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Microsoft aims for magnificent 7

Microsoft makes a splash at MWC with Windows Phone 7, its latest mobile OS

There was rumour and counter-rumour whether or not Microsoft would be ready in time to showcase its latest mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, for MWC week. Well, the software firm has proved its doubters wrong.

A year of Android - worthy competition for Apple?

Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of the launch of Android. It comes a day after Apple released glowing sales figures for the iPhone, announcing it has sold 7.4 million of the things in the last quarter.

Trusted Logic releases NFC Protocol Stack for Android

Trusted Logic, a provider of Trusted Execution Environments for embedded systems, today announced the launch of its TRUSTED NFC software platform for the Google Android operating system.

Vodafone 360 provides blueprint for LiMo ambitions

More handsets in the pipeline; but still some progress to come on apps standardisation

LiMo will be used as the main platform for operators looking to provide a differentiated user experience from the iPhone and Symbian, Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation, told Mobile Europe.

Gillis said that Vodafone’s adoption of LiMo as the OS for its H1 and M1 Vodafone 360 phones from Samsung is proof that

Vodafone 360 - full details and analysis

Much to prove - much to "come later" says Vodafone 

We said we’d be back with some thoughts from the Vodafone 360 launch. And here they are.

First off, a reminder that Vodafone said it was going to do this – it’s not an announcement that has dropped out of thin air. Back in October last year it said it was going to make internet services one of its three key strands.

Vodafone launches 360 services and devices

Operator to offer app shop connected address book and dedicated devices 

Vodafone is launching Vodafone360 its updated portal, plus app shop and other services today. We will be at the launch in London later this morning but for now, here is the press release so you can seehow Vodafone wants this to go over. You can also see more about V360 at http://info.vodafone360.com.

Myriad joins Symbian Foundation

Myriad, a global specialist in mobile technology with software in over 2 billion phones, today announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation.

223 million smartphones to be shipped with open source operating systems by 2014, according to Juniper Research

The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014, according to a new report from telecom consultant, Juniper Research.