App markets for mobile software has cut time-to-market 60%
Visionmobile.com have written an interesting piece outlining the evolving economics that underpin the new ‘Application Market’ phenomena seen with Google’s Android Market. Their findings reveal that the time it takes for a developer to bring their application software to market and actually start selling has dropped by two-thirds! The popularity of the application stores that [...]
Developers gain Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 root access
Developers running by the names of Jerpelea, biktor_gj and Bin4ry have successfully gained root access to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 smartphone. The terrible trio have also put together a step-by-step walk-through guide aimed at the uninitiated. This way, anyone should be able to grab root access to their Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Please check [...]
HTC Sabor and Android 3.0 Gingerbread rumors
Yesterday the rumor-mill went into overdrive and ground up so much finely processed rumour from which to feed the masses I think everyone lost their way a little bit. Thankfully it is a new day and with that comes some perspective. It all started when Mobile-review.com’s Eldar Murtazin spilled all the Android 3.0 Gingerbread beans [...]
Android application safety and security
Over the last few days there have been a number of blog posts and reports stating that ’20% of Android Applications threaten privacy’ or ‘pose a potential privacy threat’. These sensational headlines came about after SMobile Systems published a white paper stating that this was the case (having done research to prove it). What has [...]
“Laser focused” Android team to improve UI for Gingerbread
Android UI has been a major part of the strategy for HTC and Motorola. With more and more manufacturers adopting the green robot, the user interface is really the only way to separate oneself from the pack. HTC have become particular famous for their Sense UI which also exists on WinMo devices. It is clean, [...]
Leaked Sony Ericsson Android phones, months away
I really liked Sony Ericsson. Before the advent of Android and the popularity of RIM and the iPhone, I strongly believed their devices were innovative, original and easy to use. The k750i was a milestone in achievement. However, of late their phones have been good natured but ultimately underwhelming devices that try to be original [...]
HTC EVO 4G packaging leaks-out
The HTC EVO 4G is quite frankly a beast of a phone. Sprint and HTC managed to squeeze into it the best hardware you could conceive at this point in time. It offers an 8 megapixel camera, a forward facing 1.3 megapixel camera, HDMI-out, a ginormous 4.3-inch display. Users can expect a 1GHz Qualcommm Snapdragon [...]
Android 2.2 and the pornography OS
For those that are not aware, Android 2.2 could be visiting a handset near you sometime in May. The new features focus primarily on software-hardware improvements (software that makes the hardware run!). These are basically designed to give your Android device a performance boost. Now, Steve Jobs would have you believe that this is all [...]
Android growth spurred by increasing investment
comScore is a global leader in measuring the digital world and in their own words are the ‘preferred source of digital marketing intelligence’. According to their recent reports for last year, Android’s share of the US mobile market has grown more than a 100%, taking its overall share from 2.5% in September 2009 to 5.2% [...]
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