Everyone’s still tapping their toe, waiting for the Garmin-Asus nüvifone M20 and G60, and the official line is that we’ll be seeing the GPS-centric smartphones before the end of the year and that Android was in the cards for future devices. Well, it looks like the G60 will be the one and only Linux-running nüvifone,…
Discretix brings its Multi-Scheme DRM Client to Intel’s MID platform
At the recently ended Computex ’09 in Taipei, Taiwan, embedded security solution provider Discretix announced that its robust, flexible Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution is now available for Intel’s MID platform. The solution features Discretix’ Multi-Scheme DRM client, and is optimized for Intel’s second-generation MID platform, codenamed “Moorestown”, and Linux-based Moblin OS. Discretix’s Multi-Scheme DRM…
Access’ Garnet VM hits Beta 4 for Nokia Internet Tablets
Access has recently announced that their Garnet Virtual Machine for Nokia Internet Tablets (N800 and N810, only) has hit Beta 4. Their email was very short, saying that the updated version includes stability improvements as well as bug fixes. And that’s all we know about it. Those not familiar should know that Garnet VM allows…
Nokia N900 Rover is the Finnish giant’s next Internet tablet device?
Now that the Maemo 5 SDK is out in beta, we’re expecting to see Nokia’s next Internet tablet. That said, I’m glad to report that rumors have started to surface saying that the upcoming device will be called N900 Rover. According to MobileCrunch, Nokia will release the N900 in summer and the first carrier to…
Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M20, G60 Delayed
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised after plenty of earlier delays, but during a conference call, Garmin admitted that their two smartphones won’t make it until the second half of this year; the last rumour we had heard of a release date pointed to June, which sits dab-smack at the midpoint, but it’s easy to…
Maemo 5 SDK reaches Beta stage!
Two month after the Alpha release, Maemo team is out with the beta version of the Maemo 5 SDK. The new version includes a first draft of the Development Manual, a new version of the Modest email client, as well as a frozen API and the basic information and tools developers need to get their…
Garmin nuvifone G60 bringing the Linux-love in June?
Garmin and ASUS have been hard at work on their nuvifone lineup. The Garmin-ASUS nuvifone M20 was recently launched as a slim GPS-centric smartphone powered by the Windows Mobile platform. But, the duo’s new-found smartphone aspirations don’t stop there. Garming-ASUS are putting the finishing touches on the bigger, and arguably better, nuvifone G60. And, rumor…
OpenMoko FreeRunner Gets Canned
The Linux-powered FreeRunner from OpenMoko that we’ve been looking forward to for so very long has been discontinued in favour of a second device dubbed “Plan B”, according to Executive Director Sean Moss-Pulz. Sad times for open source enthusiasts who aren’t sold on Android, but OpenMoko is still enthusiastic about getting into the smartphone game…
Motorola MING A1210 heads to China
The Motorola MING A1200. Years ago, the mention of the A1200 conjured up images of an exotic touchscreen smartphone running an even more exotic Linux operating system. Today, the MING A1200 is a bit of a relic in the mobile world. Motorola has pumped out new MING hardware since the A1200, but this is the…
Maemo 5 Alpha SDK is out!
It was back in December when we saw the pre-alpha Maemo 5 SDK being released. The platform is advancing, and now we have the full Alpha version released, bringing a whole new finger-friendly UI framework among other things. Although “Alpha” usually stands for “adventurous developers, only,” Maemo team says the new release is a good…