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MWC: Flash 10.2 Set to Launch on Smartphones and Tablets

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Adobe has announced that Flash Player 10.2 is nearly ready to roll out on Android based mobile phones. The first builds should hit Android Market over the next few weeks.

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MWC: Rim Announces More Hardware, Gifting and Funds

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Research in Motion made a whole lot of interesting announcements today. One of them is that the company has plans to release additional Playbooks for LTE and HSPA+ markets in H2 2011.

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MWC: Qualcomm Announces a Lot

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

This morning our mailbox was stuffed with chipset news from Qualcomm. We highlighted some of the news in this one post.

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MWC: Samsung Launches Galaxy S Mediaplayers

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Though not presented at their MWC event, Samsung did have something interesting to show at their booth. The company made room to present their new Galaxy S WiFi devices that used to go under the name Galaxy Player.

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MWC: Sony Ericsson Announced New Xperia Line-up

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Last night, Sony Ericsson announced three new Xperia smartphones, all running on Android 2.3 (gingerbread). Non-surprisingly, the Xperia Play was amongst them.

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Operators Start Blocking Cydia

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Remarkable reports from several countries claim that operators are locking out the Cydia App Store. Cydia is an app store focused at jailbroken iPhone’s, iPod Touch’s and iPad’s.

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MWC: Rovio’s Bad Piggy Bank Ready to Roll

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following a successful trial with Finnish operator Elisa, Rovio and Fortumo’s Bad Piggy Bank direct billing platform is ready to roll our on operators world-wide.

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Activision to Acquire Take Two Interactive!?

February 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

If rumours are right, Take Two might get to be acquired by market leader Activision. The acquisition would bring the successful Rockstar Games label under Activision’s control.

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Sony to Support PSP After NGP Release

February 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Sony has announced it will keep supporting the PSP after the company releases the NGP late this year. The company seems to think the PSP might get the same status the Playstation Two has had.

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Nokia Replaces US President

February 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Nokia’s US president Mark Louison has immediately been replaced by Chris Weber. The interesting about this news is that Chris, just like Elop, is a former Microsoft vet.