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Windows Mobile will be used in 20% of Samsung devices by 2012

Windows Mobile will be used in 20% of Samsung devices by 2012

According to Telecoms Korea, Samsung will use Windows Mobile in 50 percent of their devices next year and they will reduce this to 20 percent by 2012.  To replace Windows Mobile, Samsung will use Android and their own operating system, Bada.  Earlier today Samsung announced the launch of its own open mobile platform, Bada.  Bada will become available in December and looks to be the new addition to Samsung’s mobile ecosystem which will enable developers to create applications for millions of new Samsung mobile phones.  The move by Samsung to leave Windows Mobile behind is clearly a sediment shared by other manufacturers after the lackluster release of Windows Mobile 6.5, but the real question is whether more manufacturers will follow Samsung, Motorola and HTC.

Dr Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics said, “By opening Samsung’s mobile platforms we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible smartphones.” He added, “bada will be Samsung’s landmark, iconic new platform that brings an unprecedented opportunity for operators, developers and Samsung mobile phone users around the world.”

The official website (www.bada.com) will open on November 10th and will feature a range of information on bada including updates on product launches, features, and event notices. Samsung will also host an official launch event for bada in London, UK in December and will also unveil its bada software development kit (SDK) to developers for the first time on this date.

[via SymbianWorld and CoolSmartPhone]

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Leaked images of the Sony Ericsson Kurara surface

The Sony Ericsson Kurara, or Curare as some websites are referring to the device, is a rumored S60-based handset soon to be release by SE.  What makes the device such a hot topic at the moment is that it features a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 8.1-megapixel camera with LED flash and the ability to record HD [...]

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HTC HD2 shows up on T-mobile UK with Android Market

Call us crazy but T-mobile UK must have been banking on the idea that their version of the HTC HD2 would be running Android.  At least that is what we have concluded from the HD2 landing page which lists “choose from loads of application to download from Android Market” in the Biggest Boasts section.  Another [...]

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HTC Hero coming to Telus in GSM flavor

The all-powerful Twitter has just blessed us with a Halloween treat.  According to the Telus Twitter page, the carrier has confirmed that a GSM/HSDPA Hero will be coming to the carrier.  It will feature the same 528MHz processor, 5-megapixel camera, WiFi b/g, and Bluetooth offerings as the CDMA version, but the big question is Android [...]

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Motorola promises 20 new Android-based smartphones in 2010

We knew that Motorola was looking to end ties with Windows Mobile in favor of Android, but we never expected the following news.  Motorola’s Sanjay Jha has promised that Motorola will produce at least 20 new smartphones running Android in 2010.  For a manufacturer that has fallen from the lime light of mobile market share [...]

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Nokia set to make big announcement October 29th at 10am GMT

WOMWorld, the godsend for Nokia trial devices, has just started sending out mysterious wedding invitations (seen above).  The invitations elude to a big event set to take place tomorrow at 10am GMT on Nokia’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/nokia).  We are not entirely sure what the big announcement could be, but if it is a N900 with [...]

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Orange UK to being selling iPhone on Nov 10

Just a day after the exclusive agreement between O2 and Apple expires, Orange will begin selling their own iPhone in the UK.  The news on a release date comes to us from The Gaurdian which claims the iPhone will be on sale in both Orange retail stores and Carphone Warehouse stores on the November 10th. [...]

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Sony Ericsson Susan video leaks to YouTube

The Sony Ericsson Susan is more of a rumor than fact at this point, but if the video above proves to legit we could be looking at the next generation of SE candybar phones.  The device is rumored to feature a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and accelerometer for quickly shifting the device between portrait [...]

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Verizon CEO says we still want the iPhone

Just days before the huge Motorola Droid announcement taking place Oct 28 we have confirmed that Verizon is still interested in a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to the carrier’s lineup.  The news comes to us by way of the conference call this morning for Verizon’s third-quarter earnings.  Mr Seidenberg, Verizon’s chief executive [...]

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HTC Dragon coming to Verizon Wireless as HTC Passion

Just last week we brought you the first hands-on with the unofficial HTC Dragon.  The device was running Android OS 2.0 and it was powered by the 1GHz Snapdragon chipset, but what we didn’t know at the time was what carrier would offer the device.  According to the source of the photos, UnLockr, this HTC [...]

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