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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Why we need Windows Phone 7
For a slow holiday news week, there's been plenty of chatter over the last few days about Windows Phone 7. It all started Tuesday when several tech blogs posted editorials on why Microsoft's operating system was failing, a fact that Mobile Burn's Dan Seifert wryly pointed out on Twitter.
Infographic: Who's the Typical 'Mr. Android'?
Recent stats from comScore found that , in November, about 46.9 percent of smartphones in the U.S. were Android-based, up about 3.1 percent from three months before.
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Freight Train Kept A-Rollin'
Jon Evans is a novelist, journalist, and software engineer. His novels have been published around the world, translated into several languages, and praised by The Times, The Economist, and the Washington Post.
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Top 5 Samsung Smartphones of 2011
Following are our top 5 Samsung smartphones that enthralled the tech geeks in 2011 - Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note, Infuse 4G, and Focus S. The Galaxy Nexus, which comes with 5.33 x 2.67 x 0.37 inches dimension and weighs 5.1 ounces, is also known as Samsung Google Nexus Prime, Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus I9250, Samsung Google Nexus 3, ... (more)
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Bee Mobile enters Middle East Android market
Bee mobile, a next-generation mobile device manufacturer, announced the launch of Bee 7100, an Android powered touch and type enabled smart phone in the UAE, Saudi and lower Gulf countries.
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Christmas 2011 Presents : Sony Ericsson phones
I think this is the best ever Christmas. Apart from the holidays and good food, two new gadgets dropped by my home this week.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Android App for Mobile Users Gives Peek into Hollywood Celebrity Locales Across USA
Star Struck, an Android Market App released by 78x36 Productions for movie celebrity fans located throughout the USA including Miami, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Texas and more.
Acer Iconia Tab A700 continues Android ICS drive with NVIDIA Tegra 3
There's a whole mess of tablets coming in 2012, and if what Acer is presenting already in leaked photos is any indication, their Iconia Tab A700 10-inch tablet is just one tip of the iceberg, with it's NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and Ice Cream Sandwich putting it in the running for world's greatest aside the ASUS Transformer Prime.
Android still dominates in latest smartphone survey
Apple's iOS operating system came in second with 28.7 percent, a gain of 1.4 percent.
ComScore: Android up, RIM down, water wet
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but in the world of cellphone market share: nothing's changed -- or at least almost nothing.
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Mobile payments spotlight phone security
Mobile phones, long seen as safe amid rising threats to computer security, have become a key target for hackers and an increasing worry for corporate IT departments.
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Boot up: the 7in tablet problem, Android's business model, Firefox's Google deal and more
Plus how much space 5MB of memory used to take, Toshiba's Thrive not well-reviewed, but there's an awful lot of tablets in Brazil A young girl plays in front of a Brazilian flag in Rio de Janeiro.
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Red Hen Systems announces MediaMapper Mobile Google compatible Android device app
Red Hen Systems is pleased to announce the arrival of MediaMapper Mobile , the new Android-based app for handheld GPS integrated photo and video.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Apple's iOS, Android Duke It Out Over Holiday Sales
Apple's iOS and Google Android are battling for users over the holiday season, according to new numbers from analytics firm Flurry.
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'Closing the knowledge gap': why Google want Android to be open
A Google team leader explains how making Android's source code open should make cheap smartphones and tablets available for people in the poorest countries Commuters sit on coaches of a train chasing away vendors hawking their wares on the rail track at Oshodi district of Lagos.
AT&T to get the first 4G LTE Windows Phones?
A giant Windows Phone smartphone--150 times the size of a normal handset--shares the skyline with other notable Manhattan landmarks.
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iOS News Reader - Thursday, December 29, 2011
"The iPad is an incredibly powerful device, but few people know its true potential until their hands are taken out of the equation," says Stand for Stuff Founder and CEO Marty Springer.
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Looking back at 2011: Google eyes Motorola buy in bid for Android control, patent ammo
AT&T failed to buy T-Mobile USA , things got rough for RIM A and Apple and Samsung fought legal battles all over the world.
Androids Everywhere, But Update Model Broken
Proponents of Android claim that one of its benefits is the ability of manufacturers and carriers to customize the platform.
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Smartphone offer may be too good to last
That's the plan from Republic Wireless, a North Carolina company that's trying to set a new standard in dirt-cheap communications.
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Almost 40 Percent Of Facebook Use Is By Mobile App
"Sometime in the last couple of days, the monthly active users of Facebook's mobile apps passed 300 million," writes Enders Analysis analyst Benedict Evans , citing Facebook data.
Android 4.0 ICS hacks forge forward with CyanogenMod's "Trebuchet"
Even though the bulk of the population out here in Android Land aren't yet updated to the newest version of Google's Mobile OS, modifications on the basic user interface of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are in full force, shown here with the CyanogenMod team's Trebuchet launcher, made to make your experience as lovely as possible.
Thanks
Business Card Company: SAP Labs India Posted on Dec. 22, 2011 08:49 AM in Analytics , Java Programming , Mobile , Retail In this article I will describe the simple mobile application consuming HANA In-Memory DB.
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4shared Releases 4shared Mobile For Android V. 1.0.15
These comprise an improved "Settings" window with an inserted "Change Password" option and the added icons for public folders.
Android and iOS activations soar
The detail was tweeted by the company's senior vice president of mobile, Andy Rubin.
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Andy Rubin: Android Had A Jolly Good Christmas With 3.7M Activations
Robin Wauters currently works as a staff writer for TechCrunch and lead editor of Virtualization.com. Aside from his professional blogging activities, he's an entrepreneur, event organizer, occasional board adviser and angel investor but most importantly an all-round startup champion.
Happy New Year's Eve with Baby Monitor & Alarm for iPhone and Android
Baby Monitor & Alarm is veteran application in Apple AppStore and Android Market.
EFax, Making Fax Mobile with an Android App
Okay, let's settle this once and for all: Faxing is still around. Yes, it's true, and yes, there are good reasons for that -- for one thing it's a legally-accepted document, and email is not.
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Top Android Game Apps: Gta III Overtakes Longtime Chart Leader Cut The Rope
Zombies 7. The Sims 3 8. Madden NFL 12 9. Monopoly 10. Flick Golf! Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto III heads up the Android Market's paid app rankings, outselling longtime chart leaders Cut the Rope and Fruit Ninja during the holiday week.
Top 10 Gadgets of 2011
The year 2011 was one in which smartphones and tablets achieved a status of necessity, instead of being style statement which they used to be in the past, thanks to Apple and Google.
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Biz Break: Wall Street falls, but Google hits a new high
Today: Stock market indexes fall more than 1 percent in very light volume, hurting S&P 500's chance to turn a profit for the year.
A mobile app simplifies loyalty programs for smaller merchants
Topics: Android , bar code , GPS , iPhone , loyalty program , m-commerce , Mobile , mobile app , mobile commerce , Paycloud , payment processing , smartphone , sparkbase , Swirlz Cupcakes The app's built-in location function taps into the smartphone's ability to locate itself to find participating merchants.
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LG Lays Out Android 4.0 Timeline
This week, LG announces their first group of phones will be updated sometime in Q2 of 2012.
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The Army goes Android
As does the Air Force, Marines, and Navy-but only with Android 2.2 and only on a handful of Dell devices.
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Google`s Merry Christmas: 3.7 Million Android Device Activations
Google has a holly, jolly Christmas as users activated 3.7 million new Android devices on Dec.
A little bit goes a long way
Topics: Android , Home Depot , iPhone , Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index , Keynote Systems Inc.
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Shoreline Community College Introduces Mobile Apps
Shoreline Community College is going mobile in an effort to meet students where they are, wherever they are.
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6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps Downloaded
It was a very Android and iOS Christmas. Mobile apps research form Flurry released estimates on how many Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day, as well as how many apps were downloaded.
Consumer Reports: iPhone vs. Android
Sure, a smart phone can make a phone call, but that's just a fraction of what it can do.
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Microsoft's Biggest Mobile Problem Isn't That It's Late, It's That...
The new Windows Phone operating system is clearly better than Android , and yet it's falling flat on its face.
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