The latest release of Sybase Afaria, a mobile enterprise BI software, now supports iPad and Android devices. With this new ability to secure and manage iPad and Android, Sybase extends its ubiquitous device support to a list that includes iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry.

The new ability to manage Android devices from the Afaria console, enables IT to configure devices, control password policies, perform remote kill and more. The expanded management capabilities include the ability to perform a remote kill for iPhone and iPad and the expanded security to block unknown or non-compliant devices from accessing corporate assets for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms.

Soon you’ll be able to neatly organize all your apps into folders right on the iPhone. There’s no need to launch iTunes, either. Just drag and drop apps on top of each other to automatically consolidate them into one folder.

This marks a shift for Apple. Previously app management had to be done via iTunes. But folders can be generated on the fly and even renamed if the auto-name does suit your fancy.

Also Steve Jobs recently announced that iBooks, the hybrid E-reader/book store application that launched alongside the iPad, will be coming to the iPhone.  The interface and store look the same as they do on the iPad, and you’ll be able to purchase a book using either device and sync your current position between them.

And, as a bonus, iPhone users will also get a free copy of Winnie The Pooh.

Apalya’s MiMobiTV, the official mobile TV partner of IPL 2010, has witnessed a jump of 32 percent in its subscriber base in just 15 days. The number of MiMobiTV subscribes is currently at 1,325,000.

Amongst the most vibrant users of the mobile TV service has been the 3G segment, which has shown 500 percent growth with substantial higher viewership time per match. This re-enforces the value of relevant and engaging content for the success of 3G.

Apalya has also launched the service on iPhone and is now available as a part of the App Store. Installing the iPhone App users can enjoy live streaming across 3G / WIFI Networks. The app is available as “DLF IPL Live Streaming from Apalya” or “Apalya TV” on the app store for $4.99 (Approx Rs 225).

Google has opened the door to iPhone-like 3D games on certain Android handsets, offering support for the OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics standard with its latest Android Native Development Kit (NDK).

Mountain View announced the third release of its Android NDK  and the chief addition is Open GL for Embedded Systems 2.0 native libraries, thus bringing the platform inline with Apple’s iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre.

Android applications run inside Google’s very own Java virtual machine, known as Dalvik, but since June, the company has offered a kit that lets you embed components written in native code languages such as C and C++. The kit as a whole can be used to target devices running Android 1.5 or higher, but OpenGL ES 2.0 is only available for Android 2.0 or higher. The latest version of Google’s (partially)open source mobile stack is Android 2.1, which debuted with the company’s very own Nexus One Phone.

Mozilla is using the Android NDK to bring Firefox to Google’s platform, and the open sourcers plan on switching development to OpenGL.

The latest Android NDK for Windows, Mac, or Linux includes a sample application that uses OpenGL ES 2.0 vertex and fragment shaders. In doing so, Google makes it easier for developers to move their existing ES 2.0 games to the platform.

This Monday might put one more contender on the “phone” front : Microsoft is going to launch its Windows Mobile “comeback”…a supposed direct challenge to Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone.

The company is planning to use the opening day of the GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain to publicly show off what has, until now, been called Windows Mobile 7.

Microsoft’s phone-maker partners to show off devices running the successor to Windows Mobile 6.5, which was unveiled at a conference in 2009.

The only two questions are the name of the new operating system and whether it’ll contain the same code as versions that predate the release due next Monday.

The new term being used is “Windows Phone 7″.

It might also be due to the company’s new re-organised marketing sector. Under the change, Microsoft veteran and former general manager of Microsoft’s advertising and customer engagement Gayle Troberman has been named as chief creative officer.