The survival of WebOS has relied on the support of community activists entirely too much upon HP’s acquisition of the designer friendly operating system. With the TouchPad and Veer, HP saw little sales costing companies like BestBuy big-time and eventually causing stores to queue up for return. HP, instead of going back to the drawing board, announced they [...]
Excuse the bad alliteration, readers. But I have news. Those of you pining after the snazzy new UI unveiled on the iPhone a few months ago inside the new Facebook app, can finally get it on your very own Android device. The update creates some uniformity across the mobile market, leaving just Windows Phone out [...]
The relationship between a corporation, developer, and consumer has always been mutually painful with conflict emerging wherever one of these “species” exists.A corporation thinks of an app marketplace as endless money with a small investment prior, most corporations such as Apple and Google take 30% revenue from sales. When the bear (a corporation) disturbs the [...]
So it’s come to my attention that the Android Marketplace has finally caught up to the age- old solution of downloading apps on the iPhone – the Apple App Store. Google is claiming the store has seen exponential growth since its inception in 2008, and statistics show the store was clocking just 1 billion total [...]
Samsung’s Exynos 4212 in an up to date upgrade of Samsung’s Exynos 4210 and the difference is already noticeable. Samsung has another Exynos chip on the way this time dubbed the “Exynos 5250.” Despite being impressed by the difference between the two, the Exynos 5250 which will demolish any comparison as it speeds past competition with [...]
WebOS, which under HP ownership had huge potential in profits, recently had its entire branch shut down by HP after the flop of the HP TouchPad and Veer 4G, the former of the two selling out within hours of price reduction. The mass sales left us wondering if the price had been right, would numbers [...]
Windows Phone is growing rapidly and gaining on head of the market platforms such as iOS and Android mostly because of its “Metro” user interface. Windows Phone also is gaining on mobile gaming devices such as the Nintendo Gameboy series and other gaming smartphones such as the Sony Ericsson XPeria Play. Microsoft would like to give you [...]
Almost making it through the day, iTether caught a stroke of bad luck and was taken down by Apple. iTether remained up for about 24 hours, a short-lived existence compared to standard applications, but its life was long when measured against similar apps that made their way into the App Store in the past. If [...]
Apple is very strict with app approval for their App Store, recently halting approval of the all-famous fart replicant applications. They have tracked down apps that perform a tethering function and have removed them if ever approved, the main reason being Apple’s tie with carriers. AT&T has even found out a way to charge users [...]
Sony Ericsson’s XPeria Play is a hit among gamers because of its mobile console feel and popular titles once or still exclusive to the device. Maintaining the urge to own your XPeria Play, Sony Ericsson has partnered with mobile developers to bring games exclusively or launch exclusively to the XPeria Play including Mojang for launch [...]
With Ice Cream Sandwich source code now available and the first Ice Cream Sandwich device, the Galaxy Nexus, on the market there is an expectation for the CyanogenMod team to get CyanogenMod 9 ready for everyone to exploit the Ice Cream Sandwich update and style changes. Most devices on the market now will be getting [...]
Minecraft Pocket Edition has made its way across multiple platform since its release starting with the XPeria Play and making its way to all Android devices later. Now, Minecraft Pocket Edition is making its way to iOS, scheduled to hit the U.S. App Store tomorrow. Minecraft Pocket Edition has made its first appearance publicly in [...]
With the Galaxy Nexus coming out in Europe on November 16, 2011, it is logical for Google to provide the public with the source codefor Ice Cream Sandwich. Today, Google did just that making the source available on Google’s official git. Availability means developers can begin development of their software for Ice Cream Sandwich compatibility [...]
One of the most contreversial security features included in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is Face Unlock, which whilst sounding very secure can easily be fooled by a large image or an image on another phone. The Galaxy Nexus, ICS’ launch partner, is able to trick another device running ICS into unlocking the phone using [...]