Windows Phone needs a champion, and Nokia is the only company that can give it the undivided attention Windows Phone deserves.If the Windows Phone operating system is to ever succeed, Microsoft is not going to be the company that leads the charge. It can’t be, really. Microsoft is a huge...
We are all waiting for Tizen to launch and living in the hope that we are going to see top end devices delivery top end performance as promised by Samsung on several occasions. At the Tizen Developer Summit we learnt more about the features of Tizen 3.0 and...
Recently the Samsung Developers Conference (SDC13) took place in San Francisco, California. This was the first Samsung Developer Conference that was squarely aimed at Samsung developers and mainly concentrated on Android. There was only one Tizen session entitled "The Tizen Web Platform" presented by Intel's Kenneth Christiansen and Alexis...
This post is sponsored by SanDisk. As a promotional post, it reflects the views of the sponsor, not ReadWrite's editors.While some gadgets get snapped up for their dazzling graphics, sleek designs, and responsive features, there's a key aspect that many people don't consider when they snap a device off the...
In 2008, the first commercial Android smartphone was made available at T-Mobile. It was the G1 (also known as the HTC Dream) and people considered it the very first “Google Phone.”How quaint that seems in 2013. The real Google Phone has just arrived. The Nexus 5 may be running Android, but...
Rumours, you got to love them or hate them but it seems they are a integral part of todays Mobile Phone "Scene". The latest one is that Tizen 3.0 is going to be unveiled next week at the Tizen Developer Summit in Seoul, Korea. "Mr Hyeonseok Kim Samsung's...
Google's introduction of Android 4.4 KitKat, the follow-on to three different versions of Android Jelly Bean, means that users have new features to look forward to—and that mobile developers and designers have a new toolset to learn.KitKat is designed to work on a wide variety of devices with different amounts of RAM,...
When the Pebble smartwatch hit the market earlier this year, it hewed to a "simple is best" philosophy, offering only a limited set of features. But the company also pledged to help others develop their own creative uses for the gadget, and it's now followed through with a more fully...
See also: Me, My Selfie and IBetween social networking, professional networking, Internet dating profiles and other online memberships, our need for profile photos isn't going anywhere. On the contrary, with social sharing, job-hunting, dating, and more, the need will probably only grow. “People with profile pics are 11 times more likely to...
Timing and marketing are planned in weeks where as other products take months, or years to develop. An all new OS for smart phones, phablets and wearable devices that can also be used for in-vehicle systems takes a tremendous effort and introducing it to the public with a lot of...
Google’s Android operating system may be the rock star of mobile world, but it has another group of rock stars that are trying to knock it from its perch.Google, Samsung, HTC and basically every major Android hardware manufacturer have been hit with a patent lawsuit from the Rockstar Consortium, a...
ERICSSON BUSINESS INNOVATION FORUM, TOKYO: Japanese number one operator NTT Docomo emphasised its open approach to software and devices, stating that it will continue supporting multiple operating systems including the forthcoming Tizen platform. Hiroyasu Asami, NTT Docomo's EVP and managing director of its Smart-Life business division, outlined in...
This is a session that was presented at the Samsung DevCon Conference in San Francisco (October 27-29 2013) by Chris Heilmann. He discusses the position of Native and HTML5 development solutions. He is a HTML5 Mozilla Developer and therefore he might be slightly biased (Lol) but the points are quite...
Google is developing a smartwatch that runs on Android and is integrated with Google Now, the Wall Street Journal reports. The device is in late-stage development and Google is talking with component manufacturers in Asia to mass produce the device, according to The Journal. See also: The Hard(ware) Realities Keeping Us From...
Samsung has a couple of development devices for Tizen out there, and now the first official Tizen-running tablet has been launched in Japan by Systena Corporation, a leading provider of IT solutions and cloud computing in the country. The tablet – a 10-inch unit with a WUXGA (1900 x...
There was something odd in the latest issue of Wired magazine: eight full-page ads (totaling nearly 4% of the magazine) were taken out by traditional non-smartwatch companies like Rolex, Tudor, Seiko and Burberry.It seems bizarre that a magazine dedicated to exploring emerging technologies would dedicate so much space to a...
The Schedule for the Korean Developer Summit 2013 has been announced. Set in Seoul, Korea, November 11-12 and is a two day regional event which includes another Tizen Hackathon on the second day. As the name implies this event is for Developers and some of the topics covered...
Huawei, who recently we revealed (still can't believe it) as the newest member of the Tizen Technical Steering Group (TSG), recognises the benefits of implement a technology strategy similar to leading smartphone companies like Apple and Samsung, where software as well as hardware are seen as the required ingredients...
Nokia Lumia 1520Microsoft can always count on Nokia as the linchpin of devices and services strategy—good thing, too, since Microsoft is spending more than$7 billion to acquireits stalwart ally. The latest sign of the companies' emerging codependence: Nokia's belated entry into the market for tablets.Tablets?Today at a Nokia World event in...
Let's get this straight: No matter what Apple announces Tuesday, if you've bought Apple devices before, you're going to buy this one, too. That choir of the converted, though, isn't enough for Apple anymore.As Business Insider'sJay Yarow points out, Apple's iPad sales have been consistently falling for several quarters, and growth has...
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