Samsung and HTC may out Tizen running devices in second half of 2012
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Monday, 21 May 2012 15:49
- by Amol Mathur
Lately, the new upcoming Tizen OS has been gaining a lot of momentum which is being backed by Intel and Samsung. Tizen has been merged with MeeGo and LiMo and apart from Intel and Samsung, companies like Panasonic and NEC, and even Sprint are supporting the OS.
Now the latest rumours have it that Tizen will be making its way into the market, as early as in late-June this year and Tizen-based devices from Samsung and HTC like netbooks and smartphones are expected to arrive in second half of 2012.
Windows Phone selling more than the iPhone in China
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Monday, 21 May 2012 12:33
- by Kunal Khullar
After Apple finally getting its wits right and launching the iPhone 4S in China this year, it seemed that the company would do a great deal of business in the world’s largest smartphone market.
But reports say that Apple hasn’t been doing all that well. In fact Michel Van Der Bel, Chief Operating Officer at Microsoft for the Greater China region said that Microsoft’s Windows Phone market share now sits at 7% in China and has surpassed Apple’s market share of 6%.
Windows Phone Tango/ Refresh rolling out in India
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Saturday, 19 May 2012 17:10
- by Amol Mathur
A reader of MNB sent in a few pictures wherein a Nokia Lumia 710 from India is said to be running on Windows Phone 7.5 Tango or Windows Phone refresh. So is the Tango update already rolling out in India for the 710? Seems so!
The Lumia 710 is running on the firmware 7.10.8773 which confirms the Tango/Refresh OS over the device.
The Lumia 710 is running on the firmware 7.10.8773 which confirms the Tango/Refresh OS over the device.
Update to Windows Phone 7.5 to continue accessing Marketplace
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Saturday, 19 May 2012 15:24
- by Amol Mathur
Microsoft has issued an alert to all the mobile users who are still running the company’s older Windows Phone OS version 7. In a bid to improve and expand the Marketplace, more new and improved apps and other changes, Microsoft will be making changes to the access permission.
With the changes in access permissions, Microsoft will not allow phones running on Windows Phone 7.0 to access the Marketplace.
Run Android on a large display with this small device at just $74
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Saturday, 19 May 2012 14:39
- by Kunal Khullar
Remember way back there was the FXI dual-core mini Android device that could run Android on a large display? Well now a Chinese manufacturer has created a similar small device that looks like a flash drive which is actually a full fledged Android computer system.
The MK802 just needs a display and some input devices and you good to go. It can be connected to your display via HDMI and you can attach a mouse or a keyboard to it as well via the USB port.
101 reasons why you shouldn’t buy a Windows Phone device
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Friday, 18 May 2012 13:07
- by Kunal Khullar
With Android and iOS leading the smartphone platform market, Windows Phone 7.5 is steadily gaining perspective. But is it really that good? We’ve reviewed a couple of Windows Phone devices and frankly we think that the platform is pretty decent.
But according to My-Symbian, they have a number of reasons why you shouldn’t buy a Windows Phone device, rather 101 of them.
But according to My-Symbian, they have a number of reasons why you shouldn’t buy a Windows Phone device, rather 101 of them.
Indian handset manufacturers not on the menu for Microsoft
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Saturday, 12 May 2012 17:35
- by Kunal Khullar
With Windows Phone catching up the smartphone market, Microsoft is pretty happy with the way things are going. They have tied up with many handset manufacturers, however if you notice, the company has not shown any interest in local handset manufacturers in the country.
There are a huge number of companies manufacturing handsets here in India, but somehow we don’t see Microsoft very keen on partnering with any of them.
There are a huge number of companies manufacturing handsets here in India, but somehow we don’t see Microsoft very keen on partnering with any of them.
First developer preview of Tizen OS [Video]
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Tuesday, 08 May 2012 15:12
- by Kunal Khullar
Remember Tizen OS? Intel’s last hope for a decent mobile platform? Well, after the merger with Bada OS, the platform has made its first appearance in a video. Thanks to Vaibhav from The Handheld Blog, we get to see OS in action. Although it is the developer version and there are going to be loads of changes, it gives us an idea as to how the OS will feel like.
The developer device seems to be a chunky smartphone with a 720p HD display and a 1.2GHz dual-core ARM chipset, other than that there isn’t any confirmation as to what kind of specifications we might see the platform running on.
The developer device seems to be a chunky smartphone with a 720p HD display and a 1.2GHz dual-core ARM chipset, other than that there isn’t any confirmation as to what kind of specifications we might see the platform running on.
Stats show Android ICS is steadily growing, Gingerbread still rules
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Wednesday, 02 May 2012 11:54
- by Kunal Khullar
With many device manufacturers bringing in the new Android ICS update to their devices, we can see that the latest OS version is steadily growing month over month.
The stats released by Google show a breakdown of all the versions of Android in which Android 2.3 Gingerbread is still on the top.
The stats released by Google show a breakdown of all the versions of Android in which Android 2.3 Gingerbread is still on the top.
Windows Phone 8 may allow Customization and Differentiation to OEMs
- Category: Mobile/Tablet OS
- Thursday, 19 April 2012 10:53
- by Amol Mathur
We know that Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS is not the best OS out there if we compare it to the iOS or Android, but then the OS is only growing and improving with each of its upgrade as Microsoft is learning from it's mistakes.
OEMs feel that the main drawback of Windows Phone OS is that it doesn’t allow them to customize the OS and thus there goes on to be no differentiating factor between devices. Now according to a high level agenda that Netbooknews, Microsoft is going to address the OEMs on the Customization and Differentiation options at the upcoming Apollo MO Summit in Reading, UK.