Friday, January 17, 2014

Android, Tizen, Windows Phone news Jan 17, 2014

Android

Outlook for Android Coulda Been a Contender

I've been looking forward to trying out Microsoft's official email product for the Android platform. Device OS mismatches have, until now, prevented me from doing so. However, a totaled and smashed tablet and an arbitrarily rebooting smartphone have prompted me to get some new kit. I'm a power desktop Outlook user, and for about 10 years I have relied on the desktop version. -technewsworld


TechRadar.com

Still the One: Updated HTC One rumored for March release
hoping to avoid the possibility of crude jokes being made by calling their next-generation handset the number Two, HTC is rumored to be prepping yet another variation of its flagship handset for early 2014.Bloomberg today reported there could be a new HTC One on the way in the coming weeks which will retain the well-... -techradar



Code clues show that Android 5.0 could come with more fitness smarts built-in

Code clues show that Android 5.0 could come with more fitness smarts built-in
squirreled away somewhere in the Android OS hints that a future version will come with souped up fitness tracking. While KitKat already features pedometer tech for counting your steps, future versions perhaps beginning with Android 5.0 will allow the software to harness "fitness data ... -techradar



Fighting Talk: No. Bad Nokia! Put down that Android at once!

Fighting Talk: No. Bad Nokia! Put down that Android at once!
okia fans? Noticed that they seem giddy, like their dreams are finally coming true? It's because the Finns could FINALLY be making an Android handset.This is bad news.The NokDroid project has been up and down more than a demented see saw. First, Nokia was developing an Android handset, fulfilling the liquid fantasy of geek... -techradar



ZTE Blade Q Mini touches down as another budget blower

ZTE Blade Q Mini touches down as another budget blower
ade Q Mini has been officially launched in the UK, exclusively on Virgin Media, as the Chinese brand looks to snaffle the first time smartphone user market.Setting you back just £59.99, the Blade Q Mini is one of the most affordable smartphones on the market, and while the specs won't blow you away, they certainly d... -techradar



Tizen

Japan's NTT DoCoMo Shelves Plan to Launch Tizen Phone

NTT DoCoMo announced today that it will be shelving plans for a Tizen Phone launch, claiming that the market is not big enough for a third mobile OS. -mobiletechnews


Obama orders changes to NSA phone data collection, end to spying on foreign friends

Obama orders changes to NSA phone data collection, end to spying on foreign friends
Barack Obama has called for an overhaul to how the US National Security Agency collects and uses citizens' phone records and an end to eavesdropping on foreign heads of state. In the second speech addressing the controversial NSA policies that have come to light from documents in the hands ... -techradar



Windows Phone

Microsoft's Siri-like voice assistant 'Cortana' may be voiced by Cortana

Microsoft's Siri-like voice assistant 'Cortana' may be voiced by Cortana
dows Phone 8.1 users may get the chance to play Master Chief. Well, in their heads at least.MSFTnerd has word that Microsoft's Siri-rivaling voice companion, codenamed Cortana, will enter beta on Lumia in April, becoming available for "US developers&quo... -techradar



The latest Nokia Normandy leak brings possible launch date with it

The latest Nokia Normandy leak brings possible launch date with it
ning to seem a lot like Nokia's Android-based smartphone will launch at MWC 2014. Currently going by the moniker Normandy, the handset is expected to land with a heavily Nokia-ified version of Android just as the Amazon Kindle Fire range come with a Amazon-heavy version of the software. The latest shots o... -techradar



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