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Microsoft offers glimpse into the operating system that will feature in its Nokia handsets later this year.

"Mango," the next major update to the Windows Phone mobile operating system, will include several notable enhancements for consumers, including turn-by-turn navigation, built-in barcode scanning, voice-to-text speech input, on-device podcast support and a music identification service similar to the popular mobile application Shazam, but available within Bing. Mango, also known as Windows Phone 7.5, is due out this fall.

The next generation of Android is coming in a few weeks, and that update to the mobile operating system "could replace credit cards," according to Google ...

Nokia takes back control of the Symbian operating system, 18 months after it set up a non-profit organisation to oversee its development.

Tech research company Gartner reports that Google's Android will be in striking distance of Nokia's Symbian system for world champion in mobile operating systems, leaping past Research in Motion's Blackberry and Apple's iPhone iOS.

The Apple's iOS 4 arrives Monday for owners of the iPhone 3GS and 3rd generation iPod touch, delivering a bevy of new features worth the upgrade. If you're not getting an iPhone 4 (by choice or limited stock availability), iOS 4 should supercharge your ....

Leaks happen -- especially in the mobile world. There are just too many people involved in the process of creating a mobile device to keep things under wraps.

Some of Apple's iPhones and its new iPad devices will soon be able to run more than one program at a time, something that phones from Apple's rivals already offer and that iPhone owners have long sought.

Apple unveiled details of its next-generation iPhone operating system Thursday in a press event at the company's headquarters here. The new operating system, iPhone OS 4, will be released to developers this week ...

The Android 2.1 update is coming to the Verizon Droid tomorrow! What can Droid users expect to get with the Android 2.1 upgrade?

Mashable explains,
New features will include pinch-to-zoom multitouch support in the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps, the Weather and News widgets made popular on the Nexus One, voice-to-text entry, a new 3D Gallery layout for photos, and even a nice surprise that most people thought wouldn't make it to the Droid: Live Wallpapers.