The first pictures of the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich have just been leaked in the wild, along with several interesting details about the mobile platform.Although the screenshots show a striking resemblance to the current Android versions, both sources that published the pictures state that they are authentic and blame it on the fact that the Ice Cream Sandwich is still a work in progress.Even though we only have four screenshots leaked courtesy to the guys over at AndroidPolice and RootzWiki, there are plenty of additional details to keep us feverish.According to the sources, the screenshots were taken on a Nexus S running Ice Cream Sandwi... [read more >>] Unveiled back in May, Asus' Padfone tablet-smartphone combo is expected to be available on the market some time in Q4 2011 or in early 2012.Asus stated initially that the tablet will be delivered with Honeycomb on board, while the smartphone will run Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread.However, uncertain about the future of its mobile business, the company decided to ship the Padfone with the next-generation Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system.“We chose the ICS because of its better integration across different platforms,” said Alex Sun, corporate vice president and general manager of Asustek's personal mobile ... [read more >>] Research in Motion has just announced its new lineup of BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones, but what everyone really expects is the first QNX-based devices.According to the latest hearsay, RIM's first QNX-based smartphone will be launched sometime in Q1 2012 and is known as BlackBerry Colt.Courtesy to the guys over at BGR, we have learned interesting details about the future QNX-based devices that RIM plans for the next year.It appears that BlackBerry Colt will be powered by a single core processor due to RIM's policy that guarantees its users, superior battery life over fast dual-core processors and higher resolution screens.However, th... [read more >>] As expected, Research in Motion has just announced five brand new smartphones that will be launched on the market later this month, BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, Torch 9850/9860 and Torch 9810.
Based on the BlackBerry 7 operating system, all five smartphones will be released in conjunction with carriers and distribution partners around the world.
According to RIM, this is the company's largest launch event, as more than 225 carriers and distribution partners have already commenced or completed over 500 certification programs for the newly announced handsets.
Although both BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 have been announced back in ... [read more >>] It looks like Google and Texas Instruments are close to start a fruitful collaboration to offer Android fanatics the next iteration of the operating system, “Ice Cream Sandwich.”
Although the partnership between the two companies have yet to be officially announced, it appears that a Texas Instruments PR representative let it slip via email that their platform has been chosen by Google for the next version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.
To prove his statements, the aforementioned Texas Instruments (TI) official attached an interesting image that shows the Android mascot wearing a TI hat and going hand in hand with another... [read more >>] Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile platform has been under-development and was hardly capable of meeting the competition, but this is about to change once the major update Mango will be launched on the market.Furthermore, Microsoft seems to be taking care of every aspect of its mobile operating system and is close to re-branding the all-known circular Windows logo that pops up on the boot screen of the WP7 smartphones.According to Japanese Windows Phone evangelist Takahashi, Microsoft plans to replace the current rounded logo with a square-shaped one, which appeared for the first time on the 'Mango' build 7710's boot up sc... [read more >>] Nokia has just announced the launch of yet another Symbian Anna smartphone, the Nokia 500, which is expected to hit shelves in Q3 2011.
It appears that this is the first 1GHz Nokia phone launched by the Finnish handset manufacturer from an entire series that leaked last month.
The phone was previously known as Nokia Fate and leaked along with other three smartphones Nokia Helen, Zeta and Cindy.
However, while the other three are allegedly powered by Symbian Belle platform, it seems that the Nokia 500 comes with Symbian Anna on board.
Furthermore, the smarphone is equipped with a single core 1GHz processor and comes with a 3.2 in... [read more >>] Flexible touchscreen displays are a reality these days, and it might not be too long before the first mobile phones to include them become reality as well.
In the meantime, however, we can only dream of the day when a flexible smartphone will lay in our hands, offering us the possibility to do so much more with it.
Whether it comes to wearing the mobile phone as a watch or placing it on the tablet in various shapes to perform different actions, a flexible screen would enable all these, and some other options more.
Of course, having a flexible screen on it won't be enough, but it is a good start, that's for sure.
M... [read more >>] The availability of a new waves of mobile phones running under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system is nearing fast, and the fact that the next version of the operating system, Mango, has just been released to manufacturing is a proof of that.
Handsets powered by the new Windows Phone Mango operating system should arrive on the market sometime this fall, from manufacturers like Acer, HTC, LG, Samsung, and Nokia, among others.
“Earlier this morning, the Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of “Mango” – the latest version of the Windows Pho... [read more >>] Feeling that today's platforms impose too many boundaries for developers, Mozilla proposes a new approach with the building of an operating system for the open web, one that would enable the creation of apps equal or better than the native apps built for the iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7.
The project, called Boot to Gecko (B2G), could leverage web technologies to enable the building of future applications both for mobile devices, as well as for desktop computers.
Apparently, the new project is aimed mainly at the device space and might sport various similarities with Google's Android operating system.
However, ... [read more >>] | 
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