Friday, October 15, 2010

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Mozilla names new CEO

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:05 AM PDT

Today the Mozilla Foundation announced that Gary Kovacs will serve as its CEO. According to The Inquirer, Kovacs worked as a senior vice president of markets, solutions, and products at Sybase and has also worked at Adobe/Macromedia as a vice president of product marketing. His resume also includes a 10 year tenure at IBM. Kovacs is replacing John Lilly on November 8. Lilly left Mozilla for a firm called Greylock Partners. Mozilla recently made its first step into the Android platform by releasing its Firefox 4 beta browser.
Read the full story here.


HP recruits Nokia, Samsung execs for Palm webOS team

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:59 AM PDT

HP has hired executives from Samsung and Nokia to join its Palm webOS team. It also shuffled around some of its own employees to the Palm team to lead other webOS efforts.
Read the full story here.


New MobileMe Calendar launched

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:47 AM PDT

Apple has launched the latest version of its MobileMe calendar software. The application offers a revamped user interface for day, week, and month views and allows users to create shared events. MobileMe calendar will sync with iPhone and iPod touch devices running iOS 4.1 or newer, as well as the iPad running iOS 3.2. For more information head over to http://www.me.com/calendar.
Read the full story here.


Video: HTC 7 Trophy video first look from WP7 launch event

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:58 PM PDT

The HTC 7 Trophy is a new Windows Phone 7 smartphone that features a large 3.8-inch touchscreen display and an HD-capable 5 megapixel camera. We spent a few moments with it at the WP7 launch event in NYC earlier this week.
Watch the video here.


Study: U.S. teens average 3,339 text messages a month

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT

A new study conducted by Nielsen during the second quarter of 2010 has found that text message usage among teens is on the rise. On average, teenagers in the United States send or receive and average of 3,339 text messages per month.
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Dell Streak Android 2.2 Froyo update coming by year's end

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Dell has released an official statement saying that it will update its Streak Android smartphone with Android 2.2 "Froyo" by the end of the year. In August Dell said that it would update the phone from 1.6 to 2.2 but did not provide a timeframe. It looks like Streak owners can look forward to an update in the coming months. "I can tell you that our target date is NOT December 31. In fact, the over-the-air update to 2.2 target date is much sooner than that," a Dell employee said on the Dell support forums.
Read the full story here.


Motorola to address DROID X Android 2.2 bugs

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

A Motorola employee has posted on the DROID X support forums noting a number of bugs that users have reported after updating their phones to Android 2.2. The employee noted that all of the bugs have been identified and fixes have been developed. The bugs will be addressed in a future update.
Read the full story here.


Windows Phone 7 pre-orders now available for O2, Orange, T-Mobile UK

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Three of the five wireless operators in the UK have opened up pre-orders for their new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 offerings, which include the HTC HD7, the HTC 7 Mozart, and the Samsung Omnia 7. All three smartphones will be available to the public beginning on October 21.
Read the full story here.


Verizon Wireless not interested in Clearwire spectrum auction

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:24 AM PDT

Today Verizon Wireless said that it is not interested in purchasing some of the spectrum that Clearwire has up for auction. "We're not participating in the Clearwire auction," Nancy Stark, a Verizon Wireless spokeswoman, told Bloomberg. Yesterday Bloomberg reported that Verizon Wireless, as well as AT&T, Deutsche Telekom AG, Sprint Nextel, and Time Warner, were interested in bidding on the spectrum.
Read the full story here.


Apple iPad WiFi + 3G models to be sold at AT&T stores

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:20 AM PDT

AT&T has announced it will start offering Apple's iPad, both WiFi and 3G models, in its stores starting October 28.
Read the full story here.


Nokia outs C5-03 S60 5th edition touchscreen smartphone

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Today Nokia announced the C5-03, a S60 5th edition smartphone with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display. The C5-03 offers a 5 megapixel camera and will be available in a variety of color combinations.
Read the full story here.


Intel CEO to employees: mobile effort a "marathon, not a sprint"

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:48 AM PDT

In an email to employees recently, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini said that Intel's approach to the mobile space will be a "marathon, not a sprint."
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Video: Casio G'zOne Ravine for Verizon Wireless video tour

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:38 AM PDT

Here's an unboxing and feature tour of the Verizon Wireless Casio G'zOne Ravine, a rugged phone. We walk you through some of the unique features, and even dunk it in a bowl of water to show off its water resistance.
Watch the video here.


RIM introduces BlackBerry Wireless Headset HS-300

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Today Research In Motion announced and released the BlackBerry Wireless Headset HS-300. The HS-300 is a $49.99 Bluetooth headset that offers rapid charging, voice prompts, and more.
Read the full story here.


Best Buy adding HTC 7 Surround, white Samsung Fascinate, others to roster

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:14 AM PDT

Best Buy will begin offering some new smartphones in the coming weeks. It will sell special edition white versions of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and Samsung Fascinate. It will also sell its first Windows phone 7 device, the HTC 7 Surround, and will begin selling Dell's 5-inch Android smartphone, the Streak.
Read the full story here.


Facebook adds mobile-related security features

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:04 AM PDT

Yesterday Facebook added a couple of new security features that help users ensure that their accounts stay their own. A new one time password function can be accessed to get a temporary password for safely logging into a public computer by texting "otp" to 32665 in the USA. Facebook has also added the ability to log out your account's remote sessions to its Account Settings page, which can be done from either a smartphone or desktop computer.
Read the full story here.


Verizon to offer Apple iPad on October 28

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:28 AM PDT

Today Verizon Wireless announced that it will begin selling the Apple iPad on October 28. It will offer the Wi-Fi only version, and customers have the option to purchase it bundled with a Verizon MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile hotspot device. Verizon will also sell 1GB data plans for $20 per month.
Read the full story here.


Skype integrates Facebook news feed and phonebook into latest client

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:17 AM PDT

Today Skype announced a new partnership with Facebook. The latest Skype client integrates your Facebook News Feed and Facebook Phonebook directly. This allows Facebook users to call or SMS their Facebook friends, and also keep up to date on their latest status updates.
Read the full story here.


Sam's Club to sell Apple iPhone and iPad

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

Sam's Club, the U.S. members-only retailer known for selling everything from large quantities of food to electronics, will begin selling the Apple iPad and iPhone, according to CNET. Sam's Club made the announcement yesterday during an investor meeting, but the company did not confirm when it would begin selling both products.
Read the full story here.


Apple awarded patent for text message content filtering

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:42 AM PDT

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple with a patent titled "Text-based communication control for personal communication device." The patent details technology that could be used to filter text messages for content.
Read the full story here.


Opera Mobile browser for Android smartphone landing within a month

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Today Opera announced that it will release its Opera Mobile web browser for Android within a month. Opera said that the browser will work on all versions of Android and will include hardware acceleration and pinch to zoom support. Hardware acceleration will provide more fluid interactions with websites. Opera doesn't have an exact date just yet, but promises that the application will be available on its website and in the Android Market within a month.
Read the full story here.


Cricket CROSSWAVE 3G mobile hotspot announced

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:10 AM PDT

Today Cricket announced a new mobile hotspot device called the CROSSWAVE. The CROSSWAVE allows Cricket customers to share a 3G connection with up to three Wi-Fi enabled devices and will be available beginning on October 15.
Read the full story here.


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