Tag Archives: Android

$20 unlimited plan? crazy? not so…

When it comes to your smartphone, some people may find it worthwhile to sacrifice specs/features for a lower monthly bill on a cheaper carrier. If you’re sick of paying upwards to $100 to keep your Android powered device connected then you may want to take a look at Republic Wireless. These guys are looking to [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Note Bridges Gap Between Smartphone & Tablet

Besides its new tablet, the Galaxy Tab 7.7, Samsung used the podium at the IFA trade show in Berlin to officially announce another interesting gadget: the Galaxy Note. The Note is a 5.3-inch, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) smartphone which in many ways doubles as a tablet — for example, it comes with a pen for drawing [...]

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Sony Ericsson announces 3D-capable Xperia arc S

Sony officially announced the Xperia arc S, a high-end Android smartphone, during the IFA trade show in Berlin on Wednesday. The Xperia arc S is equipped with a 1.4GHz processor, the ability to shoot 3D and 3D panorama pictures, 8GB of storage, an 8.1-megapixel camera and a 4.3-inch Reality display with an 854 x 480-pixel [...]

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AirService – coming to iPad and iPhone, Android, Windows AND BlackBerry

We’ve heard a lot of speculation about AirService recently, everyone seems to have a different theory of how the app works and what it does. Well we’re pretty stoked to have been emailed this screenshot showing a sneak peek of what the website looks like. Whilst we don’t know exactly how the AirService app works, [...]

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Google Talk With Video To Be Introduced At I/O As Part Of Android 2.3.4?

With Google I/O just two weeks from tomorrow, our first hint as to what we can expect may have just splashed all over Twitter thanks to @MAFiA303, who “works” with Samsung. How does Google Talk with Video sound? As a feature currently only enjoyed by those of us with Honeycomb (Android 3.0) tablets, this would [...]

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Adobe announces Photoshop Touch SDK

Adobe is diving headfirst into the tablet market, as it just announced the Photoshop Touch software development kit. The SDK works in conjunction with Photoshop CS5 and a new scripting engine and lets devices on Android, BlackBerry and iOS tablets to interact with Photoshop on the desktop. Adobe went ahead and has developed a trio [...]

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Android Fragmentation, 86% Of Developers Think It’s A Problem

a survey that asked 250 “working” developers if they thought fragmentation on Android was a problem. As you can see, 86% of them said that it was in some form a problem with 74% saying it is definitely something they worry about. We’ve heard the cries of tech pundits who have suggested all along that [...]

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Android 3.0 Honeycomb Runs on Samsung Galaxy Tab Via Port

Although Samsung Galaxy Tab probably won’t receive the Android 3.0 update when it’s available, there’s always porting to do. This recently happened to the tablet, as shown in the following image. You can consider this achievement a follow-up to the porting of the SDK-based Honeycomb ROM to the NOOKcolor. The software running on the first [...]

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Gingerbread for HTC Desire due late April or early May, says Three

After being the first carrier to confirm the HTC Desire Gingerbread update, Three UK has now given an estimate of when they expect to push the update out to Three-branded Desires. Responding to a question on its official Twitter feed, Three said the update is “coming in for testing on Monday, so end of April [...]

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OpenFeint Launches 14 New Chart-Topping Games on Android

DroidLife reports: All the way back in July we started hearing about OpenFeint and their suite of iOS games that they had hoped to bring over to Android to legitimize gaming on the platform and I’d say they’ve succeeded if you look at these new numbers. Today, after announcing another 14 “chart-topping” games, the total [...]

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What is the Motorola Xoom?

Motorola XOOM is redefining what a tablet experience can be as the world’s first device to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, Google’s powerful operating system designed specifically for tablets and featuring the latest Google Mobile Innovations. Motorola XOOM also comes with support for Adobe® Flash® Player, allowing you to browse the web with full access to [...]

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iPhone HD (iPhone 4G) vs Droid Incredible vs EVO 4G vs Nexus One

AppAdvice write: Yes, it’s completely useless and quasi pornographic to compare prototype and rumored specs for unannounced, unfinished devices like the iPhone HD (iPhone 4G) with specs from real, announced, and shipping or shipped devices like the Verizon Droid Incredible, Sprint EVO 4G, and Google Nexus One. But it’s damn fun. We’ve gone over the [...]

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