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Microsoft has claimed that Motorola's Android based devices violate patents that are held by Microsoft. The patent suit filed with the ITC claim that Motorola's Android devices include essential smart phone technologies such as email synchronization, calendar, scheduling meetings, and passing internal hardware information such as signal strength and battery life to applications.  Microsoft claims that the lawsuit was filed only to force Motorola to respect their intellectual properties.

Microsoft has unveiled a new application called OneApp. OneApp is a Java application that is ment to be customized by the carrer. The software will allow rapid application development in the form of XML + Javascript "mini-apps". Initial versions will include mini-apps for facebook ,twitter, windows live messenger, and other generic applications for stocks, news, weather, and RSS feed readers. The OneApp technology makes use of cloud services to keep everything running smoothly even on slow networks. The DEV kit will be available for third-party developers at the end of 2009.

China Mobile is about the be the first network operator world-wide to offer Microsoft's newest mobile web browswer, Internet Explorer 6. The mobile Internet browser will be available on the Samsung Omina to start. Microsoft said they are currently focusing on emerging markets with its mobile browswer.

Aardvark labs has announced they are currently working on Beta testing a Microsoft Exchange client to sync information from Google Android, and the T-Mobile G1 with Microsoft Exchange servers. This is a critical component for enterprise class business users that has been missing since the launch of the G1 on T-Mobile just a short while ago. I am a little surprised that a company has taken this long to produces the exchange client, as it seems this application would be a potential gold mine for a company looking for some lime-light in the software development field. The application is slated for the first quarter of 2009. No word has become available yet on the price point for the near deal-breaking enterprise user application.

A new touch control technology developed by Microsoft will allow users to control their device without even touching it. Microsoft envisions this new technology being used for devices that do not have the room for large touch sensitive screens. The new technology that Microsoft has dubbed SideSight works by aiming tiny sensors outside the device. The sensors pick up changes in refracted light.

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Nokia has announced that it will license ActiveSync technology from Microsoft.  ActiveSync will be put on 43 devices including Nokia's E Series and N Series wireless  phones.  This change will allow 80 Million existing devices the ability to access their email hosted on a Microsoft Exchange server.  The functionality will be available out of the box for all included devices.  Below is a list of devices that are slated for this function.