Archive for the ‘Operating system’ Category

Apple iPhone firmware 2.2.1 now available

Apple iPhones get ready: firmware version 2.2.1 is now available. Via TUAW: “Apple has just updated the firmware for the iPhone and the iPod touch to 2.2.1. The list (at least for the iPod touch) looks like it is mostly bug fixes and stability improvements, but we’re still searching for a full list of all [...]

Android engineer leaves just as operating system must make next big jumps

Google Android engineer Stephen Horowitz is leaving to become chief technology officer of Coupons, Inc. Horowitz’s move means an integrated system for coupons on many mobile phones may happen more quickly. It also sets Google back as its application store has yet to take off. Venture Beat speculates that this could create an integrated coupon [...]

Mobile apps delay next Android mobile phone

The next Android-based mobile phone is being delayed so that it can be better prepared for mobile applications, according to the manufacturer’s founder. Ed Hardy writes on Brighthand that the Kogan Agora was scheduled to debut later this month as the second mobile phone running Google’s Android operating system. The company’s founder, Russlan Kogan, released [...]