RIM is likely to abandon any ambitions of licensing BlackBerry 10 to rivals and ditch the possibility of a BlackBerry Messenger client for iOS and Android, it's suggested, as the company attempts to leverage its "integrated solution" instead. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek says his company's checks found RIM "will delay and possibly abandon its OS licensing plans," Forbes reports, and that despite having met - and liked - new CEO Thorsten Heins, he believes his near-term strategy is significantly flawed.
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Spilled details on Windows Phone 8 "Apollo" have opened the floodgates on Microsoft's next significant update to its smartphone software, with more tidbits on the Windows 8 kernel based platform slipping out. Paul Thurrott confirms the shared kernel, along with the multi-core processor support, sensor fusion, security model, network, and video and graphics technologies from Windows 8, though says Skype will remain a separate app rather than baked in at the OS level.
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Nokia Lumia 900 ready for pre-orders now in Microsoft stores
The Nokia Lumia 900 is now ready for pre-orders from Microsoft's retail stores in the US. The much anticipated Windows Phone will be an AT&T exclusive, resembling an over-sized version of the elegant Lumia 800. The device is expected to launch on March 18, although the date hasn't been officially confirmed yet.
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Windows Phone 8 Apollo detailed by SVP
A video appears to have been leaked which depicts none other than Windows Phone manager and senior vice president Joe Blfiore, this video intended for Nokia’s eyes only and to show off Windows Phone 8. This newest update is what we’ve been calling Windows Phone Apollo thus far as a code-name, it coming after the Tango update which will still be working under Windows Phone 7. This video was uncovered by Evan Blass of PocketNow and the details are juicy!
Facebook’s IPO, webOS and the Perfect Social Phone
Facebook’s IPO filing gave us an inkling of how much money the social network expects to make when it floats this year, but also a hint of what it could spend it on: the first true Facebook Phone. In among the lengthy IPO documentation were not only details of Facebook’s existing achievements in mobile but a map of the challenges yet to come along with Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest fears for the future. $100m is enough to stage a big attack on the mobile market, though, and there’s one obvious place to start: HP’s webOS.
Samsung Galaxy S Advance hits pre-order
With Samsung's Galaxy S III no longer expected at MWC 2012 later this month, we'll have to make do with the Samsung Galaxy S Advance, officially announced on Monday and already up for pre-order. An variant of the original Galaxy S, the Galaxy S Advance I9070 is scheduled to drop roughly at the same time as the Barcelona mobile show, according to UK retailer Clove, with pre-orders priced at £295 ($467)plus tax.
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White HTC Sensation running ICS to land March 1
We have some good news for owners of the HTC Sensation smartphone. A press release has been published that says the HTC Sensation will get the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update soon. HTC doesn't give a specific date that the update will come, simply saying it will come out OTA soon. HTC also dropped information on a new version of the Sensation that is coming to the Netherlands.
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Facebook Phone could break through site’s social mobile limbo
Facebook‘s mobile strategy faces renewed attention IPO excitement cools, with the company citing cellphone users as a huge source of potential growth though warning it is currently at the mercy of Apple and Android. According to Facebook’s SEC filing, 425m active users accessed the social network while mobile in December 2011 alone, more than half of the total number of active users in fact. The figures are likely to renew speculation that Facebook will try to make its own play for the smartphone market.
Kaz Hirai: User experience, not hardware, will turn Sony around
Sony is to become a leaner, swifter, less regimented organization, new CEO and President Kaz Hirai has promised, cutting through the swathes of structure that have seen projects delayed and efforts duplicated. Freshly elevated this week, Hirai's first challenge was to weather the storm of a worse-than-expected fiscal Q3 2011 report; his next, the WSJ reports, is persuading the final stubborn hold-outs at Sony that "if we don't turn this around, we could be sitting in some serious trouble."
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Apple boots LG from the third-place mobile phone vendor spot says IDC
IDC has offered up the latest statistics for the mobile phone market with its Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker data that follows the global market. According to the latest numbers, Apple is growing in a big way thanks to the new iPhone 4S that launched recently. In fact, massive sales success of the new iPhone model help Apple kick LG electronics out of the third-place spot in the global mobile phone vendor rankings.
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Motorola DROID 4 hits DroidDoes website, release imminent
Though we do not yet have an official release date for the fourth of the self-titled DROID family from Verizon, it has officially landed on the site which always deploys a DROID before it's dropped in real life to Verizon. At DroidDoes.com you can plainly see this next in a long line of Motorola Android devices carried by Verizon, it spinning gleefully for your amusement as you prepare for its launch here in the February winter of 2012. The latest leaked roadmap we've seen has February 9th listed as the release date for this device, just so you know.
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Symantec changes their mind on Android malware
Not one week after the security group known as Symantec announced that they'd discovered the largest malware attack in the history of Android planted firmly in the guts of the official market, they've announced that there is no such infection. In fact, the malware the group said it'd found, Android.Counterclank, is actually just an overly-aggressive adware code. This is in accordance with a report put out by rival security group Lookout whom has essentially "told them so" late last month - always double check!
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