A survey of more than 2000 developers in January by IDC and Appcelerator suggests virtually unchanged levels of interest amongst developers in the Windows Phone ecosystem at 37%. RIM has fallen further from 20% to 16%. Despite the success of the flagship WP7 handset, the Lumia 800, developers are still not rushing to embrace Microsoft's mobile OS. However the survey was conducted only a few days after the launch of Nokia Lumia 800, before anyone knew whether it would be popular, so the next set of figures will be more telling, and should reflect confidence amongst developers that consumers are liking Microsoft platform. Interest in developing for Android devices also fell, possibly [...]

It is quite heartbreaking news Motorola recently released. According to Cristy Wyatt of Motorola, there are no plans yet for the company to be in negotiations to do smart phones utilizing the Windows Phone 7. She stated that the company does not envision utilizing the said operating system for mobile phones. The company is 100% on Android and says Windows does not offer possibilities of developing unique value. For some, this is a mistake that Motorola is not yet realizing but for the company, they do not wish to make commoditized hardware only. We can only wait till the future reveals the truth. In Cristy Wyatt's words: “I don’t envision us using Microsoft. I would never say never [...]

HTC is a popular smart phone maker but there are rumors about the forthcoming appearance of some new tablets. No one in HTC is speaking up as yet but 3 executives offered some little light on the issue. According to Peter Chou, the CEO of HTC, the company is not in a rush about getting into the tablet bandwagon and they aim that the tablet will meet the needs of their consumers. Well we have no specs yet but there were rumors that one of them will be called HTC Flyer and there are 2 more that will be using the Android Honeycomb so we will be patiently waiting in the coming months. Via BBC [...]

Many phone manufacturers have been keen to get into the tablet market after the success of the iPad and most have opted to use Google Android as their OS. Until now Google had insisted that the OS wasn't designed for this purpose and was meant merely for smartphones. Because of a spate of Android tablets being released at the end of last year, most notably the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Google decided that the smartphone OS needed a revamp to make it more suitable for tablets. Android 3.0 Honeycomb is what they have come up with. This latest version of Android has been specifically designed for tablet use, with an interface fit for purpose. Some noticeable changes include a new design for Gmail [...]

Microsoft developed and built the Windows Phone 7 from ground up and they did a really fantastic job to reboot and improve the mobile OS. Of course, there is room for improvement for 2011 but for now; we can only assume that everyone is hearing us out with what we want for the Windows Phone 7. More speed. WP7 is absolutely fast within the OS capacity but app speed still needs to be consistent. Some apps work efficiently but other still lag. The applications need not always be extremely complex in design as long as it offers robust design. This will help us manage the speed really well. Landscape keyboard when using IE! It sucks that you have to move around just to type at the address [...]