Archive for June, 2010

Microsoft Confirms It Is Killing Its Kin

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Today Microsoft issued a statement on its Kin social networking devices, which are being sold by Verizon Wireless. A Microsoft spokesperson said to Phone Scoop in an email, "We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone ...

Qualcomm Wants to Bring Better Augmented Reality to Android

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Qualcomm today announced a new augmented reality platform and software developer kit (SDK) to help developers make better augmented reality applications. Augmented reality applications superimpose computer-generated content over a live camera view on mobile phones. According to Qualcomm, most ...

HTC Evo 4G Update Back With Improved Wi-Fi

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Sprint HTC Evo 4G users who did not already successfully update their phones should begin seeing the update again as early as today. Among other improvements, the update brings 802.11n speeds to the Wi-Fi capabilities of the Evo 4G. ...

Nokia Makes Handset Version of MeeGo Available as ‘Pre-Alpha’

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Nokia and Intel today made a pre-alpha build of the mobile phone variant of MeeGo available to the developer community. Nokia is referring to today as "Day 1" of the MeeGo Handset user experience project. Developers who choose to ...

SkyFire 1.x Shutting Down Tomorrow In Some Areas

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Skyfire CEO Jeff Glueck, in a post on the company's blog, has announced that Skyfire will shut down its proxy-server based Skyfire 1.0 and 1.5 browsers outside of North America and Western European markets. The company will also cease ...