Original Android Phone Resembled Blackberry, Not iPhone

PC Magazine - 1 Nov, 2011
A major point of contention between Android and iPhone owners, not to mention corporate lawyers, is which company had the original idea for the look and feel of the smartphones. An old photo of an Android prototype appears to throw that ...

The Toshiba TG01 gets some Windows Phone 7 love

Gadget Helpline (blog) - 1 Nov, 2011
The development world never sleeps, expecially the mobile phone development world. We are always getting some new goodies on one handset or another and today it's the turn of the Toshiba TG01. The handset was brought out to rival the always impressive ...

A Chinese Windows 8 Smartphone Next Year?

Techtree.com - 1 Nov, 2011
While most mobile phone manufacturers are busy putting Android, Symbian, BlackBerry, or iOS operating systems in their smartphones, a Chinese company, In Technology Group (ITG) has plans to put the Windows 8 desktop operating system. ...

Android Users Most Educated, iPhone Users Least Into Music

AccuraCast - 1 Nov, 2011
The latest State of The Mobile Web report from Opera focuses on the habits of users of different mobile operating systems. The study finds that users of different operating systems have different mobile browsing habits. The study, based on data from ...

#Fail: Windows Phone 7 Social Media Team Asks WP7 Users To Take A Screenshot ...

Gadgetsteria - 1 Nov, 2011
Every once in a while a tech company hires a social media person who fails to understand their product. While common sense would require that a person spreading news of your product at least know your product, we all know that common sense is a dying ...

Windows 7 ported to 2009's Toshiba TG01 smartphone

Mobiputing - 1 Nov, 2011
When Microsoft launcher Windows Phone 7 last year, the company basically created a nice big, thick line between newer Windows phones and older models. Windows Phone 7 cannot run any apps developed for Windows Phone 6.5 or earlier â€" and Microsoft didn't ...

webOS revival: 5 potential partners for HP's reborn OS

uSwitch.com (Tech) - 1 Nov, 2011
Just two months after it seemed webOS was about to meet its maker, HP has said that the platform's planned demise is now “unfounded rumour”. What does that mean? Well, chances are the PC giant will try and licence the operating system out. ...

Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 Hands-On; Is there room for Windows Phone?; Samsung ...

PhoneDog (blog) - 1 Nov, 2011
After several months of constant releases, updates, and leaks, we finally had a somewhat slow week. Nokia announced two new flagship Windows Phone devices, which obviously is the top news. During the podcast, we discussed whether or not there is room ...

iOS 5 vs Windows Phone 7.5 â€" battle of the operating systems

FoneHome.co.uk - 1 Nov, 2011
By Jon on October 31st, 2011 iOS was the first smartphone OS to get the whole touchscreen navigation thing right, and all of its rivals â€" including Windows Phone 7.5 â€" have borrowed liberally from it. Its app icon-driven interface is still a doddle to ...

The Future: A Windows/Android Smartphone

TheStreet.com - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. ...

French Android users express over 85% satisfaction rate

Telecompaper (subscription) - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
Some 85.4 percent of French Android device users said they were satisfied with the operating system, according to a survey of nearly 7000 smartphone users conducted by Suritake in July. This compares to a 92.1 percent satisfaction rage for iOS, ...

It is iPhone and Android world, to late for WP7

Phones Review - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
We will keep this short and sweet, but to the point. Is it iPhone and Android world nowadays? In this we mean, is it too late for the likes of BlackBerry and WP7 (Windows Phone 7). We may be asking a question, but this is news related to try and get to ...

Android and Apple: different phones, different habits

Bizcommunity.com - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
OSLO, NORWAY: Did you know that users of Android phones are more likely to be active on music websites than iPhone owners? Or, that users of older, pre-smartphones are the most active social web users? These stats and more were revealed in this month's ...

Windows Phone 7 is a bad messaging platform

TamsPPC - ‎Oct 30, 2011‎
When it comes to web analytics, it sometimes gives us extremely interesting insights â€" users tend to stop visiting web services if they have an app to access the service. Windows Phone users are more likely to visit email and communications sites ...

 

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