Microsoft has announced it has released Windows Phone 7 to manufacturers as it gears up for a final release. The Redmond group is calling Windows Phone 7 “most thoroughly tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released” with ten thousand devices running multiple tests and thousands of vendors and early adopters playing around with the platform
Palm, and now HP after the acquisition, has introduced some new features for developers to take advantage of in webOS 2.0 that should make the platform enticing and more scalable. Some of the new features of webOS 2.0 introduced would definitely help HP/Palm in creating a tablet that would make it scale to the larger screen and take advantage of the additional screen real estate with much aplomb, especially when compared with the slew of Android tablets that are hitting the market and rumored updates and upgrades to the iOS iPad tablet. Though Palm hasn’t introduced the eye-catching, jaw-dropping consumer features yet, the short list of developer features behind the next-generation of webOS looks really good, and here are some of the features: Permalink: webOS 2.0 Promises Many New Features from Ubergizmo | Hot: iPhone 4 Review , Droid X Review , BlackBerry Torch Review
Motorola has just acquired web-app developer, 280 North . The deal, rumored to cost about $20 million, will give the company access to the programming platform known as Cappuccino which aims to simplify the creation of deeper web apps. Motorola has stated that the deal will be used to foster the Android ecosystem through web-based apps and technology
Sky has launched its official Sky Sports News application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The Sky Sports News app offers, as you may expect, the latest news from the Sky Sports News room, along with streaming access to Sky Sports News Radio
Intel’s top-of-the-line Extreme Edition CPU for Q1 of 2011 has just be named , dubbed the Core i7 990X, and will obviously be faster than Intel’s current Core i7 980X. The processor will be based on Gulftown , making it a six-core 32nm CPU
Google has unveiled a new, faster YouTube site for mobile phones in the UK, using HTML5 to improve the user experience.
“Dead simple” blogging platform Posterous — which has built up a loyal following of users by allowing them to quickly and efficiently e-mail in their blog posts, no formatting required — has released a redesign highlighting the many ways users can share multimedia content on the platform besides e-mail. At the top of the page, a new header features a rotating roster of blogs, each of which take advantage of the service in a unique way. The Chief Tshirt Officer , for instance, uses the platform to promote its products, while TheWhiteFamily finds that that Posterous is the best way for family members to keep in touch with one another.
Yugoslavian designer Milos Markovic has come up with a special speaker system that merges both performance and aesthetics in a single platform – the Note Sound Sistem.
Google’s Nexus One (Credit: Stephen T.
Mobile ad network Millennial Media is releasing its monthly mobile mix report today. According to Nielsen, Millennial’s ads reach 63 million of a total of 77 million mobile web users in the U.S., or 81% of the U.S. mobile web
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