Developers can implement their own clipboards within apps, but Microsoft is favoring contextual tapping instead
Microsoft revealed this week at its Mix 10 conference for Microsoft-oriented Web developers that its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile OS will not include a clipboard capability for copy-and-paste operations -- at least not in the first version.
Users restricted from installing unofficial applications
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.
LG is showing its Cookie Plus and Cookie Fresh phones at Cebit, and will begin selling them in Q2
The LG GS290 Cookie Fresh isn't yet available on planet Earth, but you can find it on Planet Reseller, the part of the Cebit trade show reserved for distributors and resellers.
Some of the lowest-cost Android handsets yet are rolling out now
New low-cost smartphones running Google's Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon.
Palm faces challenges that have only become tougher since its relaunch
That sound you've been hearing--that soft "swooshing" in the distance--isn't anything important.
The iPhone OS has overtaken Windows Mobile, moving into third place behind Symbian and BlackBerry, says a Gartner study
Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those of Windows Mobile, research company Gartner said Tuesday. Symbian and Research In Motion's BlackBerry still lead the market, it said.
But US$10 limit could be risky, since some donors would be willing to give more
Nonprofit groups desperate to raise donations during the economic downturn are considering text-to-donate campaigns similar to the wildly successful American Red Cross texting effort for Haiti earthquake relief.
A hack that allows some Windows Mobile Phones to run Android now works on four HTC phones.
As a long-time Windows Mobile user who finally gave up on it and switched to an Android phone, I've been thrilled with the new operating system. Now, it looks like others who are fed up with WinMo might be able to switch a little more easily.
A chain of status updates, SMS messages and e-mails ended up saving lives after the earthquake
It was the day after the earthquake in Haiti and Stéphane Bruno, a Haitian IT consultant, by chance noticed an SOS message appear on the Facebook widget on his Android phone.
The company expects Microsoft's new OS to lead to much broader app development
High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's biggest maker of smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system (OS) and Google's Android mobile OS, plans to launch its first smartphone with Microsoft's latest offering, Windows Phone 7, in the fourth quarter of this year.
The company adds QWERTY keyboard to Symbian and Android smartphones
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications expanded its line of smartphones based on Google's Android software platform on Sunday, adding two new touchscreen models: the Xperia X10 mini and mini pro.
The Vivaz P runs the Symbian OS and the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro run on Google Android
Sony Ericsson on Sunday introduced three new phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The first phone to run Samsung's Bada OS, the Samsung Wave has an improved display and user interface.
When Samsung announced that it was developing its own mobile operating system, one question came to mind: Do we really need another mobile OS? Whether we do or not, Samsung's Bada OS has made its debut at Mobile World Congress on the new Samsung Wave handset. While I'm not yet sold on the software, the Wave has some pretty hard-to-ignore features.
iPhone repair shop claims to have replacement parts for the rumored device.
An iPhone repair shop claims to have replacement parts for the iPhone 4G, which leave open some interesting possibilities about the rumored device.
FCC documents reveal a phone that could be Google's Nexus One designed for AT&T's network
Google may be gearing up to increase the availability of the Nexus One Android phone in the US.
