Nokia has just released their N78 in the US featuring a candy bar style build. It comes in three different colors, the pretty black shown here, a brown and then a blue and white one as well. continued »

Devices today are becoming increasingly complex, but for all their complexity, the ability to play Flash videos is almost always limited to smart phones. Qualcomm and Adobe though, are going to change that by making dumb phones a little more flash friendly, announcing that they will bring flash to the BREW platform. BREW is primarily used here by Verizon Wireless ... continued »

The handset pipe over at Helio has been quiet as of late, but it looks like Helio is getting ready to change that, with the Ocean 2. The Ocean we all know and love on Helio now may not be old by any means, but in the fast paced world of mobile, it has been asking for an update for ... continued »

With its non U.S siblings all getting the upgrade treatment to the 20.02.011 firmware, just like other N95-1 and N95-2 devices across the seas. N95-3 users are no doubt used to being treated as lower priority N95 owners, so the update finally being made available is a huge relief. Finally, the N95-3 is on track with all the other N95 ... continued »

Nestled in among Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 announcement was word that they've also been fettling Mobile Internet Explorer; the browser, which used to be the weak link in the smartphone OS, has been updated to support H.264, Flash and Silverlight content, as well as full-screen viewing options.  Vincent stopped by the Microsoft stand at CTIA to snap some hands-on photos of ... continued »

Poring through the latest iPhone 2.0 firmware that Apple has distributed to developers, The Boy Genius spotted that a new YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app has been added.  At present, video embedded into webpages won't display in the iPhone's browser, and only YouTube content is visible in a separate program.  It's unclear right now whether this new plugin will simply embed ... continued »

Adobe has been forced to clarify CEO Shantanu Narayen's comments earlier this week regarding the possibility of a Flash client on the iPhone.  As we suggested yesterday, the technical and licensing limitations of the current SDK - particularly the lack of background processes or Safari-plugins for third-party software -  are enough to prevent Adobe from developing a new iPhone-specific client, unless ... continued »

It looks like Steve Jobs sharp criticism of Adobe's mobile Flash offering was enough to send them scurrying off to download the iPhone SDK.  The Wall Street Journal [subscription required] is reporting that Adobe have been examining the public release of the developer's package, and are considering creating a special iPhone version of the Flash player. "We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet ... continued »