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Interview with Inglorious Apps, a webOS to iOS developer switcher

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

Inglorious Apps is well-known in the webOS world for its work on Notes, Voice and Glimpse, a multi-tasking app for the Touchpad that lets you divide up the screen and use several different widgets at the same time. Now that webOS is on the decline, the talented development company has ported ...

First Enyo app makes the iOS leap

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 7th, 2012)

Enyo is an application development platform created by HP for webOS. It's open source and based on web standards like JavaScript. Best of all, it can be used to create apps for other platforms like Android and iOS. The first Enyo-based app for iOS, FlashCards To Go, was unveiled last month when HP ...

McAfee: Android malware soars while iPhone untouched

by Mike Schramm (Aug 23rd, 2011)

McAfee says that the Android OS is having some issues with malware lately -- according to a new study from the anti-malware company, Android malware has grown by 76% over the past few months, sending the number of troublesome scripts out there to over 40. Some of the malware appears to be ...

HP to spin off PC business, discontinues TouchPad

by Chris Rawson (Aug 18th, 2011)

Huge news from one of Apple's biggest competitors today: Hewlett Packard (HP) and its board of directors have "authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for its Personal Systems Group." In plain English, this means HP may be planning to spinning off its personal computer division ...

Do Android & WebOS need iPod touch clones?

by Michael Rose (Nov 25th, 2009)

Dan Frommer's post this morning over at Silicon Alley Insider suggests that one of the missing pieces from the competitive pie, as far as Google and Palm's mobile OS offerings are concerned, is a 3G-free & contractless device. Something, perhaps, like the iPod touch. Absent a way for consumers ...

Palm webOS 1.2.1 fixes iTunes sync... again

by John Burke (Oct 3rd, 2009)

Okay kids, this is starting to get a little out of hand now. Palm has once again pushed back at Apple, releasing webOS 1.2.1 today that "resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with the latest version of iTunes." What's that issue, you might ask? Well, I'd say the fact that Apple isn't ...

Windows Mobile, Android, Flash make headlines at Mobile World Congress

by Robert Palmer (Feb 17th, 2009)

Two of Apple's rival mobile platforms announced news this week at the 2009 Mobile World Congress, with Windows Mobile 6.5 on the way, and a new Android-based handset from HTC. Windows Mobile has updated its user interface to more closely resemble the iPhone's. I can imagine the brainstorming ...

Apple wins comprehensive patent for iPhone, bares teeth at Palm

by Robert Palmer (Jan 27th, 2009)

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple patent number 7,479,949 covering key aspects of the iPhone's multi-touch user interface. The filing, with 358 pages of drawings and Steve Jobs as its first author, comprehensively describes the iPhone operating system's interface, and how ...