Windows Phone 7 is upon us as it has reached the point where it hit the Release to Manufacturers milestone (RTM). This doesn’t come as a shock since it very recently hit the technical preview milestone , but we now that WP7 is coming sooner much rather than later. After all, we’ve already seen a great number of devices out in the wild and in demo videos. . . . → Read More: Windows Phone 7 finalized and released to manufacturers
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International Data Corporation (IDC) keeps meticulous records of who ships what in the mobile phone space and today they’re reporting that shipments for the first half of 2010 totaled 620.6 million units, up 18.5% from the 523.5 million units shipped during the first two quarters of 2009. If that isn’t a sign that the economy is recovering, then I don’t know what is. . . . → Read More: IDC: Mobile phone shipments up 18.5% compared to the first half of 2009 Palm is pushing out an update to the Facebook Beta Client app , bringing it to version 1.2.32. Included in the update: performance tweaks, bug fixes, and the ability to remember your last selected feed on the next launch. . . . → Read More: Facebook Beta app update brings speed and squashes bugs UK’s Crime Prevention Minister James Brokenshire announced a new deal with recycling companies under which they [companies] will use stolen handset database when accepting phones for recycling. The idea is to close a loophole that enabled thieves to sell about 100,000 mobile phones a year. At the moment, about 90% of handsets stolen in the UK are blocked across all networks within 48 hours of reporting. . . . → Read More: Phone recyclers in the UK to use stolen handset database San Francisco is actually a hotbed of smartphone activity with multiple mobile startups and everyone and their mom rocking an Apple iPhone, but the city is in a war with the mobile industry over the issue of cell phone radiation. The industry’s trade association, the CTIA, recently filed a lawsuit against San Francisco’s ordinance which requires vendors to publicly display how much radiation is emitted by the mobile devices. . . . → Read More: San Francisco fires back over cell phone radiation lawsuit India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet computer aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. As you can expect, the device runs Linux, and it doesn’t have a hard drive – memory cards will be used for all the storage . . . → Read More: India unveils a $35 tablet computer prototype It was Wall Street week as Apple, Microsoft and Nokia posted very different quarterly earnings and these provided great insight into who is winning in the mobile space. We also put the Samsung Galaxy S phones under the microscope and Apple finally started taking orders for those free bumper cases. . . . → Read More: The Mobile Roundup – The ‘Money Never Sleeps’ edition Back in May we talked about rumors that Intel will acquire German chipmaker Infineon as part of its plans to conquer the mobile market. It seems things are moving forward in that direction, or at least brokers at the Frankfurt stock exchange believe so, causing Infineon’s shares to jump as much as 0.13 EUR (to 5.14 EUR). The rumor is that Infineon hired JP Morgan Chase as an advisor to help them get the best possible deal from the US chip maker . . . → Read More: Intel inches closer to Infineon acquisition Foursquare keeps growing like crazy. Just when they received some fresh money from Andreessen Horowitz and others , the popular location-based social network announced that it has crossed the 2 million users mark. . . . → Read More: Foursquare now counts 2 million users Just a quick reminder to developers that the iTunes 9.2 beta released back at WWDC 2010 expires on June 30 (just over 4 days from now, Cupertino time). . . . → Read More: iTunes 9.2 beta expiring June 30 |
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