Intel spreads rumor that Windows 8 for ARM will be messy

Microsoft and Intel are not as tight knit as they used to be but the future of Windows 8 on ARM processors is never the less caught in the middle of a bitter war of words between the two giants of tech industry. Read More:

ZTE acquires CDMA contract from SSTL in India

ZTE, China based telecom equipment and network solution provider, has won CDMA EV-DO Rev.B Phase 2 contracts from Indian Telecom operator SSTL, a joint venture between Russia based Sistema and India’s Shyam Group which operates under the MTS brand.  Read More:

China Mobile to get iPhone in September, but LTE iPhone 4S delayed

I have both good news and bad news today about the iPhone. What do you want to hear first? Let’s start with the good news.  Read More:

Young Chinese want apps that reflect their culture

A poll conducted by MEC China with a group of 110 students attending university in Shanghai revealed that youngsters in China want apps that reflect their culture and patriotism. Read More:

Coyole and Hollywood … strange names and Quad core chips for Amazon tablets

We already tipped you about why Amazon tablets could become a real threat for the Apple iPad and now we have more updates about Amazon’s secret tablet mission. Read More:

Transform your Android device into your own customized lifestyle tool

Taipei, Taiwan, 19 May, 2011 – Shanzai.com today announced the publication of their latest eBook, ‘Top Ten Apps for Customizing Android’, the second in the ‘Top ten’ series for Android users. Read More:

China, mobility, Smart TVs, entrepreneurship and the cloud collide at TechNode event

Chinese technology start-up coverage website TechNode has announced their upcoming “TechNode Collide Conference”. Read More:

Top Ten Apps for Customizing Android

The way that you organize apps, find apps, and give yourself shortcuts to favorite apps will never be the same again. In fact the way that you search your device will be revolutionized. So too will your bookmarks and the speed of your startup. Read more:

Facebook’s plan backfires

Facebook admitted to employing a PR firm to accentuate the flaws in Google Inc.’s privacy practices. This revelation will only serve to worsen the already intense rivalry between the two companies. Read More:

Kineo “schools only” tablet is the first “walled garden” tablet, points the way for others

“Walled Gardens” in computing are basically computing environments that are controlled and restricted by the administrator. Schools, businesses and governments have been playing around with walled garden solutions for awhile and Brainchild’s Kineo looks set to deliver for the education department.Read More:

Microsoft Windows Azure services coming soon for iOS, Android and WP7 mobile devices

Nokia is getting paid billions for teaming up with Microsoft. There’s also the vibrant Windows Phone 7 interface, Bing, Xbox, and Zune packed into the deal (and even Skype now, after the multi-billion dollar buyout).Read More:

Threat of local competition looming over iPad and Galaxy Tab in India

Apple made the iPad 2 available in India within a month of its international launch and Indians thanked Apple by buying out all the allocated stock on the first day. Read More:

Samsung debuts the first retina display for tablet PCs

Apple is to be credited for bringing the first ultra clear retina display to smartphones, but now Samsung is planning to bring the sharpest and most vibrant retina screen to its brands. Read More:

Shanzhai facing a tough time in Shenzhen, over 2000 players call it quits

The Shanzhai makers are distancing themselves from Huaqiangbei, the heart of the Shanzhai in Shenzhen. The Chinese government crackdown on Shanzhai players has forced over 2000 Shanzhai companies to go offline. Read More:

ZTE wins the global high-end telecom market

ZTE, China’s huge telecommunications equipment and network solutions provider, achieved the highest place in the EJL Wireless Research’s Global Base Station Contract Analysis, in the Fourth Quarter 2010 report, showing that the company holds the majority of the global high-end telecom market. Read More:

Top Ten: The Essential Guide to Android Widgets

Widgets can save you time, increase productivity and give you a practical way of personalizing your device, for that ultimate Android experience. Widgets provide information and/or tools right on your home screen. Read More:

The Top Ten System Tools for Android

By setting your Android smartphone or tablet up with our recommended collection of system tools you’ll be able to select your preferences and gain easy access to these features, no matter what brand your device is. Read More:

Windows Phone 7 OS to lead the global smartphone OS by 2015?

And pigs might fly … a lot of people might find it hard to believe that Microsoft Windows could rise to become the top smartphone OS in the world, outshining Google Android and Apple iOS; but new data from Pyramid Research suggests that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 OS could displace other platforms and grow to be the leading global OS for smartphones by 2015. Read More:

Angry Birds aiming for 100 million downloads in China

Angry Birds is funny, addictive and famous! The game, popular on various mobile platforms,  has notched over 140 million downloads globally. Of that 140 million, surprisingly,  only 10 million downloads have been from China. Read More:

Google Music arrives in Shanzhai style

Not only did Amazon launch a cloud solution music service, they launched before Google and Apple did. So how did Apple and Google react? Apple, with Warner Music as partner, announced its entry to the music cloud earlier this week and Google unveiled its new digital music service on Tuesday at an industry only event. Read More:

5000 and 1 reasons tablets and Android 3.1 are key for Google

Google IO is on right now and the Android, tablet and general Google goodness is overflowing even by Google standards as in partnership with Samsung they’ve given out 5000 Samsung Galaxy Tabs to IO attendees. Read More:

Huawei and ZTE to provide video conferencing services

Despite a slew of lawsuits against each other, Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE may find themselves in competition again, with both companies set to start video conferencing services. Read More:

Obama wants Indiana to lead, but the industry wants India and China

Obama wants technical breakthroughs in Indiana (US), not in India and China, but the latest reports say the opposite is true.  Read More:

Nvidia to go after Qualcomm head on with Icera purchase

Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is rarely at a loss for words and that hold true with the recent announcement of Nvidia’s purchase of LTE baseband chip designer Icera. Read More:

Privacy erosion: your iDevice ownership can now be connected directly to your Facebook ID

I’ve ranted on before about our growing lack of privacy thanks to our intimate connection to our digital social lives, apps, phones and tablets. Now their saying your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch ‘s Unique Device Identifier UDID number can be linked directly to your Facebook ID if you use certain apps. Read more:

One out of every three iPhones are jailbroken in China

A study conducted by Umeng, a mobile research firm in China, has revealed that nearly 34.6% of the iOS devices are jailbroken in China. Read More:

Saint Steve swears, and Apple bouncers physically beat Chinese iPad 2 customers

Apple’s always in the news, they’re always interesting to watch and the close scrutiny often reveals flaws, whether it’s with antennae’s or employees… or the boss man himself. Read More

Motorola to launch new Atrix lapdock for tablets

The Motorola Atrix 4G has been dubbed the world’s fastest phone, but its standout feature was the keyboard dock. Read More:

Microsoft gains another friend

Microsoft’s Bing will be the default search and map app for new RIM devices including the BlackBerry Playbook. The partnership also includes placement of Bing apps on the BlackBerry App World app store. Read More:

Samsung Galaxy S II outperforms iPhone 4 in pre-orders

Apple fans queue overnight outside Apple stores to get their hands on the latest models of iPhone, but now the iPhone has to take a backseat in South Korea, the home ground of Samsung, where gadget geeks have jammed the pre-orders page of the Galaxy S II smartphone, breaking the previous record of the iPhone 4. Read More:

RIM unveils its new BlackBerry 7 OS

Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled its new OS called, BlackBerry 7 this Monday to kick start off the BlackBerry World Conference. The company also revealed two new phones, the 9900 and 9930 that run the new OS. Read More:

Nokia still imagining its tablet

Most mobile companies have already entered the tablet market; but not Nokia, preferring instead to be an onlooker, waiting to see how the playing field develops. It seems that the Finnish mobile giant is still in research mode, but does intend to release a unique tablet with special features and apps! Read More:

How to get Android apps to play nice on the PlayBook

Another hoop and another format doesn’t seem to dampen RIM’s enthusiasm for getting Android developers to make their apps available for RIM’s PlayBook. Read More:

Kindle's cost subsidized with ads. Which gadget is next?

Advertising … it’s everywhere, from movie halls to shopping malls, from billboards to newspapers, from TV soaps to sports tournaments, from Internet surfing to mobile apps, and now from paperbacks to eBooks. Read More:

Samsung Galaxy S WiFi edition, the ideal smartphone that forgot the phone part

I’ve ranted on before about how tablets are going to disappear eventually as we experience the screenification of all the appliances around us and also get used to using larger phones. Samsung’s new Galaxy S “players” include a 4” and 5” version. Read More:

Amazon to get into the tablet game to the tune of 700,000-800,000 units per month

Loose lips er… I mean sources at Quanta and EIH (E Ink Holdings) seem to indicate that Amazon will be officially getting into the tablet game as early as the 2nd half of this year. Read More:

Apple denies tracking users’ locations

Apple has denied using the iPhone and 3G iPad to track the location of users in response to the allegations that were made against the company last week. Read More: