In This Week's Headline Alert:
Motorola Releases Android 2.0 Smart Phone
Symbian Launches Horizon Publishing Program
ITU Approves Universal Phone Charger Standard
Net Neutrality Is Negative News
Oscilloscopes Support MIDI D-PHY Standard
Mobile Development & Design UPDATE e-Newsletter | November 3, 2009 | Free Digital Subscription


Software
Motorola Releases Android 2.0 Smart Phone

Motorola will release Droid, which it calls the first smart phone powered by Android 2.0, on November 6. According to the company, the upgraded operating system will provide access to the Internet at 3G speeds via the Verizon network or from any Wi-Fi hotspot. Its multi-window HTML browser also delivers the Web the way many users would expect, Motorola says.

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Symbian Launches Horizon Publishing Program

The Symbian Foundation has announced the launch of the Symbian Horizon publishing program. Developers can sign up to have their applications listed in the Symbian Horizon Directory, processed through Symbian Signed, and published to a growing list of application store partners.

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Standards & Regulations
ITU Approves Universal Phone Charger Standard

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has approved an energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all mobile phone standard. The announcement is part of the ITU’s push to have the role of information and communications technologies recognized in the draft Copenhagen Agreement as part of the solution toward mitigating climate change.

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Applications, Test & Tutorials
Net Neutrality Is Negative News
By Louis E. Frenzel, Editor-in-Chief

You’ve probably been hearing about net neutrality for a while now. But perhaps you haven’t considered its impact, especially on the wireless and electronics industries. The Federal Communications Commission wants to formalize net neutrality into a hardcore set of rules that will have a huge impact on the industry and the consumer.

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Oscilloscopes Support MIDI D-PHY Standard

The DPO7000 series of oscilloscopes from Tektronix Inc. now supports the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) D-PHY standard. These devices also include UART/RS-232 protocol analysis software as well as four passive probes and three analysis tools as part of their standard configurations.

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