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T-Mobile MDA Compact IV overtakes HTC in the power market

Written by Meraj Chhaya on March 4, 2008 – 4:00 pm

T-Mobile showed off their exclusively locked MDA Compact IV, who joins the ever lasting struggle of Windows Mobile against Symbian. Rumours are flying that the device might be rewarded with Windows Mobile 6.1, but what’s confirmed for now is that the device is a Windows Mobile 6.0, and that too sourced by HTC.

What I like so much about this phone is the VGA resolution that is missing from my favourites Symbian S60 devices. To complete the phone there’s a lightning fast 7.2mbps HSDPA, Quad-band EDGE, built-in GPS, and of course, WiFi.

More details to come during the event.

Source: Engadget Mobile

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Microsoft Silverlight joins Nokia, programmers rejoice

Written by Meraj Chhaya on March 4, 2008 – 3:43 pm

Cross-platform development is a dream for many software companies and developers themselves, the issue of having to always do something different everytime you release a program. Obviously many of the Operating Systems are different, but Microsoft Silverlight somehow helps to shorten that difference.
Silverlight won’t just run on Symbian, but as well as S40, the platform for the users who want advanced features, but simplicity at the same time.

"Today’s consumers are very clear in what they want: easy access to tightly integrated services and data on any device," said Lee Williams, Senior Vice President in Nokia’s Devices software organization. "Nokia’s software strategy is based on cross-platform development environments, enabling the creation of rich applications across the Nokia device range. Nokia aims to support market leading and content rich internet application environments and to embrace and encourage open innovation. By working with Microsoft, we are creating terrific opportunities and additional choices for the development community, S60 licensees and the industry as a whole."

For those who didn’t know, Wikipedia tells you exactly what Silverlight is all about: Microsoft Silverlight is a browser plugin that allows web applications to be developed with features like animation, vector graphics, and audio-video playback - features that characterize a rich internet application. Silverlight competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, Java FX, and Apple QuickTime. Version 2.0 brought improved interactivity and allows developers to use .NET languages and development tools when authoring Silverlight applications.

"This is an important relationship on so many levels. Working with Nokia means we are easily able to reach a huge number of mobile users, including customers of all S60 licensees. This is a significant step in gaining broad acceptance for Silverlight and ensuring it is platform agnostic. This is critical since we want to make sure developers and designers don’t have to constantly recreate the wheel and build different versions of applications and services for multiple operating systems, browsers and platforms," said S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer Division.

"There is clear market demand for rich, Web-based services across a variety of device types, but developing these can often be commercially difficult. For Microsoft this extends Silverlight to a broader range of vendors, platforms and devices. For Nokia it expands the web runtime options on its devices, enabling a wider community of developers and more applications. This should help the uptake of higher speed mobile services and advance a new era of anytime, anywhere device-based computing", said Bola Rotibi , Principal Analyst at Ovum.

Picture: Hongkiat
Source: Nokia, Wikipedia