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IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones (Reuters)Reuters - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate. Full text |
Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android Phones (PC World)
Android Keeps Climbing in Mobile OS Share (PC Magazine)
Will Verizon 4G Mean the End of "All You Can Eat" Data? (PC World)
Motorola Backflip on AT&T: Not the Full Android Experience (PC World)
Report: Google Working On Android-Based Set-Top Box (PC World)
Android native development kit updated (InfoWorld)
Bing for Motorola's Android Phones Is a Bad Idea (PC World)
Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android (Reuters)
PC World - Do you want to try a different browser on your Android phone? The folks at Opera Software announced a beta version of the Opera Mini 5 browser that provides a PC-like browsing experience on smartphones and other handheld devices that run on the Android platform. Full text
PC Magazine - Industry research firm comScore has unveiled the latest round of wireless industry numbers, and it's looking better and better for Google's smartphone OS. Full text
PC World - Verizon Wireless expects to have its first 4G smartphone out by the middle of next year, but the subtext is you may end up paying more for your wireless data. Full text
PC World - AT&T may have opened its arms to Android with the release of Motorola's Backflip, but it isn't exactly embracing the platform's open nature. Full text
PC World - Google has teamed up with Dish Network to offer a set-top box based on the Android operating system, the Wall Street Journal reports. The box is said to be operated via a keyboard and will serve YouTube videos straight to a TV set. Full text
InfoWorld - Developers of the Google-backed Android mobile application platform have released revision 3 of Android NDK (Native Development Kit), which complements Android SDK by enabling developers to build performance-critical portions of an application in native code. Full text
PC World - If you like bloatware, you'll love the idea of Motorola pre-loading Bing services onto its Android phones in China. Otherwise, pray that the partnership between Motorola and Microsoft never comes stateside. Full text
Reuters - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software. Full text
AP - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Wednesday it was investing $5.8 billion in a Chinese bank as part of a plan to develop mobile phone banking and business services. Full text
Reuters - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate. Full text
