Mobile World Congress - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

  • Samsung's 90 new Android APIs boost mobile device management, security

    Samsung has unveiled some 90 new APIs to its implementation of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>, including <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/020111-android.html">Version 3.0</a>, the tablet version of Google's mobile operating system. The additions, available on its <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a> and tablets, include a range of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> and management features that are being used by third-party <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/applications.html">applications</a> such as SAP's Sybase Afaria mobile management software.

  • Google CEO has no plans to compete with mobile operators

    Google has made investments in wireless networks, is testing gigabit-to-the-home technology, and is selling 60,000 Android smartphones a day -- yet has no plans to compete with network operators, CEO Eric Schmidt told attendees at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday.

  • Nokia and Intel launch new mobile operating system

    Nokia and Intel will merge two of their mobile operating systems into Meego, a Linux-based, open operating system for everything from advanced smartphones to netbooks, connected TVs and tablet computers, the companies said at a joint press conference on Monday.

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