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Adobe strives to bring Flash to every smartphone platform
Adobe is now making a serious effort to get Flash-based games and videos to run on both PC platforms and mobile devices without modification. And no wonder--according to Gartner, smartphone sales... Read more...
More tweaks needed to achieve top-notch Android experience on ARM
Hoping to see more of Google's Android operating system running on ARM-based hardware soon? Well, even Kerry McGuire, director of strategic alliances at ARM, acknowledged that the Android platform is... Read more...
Acer to launch Android netbook in 3Q
Third-ranked PC maker, Acer announced on Tuesday that it will launch a new low-cost computer in the third quarter, which will be based on Google's Android operating system. Elaborating on the choice... Read more...
Psion ends legal campaign over netBook trademark
Intel and Psion have settled on an out-of-court agreement to resolve the trademark dispute over use of the "netbook" term. Psion pursued legal action against Intel in 2008 for violating of its... Read more...
Google to enter the ebook business
Google has thrown down the gauntlet and announced its intention to launch an ebook service by the end of the year. This will pitch it squarely against well-established players such as Amazon and... Read more...
Analysts predict high growth for Android handsets
Analysts are predicting that handsets based on Google's Android operating system will experience high growth, in terms of device shipments, this year. And despite the fact that only one million... Read more...
Symbian looks beyond Smartphones
The recently re-branded Symbian Foundation is charting a course that the organization hopes will form the genesis of a comeback. Now wholly owned by mobile phone giant Nokia, Symbian commands the... Read more...
Symbian S60 runs on unmodified Intel Atom CPU
In order to prove the capabilities of the Symbian S60 operating system, some members of the Symbian Customer Operations (SOSCO) team compiled the operating system via GNU GCC and ran it on an... Read more...
Google unveils Android 1.5 SDK
Google has offered developers an early look at version 1.5 of the Android System Development Kit (SDK). I have not had the chance to use an Android-based smartphone yet, but the feature list looks... Read more...
A look at QuickOffice for Android
Software house QuickOffice debuted its first Microsoft Office compatible application for the Android platform just last month. Jason Z. Cohen from LinuxInsider took a look at QuickOffice for Android... Read more...
