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This morning Microsoft officially announced Windows Mobile 6.1 and an upgrade for Internet Explorer Mobile. Windows Mobile 6.1 will start showing up in devices very very soon, and the IEMobile update will be available later this year.
Windows Mobile 6.1 includes a slew of new features and improvements, including a redesigned home screen, built-in Task Manager, [...]

Today Adobe announced a series of changes to its emerging web applications platform. The changes include:
–The next version of the mobile Flash runtime will be free of license fees. Adobe also confirmed that the mobile version of the Air runtime will be free.
–Adobe changed its licensing terms and released additional technical information that [...]

Summary: The business of making native apps for mobile devices is dying, crushed by a fragmented market and restrictive business practices. The problems are so bad that the mobile web, despite its many technical drawbacks, is now a better way to deliver new functionality to mobiles. I think this will drive a [...]

Indian Regulator Approves VOIP
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is moving to relax restrictions on telcos and ISPs offering VOIP services in a bid to encourage the adoption of broadband services and push down the cost of rural telephony.
In a letter to the Department of Telecom, the regulator notes that “policy and regulatory [...]

Wireless carriers taking longer to answer customer service calls
The average wait time in early 2008 was 4.4 minutes, according to a J.D. Power survey. In 2003, it was 3.3 minutes.
Nobody likes waiting on hold. If it’s not the jazzy elevator music that drives you up the wall, it’s the repeated “your call is important to [...]