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• HP webOS TouchPad coming to Harvey Norman August 15

  HP has announced the local availability of its new webOS-powered TouchPad tablet PC with Harvey Norman set to offer the device from August 15 starting at $599.

• MeeGo marches to 1.2 despite Nokia defection

  Nokia’s decision to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system in its future smartphone devices hasn’t stopped the MeeGo open source project from continuing its development with version 1.2 released today sporting app and telephony updates.

• Google debuts Android 2.3 'Gingerbread', eyes tablets

  The latest iteration of Google's Android mobile operating system has arrived in version 2.3 – codenamed 'Gingerbread' – with support for larger, tablet-sized screens.

• Linux kernel shows growing mobile influence

  An increasing number of contributions to the open-source Linux kernel are coming from mobile and embedded equipment vendors, according to an annual report about to be released by the Linux Foundation.

• AMD joins Intel's MeeGo OS effort

  In an effort to expand software compatibility for its upcoming Fusion chips, Advanced Micro Devices on Monday joined rival Intel's efforts to develop the open-source MeeGo OS.

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  MeeGo 1.1 arrives, sans tablet UI

  MeeGo, the Linux-based operating system co-developed by Nokia and Intel, has reached the 1.1 milestone and now includes and interface for mobile phones, but despite recent interest in tablet PCs, a tablet distribution remains absent.

• Android, Samsung gaining mobile share in U.S.

  Android is gaining on all the major smartphone platforms in the U.S., though it was only the fourth-most-used mobile operating system in May, market data firm comScore reported on Thursday.

• Motorola Droid X released in US, Android 2.2 open sourced

  Verizon on Tuesday introduced the newest Droid and the second from Motorola, but some Android fans may be disappointed to learn that it won't ship with the latest operating system or the newest Flash Player.

• MeeGo adds developers, needs 'investment' to succeed

  Less than a week after the MeeGo 1.0 netbook operating system was released by Intel and Nokia, six companies have announced support for the platform while a market analyst firm has called for a "major investment" if it is to compete with Apple, Google and Microsoft.

• Nokia, Intel release MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks

  The mobile software collaboration project between Intel and Nokia has yielded the first release of MeeGo for netbooks with version 1.0 now available for download.

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  HTC releases Legend Android phone

  HTC and Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) have teamed to launch the Android-powered Legend handset to the local market.

• Intel, Nokia let MeeGo come outside to play

  Developers got their first look at MeeGo last week, with the release of key components of the as-yet unfinished operating system.

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  Nokia N900 coming to retailers in April

  Nokia has announced its Linux-based smartphone, the N900, will be available in Australia in April through retailers, but stopped short of announcing any agreements with carriers.

• Smartphone OS leaves one hand free

  Today's smartphones are too much of a handful, according to Israeli company Else: You either need to grab them with both hands and punch away at the keyboard with your thumbs, or you hold them with one hand and touch the screen with the other.

• HP debuts Android-based smartbook

  Hewlett-Packard has launched the Compaq AirLife 100, a smartbook based on the Android OS and Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor, it said on Friday.