might be missing out on the mobile space due to licensing issues, Fox Mobile-backed Bitbop is looking to step in and take the reins. The app, currently in beta and available only for select BlackBerry devices, has 25 content partners including Fox (of course), CBS, NBC, and Comedy Central
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: bitbop, BlackBerry, central, comedy-central, commercial, mobile-backed, partners, streamingvideo