Nuance Communications announced its intent to acquire Zi for $35 million. Zi provides different text-input technologies for cell phones such as spell check, predictive text and handwriting recognition. Nuance makes and licenses T9 text input technology, and also offers ...
After the first Google Android phone in Australia originally planned to launch on December 15 last year, then pushed back to January 29, Kogan Technologies then delayed the launch indefinitely, citing “potential future interoperability issues”.
And now, Kogan is back, according to the Android Community:
…founder Ruslan Kogan claiming that their new model will be more like the Apple iPhone in design, with a large 3.8-inch touchscreen for Android to roam freely across. Midnight Update’s Seamus has interviewed Kogan (you can see the video below), who insists that the device will hit the market and, after that, gets to play with an Agora prototype to confirm that it actually exists in more than just renders.
The Kogan Agora, when available, it will be another smartphone powered by Google’s Android OS. Kogan showed off a working prototype of the device at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas recently.
[via Android Community]
After soliciting bids from the wireless industry, the Federal Emergency Management Administration has selected various services from AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless to serve in case of a future emergency. AT&T will provide FEMA with wireless and Wi-Fi services ...
The outline 2010 federal budget proposed today by the Obama administration includes significantly higher annual fees for holders of radio spectrum licenses, including cell phone companies. The fees would increase from $50 million/year now to up to $550 million/year ...
Opera Mobile 9.5 now supports Google's Gears tool, which allows for better web site caching and offline access to some services and features. Right now, it is being offered as a "technology preview".