Comscore: Android Continues to Lead in US by a Large Margin And Is Still the Fastest Growing OS
by Lucian Armasu on Feb 02, 2012 with 1 Comments">1
Market research reports appear all too often, but some of them seem very different or contracting. It’s important you know what type of market share the new chart represents and what the numbers show. Some of them show market share based on last quarter alone, which is all about *new* sales market share. Others, like this one here, show how many subscribers in *total* the main platforms have, while others are simply being misleading by combining data that doesn’t make sense. Also, some are for US while others are for global market share, so that’s always good to recognize, too, …
Is The Asus TF300 a Next-Gen Transformer?
by Lucian Armasu on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
The Transformer Prime was launched about 6 weeks ago, and a couple of weeks after that we already found out about the Transformer Prime TF700, which is pretty much the same but with a 1920×1200 display instead, and $100 more expensive. And now we also get this leak about another Transformer Prime device, called TF300. So what’s going on here? Is this another slightly upgraded Transformer, or a next-gen one? And what is Asus thinking anyway? First of all, I do think Asus is starting to use the same strategy that plagues many phone manufacturers today by releasing a new …
Qualcomm Brings Us Closer to a Future of All-IP Communications
by Lucian Armasu on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
VoLTE or Voice over LTE is something Verizon has been trying to implement in their LTE network for a while now. They realize that the future is all about using voice over the data pipeline, and they want to be the first in the US to do it. But to do that they need chips that are able to achieve that in a very efficient way, and Qualcomm is the first to make that happen. Many might not realize this, but Qualcomm used to be a company that was a lot more known for their telecommunications business than for their …
AT&T Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S Are Now Able to Install Google Wallet
by Lucian Armasu on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
Well, isn’t this a surprise? It looks like one of the main backers of Isis, the carrier owned mobile payment service, is finally allowing Google Wallet on its NFC phones. The truth is this shouldn’t have been a surprise in the first place. Google Wallet should’ve been allowed from the beginning, otherwise this is a dangerous precedent for carriers if they get to “vet” what kind of applications are allowed on the market. It’s especially more dangerous if those apps are supposed to compete with one of their own services. I think NFC is a revolutionary technology, and if the …
Here Comes Galaxy S 2 Plus?
by Lucian Armasu on Feb 02, 2012 with 2 Comments">2
There are 2 more weeks to go until MWC, and we already have a leak for what looks like will be a Galaxy S 2 Plus phone that will be unveiled by Samsung there. Some believe this is not the Galaxy S 2 Plus because it doesn’t fit some benchmarks, but unless the picture is fake, this looks exactly like a Galaxy S 2 Plus would look like. This trend for Samsung worries me a bit. They are messing with a good thing, which was releasing one great phone every year, and are starting to offer a new model every …
Google Reveals Bouncer and Says Malware Reports Have Dropped by 40% in 2011
by Lucian Armasu on Feb 02, 2012 with 1 Comments">1
Google has just revealed a new security system for the Android Market called Bouncer. They made this last year, and it’s been already running for a number of months, making sure that there are no malware infested applications in the Android Market. Here’s how Bouncer actually works: The service performs a set of analyses on new applications, applications already in Android Market, and developer accounts. Here’s how it works: once an application is uploaded, the service immediately starts analyzing it for known malware, spyware and trojans. It also looks for behaviors that indicate an application might be misbehaving, and compares …
How to get 50GB of Cloud Storage space on Box.net
by Alexander Maxham on Feb 02, 2012 with 6 Comments">6
Yeah we know Box.net is now at box.com but just saying “box” sounded a little vague in the title. Anyways, we all know the developers at XDA are just so awesome, and now they have written a little application that will give you 50GB of storage on Box instead of the standard 5GB. It couldn’t be simpler, takes less than 5 minutes. I actually done this on my coffee break this morning. Its that easy. 1. Download Box from the Market. 2. Sign up if you haven’t before or sign in if you have. 3. Download this , install it like any other app. …
Wifi Security Issue in select HTC devices may have Already Been Fixed?
by Alexander Maxham on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
Another security hole has been made public that affected a number of HTC handsets, including the Thunderbolt and a few other higher end HTC devices. The issue was first discovered last September, and was then patched in most of the handsets through OTA updates without any of you knowing. The vulnerability had to do with the way some of their handsets connect securely to WiFi networks, potentially leaving your password available for apps to read. A list – from what we can tell – of devices that have already been updated is not available at this time. HTC has asked that …
Ice Cream Sandwich is now on 1% of all Android Devices, Gingerbread still Rising
by Alexander Maxham on Feb 02, 2012 with 2 Comments">2
Today, Google released their latest percentage regarding who’s using what version of Android. These are devices that have accessed the Android Market over two weeks ending Feb. 1. The long and short of it is this: Ice Cream Sandwich is up to a whopping 1 percent of all devices. That’s the Galaxy Nexus, of course. Honeycomb (Android 3.0) is still around, hitting 3.4 percent of devices in the past two weeks, up a percentage point from a month ago. Gingerbread (Android 2.3) is at 58.6 percent, up from 55.5 percent last month. Froyo (Android 2.2) fell three percentage points to …
Verizon Systems show Feb 10th as the Actual “All Channel” Launch of the Droid 4
by Alexander Maxham on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
So it looks like the sources from yesterday’s prediction of the launch date of the Droid 4 seem to have been off by a day. Or maybe Verizon changed it after the news broke? That’s very possible too. Anyways according to the equipment guide shown above it looks like the Motorola Droid 4 will hit store shelves on February 10th. So it looks like we have to continue to wait patiently for the slider QWERTY keyboard with 4G LTE and a dual-core 1.2GHz processor with a stunning 4″ qHD display and 1GB of RAM for multi tasking. But this brings …
Samsung Infuse 4G, Android 2.3.6 Update Available over Kies Mini
by Alexander Maxham on Feb 02, 2012 with 14 Comments">14
Good news for all of you Samsung Infuse 4G owners, it looks like the update to Android 2.3.6 is now available through Kies Mini. The bad news is that it’s available through Kies Mini only. Yeah we all know Kies is the worst part of having a Samsung phone. As you can see above a lot of devices and people are having Kies say that your device is “unregistered device”. That’s just not fun at all. But at least the update is finally out there, hopefully all the bugs with Kies Mini are worked out soon. It’s a shame that …
GifBoom Lets You Create Your Own Gif Files Straight From Your Android
by Christine T on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
If you’ve always wanted to create your own Gif image, here’s your chance to do so—right from your Android device. With GifBoom, you can now create your own animated Gif and upload it to your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Reddit account. If you don’t know what a Gif is, it’s a short animation—not exactly pictures and not even close to a video. They also don’t require a lot of megabytes. But they’re pretty funny! With the app installed on your device, all you have to do is to start recording the scene you would wish to turn into a Gif …
White HTC Sensation with ICS coming to Europe on March 1st
by Alexander Maxham on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
HTC’s Dutch wing released a press release about the White HTC Sensation that they will be releasing on March 1st with Ice Cream Sandwich. The press release indicates that the new Sensation revision will ship with Android 4.0 and that the update will be rolling out as an OTA “soon”. We are pretty sure there will be some HTC Sense in the update. Other than that, it’s an HTC Sensation in a slightly different color — same specs, and most likely a similar price point. We’re not complaining though, as the Sensation was one of my favorite phones to come …
BlackBerry 10 is Looking Good
by Christine T on Feb 02, 2012 with 1 Comments">1
The new BlackBerry 10 looks promising yet almost identical to the BlackBerry PlayBook—only this time, the new model has rounded corners as well as an all-black look. Codenamed as London, the device is expected to have a UK launch later this year. On the other hand, the US market of the device will receive the gadget too but with a different codename, either ‘Laguna’ or ‘Lisbon’ which will be hitting the big three mobile networks—AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. Meanwhile, CrackBerry foresees that the US launch will be earlier than the UK. But since the BlackBerry is still the UK’s number …
ADzero’s Bamboo Phone is a Beautiful Sight
by Christine T on Feb 02, 2012 with 0 Comments">0
If you’re tired of the usual black, white or gray option for your Android smartphone, here’s one option you should look at—ADzero’s concept phone made out of bamboo. Conceptualized by Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, a 23 year old student from Middlesex University, the phone can set itself apart from the rest of the available options out there. The body of the phone is a unibody design made from a single piece of a 4-year old piece of organic bamboo. As of this writing, there are no specific details on the hardware of the gorgeous (and economical looking) phone. But ADzero describes it …
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