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Silverlight Reaches the Terrible Twos
Microsoft Watch — ... But Flash already is available for S60 mobiles. Microsoft will play catchup with Adobe. "Right now, we're in private testing with a number of partners," Scott emphasized. "It is something we're working on." Flash makes the most sense on smart phones, which, according to Gartner, Nokia and Research In Motion, are the market-share leaders. But it's my expectation that when third-quarter shipment data is released, Apple will have snatched second place from RIM. Flash isn't available for the iPhone, although about two weeks ago Adobe indicated the software was ready and ...

Windows Mobile is an Also-ran
Microsoft Watch — ... briefly burped and now has little more than marketing hot air. If Apple sold as many iPhone 3Gs during third quarter as analysts predict , the Mac mobile operating system will take second place in market share from Research in Motion. Windows Mobile would drop to fourth place. Just a couple quarters ago, Windows Mobile was second to Symbian. Yesterday, Om Malik caught onto the Windows Mobile is an also-ran religion I've been preaching for months. In a ...

Intel Executives Apologize After Criticizing Apple`s Use of ARM Processors in the iPhone
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... Apple’s use of an ARM processor with its iPhone. Earlier this week, some Intel executives dismissed Apple’s use of ARM chips with the iPhone, saying the ARM processors hindered the use of the Internet with the Apple iPhone. The news comes as Intel has been pushing its x86 architecture, especially its Atom processor, as an alternative to using ARM processors in smartphones. In a rare public retraction, Intel apologized after some of the company’s executives appeared to have criticized Apple’s use of an ARM processor with the iPhone , claiming that ...