Nivio Brings the Windows Desktop to Your iPad and Galaxy Nexus
Nivio's been quietly rolling out its own, proudly licensed, version of a cloud-based Windows desktop. Its minimum requirement is the ability to handle HTML5, meaning that a Microsoft-powered OS can be used across iPads, Android phones, MacBooks and everything else in between. Nivio offers up a cloud storage platform alongside a Windows 7-style (it's based on the Windows 2008 R2 Server; same building blocks) OS that allows the user to sync up to 10GBs across devices.
Engadget
WIND Mobile to Release the Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Gravity Touch 2, and Huawei Astro
WIND Mobile is getting ready to release some new handsets soon, a couple Android devices and another Windows Phone. We’ve been informed that coming in the late March or early April timeframe will be the following three devices: Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Gravity Touch 2, and Huawei Astro. We have no insight yet on pricing, but these are on the roadmap.
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HTC Signs Patent Deal With Intertrust, Takes 20% In SyncTV Subsidiary For Streaming Services
Another development in the evolving technology patent game: HTC today becomes the latest Android handset maker to join forces with Intertrust Technologies Corporation to license the company’s patents, largely around digital rights management. Others that have agreements with Intertrust include Samsung, Motorola and Huawei.
TechCrunch
Shipments of NFC-Enabled Handsets Reached 30 Million Units in 2011
Global sales of NFC-equipped smartphones increased tenfold to 30 million units in 2011, according to a report from Berg Insight. The research firm estimates that by 2016 there will more than 700 million handsets with NFC capabilities. In 2011, several leading handset vendors released more than 40 NFC-enabled devices.
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