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Flash 10.1 snubbing non-ARMv7 Android devices, too? (update: yes)

Flash 10.1 snubbing non-ARMv7 Android devices, too? (update: yes)

Feb 27, 2010

The same Adobe employee who mentioned on Adobe’s official forums that Flash 10.1 would be blowing right past Windows Mobile 6.5 made another notable comment, too: on Android, they’ll be conveniently overlooking devices that aren’t based on an ARMv7 core like a Snapdragon or OMAP3 — in other words, pretty much every device of consequence...

Nokia C6 gets FCC approval, launching at CeBIT?

Nokia C6 gets FCC approval, launching at CeBIT?

Feb 27, 2010

Say you’re Nokia. Well, you can’t be Nokia since Nokia’s an inanimate concept; say you’re Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. What’d be a good show to use as a backdrop for a new low-end line of smartphones, none of which are likely to generate a ton of buzz? Why, the monstrous fairgrounds of CeBIT, of course! There’s a bit of...

Nexus One coming to Vodafone UK in April, says Telegraph

Nexus One coming to Vodafone UK in April, says Telegraph

Feb 27, 2010

Without citing its sources, the Telegraph is reporting matter-of-factly that the Nexus One will launch on Vodafone in April for a to-be-determined price, though it’s “likely to be priced very similarly to comparable smartphones such as the iPhone.” It’s no secret that Vodafone’s picking up Google’s Snapdragon-powered beast...

Motorola Milestone skipping on music playback, perfect for Billy Joel’s ‘Movin’ Out’

Motorola Milestone skipping on music playback, perfect for Billy Joel’s ‘Movin’ Out’

Feb 26, 2010

For a device with as much superphone street cred as the Milestone, you’d think a basic task like listening to music through the headphone jack would be a cakewalk. No problems, right? So straightforward, really, that it’s not even worth testing thoroughly — and therein lies the problem, it seems. Milestone owners on both sides of the pond are...

Confirmed: Windows Mobile 6.5 to become Windows Phone Starter Edition

Confirmed: Windows Mobile 6.5 to become Windows Phone Starter Edition

Feb 26, 2010

Windows Phone 7 Series might have been the big news out of Mobile World Congress this year, but it looks like Windows Mobile 6 will live on as Windows Phone Starter Edition. We’d already heard some whispers to that effect, but now it’s been confirmed by ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley, who got some answers about the stripped-down mobile OS directly from...