Google Nexus One sales lag Apple, Motorola: Flurry

2010-03-16T15:00:29Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's initial sales of its Nexus One smartphone have significantly lagged the pace of Apple Inc's iPhone and

Google expects Android to 'flourish' in China: CFO

2010-03-15T17:16:00Z

<div><p>Google expects its Android mobile operating system to "flourish" in China, Google's chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks.</p><p>Asked during a Google "educational webcast" about the future of...

Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates

2010-03-15T15:45:32Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.</p><p>Google David Hyman on Monday unveiled a service that promises low-cost "all-you-can-eat" on-demand songs for users of Apple iPhones and Android smartphones.</p><p>MOG All Access Mobile will be live in the United States by mi...

Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android

2010-03-11T17:45:25Z

<div><p>HELSINKI (Reuters) - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software.</p><p>Opera Mini is ...

Motorola, Microsoft in deal to put Bing on phones

2010-03-10T18:30:07Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating syst...

LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone

2010-03-09T18:30:15Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak...

Apple sues HTC over phones with Google software

2010-03-02T19:16:29Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing...

Google demonstrates phone that translates text

2010-02-25T15:45:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Google demonstrates phone that translates text; first up, a German dinner menu</div><div><p>Stumped by foreign languages when you're traveling? Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.</p><p>At a demonstration Tuesday at Mobile World Congress, a cell phone trade show in

Google delays Android smartphone apps release in China

2010-02-25T06:15:43Z

<div><p>Google has delayed the China release of programs such as Gmail and maps that it makes for smartphones running on Android software.</p><p>"At this time, we are postponing the availability of Google mobile applications on Android devices from operators in Ch...

Handset market rebounding in 2010: report

2010-02-23T01:00:25Z

<div><p>HELSINKI (Reuters) - The cellphone market will rebound more strongly strongly than expected this year as improving economies boost spending on new gadgets and handset vendors push cheap smartphones, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.</p><p>The market fell 1 percent in 2009, the first decline in eight years as consumers cut spending amid recession.&...

Tablets, smartbooks aim to fill PC-phone gap

2010-02-22T09:03:08Z

<div id="subtitle">The iPad has company: Connected tablets and smartbooks aim to fill gap between PCs and phones</div><div><p>If you've got a car and a bicycle, do you need a motorcycle too? Wireless carriers are betting that you do. They're making a big push this year for the motorcycles of the gadget world: devices that are bigger than a phone but smaller than a laptop.</p>...

Omnifone signs music deal for Google's Android

2010-02-22T09:32:28Z

<div><p>BARCELONA (Reuters) - Omnifone, the digital music service provider, is to make its MusicStation offering available to all mobile handsets which carry Google Inc's Android opera...

Details on split give Motorola shares a boost

2010-02-22T09:50:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Motorola shares jump after company offers details on plans to split off units</div><div><p>Shares of Motorola Inc. jumped Friday after investors got new details on the company's plans to split itself in two.</p><p>The stock was up 45 cents, or 6.8 percent, to $7.10 in afternoon trading.</p><p>Motorola plans to...

Challengers gain in important phone software fight

2010-02-22T10:01:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Google and other challengers advance as smart phone software begins to overshadow hardware</div><div><p>As smart phones increasingly appear alike, with high-end models mostly taking their cues from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, more and more it's the software they run tha...

On the go: Mobile security

2010-02-22T11:05:33Z

<div id="subtitle">An explosion in smartphones, laptops, USB sticks and other portable devices has brought new security challenges, reports Greg Masters.</div><div><p>h1An explosion in smartphones, laptops, USB sticks and other portable devices has brought new security challenges, reports Greg Masters./h1 pThe rise of the smartphone has done more than bring convenience to the hundreds of millions of consumers who use them. It has forced a...

Symbian phone software now available for free

2010-02-22T12:06:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Symbian Foundation says phone software now available for free</div><div><p>Beginning Thursday the Symbian Foundation planned to release, for free, a large part of the software that powers the most smart phones in the world.</p><p>The foundation was set up...

New Motorola Android phone on Verizon: the Devour

2010-02-22T12:13:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Hungry for Android handsets, Verizon Wireless announces Motorola Devour</div><div><p>Verizon Wireless has a second handset from Motorola Inc. that uses Google Inc.'s A...

Motorola forecasts loss; shares plunge

2010-02-22T13:53:07Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc forecast a loss for the current quarter due to heavy spending to bring more smartphones to the market, disappointing investors who had expected the cellphone maker to post a profit.</p><p>The news drove Motorola shares down 9.5 percent, overshadowing the com...

Motorola smartphone sales beat Street but shares fall

2010-02-22T13:53:50Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc's quarterly profit was slightly ahead of expectations and its smartphones sold better than expected in its first quarter selling phones running Google Inc's Android softwar...

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