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BlackBerry OS 10 to get February reveal at MWC

BlackBerry OS 10 to get February reveal at MWC

NEWS EXCLUSIVE: New OS detailed
Research In Motion will show off its new operating system, BlackBerry OS 10, in February at Mobile World Congress. Although the company has said that BB OS 10 devices won't be in the hands of consumers until later in 2012, it has told Pocket-lint that …
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  • Windows 8 on ARM officially detailed by Microsoft. Operating Systems, Windows 8, ARM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Microsoft Office 15 0

    Windows 8 on ARM officially detailed by Microsoft

    Coming with full Office apps 10 February 2012 9:41 GMT

    We all knew that Windows 8 would be ARM compatible but up until now the details of exactly what the move might entail have been sketchy.

    Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has now come clean with all the official details, solving a few mysteries and...

  • Windows 8 Consumer Preview goes live 29 February. Software, Microsoft, Windows 8, Operating Systems 0

    Windows 8 Consumer Preview goes live 29 February

    Metro driving... 9 February 2012 11:36 GMT

    The Windows 8 Consumer Preview, ie, the first time that Joe and Joanna Public will be able to take Microsoft's new baby for a spin, will go live on 29 February.

    The launch date has been confirmed courtesy of a Mobile World Congress invite which...

  • Samsung folds Bada into open-source Tizen Project

    Samsung folds Bada into open-source Tizen Project

    Own-brand phones go open source 16 January 2012 16:48 GMT

    Samsung is merging its Bada mobile phone operating system with the Tizen Project, an open-source Linux Foundation software platform, aimed at a broad range of devices, including smartphones. "We have an effort that will merge Bada and Tizen", Tae-Jin...

  • BlackBerry OS 10 to get February reveal at MWC

    BlackBerry OS 10 to get February reveal at MWC

    EXCLUSIVE: New OS detailed 5 January 2012 15:19 GMT

    Research In Motion will show off its new operating system, BlackBerry OS 10, in February at Mobile World Congress.

    Although the company has said that BB OS 10 devices won't be in the hands of consumers until later in 2012, it has told Pocket-lint...

  • BT hits at the heart of Google, sues for widespread infringement. Android, Phones, Operating Systems, Lawsuits, BT 0

    BT hits at the heart of Google, sues for widespread infringement

    Latest to put the boot in 19 December 2011 7:53 GMT

    British Telecom (BT) has filed a lawsuit against Google, which states the online information giant is infringing six of BT's patents; something that spans right across Google's portfolio, including Google Search, AdSense, Google+, Google Docs,Google...

  • Windows Phone SMS bug leaves handsets open to attack. Viruses And Malware, Operating Systems, Phones, WP7 0

    Windows Phone SMS bug leaves handsets open to attack

    Reboots and disables messaging 13 December 2011 7:49 GMT

    A bug within the Windows Phone 7 operating system has been uncovered which can be exploited by attackers, allowing a Denial of Service attack to be sent via SMS which will disable messaging on the device.

    This flaw is apparently targeted at...

  • Windows Phone 7 officially lands on iPhone and Android ... sort of

    Windows Phone 7 officially lands on iPhone and Android ... sort of

    Mobile demo site set up 30 November 2011 9:50 GMT

    Ever wondered what Windows Phone 7 might look like running on your iPhone or your Android smartphone?

    Well, wonder no longer as Microsoft has set up a mobile site which emulates the latest version of the OS, Mango, right on to your Apple or...

  • LG Ice Cream Sandwich lineup confirmed: Is yours in the list?. LG, Phones, Operating Systems, Updates, Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 0

    LG Ice Cream Sandwich lineup confirmed: Is yours in the list?

    Optimus 2X gets company 29 November 2011 7:37 GMT

    LG has confirmed which of its mobiles will be getting the upgrade to the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, and, as expected, the list mainly consists of LG's higher-end handsets.

    Pocket-lint brought confirmation at the beginning...

  • Kinect for Windows PCs moves tech to new level in 2012. Microsoft, Gaming, Kinect, Windows, Operating Systems 0

    Kinect for Windows PCs moves tech to new level in 2012

    Optimised hardware 23 November 2011 8:06 GMT

    Microsoft Kinect, the no-hands gaming peripheral for Xbox 360, is to see a move over to Windows PCs come early 2012, and in the process it'll be gaining new hardware improvements.

    We've seen the Kinect on a PC many times before with hackers...

  • Android worst OS for malware attacks according to Q3 report. Android, Google, Operating Systems, Viruses And Malware 0

    Android worst OS for malware attacks according to Q3 report

    Google platform targeted 21 November 2011 8:39 GMT

    Android has been outed as the worst OS for malware attacks according to McAfee's third quarter threat reports, highlighting some of the difficulties associated with the Google's "open source" mobile operating system.

    Although the Q3 report...

  • iOS 5 tweak reveals hidden Android-style auto-complete keyboard

    iOS 5 tweak reveals hidden Android-style auto-complete keyboard

    Another feature that didn't make the grade 10 November 2011 10:09 GMT

    Following the news that there's a hidden panorama camera mode hidden within the depth of iOS 5, it was only going to be a matter of time before some clever so-and-so uncovered another useful feature that didn't make the final cut for the platform's...

  • RIM's BBX mobiles to break from current BlackBerry form factor, will support BES. BlackBerry, RIM, BlackBerry PlayBook, BBX, Operating Systems, Phones 0

    RIM's BBX mobiles to break from current BlackBerry form factor, will support BES

    New screen res and ratio 10 November 2011 7:57 GMT

    The new set of smartphones that will be coming from RIM next year will be changing style, bringing PlayBook like resolution and screen ratio to its mobiles. Along with this change of direction in terms of styling, it's been confirmed that RIM will...

  • Mozilla developers building entirely web based mobile OS

    Mozilla developers building entirely web based mobile OS

    Boot 2 Gecko 7 November 2011 12:17 GMT

    Mozilla is working on a new entirely web based operating system called Boot 2 Gecko. Pics of the B2G interface appeared on the Mozilla wiki and show an icon based OS, not unlike Apple's. 

    Developers are currently testing B2G and its "proprietary,...

  • Apple finds battery-life bugs in iOS 5. Apple, Phones, iPhone 4S, iOS 5, Operating Systems 0

    Apple finds battery-life bugs in iOS 5

    Fix on the way 3 November 2011 7:00 GMT

    Apple has confirmed reports that since the iOS 5 update there have been issues affecting the battery life of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S handsets.

    There have been numerous complaints across the web, especially on Twitter, of the iPhone 4S and...

  • LG Optimus Android Gingerbread update lands. Phones, Operating Systems, LG, LG Optimus 2X, LG Optimus 3D, LG Optimus Black, Gingerbread, Updates 0

    LG Optimus Android Gingerbread update lands

    Three handsets to receive 2.3 1 November 2011 7:12 GMT

    LG has finally brought Android Gingerbread 2.3 to its range of Optimus handsets; the new version of the operating system replaces Android Froyo and  will be rolling out to three handsets during the November.

    After the initial three, more premium...

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