"Smartphone applications" news, interviews, and features

News about Smartphone applications

• BlackBerry shunned by app developers as Windows Phone 7 booms

  Even Android could be vulnerable

• Orange introduces cheap Facebook phones in Europe, Africa

  The operator wants to bring mobile services such as Facebook to a wide range of users

• Sony launches beta SDK for Android and PlayStation gaming program

  Program open to developers in U.S., U.K. and Japan

• RIM offers free apps, support following outages

  RIM said it is also taking 'aggressive' steps to prevent another major service outage

• Microsoft and Nokia push Windows Phone porting tool

  The two companies want Symbian developers to start working on Windows Phone apps

• Lego combines the digital and physical in iPhone game

  The I Am George game represents a new venture into the app business