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Impacts of the New Nokia-Intel Partnership Could Be Significant
PUBLISHED: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Nokia and Intel announced a partnership this week where they'll share technology to develop a new class of devices. This may have major implications for mobile users in a number of unexpected ways.

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Access Releases New Beta of Palm OS Emulator for Nokia Internet Tablets
PUBLISHED: 5/29/2009  BY: AWright
Access has released the fourth beta of its Garnet VM application, which allows users of Nokia Internet Tablets to run Palm OS applications.
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Analyst Predicts an Apple Tablet in 2010
PUBLISHED: 5/21/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Rumors of a some kind of Apple tablet PC have been around for years, and an industry analyst has gone out on a limb to predict that one really will be released, but not until next year.
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An Early Glimpse of the Future of Nokia's Maemo Platform
PUBLISHED: 5/20/2009  BY: AWright
New information and a screenshot has recently leaked showing a possible future direction for Nokia's Maemo operating system. This will have a strong emphasis on home-screen widgets.
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AT&T Will Offer Cloud-Based Storage to Enterprise Customers
PUBLISHED: 5/18/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
AT&T today announced plans to offer online storage to its enterprise customers. This will allow users to upload and retrieve data from any location, anytime, using any Web-enabled device.
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First Beta of Nokia's Maemo 5 SDK Released
PUBLISHED: 4/29/2009  BY: AWright
The Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for Maemo 5, the next version of the operating system that powers Nokia's Internet Tablet devices, has been released.
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First Details Emerge on Two Possible iPhone Models for Verizon
PUBLISHED: 4/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Just yesterday came word that Apple and Verizon are in talks to bring the iPhone to this carrier's network, and today a few details have leaked out on the first models that could be released under this agreement.
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Neither an Apple Netbook nor a Mac Tablet Seems Very Likely
PUBLISHED: 4/24/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
There have been persistent rumors for the last several months that Apple is working on either a netbook, a tablet, or maybe even both. But there's a problem: there are good reasons why neither of these models seems likely to be released.
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Bluetooth 3.0 Promises To Be Much Faster
PUBLISHED: 4/22/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Bluetooth SIG has formally adopted Bluetooth 3.0, which will offer significantly faster data transfers than its predecessors by including a bit of Wi-Fi.
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And the Manufacturer of Apple's Netbook Is Going to Be...
PUBLISHED: 4/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The parade of information about Apple's upcoming netbook continues. The latest report indicates which company may be handling the manufacturing of this device.
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Despite Illness, Steve Jobs Helped Design iPhone 3.0
PUBLISHED: 4/13/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Apple CEO Steve Jobs went on medical leave early this year, but he still took part in the design of the iPhone 3.0 software update that was announced in March.
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The Latest on Nokia's Next Internet Tablet
PUBLISHED: 4/10/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
According to an unconfirmedreport that surfaced this week, Nokia plans to release later this year a device will apparently be the replacement for the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.
FULL STORY (3,265 Reads) | DISCUSSION (5 Replies)

First Mobile Firefox Beta Released for Nokia N810
PUBLISHED: 3/18/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Mozilla Foundation has released its first beta version of Mobile Firefox for the Nokia N810.
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