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Googles Android May See More Investments From Motorola; Nokia And Verizon Spotted Among Developers

Google’s Android May See More Investments From Motorola; Nokia And Verizon Spotted Among Developers

Motorola To Hire 300 Android Developers

ruphus13 writes "Google's Android is starting to see more industry support. Motorola recently announced plans, despite hardships within the company, to hire 300 Android developers. Quoting: 'A quick search of Motorola's job openings suggests that, indeed, Android is set to become a permanent fixture at Motorola, which has long built Linux-based phones but hitherto used MontaVista's Mobilinux. The goal? Move from an internal development pool of 50 Android-savvy developers to 350. Motorola, recognizing that most developers won't have deep experience with Google Android, is looking for a somewhat general skillset ... Java and Google Android programming experience is listed as "highly desirable," but not required.'" T-Mobile has already made plans to use Android as well.

Google's Android May See More Investments From Motorola; Nokia And Verizon Spotted Among Developers

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has appointed two heads to its recently split emerging markets division. The company has promoted from within, moving current UK chief executive Nick Read to run its Asia Pacific and Middle East division, and shifting current Middle East & Africa CEO Morten Lundal to lead its Central Europe and Africa unit. Current Vodafone Netherlands chief Guy Laurence takes over Read’s old post as Vodafone UK CEO. Before emerging markets had grown to large for one unit, the division—called EMAPA—covered Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Affiliates.

Nokia to Publish Third Quarter 2008 Results on October 16, 2008

ESPOO, Finland, October 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will publish its third quarter 2008 results on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at approximately 1 pmHelsinki time (CET+1). The press release will be available on the Nokia website immediately after publishing. Nokia's analyst conference call will begin at 3 pmHelsinki time. A webcast of the conference call will be available at investors.nokia.com. Media representatives wishing to listen in may call +1-706-634-5012, conference id 67678184. www.nokia.com SOURCE Nokia Corporation Media enquiries: Nokia, Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, Email: press.services@nokia.com

Motorola Moving to Android, Windows Mobile for Smartphones

nerdyH writes "Motorola will ditch its MotoMAGX Linux stack and UIQ Symbian stack in favor of Google's Android Linux/Java stack and Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7, it announced today. The news comes after five years selling millions of Linux phones in Asia, and after a year during which many of Motorola's top US phones used the homegrown Linux stack. Motorola's current Linux phones in the US include the RAZR2 v8, E8, EM30, U9, ZN4, and ZN5." This also comes alongside news that Motorola's financial hardships are causing them to cut 3,000 jobs. It also puts into perspective their recent plans to hire hundreds of Android developers.

Motorola May Centralize Efforts On Android To Gain Efficiencies And Lay Off Thousands

We’ve heard rumblings that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is going to use Google’s new Android operating system, but now it’s starting to sound central to the company’s turnaround. Sanjay Jha, who recently hired as Motorola’s co-CEO and mobile devices head, is likely to explain his wide-ranging plan on Thursday during the company’s conference call, which could include thousands of layoffs and the elimination of many of its legacy systems, the WSJ reports. By focusing in on fewer platforms, he hopes to be more efficient, and therefore be able to lay off many people...he told employees at an in-house meeting that Motorola has two to three times as many employees working on a project as its competitors. “We have to create a well-run factory.

Motorola looking to hire 300 Android developers

It appears that Google Android has been having a hard time gaining industry support, but recently, Motorola announced their plans to hire 300 Android developers. T-Mobile has already made plans to use Android as well.

SDK Shoot-Out: Android vs. iPhone

IconNeil McAllister delves into the Android and iPhone SDKs to help sort out which will be the best bet for developers now that technical details of the first Android smartphone have been announced. Whereas the iPhone requires an Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5.4 or later, ADC membership, and familiarity with proprietary Mac OS X dev tools, the standard IDE for Android is Eclipse. And because most tasks can be performed with command-line tools, you can expect third parties to develop Android SDK plug-ins for other IDEs. 'By just about any measure, Google's Android is more open and developer-friendly than the iPhone,' McAllister writes. This openness is essential to Android's prospects. 'Based on raw market share alone, the iPhone seems likely to remain the smartphone developer's platform of choice — especially when ISVs can translate

SDK Shoot Out, Android Vs. IPhone

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister delves into the Android and iPhone SDKs to help sort out which will be the best bet for developers now that technical details of the first Android smartphone have been announced. Whereas the iPhone requires an Intel-based Mac running OS X 10.5.4 or later, ADC membership, and familiarity with proprietary Mac OS X dev tools, the standard IDE for Android is Eclipse. And because most tasks can be performed with command-line tools, you can expert third parties to develop Android SDK plug-ins for other IDEs. Objective-C, used almost nowhere outside Apple, is required for iPhone UI development, while app-level Android programming is done in Java. 'By just about any measure, Google's Android is more open and developer-friendly than the iPhone,' McAllister writes, noting Apple's gag order restrictio

Googles Android Opens Up; Whats Next?

The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android platform is officially free and available by making it available to the open-source community. Google pledged to open it up once the first phone was off the ground, and it has held to its promise, as T-Mobile USA gears up to launch the G1 in stores tomorrow. The Open Handset Alliance, which oversees the Google Android operating system, made the announcement today. But the big question now, is what’s next? In a blog post, Android wrote: “You’ll be hearing a lot about Android devices....But one device is just the beginning...This is an exciting time for Android, and we’re just getting started. It takes a lot of work to keep up with the changes in the mobile industry. But we want to do more than just keep up; we want to lead the way, to try things out, to add the new features that everyone else is scra

Nokia announces 6 new low-cost phones

Nokia has announced a range of affordable mobile phones. These phones are Nokia 7100 Supernova, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, Nokia 2320 classic, Nokia 2323 classic/2330 classic, Nokia 1202 and Nokia 1661.

Nokia goes after Google with open-source Symbian

Nokia has announced its Symbian mobile operating system will join the likes of Android and will become an open source operating system. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Smartphone Show in London and is seen as a bid to maintain and possibly grow its developer base. This move comes at the same time Google makes its Android source code available to developers. The Nokia news contradicts previous reports on Nokia adopting Android OS.

Nokia Goes After Google with Open Source Symbian

Nokia has announced its Symbian mobile operating system will join the likes of Android and will become an open source operating system. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Smartphone Show in London and is seen as a bid to maintain and possibly grow its developer base. This move comes at the same time Google makes its Android source code available to developers. The Nokia news contradicts previous reports on Nokia adopting Android OS.

Nokia goes after Google with open-source Symbian

Nokia has announced its Symbian mobile operating system will join the likes of Android and will become an open source operating system. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Smartphone Show in London and is seen as a bid to maintain and possibly grow its developer base. This move comes at the same time Google makes its Android source code available to developers. The Nokia news contradicts previous reports on Nokia adopting Android OS.

Nokia goes after Google with open-source Symbian

Nokia has announced its Symbian mobile operating system will join the likes of Android and will become an open source operating system. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Smartphone Show in London and is seen as a bid to maintain and possibly grow its developer base. This move comes at the same time Google makes its Android source code available to developers. The Nokia news contradicts previous reports on Nokia adopting Android OS.

Nokia goes after Google with open-source Symbian

Nokia has announced its Symbian mobile operating system will join the likes of Android and will become an open source operating system. The announcement was made Tuesday at the Smartphone Show in London and is seen as a bid to maintain and possibly grow its developer base. This move comes at the same time Google makes its Android source code available to developers. The Nokia news contradicts previous reports on Nokia adopting Android OS.

Nokia XpressMusic 5800

No more leaks, no more speculation, no more blurry photographs, the Nokia Tube is finally official and it’s called the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Launched at Nokia’s Remix event in London yesterday, not only is Nokia’s first touchscreen handset a member of the XpressMusic family, it’s also getting in on the Comes With Music action too.

Nokia Smartphone Development List Leaked

Our news radar picked up something pretty interesting from Engadget this morning, specifically related to the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia. Apparently, a list of Nokia devices in development (or developed) has landed in Engadget's hands, and we had quite an interesting read. Whilst we await the arrival of the first Nokia touch screen device, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic or more commonly known as the Nokia Tube, we noticed that there'll definitely be more devices supporting the Symbian S60 V5.0 OS, one of which includes a possible device codenamed the Corolla with an 8-megapixel camera and a VGA screen (finally).

Nokia Selects Nine Mobile Application Developers From Asia, Europe and the Americas to Join 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series Program

ESPOO, Finland, November 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia today announced the selection of nine additional mobile application developers from Asia, Europe and the Americas to expand its 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series program. The program provides select small- and mid-sized developers with business and market support while showcasing their next generation mobile applications and services for consumer and business audiences worldwide.

Running Google Android On IPhone Clones

wooby writes "With the release of Android's source code, we may see iPhone and Nokia clone phones of Chinese origin capable of running Google Android. These phones, often available for less than $200 without a contract, are available on DealExtreme and elsewhere. But the software running on them is universally awful. Is the clone phone market a vast, nascent install-base for Android, and part of Google's end game? According to Google's Dave Bort [YouTube link], 'One of our goals would be, just to get Android all over the place.'"

Patent For Gesture-Controlled Phones Could Be Nokia's Answer to Touch

Nokia has always held the line that the reason their top-end N-series has yet to see any sign of a touch-based interface was because they were simply waiting to "do it the right way." (The company's first all-touch device, the 5800, was made official only a few months ago).All's fair there, but when I asked Nokia's Chief Designer Alastair Curtis this week in New York what exactly the "right way" entails for Nokia's more internationally focused phones, the answer was, of course, "wait and see!" What did come up indirectly, though, was mention of gesture control for mobile phones—something a recent Nokia patent seems to indicate as well.

Orascom Telecom to offer Nokia's Ovi services

Orascom Telecom and Nokia have announced a cooperation to make Nokia's mobile content platform Ovi available to OT customers. Under the collaboration, Nokia devices will provide access to both companies' selected services, such as Nokia Maps, Nokia N-Gage and music, with more services to follow. Nokia and Orascom Telecom will further enhance the collaboration on mobile internet services. Orascom Telecom operates GSM networks in Algeria (Djezzy), Pakistan (Mobilink), Egypt (Mobinil), Tunisia (Tunisiana), Bangladesh (Banglalink) and Zimbabwe (Telecel Zimbabwe). Orascom Telecom is also about to launch a network in North Korea - whether the agreement includes selling mobile content into that country was not clarified.

Java ME on Android

Icon"Each new software platform, including Android, at the beginning is struggling with a small number of the available applications. This is why Google spent $10 million trying to attract developers to their Android Developer Challenge before G1 phone release. Taking advantage of an opportunity to run large number of existing Java ME applications may determine a significant value for the Android platform. This is also occasion for developers to reduce cost preparing mobile software for a smaller number of platforms at the same time. MicroEmulator, which is pure Java implementation of Java ME API's in Java SE, seems to be very well suited for the Android."

Google Opens Up Android Codebase

rsk writes "It's official: Google has Open Sourced Android. The source code can be downloaded from Android's Git repository. Bugs are handled at the Google Code Android project page with documentation being handled by a collection of Google Site pages. One of the more interesting aspects of Android seems to be the seemingly Eclipse Foundation-like organization of the project, welcoming both Individual and Commercial developers into the Android development pot. One of the benefits of this arrangement is securing the existence of the project by involving commercial interests and their money in the process ... this is also one of the downsides; having commercial entities charter and lead features of a platform that their own commercial offerings provide 'enhanced' versions of, sometimes leaving the free offering always lacking in one obvious

Apple iPhone Now the #4 Handset Worldwide - After Motorola RAZR, Nokia N70, and Motorola KRZR

SymbianOne - The Wireless & Mobile Developer Portal for Symbian OS, series 60, and UIQ device users and developers - Apple iPhone Now the #4 Handset Worldwide – After Motorola RAZR, Nokia N70, and Motorola KRZR

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