Though Hewlett-Packard was unable to produce webOS devices that consumers were interested in buying — at a positive margin, at least — CEO Meg Whitman still thinks the beleaguered platform has legs. After unsuccessfully trying to sell or license webOS, HP decided late last year to donate its $1.2 billion platform to the open source community. The firm still plans to launch new webOS devices in the future, however, and Meg Whitman explained HP’s position while speaking with CRN. Read on for more. “There is a clear vision of what we’re trying to accomplish,” Whitman said in an interview. “There will be some people who will not love that vision, and then there are people who are very excited about this vision, and
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HP CEO says webOS will be better than ‘fragmented’ Android and ‘closed’ iOS
February 3rd, 2012 
Zach Epstein 
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Tags: Android, Apple, Fragmentation, google, HP, iOS, iPhone, Meg Whitman, Mobile, open source, palm, touchpad, webos 
No Comments »Nokia Hello: breaks down borders, gets the drinks in
February 3rd, 2012 James Trew Ever wanted to order a tea and coffee, but found language to be a barrier? Then say bonjour, to Nokia Hello. Making creative use of NFC, Nokia Hello users can touch phones to exchange greetings, pleasantries, as well as the aforementioned beverage ord…
Taking next-gen augmented reality for an ARM-powered walk around the block
February 3rd, 2012 Sharif Sakr We know what you’re thinking, because we initially thought it too, but this isn’t your average AR. With the help of chip designer ARM, a number of developers are building a new type of augmented reality that is altogether more powerful than the usual …
Posted in News Tags: AR, arm, augmented city, augmented reality, AugmentedCity, AugmentedReality, cortex a9, CortexA9, diamon, diamond ring, EON Sky, EonSky, Exclusive, exynos, FaceRecognition, GPU, hands-on, Holition, Mali 400, Mali-T604, MaliT604, Mobile, mobilepostcross, olaworks, processor, SamsungExynos, tatler, video No Comments »Taking next-gen augmented reality for an ARM-powered walk around the block
February 3rd, 2012 Sharif Sakr We know what you’re thinking, because we initially thought it too, but this isn’t your average AR. With the help of chip designer ARM, a number of developers are building a new type of augmented reality that is altogether more powerful than the usual …
Posted in News Tags: AR, arm, augmented city, augmented reality, AugmentedCity, AugmentedReality, cortex a9, CortexA9, diamon, diamond ring, DiamondRing, Exclusive, exynos, face recognition, GPU, hands-on, Mali-T604, Mali400, metaio, Mobile, mobilepostcross, MobileProcessor, olaworks, processor, samsung exynos, SamsungExynos, tatler, video No Comments »Taking next-gen augmented reality for an ARM-powered walk around the block
February 3rd, 2012 Sharif Sakr We know what you’re thinking, because we initially thought it too, but this isn’t your average AR. With the help of chip designer ARM, a number of developers are building a new type of augmented reality that is altogether more powerful than the usual …
Posted in News Tags: AR, arm, augmented city, augmented reality, AugmentedCity, AugmentedReality, cortex a9, CortexA9, diamon, diamond ring, DiamondRing, EON Sky, EonSky, Exclusive, exynos, face recognition, FaceRecognition, GPU, hands-on, Holition, Mali, Mali 400, Mali-T604, Mali400, MaliT604, metaio, Mobile, mobile processor, mobilepostcross, MobileProcessor, olaworks, processor, samsung exynos, SamsungExynos, tatler, video No Comments »iPhones, iPad 3G pulled from online Apple Store in Germany following ban
February 3rd, 2012 Zach Epstein Apple’s aggressive litigation strategy against Android vendors over the past year has seen precious little return considering the huge investment it reportedly requires, and on Friday things took another turn south for the Cupertino, California-based technology giant. A court in Germany has issued a permanent injunction against the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, upholding a ruling issued in December. Online sales of the phones have been banned in the country, and Apple has removed the devices from its German website. All iPhone models and iPad 2 models are still available for sale at local retailers, FOSS Patents reports. The ban is the result of a patent complaint filed against Apple by Motorola Mobility in Germany, claiming
Posted in News Tags: Apple, ban, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Legal, Mobile, motorola, patent infringement, patents, sales ban, Tablets No Comments »Corning and Samsung ink new joint venture, plot Lotus Glass future for OLED devices
February 3rd, 2012 Joseph Volpe Anyone keeping a close eye on the mobile market knows that Samsung and Super AMOLED, much like peanut butter and jelly, are inextricable bosom buddies. So, this recent tech marriage between the Korean electronics giant and Corning (of Gorilla Glass fam…
Posted in News Tags: corning, Corning Lotus Glass, CorningLotusGlass, hdpostcross, joint venture, JointVenture, Lotus Glass, LotusGlass, Mobile, mobilepostcross, Samsung No Comments »Sales of smartphones, tablets and notebooks expected to grow 25.7% annually through 2015
February 3rd, 2012 Todd Haselton NPD In-Stat recently issued a report in which the firm said it expects smartphones, tablets and notebooks — which are all included in its “mobile magnet platforms” category — to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of of 25.7% through 2015. The company also said it expects the overall mobile market to grow 8.7%. ”The technology driver of all these smart devices is the mobile technology, because it represents the largest and fastest growing segment of the entire electronics market,” Jim McGregor, Chief Technology Strategist for NPD said. “The innovation of the mobile market is being driven by four key factors: richer content, network access for communications and content, increased bandwidth to enable this access, and new technologies. These four
Posted in News Tags: CAGR, compounded annual growth rate, laptop, Mobile, notebook, NPD, Smartphones, tablet No Comments »Qualcomm performs the first successful voice-over-LTE call with handover to WCDMA
February 3rd, 2012 Dan Graziano Verizon, AT&T and any other LTE providers currently rely on 3G networks to carry voice phone calls. In the future, carriers hope to use voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) technology, and Qualcomm recently reached an important milestone on the road to making VoLTE a reality. Qualcomm announced on Thursday that the company had successfully completed the “first voice call handover from an LTE mobile network to a WCDMA network using Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC).” The company, while working with Ericsson, used its own MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 chipset to power the test hardware, and the technology will be demonstrated live at this month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Read on for Qualcomm’s press release. Qualcomm Chipset Powers First Successful VoIP-over-LTE Call with
Posted in News Tags: 4G, AT&T, ericsson, lte, Mobile, qualcomm, Snapdragon S4, Verizon, voice over lte, VoLTE No Comments »Avid releases video editing app for the iPad
February 3rd, 2012 Dan Graziano Apple’s iMovie mobile application has new competition when it comes to mobile video editing. Long-time digital video editing software vendor Avid has released its Avid Studio mobile video editing app for the iPad. The app is currently availabl…
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