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Microsoft confirmed that it will officially kick off Windows Phone 7 on October 11th. Events are planned worldwide, including one in New York City. The New York City event will feature a short but sweet keynote presentation with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and AT&T’s Ralph de laVega Lest you forget, AT&T is the preferred launch partner…
Samsung confirmed today that the Galaxy Tab will be available on November 1st in the UK. The Galaxy Tab carries on the tradition of the Galaxy S-series of smartphones with a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, 7-inch LCD with 1024×600 resolution, 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for vide calling, 16/32GB internal storage, microSD expansion (up tp 32GB),…
According to the Nikkei Daily, Toshiba is scrapping its plans to mass produce OLED displays. Toshiba and Panasonic joined forces in 2008 to form Toshiba Mobile Display and began laying down plans to add OLED manufacturing to a Toshiba-run production plant in northern Japan. After investing almost 16 billion yen ($191.6 million), those plans were…
It has been a rough week for the Symbian Foundation. Earlier this week, Sony Ericsson confirmed it will no longer produce Symbian handsets and now Samsung has joined the ranks of manufacturers who have walked away from this mobile platform. In an announcement on its Mobile Innovator website, Samsung confirmed that it will drop developer support for…
Today, Samsung made it official and announced that it is working on several handsets for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 launch. The Korean manufacturer upheld its dedication to Microsoft’s mobile platform and confirmed that Windows Phone 7 is an important part of Samsung’s smartphone portfolio. Samsung was light on the details and did not confirm any handset…
October 11th and November 8th are two dates to mark on your calendar. According to the Wall Street Journal, that October 11th event in NYC will be the official unveiling of Microsoft’s latest mobile OS. While focused in NYC, there will satellite events around the world, including one in London, to mark this critical launch…
A rumor based upon a series of tweets by Eldar Murtazin suggests that Samsung may have halted production of its Galaxy S and Wave handsets. The unforeseen stoppage is reportedly the result of a shortage of Super AMOLED displays for its popular Android and Bada-powered handsets. These two details, though unfortunate, are reasonable as AMOLED…
A leaked document purportedly details the terms of service for Amazon’s rumored Android app store. If this document is legitimate, it confirms the existence of Amazon’s Android offering and reveals some the restrictive policies that Amazon is putting in place. According to the document, Amazon will be charging developers a $99 yearly registration fee and royalty payments of…
Remember the week leading up to the Nexus One announcement? Every Android fan was incessantly refreshing that google.com/phone URL to see if Google would slip and release some information early. In its heyday, that Nexus One URL was well-visited by those interested in Google’s flagship handset, but now that the Nexus One is part of smartphone history, that…
Remember those early days of Windows when 3.1 ruled the roost with its awesome Program Manager and Windows 95 was considered cutting edge? Well, you can relive those days, not with some aging desktop pulled from the recesses of your basement, but with your iPad. In a seven-minute video that may turn the stomachs of Apple fans, YouTube…