HTC Will not Acquire Palm

April 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: PalmOS | 2 Comments »

According to Reuters, a source within HTC has confirmed that the Korean cellphone vendor will not be acquiring Palm. HTC decided so after checking Palm’s financials. Read the rest of this entry »

Flash 10.1, not for the ‘slow’ Androids

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air | No Comments »

It seems the new Flash Player 10.1 will not be available to all Android generations. Adobe seems to be limiting the eligible devices to all those with an ARM Cortex-A8 processor. Other devices will have to stick with Flash Lite. Read the rest of this entry »

Android on iPhone, a Fact of Life

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It is probably one of Steve Jobs’ biggest nightmares (after regular jailbreaks). A group of hackers has managed to crease an Android release that is working perfectly on the iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »

Bravo Opens UK Development Studio

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Spanish mobile developer Bravo Game Studios has opened a new studio in London. The new studio will be headed by Rowan Corben, a former employee of THQ Wireless. Read the rest of this entry »

Two New Operators will Launch in Holland

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The Netherlands used to have 5 big operators. Due to acquisitions, only three where left and so, the government decided to put the old 2.6Ghz spectrums up for auction again which resulted in two new parties entering the market Read the rest of this entry »

Kiloo Licenses Various Wham-o Brands

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

Kiloo has licensed various toy brands from Wham-o. Kiloo will be releasing the titles on all major smartphone platforms and is open for partners who like to do the J2me counterparts. Read the rest of this entry »

First Experience Samsung Wave

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Last Monday we visited an event where Samsung was mass-demonstrating the WAVE and with it, their brand new Bada platform. We took some time and played around with the device. Read the rest of this entry »

Steve Jobs Cancels iPhone HD Launch Event

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox, Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

It seems like Steve Jobs is really pissed off by how Gizmodo broke the news and the prototype. In the video below, Steve explains why he cancels the release of the iPhone for this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple Releases iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 2

April 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has released the second beta version of the iPhone OS 4.0 to the development community. With the new OS (which has been beefed up to 355MB), Apple seems to have made a lot of bugfixes. Read the rest of this entry »

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