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Palm launch paid webOS apps, review-free web distribution & analytics access

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 No Comments

palm webos app catalog paid apps Microsoft may have hoped their Windows Marketplace for Mobile would dominate app store news today, but Palm are having none of it. The company has just launched paid software in the webOS App Catalog, together with adding a few more free titles, with a fresh injection of almost thirty new apps. Meanwhile, they’re also broadening their appeal to the open-source community.

In a developer event late yesterday, Palm revealed that it would be enabling developers to release their applications via the web, rather than solely through the App Catalog; Palm will provide a link for downloaders for each new title submitted in this way, but not run the apps through checks as it does for the existing download store. Meanwhile they’ve also confirmed that they’ll be waiving the regular $99 annual fee for webOS developers if the software they’re producing is open-source.

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Dell launch Mini 10v Moblin Edition netbook for devs [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Dell have announced their first netbook running Intel’s Moblin platform, and it’s available for developers to buy now. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10v Ubuntu Moblin Remix Edition is priced at $299 and comes with the usual Mini 10v specification – Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard-drive – but uses Canonical’s combination of the core Moblin Version 2.0 interface, libraries, and applications with the internals of Ubuntu Linux 9.04.

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Video demo after the cut

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Android 1.6 SDK released: more resolution support, CDMA [Video]

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 16th 2009 No Comments

Google have released Android 1.6, the latest version of their open-source mobile platform. Android 1.6’s stand-out features are support for alternative screen sizes, CDMA support and a new text-to-speech engine. The update means that we’ll likely see more range of Android handsets on a broader range of networks.

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Video overview after the cut

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Talking Nokia N900 and Maemo 5 with Ari Jaaksi

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 2nd 2009 1 Comment

We sat down at a roundtable this afternoon with Nokia’s Ari Jaaksi, VP of software at the company, and talked about the Nokia N900 and the Maemo 5 OS it runs. Describing the N900 as “your internet device on the go” and Maemo as “putting the internet first”, it’s obvious that Jaaksi – and Nokia – have the MID segment in their sights; however they’re also upfront about the issues they’re going to face not only with their first-gen hardware but the ongoing development of the platform.

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Google On the Defensive As Well Regarding FCC Probe

By Evan Selleck on Friday, Aug 21st 2009 No Comments

It looks like AT&T isn’t the only company refuting some kind of shady business, and while it may be Apple getting the majority of the news, Google had to refute some claims of denying a Skype application today too. It looks like an article published this morning in The USA Today targeted Google for doing the same thing Apple did to Google Voice, but with a full-featured Skype application. Apparently, as USA Today claimed, Google trimmed down the Skype application to be a “watered-down version of the original that routes calls over traditional phone networks.” So now it’s Google’s turn to chase away the nay-sayers.

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Samsung Instinct Q Finally Pictured

By Evan Selleck on Wednesday, Aug 19th 2009 No Comments

Android phones are coming out all over the place, ranging from the basic Android device, all the way up to HTC’s Sense UI, which made us all take a second look at what Android was capable of. And we’re happy to see the open source Operating System (OS) getting some of the lime-light, especially so quickly. And while HTC has beem the main proponent to Android’s availability on the market, other manufacturers are quickly clamoring to get their piece of the pie. Motorola has two handsets reportedly coming out, the Verizon-bound Sholes (or Shules, whichever you think doesn’t sound ridiculous when you say it aloud), and the T-Mobile Morrison, which is a lower-end device. And Samsung had already inroduced the i7500 (or Galaxy), but it looks like they’re not finished yet. Here, we finally introduce the Samsung Instinct Q.

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Neuros OSD3 development kicks off: 1080p/60, eSATA and HTML5

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 28th 2009 No Comments

Neuros Technology have been spilling the beans about their next-gen open-source mediaplayer, the OSD3, and while it’s not set to hit shelves for at least another 18 months it’s shaping up to be impressive. The company is working with Texas Instruments regarding the OSD3’s ARM-based processor, and have official support for 1080p/60 encoding and decoding.

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Motorola launch App Accelerator Program for Android devs

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 24th 2009 No Comments

Motorola has announced their App Accelerator Program and MOTODEV Studio for Android Beta, intended to encourage coders to begin creating software for the range of Android-based mobile devices the company says it will be launching later in the year. By signing up to the App Accelerator Program, “select developers” will have pre-release access to Motorola’s upcoming handsets for testing, together with documentation, tools and engineer access.

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NEC pledge WiMAX support to Moblin-based PNDs and mobile devices

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 21st 2009 No Comments

car pnd NEC have announced that they will be supporting Moblin-based mobile devices and in-car PNDs with WiMAX functionality. The company already develops WiMAX mobile broadband modules and has recently unveiled a battery-powered WiMAX router; this new announcement will see Intel’s open-source Moblin OS get native support for the high-speed wireless technology.

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Peek ask for help on Mobile Linux Peek messenger

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2009 No Comments

If you’re a Linux developer who has found that the recession has left you at a loose end, Peek may have just the project for you. They’re throwing open the doors to open-source development on their email-centric Peek device, in the hope that someone will get Linux up and running on the ARM7-based handheld.

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