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Sprint Memo Hints at Palm Pre Smartphone Release Date
The smartphone that Palm has promoted as the antidote to its dismal quarterly results—the Palm Pre—is scheduled for release in mid-May, according to several reports today. Palm is hoping the Palm Pre smartphone will play strongly against Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android-based smartphone as the smartphone competition heats up. Several reports today say that internal…
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Ex-Motorola CFO Claims Whistleblower Status
Former Motorola chief financial officer Paul Liska claims was fired for advising company officials that the 2009 business plan for mobile devices was built on "unsubstantiated and misleading financial forecasts." In a lawsuit filed against the telecom equipment and cellphone manufacturer, Liska says he was punished for warning other executives, including co-CEO Greg Brown, that…
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T-Mobile Plans More Android-Based Devices
T-Mobile, the carrier that partnered with Google for the search giant’s mobile phone, based on Google’s Android operating system, is reportedly working on additional products that would leverage Google’s Android operating system. T-Mobile is planning a home phone and a tablet computer that will use the Android operating system, according to a report in the…
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New Windows Mobile Bound to Make Apple Notice
The new look and features of Windows Mobile 6.5 show that Microsoft is clearly interested in mastering both the consumer and business market when it comes to portable devices. Windows Mobile 6.5 offers an improved interface, which makes it easy to launch applications, surf the Web and check e-mail, all without overcomplicating the basic features…
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Microsoft Adds Apps to Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Even as Apple iPhone and iPod touch owners gained the power to download the Skype application from Apple’s App Store, Microsoft was lining up its partners for its own next generation of Windows phones, Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Microsoft announced that EA Mobile, the mobile unit of the Electronic Arts gaming…