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  In pictures: Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich'

  Google's mobile OS gets a major upgrade this week if the tipsters are right, but there's no need to wait to see some of the new capabilities in action.

  By Galen Gruman | 01 November, 2011 10:25

  Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Google Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, mobile os, operating systems

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  Microsoft juices up Windows Phone with 'Mango' update

  Microsoft has released version 7.5 of its Windows Phone operating system. The ‘Mango’ update is being rolled out to smartphones worldwide and is expected to reach 98 per cent of customers within four weeks.

  By Diana Nguyen | 28 September, 2011 14:46

  Tags: Mango, mobile os, mobile phones, mobility, smartphones, Windows Phone 7.5

• Samsung wave makes a splash at Mobile World Congress

  When Samsung announced that it was developing its own mobile operating system, one question came to mind: Do we really need another mobile OS? Whether we do or not, Samsung's Bada OS has made its debut at Mobile World Congress on the new Samsung Wave handset. While I'm not yet sold on the software, the Wave has some pretty hard-to-ignore features.

  By Ginny Mies | 15 February, 2010 08:33

  Tags: mobile os, mobile phones, Mobile World Congress, Samsung Australia

• Symbian lays out mobile OS roadmap

  Symbian Foundation, responsible for development of the Symbian mobile OS, is readying its Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 versions of the platform, with version 3 likely to be feature-complete next month, a Symbian blogger said this week.

  By Paul Krill | 09 January, 2010 12:08

  Tags: mobile os, mobile phones, smartphones, symbian, Symbian Foundation

• Android Market hits 20,000 apps milestone

  Google's mobile app store, the Android Market, has doubled in size in the last five months, and now hosts more than 20,000 applications, according to unofficial numbers from specialist portal AndroLib.

  By Daniel Ionescu | 17 December, 2009 01:31

  Tags: Android, Google Android, mobile applications, mobile apps, mobile os, mobile phones, smartphones

• Android keyboard shortcuts: All the hotkeys you need

  The Android mobile operating system has an impressive set of keyboard shortcuts to help you fly through your phone without digging through the menus. A couple of quick key presses are all you need for most common tasks.

  By JR Raphael | 16 December, 2009 02:09

  Tags: Google, Google Android, google phone, mobile os, mobile phones, smartphones

• Mobile's future: Outrageous but possible predictions

  'Tis the season of mobile predictions. As this year comes to an end and a new decade begins, Mobclix, which operates a mobile ad exchange network, has gazed into its crystal ball and foreseen 10 mobile trends-many of which are, in fact, pretty outrageous.

  By Tom Kaneshige | 16 December, 2009 07:20

  Tags: Android, iPhone, mobile apps, mobile os, mobile phones, smartphones

• Samsung intros Bada mobile OS: Do we need It?

  Samsung introduced Bada, what the company calls a mobile platform for a new breed of its smartphones. But is there really a need for yet another mobile OS, next to the likes of Apple, Microsoft or Google?

  By Daniel Ionescu | 12 November, 2009 02:03

  Tags: Bada, mobile os, mobile phones, samsung, samsung smartphones, smartphones

• Which smartphone OS works best?

  Once only within reach for executives and the well-heeled, smart phones are now at the center of many road warriors' lives. But their popularity has led to a problem: With so many smart phones available now, it's hard to know which one is right for you.

  By David Haskin and Ryan Faas | 03 November, 2008 09:47

  Tags: mobile os, smartphones, software applications

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