Archive for apple

You are browsing the archives of apple.

Microsoft to port Silverlight to Android?

It appears that Microsoft is considering porting Silverlight, its competitor to Adobe Flash, over to the Android platform. Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie told TechRadar.com that his company has been unable to get Silverlight onto the Apple iPhone platform because it is still too closed, but that it is watching the Android platform to see how [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

T-Mobile to create app store for Android and other platforms

Today mocoNews put up a story that cites “multiple sources” as informing it of T-Mobile USA’s plans for an open application store for all of its platforms, including Android. The new application store would replace the carrier’s currently closed deck that its customers are restricted to.
Supposedly the plan is to do something similar to [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

Analyst predicts 17.1 million Android phones in ‘09 - thanks, China

Bill Hughes of market research firm In-Stat is predicting that 17.1 million Google Android OS based devices will be sold in 2009, nearly double what he is predicting for world-wide Apple iPhone sales. He believes that the Chinese market will be the driving force behind Android adoption, with its 1 billion potential cell phone [...]

Popularity: 8% [?]