Things are heating up in Silicon Valley right about now. Kara Swisher is reporting that her sources told her that Microsoft and Yahoo have finaly struck a Search & Advertising deal and should announce it in the Next few hours. It’s about time!
Multiple sources close to the situation said that the online search and [...]
Creative announced today what seems to be one of the most feature packed and advanced PMP player to date. Here are the specs :
Plaszma Platform
Open Development Program
100% Market Ready and Designed for Manufacturability
Create Customized Applications & Devices
Supports both Plaszma OS and Android OS
Zii EGG
World’s 1st Handheld StemCell Computer
Low Cost, Energy Efficient
High Definition 1080p Output
3.5” 320×480
(16 [...]
In what looks like an ongoing trend of total stupidity, Apple started to pull all Google Voice applications from the App Store yesterday siting the fact that those apps “duplicate features that come with the iPhone”. Now google announced that the official Google Voice app that the company submitted to Apple for approval has be [...]
As promised earlier this month, developers from 29 countries can now submit their applications to the Windows Mobile Marketplace. the whole certification process should take around 10 days and developers can follow this process through the Developer Dashboard.
Today represents another significant milestone for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, and more importantly, the first big opportunity for [...]
A recent job ad posted on July 22 reveals that Microsoft is looking for a Principal Dev Lead to build a “general-purpose graphics platform for mobile phones” here’s the full job description:
Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 700202 5597
Product: Windows Mobile Devices
Division: Entertainment & Devices Division
Would you like to make a [...]
Here’s a short video of Sony’s Xperia 2 futur Windows Mobile smartphone being shown running. Nothing really insteresting besides the fact that it seems to be a bit sluggish (Qualcomm MSM7200a chipset I guess…) and uses a resistive screen (not sure though..). Other than that, the software/Rom is still unfinished obviously.
For more photos and videos [...]
Just a quick note for those who are planning to go the Las Vegas for CES 2010. The registration is officially opened as of today.
Please take note of these important dates:
Before October 1, 2009 $0.00
October 1, 2009 — 5 p.m. EST, January 2, 2010
$100.00
5:01 p.m. EST, January 2, 2010 — On-site $200.00
CES 2010 [...]
Rim have finally announced their latest non-3G Qwerty Smartphone. Unlike previous BlackBerry models the 8520 sports an optical track-pad instead of the standard trackball used by Rim. The same kind of user control was introduced by Samsung with the i780 more than a year ago and is used is several other phones like the Epix, [...]
On the same day Microsoft is said to open app submissions to its mobile marketplace, Sony Ericsson just did the same by allowing developers to submit Java™ ME and Symbian native (S60 5th Edition) applications and games to the PlayNow Arena store.
Submit your content for assessment.
PlayNow™ arena allows end-users to access a full range [...]
The Windows Mobile Team just released the Appilcation Verifier. What does it do exactly ? Here’s a description :
Before an application will be accepted into the Windows Marketplace for Mobile catalog, it must be able to perform all primary and secondary functions while the Microsoft Application Verifier Test (AppVerifier) is running. AppVerifier needs to be [...]