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Sony Ericsson’s Custom Android Interface Is Called Nexus
5:03AM Matt Buchanan | Sony Ericsson’s custom interface for Android on the X10 — and other OSes, like Symbian and Windows Mobile in time — is going to be called Nexus. Like other custom UIs du jour, it’ll integrate a bunch of services, like for social networking. More »
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Nokia’s N-Series Will Ditch Symbian For Maemo By 2012
11:09PM Danny Allen | At an official N900 meet-up in London last night, the Maemo marketing team appears to have let slip that Nokia will use the Linux-based OS instead of S60 on all its future flagship N-Series handsets. About time, no? More »
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webOS 1.3.1 Available Now
2:50AM Chris Jacob | Nothing game changing, just bug fixes and small tweaks. Don’t expect one of Palm’s infamous syncing hacks, because iTunes support is nowhere to be found. Fire up your updaters, 1.3.1 is live now. [BGR, GadgetsOnTheGo, thanks Jimmie!]
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Dear Palm Treo With Android 650: You Are Inspiring
4:54AM John Herrman | One of the most exciting things about Android was the idea that it could be ported back to older handsets. This turned out to be harder than expected, except for a few HTCs and amazingly, a Palm Treo from 2004. More »
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xpPhone Runs Windows 7 And Has Several Screen Sizes
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Samsung Dumping Symbian
2:32AM Mark Wilson | So this is why Samsung announced bada. That new OS will replace Symbian starting in 2010, according to Samsung’s senior VP, Don Joo Lee. (No worries, Samsung will continue to sell Windows Mobile and Android handsets.) But as for Symbian, the OS will certainly take a hit without a piece of Samsung’s 200 million or so phones shipping yearly (a figure based upon their expected 2009 numbers). Ouch. [DigiTimes via techblips UberGizmo]
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Why Did Samsung Just Announce Another Mobile OS?
2:36AM John Herrman | They’re calling it “Bada”, which means ocean in Korean. And it’s got an SDK! After sifting through hundreds of words of deliberately vague press release, this is all we really know about Samsung’s new mobile OS. Well, almost. More »
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7:40AM Matt Buchanan | You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »
The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need To Know
7:40AM Matt Buchanan | You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »
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Giz Explains: Android, And How It Will Take Over The World
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