BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform. Android has won attention in the mobile industry lately, with Motorola and Sony Ericsson choosing it for their new top models. "We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like ... many others," Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort said at an investor... Read Full Story
You know when a given country, in this case the nation of Japan, is over-saturated with cell phones when you get to see something like this: A cell phone that's supposed to be similar in shape to a chocolate bar, available in two versions: Melty Bitter (brown) and Melty Strawberry (pink). The Sharp SH-04B [JP] is part of NTT Docomo's winter line-up of new handsets for the Japanese market ( unveiled ten days ago )
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French mobile phone games publisher Gameloft said it is giving up on the Google Android platform.
The company said it is cutting back investment in making games and other apps for Android-based cell phones, even though Android has won a lot of attention lately with new models from Motorola and Sony Ericsson, according to Reuters .
“We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like … many others,” Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort said at an investor... Read Full Story
PC World – Japan’s biggest wireless service provider plans to shut off its 2G mobile phone network in March 2011 because most of its customers will have moved on to 3G, the company CEO said Wednesday in Hong Kong.
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Yesterday at the Web 2.0 EXPO in New York, Sony Ericsson announced the Sony Ericsson WebSDK. It is an open source tool created in collaboration with the PhoneGap open source community. Continue reading... Read Full Story
Japan’s biggest wireless service provider plans to shut off its 2G mobile phone network in March 2011.
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When two of Japan's largest mobile carriers conspire to release nearly 40 phones in the span of 24 hours, editors covering the story are sure to lose hair and a solid year of lifespan -- but for consumers in the local market, it's nothing but good news. Here are some of the highlights from NTT DoCoMo: Fujtsu F-02B: Described as a "jewelry quality" phone with a snap-on perfume holder for "an air of elegance." LG L-03B: Has support for Korean, Japanese, and English for frequent travelers (in... Read Full Story
- NTT DoCoMo to license "Scratch Shield" paint technology in Japan - YOKOHAMA. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced it will license its breakthrough "Scratch Shield" paint to NTT DoCoMo, Inc. for mobile phone application in Japan. The self-healing paint, currently applied to certain Nissan and Infiniti vehicles worldwide, was developed in collaboration with University of Tokyo and Advanced Softmaterials Inc. The Scratch Shield, a world first in paint technology, was commercially... Read Full Story
Shares of Motorola Inc. surged Monday as Verizon Wireless launched an aggressive ad campaign to promote a new Motorola phone. Shares of Motorola rose 65 cents, or 8.3 percent, to $8.50 in afternoon trading. Over the weekend, TV ads started running for the "Droid." Details were scant, but it apparently refers to a Motorola phone running Google Inc.'s Android software, to be launched in November. Also Monday, T-Mobile USA started selling the CLIQ, the first Android phone from Motorola. The use... Read Full Story
