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Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 on Oct. 11 at an event in New York, according to a report on the Pocket-lint website. Pocket-lint, which publishes gadget news and reviews, cited multiple Microsoft sources that it did not name. [ Also on InfoWorld: Executive Editor Galen Gruman takes a dim view of Microsoft's new mobile [...]

The Windows Phone Developer Tools have been downloaded more than 300,000 times, Microsoft said, as the company prepares to offer a new application store and mobile OS. Microsoft is finalizing the timeline for the launch of its new phone platform, Windows Phone 7. It plans to release the final version of the Windows Phone Developer [...]

Apple is readying another tablet similar to the iPad but with a 7-inch touchscreen for launch as early as the end of this year, according to a major Taiwanese newspaper. This is the second report of an iPad 2 sighting in Taiwan, and it comes from the island’s Chinese-language Economic Daily News financial newspaper, which [...]

Asustek Computer plans to launch its first tablet device with Google’s Android mobile operating system in March, the company’s CEO said Friday. The Android tablet will be the third in the Eee Pad family and will cost less than $399, said Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek, speaking to reporters after the company’s second quarter earnings [...]

The Motorola Droid 2 smartphone Verizon Wireless announced the pre-sale of the Motorola Droid 2 smartphone online starting tomorrow, with in-store sales on Thursday. The Droid 2 sells for $200 after rebate and a two-year contract for voice and data. The Droid 2 has attracted attention for having the Android 2.2 mobile platform, known as [...]

Apple’s iOS, in the newer iPhones and the iPad, is now secure enough for many enterprise to deploy, according to a report from Forrester Research. But even the most recent version of iOS, in the iPhone 4, falls well short of the high security offered by Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform. Forrester recommends implementing a [...]

Say all you want about whether Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will succeed, but AT&T continues to back the platform wholeheartedly after endorsing it — and Microsoft ‘s mobile efforts — repeatedly over the last year. “We’ll be the premier carrier for Windows Phone 7,” a spokeswoman said Monday. “We haven’t given guidance on timing.” The [...]

Say all you want about whether Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will succeed, but AT&T continues to back the platform wholeheartedly after endorsing it — and Microsoft ‘s mobile efforts — repeatedly over the last year. “We’ll be the premier carrier for Windows Phone 7,” a spokeswoman said Monday. “We haven’t given guidance on timing.” The [...]

Rumors are circulating that the Android-based tablet from Hewlett-Packard has been postponed. Put in context with the purchase of Palm and the commitment to deliver a WebOS tablet, “postponed” is probably just a fuzzy way of saying it will never enter production. Like virtually every other tech company out there, HP started off the year [...]

Intel has posted a demonstration of its Linux-based MeeGo OS for tablet computers via a YouTube video that shows the OS’s multitouch support, multitasking, and integrated social networking. The video, which runs just over three minutes, is dated June 17, with the company offering a link to it in a blog entry at its Intel Atom [...]