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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
AIR For Android, And Adobe's Plan To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices — The bane of all mobile app developers is the need to rewrite the same app over and over again for different devices: the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm Pre, Nokia, Windows Mobile.
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Lee / The Flash Blog:
Adobe announces Flash Player and AIR for Android — Right about now at Mobile World Congress, Adobe is officially announcing Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR for Android. I truly believe these technologies will redefine the mobile experience. Kevin Hoyt recorded a great video overview showing …
Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop:
No Flash for Windows Mobile 7 — This evening Adobe issued a statement about Flash compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 7. It said, “Microsoft and Adobe are working closely together. While the newest version of Windows Phone won't support Flash at initial availability …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung i8520 ‘Halo’ Android 2.1 phone with 3.7-inch Super AMOLED and pico projector (updated) — While Samsung is desperate for us and the world to focus on its very first Bada device — the Wave S8500 — we found something a bit more interesting for Google fans.
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Samsung Wave: 3.3-inch Super AMOLED, Bluetooth 3.0, and new Bada OS (updated) — How's about a little smartphone love on Valentine's Day? Samsung's press conference just got underway in Barcelona, and one of Mobile World Congress' first smartphones to debut this year is a real doozy.
Sean Cooper / Engadget:
Sony Ericsson outs Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro — We'd heard a few whispers of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 mini, but frankly, the X10 mini pro here comes as a bit of a surprise. The sets are nearly identical with the exception of launch colors — the mini will ship in black …
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Thom Holwerda / OSNews:
Teacup, Meet Storm, pt. IV: Adobe Blocking HTML5? — There's a bit of ruckus going on at the moment in the world of HTML5. A number of people are claiming that Adobe has blocked the latest publication of the HTML5 standard. However, after diving into the actual mailing list threads …
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Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times:
Though Absent, Apple Permeates Barcelona Fair — The biggest gathering of the global mobile phone industry begins on Monday in Barcelona, and much of the talk will be about the company that is not there: Apple. — Its iPhone has been imitated by larger competitors like Samsung Electronics, Nokia, LG and Research In Motion.
Mia / YouTube Blog:
YouTube & the Online Video Revolution — When we registered the YouTube domain on February 14, 2005, we set out to create a place where anyone with a video camera and an Internet connection could share a story with the world. Five years into it, we're as committed as ever to the core beliefs …
James Ashton / Times of London:
Mobile phone operators' war on Apple apps — A DOZEN of the world's leading mobile-phone operators will this week band together to strike back at Apple's dominance of mobile applications. — Orange, Telefonica, AT&T and nine others are forging an alliance to build an open technology platform designed …
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
Viacom Asking For ‘Substantial’ Refund on Harmonix Earnout From Founders — Viacom (NYSE: VIA), which has seen sales of its Rock Band franchise slow amid the gaming slump, is asking for a refund on its 2007 earnout payment to the Harmonix founders, according to a company 10-K filed earlier today.
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WMPoweruser.com:
HTC Photon to be the HTC HD Mini, to be announced at Mobile World Congress — Rumours of a new device to be announced by HTC at Mobile World Congress are starting, with a number of tweets mentioning the HTC HD Mini. — Sina.com.cn believes the device will be the HTC Photon, leaked in December 2009.
Fred / A VC:
Some Interesting Facts About Chatroulette — We had a very interesting discussion about Chatroulette here last week. Since then, reporters at the NY Times got the founder to talk and they posted the email exchange here. — Here are some interesting facts from the NY Times piece:
