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First Symbian Foundation handsets due in 2010

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Nokia predicts the first phones using the new Symbian Foundation platform will arrive in two years’ time, although its device chief says this is subject to “shades of grey.” The first devices using Symbian Foundation open source code for mobile devices will become available in 2010, Nokia has said….
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LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia, and mobile Linux

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Morgan Gillis discusses the LiMo Foundation’s first mobile Linux platform release and why it matters that Nokia bought Trolltech. On Monday, the LiMo Foundation, an industry consortium that wants to put Linux technology onto mobile handsets, announced the first release of its shared platform. The foundation also…
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Key mobile Linux platform out in March

Monday, February 4th, 2008

The LiMo Foundation’s mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately. The LiMo Foundation has announced the first release of its mobile Linux platform. The foundation is one of several industry consortia seeking to create a standardized approach to…
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Motorola considers cell phone biz spin-off

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Company says it might consider busting into pieces to revive its ailing cell phone business. But is it the right move? Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the cell phone market in the ’80s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered…
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Motorola considers cell phone biz spinoff

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Company says it might consider busting into pieces to revive its ailing cell phone business. But is it the right move? Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the cell phone market in the ’80s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered…
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Week in review: Bad news market bears

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Tech gets battered on the stock market, but not Microsoft, which seems recession-proof. Also: Wireless goes to Washington. Financial markets around the world went on a wild ride this week, and tech stocks were not immune to the nausea. The Dow had back-to-back trading sessions…
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IDC: Single-digit handset market growth in ‘08

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Formerly soaring growth expected to slow to more realistic levels this year and beyond, market researcher says. Market researcher IDC expects growth in the global market for mobile phones to slow to single digits from this year onwards after unit sales rose 11.6 percent last quarter, it said…
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