HP’s Executive VP Todd Bradley confirmed in an interview on Friday that the company is dropping any future plans for a Microsoft OS on a phone. While he guarded himself by stressing that HP would still be “Microsoft’s biggest customer,” Bradley told CNBC that there would never be a Windows Phone 7 device from HP. All future smartphones will use webOS, he said.
“Our intent is to focus those resources and really make webOS the best OS it can be,” the executive said.
The company’s take...... Read more
Posted on by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
The CTIA, a group representing mobile operators, is trying to block a San Francisco ordinance that would require stores to disclose radiation levels for the phones they sell.
In a lawsuit filed Friday, the CTIA argues that the ordinance unlawfully interferes with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s authority over cell phones.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks to block the ordinance, which was passed last month and requires retailers to post information about the Specific...... Read more
Posted on by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
The CTIA, a group representing mobile operators, is trying to block a San Francisco ordinance that would require stores to disclose radiation levels for the phones they sell.
In a lawsuit filed Friday, the CTIA argues that the ordinance unlawfully interferes with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s authority over cell phones.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks to block the ordinance, which was passed last month and requires retailers to post information about the Specific...... Read more
AT&T may be optimistic about its hopes for Windows Phone 7 with a large batch of orders, Altimeter analyst Michael Gartenberg learned Thursday. A reliable source explained that the carrier has ordered eight million devices. It’s not clear whether this is over the total lifespan of the devices or only for a certain period.
Gartnenberg also didn’t learn which phone manufacturers were involved in the order.
The order is unusually high for Microsoft’s mobile platform, which has dwindled in recent months as...... Read more
Microsoft followed in Apple’s steps today by promising all employees a free smartphone at its Global Exchange meeting. The move would give as many as 90,000 staffers a Windows Phone 7 device when the first ones ship sometime before the holiday. The company didn’t say which company would supply the phones or if it would require that users switch over when at work.
The approach almost exactly mirrors that taken by Apple in 2007. Shortly before it launched the original iPhone, it promised all of its full-time employees ...... Read more
by Lincoln Spector, PC World
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from PCWorld.com.
You have to take care of your stuff—all of it. Like your car and your house, your electronic gadgets big and small need to stay clean and protected from accidents.
Cleaning your screen
Your HDTV, your smartphone, and your camera all have screens, and they’re probably all LCDs. A dirty screen won’t give you much pleasure—or much information.
Screens are delicate, however. Clean them the wrong ...... Read more
Microsoft in the latest of a string of updates today said Windows Phone 7 would have remote storage and security options much like Apple’s MobileMe. Windows Phone Live will sync calendars, contacts, OneNote updates and photos as well as provide 25GB of storage on Microsoft’s SkyDrive. A Find My Phone service, virtually identical to Apple’s Find My iPhone, will help out with lost or stolen phones and track the phone’s position over GPS as well as remotely lock, ring or wipe the phone to help get it back wit...... Read more
Samsung today vowed to take back a lead in cellphone revenue in France from Apple’s iPhone. Although it still has the most popular phones by sheer volume, shipping 39 percent (4.5 million) of phones in the country, the Korean firm is upset that Apple now represents 26 percent of value in the market where Samsung has 25 percent. The Galaxy S and 14 other smartphones due to launch this year would help get Samsung back in the lead by September.
“For the first time, we are offering a real alternative to Apple’s iPho...... Read more
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