mobile OS

Motorola confirms dedication to Android, says Windows Phone 7 lacks features

February 15th, 2011

Zach Epstein

Windows Phone 7 fans hoping they might see Microsoft’s reinvigorated mobile OS on Motorola hardware in the near future will be disappointed to learn that this particular marriage isn’t in the cards. Speaking to the press during Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, Motorola’s corporate vice president of software and services product management Christy Wyatt said …

What fragmentation? 77% of devices run Android 2.1 or 2.2

November 2nd, 2010

Zach Epstein

Google’s Android team revealed Tuesday that over three quarters of Android-powered devices are now running either Android 2.1 or Android 2.2. Google constantly monitors this and other data using information gathered when devices access the Android Market. The current figures, which take into account all devices that have accessed the Android Market in the 14-day …

Chinese search engine Baidu developing a mobile OS with the help of ex-Google employees?

July 20th, 2010

Kelly Hodgkins

Fearful of losing their jobs, a number of Google employees left the US search giant to join rival Baidu during Google’s brief mini-war with the Chinese government. Recent rumors suggest that the talents of these ex-Google employees are being tapped by Baidu as it begins to develop its own mobile OS. Details are scarce but …

AT&T wants a universal OS for its smartphones; Magic 8-ball says, outlook not so good

December 5th, 2008

Marc Flores

The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal… well, not really, but we might see some Harrison Bergeron-ing of smartphones in the AT&T lineup. How awful would that be? The boys in blue are anticipating that by 2014, a very large portion of sales will be comprised of smartphones. In an effort to simplify …