HTC’s Wildfire 2 may not need grainy blogosphere spy-shots to reveal itself to the world: …

Alien Dalvik would let non-Google smartphones run Android apps. Google Mobile software maker Myriad plans to launch software that lets non-Android-based smartphones run apps designed for Google’s mobile operating system. The software, known as Alien Dalvik, will allow non-Android OSes to run Android Package (APK) files with little modification, the company announced yesterday. “The proliferation of Android has been staggering, …

The BBC’s iPlayer app for the Apple iPad will arrive this week. A BBC engineer has let slip that the app will hit tablets on 10 February. BBC online engineer Geoff Marshall, a self-described “Beeb operational techie”, tweeted “iPlayer App for iPad is being released this Thursday – 10th Feb. 3G connection is browse only. Browse+Playback requires Wi-Fi.” Marshall hedged …