Archive for September, 2008
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Gameloft Plays With Android
NEW YORK — Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of video games on mobile phones and consoles, today announced plans to develop 10 plus games for Android, an open source mobile platform. Bubble Bash will be the first title scheduled for launch in Q1 2009.
Android is an open mobile platform that incorporates extensive multimedia features and supports handsets that allow an enhanced gaming experience thanks to optimized graphics, touch screen and accelerometer. Gameloft’s ... more
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Orange Bows Bold in France
PARIS — Orange has announced the arrival in France of the BlackBerry? Bold?, available now to companies and individuals.
This top-of-the-range smartphone is the first 3G BlackBerry? with live TV and GPS navigation capability. The versatility and ergonomics of this smartphone make it ideal for both intensive professional as well as private use. The BlackBerry? Bold? is part of the range designed and developed by RIM.
This latest BlackBerry? solution combines all the usual fe... more
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DoCoMo Gets Bold
TOKYO and WATERLOO, Ontario — NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced plans to launch the 3G/HSDPA BlackBerry? Bold? smartphone for customers in Japan in early 2009.
The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone is crafted from premium materials inside and out; from its lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leatherette backplate, to its stunning high resolution display which must be seen to be believed, the BlackBerry Bold embodies powe... more
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OpenMoko Unlocks Neo Phone
TAIPEI — Openmoko, creator of the first completely open mobile computing platform, expanded the meaning of Open Source by posting the industrial design source files for its Neo branded mobile phones. Industrial design artists now have the same freedom as software engineers.
Openmoko’s source code was freed in February 2007, allowing complete transformation of its mobile phone software. Now, by publishing mechanical CAD files, Openmoko frees industrial designers to fundamentall... more
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Orange Joins LiMo
BARCELONA — LiMo Foundation, global communications company
Orange and ACCESS CO., LTD, a global provider of advanced mobile software
technologies — pioneers in the Mobile Linux movement — today announced
that
Orange and ACCESS have joined LiMo Foundation to unify the Mobile Linux
industry and make truly open devices more accessible to mobile users all
over
the world.
In recognition of its historic and pioneering role i... more
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KPCB Launches $100M iFund
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) today announced the launch of the iFund with $100 million in venture capital to invest in companies developing applications and services for Apple’s innovative iPhone and iPod touch. The iFund, managed by KPCB, will be invested in companies with market-changing ideas and products that extend the revolutionary new iPhone and iPod touch platform. Apple will provide KPCB with market insight and support.
“A re... more
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LiMo Shows Off Handsets
BARCELONA — LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open
handset platform for the whole mobile industry, unveiled today the first
wave of handsets using the LiMo Platform(TM) — the world’s first globally
competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. Initial LiMo
handsets are today confirmed by handset industry leaders including LG
Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Sams... more
