Posts Tagged ‘smartphone’

Instead of a New gTLD, Maybe There Ought to be an App for That

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The conflicting yet co-existing anxiety and enthusiasm in support of expanded Internet territory — those new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) we have heard so much about — may be misplaced. If the economic reports commissioned by ICANN are…

RIM Said to Plan Tablet for November to Take on Apple’s IPad – Bloomberg

A Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) Blackberry smartphone is photographed in London. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Research In Motion Ltd. , maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, plans to introduce a …
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RIM Acquires Internet Domain Name Rights to Blackpad.com – BusinessWeek

July 28 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, acquired the Internet rights to blackpad.com this month, adding to speculation it may be developing a tablet device to rival …
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Opera to Make Mobile Browsing Feel Like Desktop

Opera’s new web browsers will allow their standard browser and mobile web browser to share bookmarks. from the article: "Opera is a popular browsing choice for smartphones running Symbian. The idea behind Opera’s mobile products is similar to how Apple CEO Steve Jobs has sold the iPhone: smartphone users will no longer endure a compromised Internet experience on their phones, von Tetzchner said." Josh hypothesizes: "Over time, content developers will be less concerned about creating separate content or separate websites for mobile phones. In 2006, JD powers claimed that "The average replacement cycle for a typical handset is 17.6 months"….