How a Non-Tablet Changed the Tablet Market

How a Non-Tablet Changed the Tablet Market
PCWorld
For a list price of $199, customers get a seven-inch display, 8GB of RAM, free storage on Amazon's cloud, WiFi and USB connections, the ability to run any Android-compatible app or game and automagical connections to media (for which you can pay ...

Samsung topples Nokia as top phone-maker, shipped 93M handsets in Q1
Washington Post
Nokia's status has fallen greatly in the past few year's, as it lost the smartphone crown to Apple and Samsung first, and now it has fallen off with feature phones. Nokia has now bet its future on Microsoft's Windows Phone platform.

Five Best Android Phones
Lifehacker
There are dozens—probably hundreds—of Android phones on the market today. Some of them are exclusive to specific carriers, some of them are available around the world, but only a few of them are at the head of their class. This week we wanted to know ...

Social Networking Apps Challenging Games For Smartphone Dominance
RedOrbit
Kim-Mai Cutler of TechCrunch called it “another sign that something fundamental is changing on the iOS and Android platforms… You can actually visually see the changes on the charts compared to a year ago. Today apps like Viddy, Socialcam and ...
 
RedOrbit

Review: Photosynth one alternative to Instagram
LubbockOnline.com
Photosynth lets you take 360-degree panoramic photos that become interactive on asmartphone or computer screen. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app.

This Week's Must-Have iOS Apps: Klout, Norton Identity Safe, Dark Sky & More ...
Cult of Mac
This week's feature includes the official Klout app, which has finally made its way to iOS; a great service for storing and syncing your passwords from security specialists Norton; a beautiful weather app, and more. Klout, the free service that ...

Google has lost control of Android
BetaNews
By Joe Wilcox There was great news on the Android front this week. Samsung reported blow-out earnings, with smartphones -- the majority running Android -- accounting for nearly three-quarters of profits. Meanwhile comScore data spotlights the growing ...

BetaNews

Woz loves his Mangos, Android no contest.
HEXUS
He was quick to describe its advantages over Android but seemed deliberate in keeping iPhoneiOS out of the chat most of the time. However he said one definite win over iOS was the beauty of the WP Mango interface and apps. Hexus readers will know Woz ...

Travelers face patchwork of free vs. paid Wi-Fi
Chicago Daily Herald
The agency that runs New York's three airports says it has no plans to offer free Wi-Fi. The exception is JFK's terminal 5, where JetBlue offers it. On planes, Delta has Wi-Fi access on its domestic flights, and American and Southwest have added it ...

802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi': What you need to know
ITworld.com
The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard is not yet finalized, but draft 802.11ac equipment will soon be available. Get ready with this primer. April 29, 2012, 7:40 AM — Your 802.11n wireless network and devices are about to become passé.

FCC points to rogue Google engineer over Street View Wi-Fi snooping
Washington Post
It blames one “rogue engineer” in particular for intentionally creating software for Street View cars that grabbed personal data, including e-mails, search histories, and passwords, from unprotected Wi-Fi networks. Notably, Google has repeatedly said ...

Woz: Microsoft might have reincarnated Steve Jobs
CNET
Apple's co-founder says there's "no contest" between the prettiness of Windows Phones interfaces and those of Android phones. Indeed, he says Microsoft, to make them so pretty, might have had help from above. by Chris Matyszczyk April 28, 2012 11:50 AM ...

Samsung Shining: Profit Surges to Record $4.4 Billion, Beats Apple in ...
Mobile & Apps
By Alexandra Burlacu | April 29, 2012 10:44 AM EDT Galaxy smartphone sales have surged, driving Samsung Electronics' earnings to a record high in the first quarter. Though this is usually a tough season for the global consumer electronics industry,...

Mobile & Apps

Broadband hope for island life
The Age
THE federal government's high speed broadband network could help stem the exodus of young people from struggling island communities, Australia's first forum on small islands will be told. Professor Mal Bryce, from Curtin University, a specialist in ...

The Age

Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G LTE Spec Breakdown
Mobile bloom News
Like so many other consumer electronic products which have gone on to become wildly successful, the Motorola Droid Razr MAXX 4G Android smartphone owes its its very existence to a high performing, high-tech possessing sibling that stumbled in one major ...

Amazon Kindle Fire Accounts for More Than Half of All Android Tablets Sold
Bigpicturebigsound.com
According to a new study by comScore, Amazon's price-busting Kindle Fire currently accounts for more than half of the Android tablets sold in the United States. This is quite a feat, considering that Amazon's Kindle Fire has only been on the market ...

Bigpicturebigsound.com

Wozniak: Windows Phone is 'more beautiful' than Android and iPhone
TechRadar UK
The outspoken Wozniak, who started Apple alongside Steve Jobs back in the late 70s, says apps on Microsoft's fledgling OS are more beautiful than the same software on iPhone and Android. He bearded tech legend even went as far as to say his late ...

TechRadar UK

Huawei flexes LTE assets with ambitions for enhancing wireless broadband ...
AME Info
Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, will be looking to maintain its leadership position in the LTE space while collaborating with regional industry executives during this week's LTE MENA 2012 forum to be ...

AME Info

The 2X Client for Android is Deployed on the New Panasonic Smartphone
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
2X Software today announced that Panasonic will bundle the 2X Client for Android on the newSmartphone “Softbank 102P” for the Japanese Market. Dallas, TX, April 29, 2012 --(PR.com)-- 2X Software, a global leader in desktop and application delivery, ...

[Weekend Poll] Have You Switched Your Primary Cloud Storage Service To Google ...
Android Police
Has anybody found out how to download and save a copy of a file from Drive on to my Androiddevice from the Drive app? I can open the file, but I can't find a way to download it. This, along with not having the ability to upload from the mobile app to ...

With introduction of Google Drive, Google steps up competition with Apple
Washington Post
File Sharing Users can put a Google Drive folder on multiple computers, including those that run on Windows, Macintosh or Android programs. Any document, photo or other file that is dragged onto the folder becomes accessible from almost anywhere, ...

Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G Drops to $49
Mobile bloom News
Since mid-November of last year, Verizon Wireless has been the exclusive home of the Galaxy Nexus 4G Android smartphone, and has effectively undercut their competition by delivering the handset to Android smartphone shoppers at a current price that is ...

Apple removes Android app searches from Chomp
tuaw.com
by Michael Grothaus Apr 28th 2012 at 2:00PM Just over two months after Apple acquired the app discovery service Chomp, the company has removed features that allowed users to search forAndroid apps in addition to iOS apps. Chomp is a search tool that ...

HTC One X 4G Delivers Beats Audio, ICS Out-Of-The-Box
Mobile bloom News
The HTC One X 4G Android smartphone is a mobile trendsetter in more ways than one. The first handset to deliver a combination of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system and Beats by Dr. Dre full range audio software out-of-the-box, ...

Google Releases Entire FCC Investigation Into Wi-Fi Snooping Scandal
Geekosystem
by Max Eddy | 12:00 pm, April 29th, 2012 Though the names of some individuals involved in the investigation have been withheld, the report is a close look into what exactly happened with Google's street view cars and why.

GameStop to offer Android tablet and smartphone trade-ins, give ...
By Sean Buckley
According to Gadget Experts, the games retailer is looking to bolster its Android offerings with Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Nexus S and Samsung Infuse 4G trade-ins at select GameStops this summer, expanding to all locations by the end of ...
Engadget

You're the Pundit: Are iOS and OS X headed on a collision course ...
By Erica Sadun
With OS X 10.8, many iOS core features like Game Center, Notifications, and Reminders, have made the jump over to OS X, joining the Mac App Store and natural touch scrolling as mobile-inspired developments. Are the two operating ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

GameStop to begin trade-in program for Android tablets and ...
By Raveesh Bhalla
According to Gadget Experts, you could soon be able to trade-in your old Android devices at your nearest GameStop. Not much is known about the program,
Android Phone Fans

Verizon Android update schedule leaked
By Dan Graziano
According the photos, the HTC Rezound is slated receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on May 9th, followed by the DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX on May 21st. Verizon's first Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola XOOM is ...
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Mark Finkle's Weblog » Firefox for Android: Fx & Mobile Work Week
By Mark Finkle
The Mobile team spent last week in not-so-sunny Toronto, pushing Firefox for Android closer to beta-level release criteria. We are getting very close. There is a lot of amazing work landing, especially in graphics. The Graphics team is working ...
Mark Finkle's Weblog

Best photographer's kit Android apps
By Carl Parker
And the best LTE smartphone is. ... What Microsoft can teach Google about Android ... Photoaf Panorama has been optimized for Honeycomb devices, such as the Motorola Xoom, Asus Transformer Prime, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Android Authority

Forget iOS vs Android, when will there be a competitor to Apple ...
By Phone Arena
We know that when Samsung and Apple's names are mentioned together, the topic inevitably turns to the lawsuit battles (and by extension who is the victim and who is the bully), or to a simple Android vs iOS scrap, but we think this issue is bigger than those debates, at least for right ... Motorola has functional design, and is trying to be somewhat bold with the new trend of making devices that are like rectangular octagons (any geometry people out there know of a proper term for that?) ...
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Steve Wozniak Chooses Windows Phone Over Android, Still Loves ...
By James Johnson
Wozniak several weeks ago picked up the Lumia 900 smartphone which is powered by the Windows Phone OS and during his podcast over the weekend he said Windows Phone's OS was hands down beating out Google Android. Wozniak in ...
The Inquisitr

LG Optimus True HD LTE launches in Europe and Asia » Coolest ...
By Edwin
LG continues their march forward to LTE smartphone dominance (although other parties might disagree with that considering the paltry number of releases to date) with the release of their latest model, the Optimus True HD LTE. This particular ...
Coolest Gadgets

Apple Kills Chomp For Android | Geeky Gadgets
By Conner Flynn
After apple acquired Chomp, we knew it was just a matter of time before the app would be removed from Android and now it has happened. The app search service had been on Android for a while and was pretty useful, but not anymore.
Geeky-Gadgets

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Samsung & Apple top Nokia; Best Android Phone?

Samsung, Apple top Nokia in smartphone shipments

Washington Post
According to the research firm Strategic Analytics, Samsung is the clear winner, with 44.5 million phones shipped as compared to Apple's 35 million iPhones, according to Barron's Tech Trader Daily. IHS, on the other hand, has Apple as the top ...

Best Android Phone?
By Alan Henry
There are dozens—possibly hundreds—of Android phones on the market right now, and while plenty of sites will tell you which ones are the best based on checklists of high-end specs, battery life, and overall experience, but this week we ...
Lifehacker 

Will AT&T and Verizon 4G LTE ever be compatible?
CNET
Ask Maggie explains why and whether it will ever change. by Marguerite Reardon April 27, 2012 6:31 AM PDT Follow @maggie_reardon Most people buying the new iPad opt for the Wi-Fi only version. Why? The 4G LTE versions are more expensive, for one thing.

Samsung Posts Record Profit
New York Times
Samsung and Apple have carved out a near duopoly in the high-end smartphone market, as rivals have struggled to introduce compelling models that can really compete. The two controlled 90 percent of the market last year and that is not expected to ...

Strong smartphone sales fuel Samsung's quarterly profit to a record high
Washington Post
SEOUL, South Korea — A surge in Galaxy smartphone sales fueled earnings at Samsung Electronics to a record high in the first quarter, usually a tough season for the global consumer electronics industry, outshining handset rivals such as Nokia Corp.

Samsung Steals Nokia's Mobile Crown
InformationWeek
Samsung's first quarter results put it ahead of Nokia, but research firms disagree whether it regained the smartphone lead from Apple. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Samsung reported its first quarter earnings and the numbers look good.

Samsung tops Apple in global mobile phone shipments
CNET
Samsung is on a tear and dominating worldwide mobile phone shipments, according to two market research firms. by Brooke Crothers April 26, 2012 10:29 PM PDT Follow @mbrookec Samsung'ssmartphone shipments soared over the same period last to easily grab ...

Samsung Rides Smartphone Sales
Wall Street Journal
Booming first-quarter smartphone sales meant record profit for Samsung. The company says a new model release should keep the momentum going The WSJ's Jake Lee speaks with Technology Editor Juro Osawa about the highlights of Samsung's earnings.

Chomp loses Android compatibility following Apple acquisition
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff Following its purchase of the app search engine Chomp, Apple has disabled its functionality with Google's Android mobile operating system. AppleInsider first began to receive word from readers on Thursday that Chomp was no longer ...

Samsung Bests Nokia as World's Top Phone Maker
PC Magazine
They were at odds, however, over whether Samsung or Apple is the most-popular smartphonemaker. According to IHS iSuppli, Samsung shipped 92 million handsets in the first quarter while Nokia shipped 83 million. While Samsung's total was a 13 percent ...

Samsung Beats Nokia in Handset Market in Q1
PCWorld
The research firms however disagreed on Samsung's smartphone shipments in the first quarter wit iSuppli giving Apple the top position in smartphones, while Strategy Analytics called in favor of Samsung. The Korean company shipped 93.5 million handsets ...

Smartphone stars leave analysts addled
SlashGear
Samsung took the smartphone sales crown in Q1 2012, unless of course it was Apple: turns out, analysts aren't entirely sure who's sitting top of the pile for high-tech phones. Conflicting sales numbers for the two firms from research companies IHS ...

SlashGear

Twitter Updates iPhone, Android Apps
PC Magazine
"This update was a great collaboration between many teams at Twitter including Android, iOS, Discover, Search and others." Twitter has added Activity visibility on the Discover tab in Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android. The new feature provides ...

Estimate claims Apple bested Samsung by 3M to remain top smartphone vendor
Apple Insider
By Neil Hughes Two conflicting estimates paint very different pictures of Samsung's smartphonesales in the March quarter, as the company did not publicly disclose exactly how many smartphones it shipped. Directly contradicting an earlier report that ...

NYC, LA among Clearwire's first LTE cities
Computerworld
By Stephen Lawson IDG News Service - Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its ...

LG Launches Dual-core Optimus LTE Smartphone in Europe
PCWorld
The first commercial LTE network may have launched in Europe. But while LTE has become a must-have on smartphones in the US, Europe is still lagging behind. Samsung's Galaxy S II has already started shipping, and a European version of HTC Velocity 4G ...

Apple dumps Android from Chomp app engine
SlashGear
Apple has slashed Android support from its Chomp app discovery engine acquisition, excising Google's open-source OS and making the service iOS-only ahead of a tipped App Store revolution. Bought back in February, Chomp uses a custom algorithm to ...

SlashGear

Samsung pegged as top mobile, smartphone vendor in March quarter
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong After Samsung confirmed record earnings for the March quarter on Friday, a set of new analyses estimate that the company overtook Apple to become the world's largest smartphonevendor while simultaneously passing long-time leader Nokia for ...

Kindle Fire Dominates US Android Tablet Sales
PCWorld
No other Android tablet comes close in Comscore's figures. Samsung's entire Galaxy Tab lineup only has 15.4 percent of the Android market. Motorola's Xoom -- the first Android tablet on the market -- has only a 7 percent share.

Smartphones fuel Samsung profit to record
The Associated Press
By YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Technology Writer – 7 hours ago SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A surge in Galaxy smartphone sales fueled earnings at Samsung Electronics to a record high in the first quarter, usually a tough season for the global consumer electronics ...

The Associated Press

Kindle Fire Grabs Over 50 Percent of the Android Tablet Market
Forbes
The bewildering array of Android hardware used to mean that no single device had the power to grab a significant market share of the Android tablet market. That all changed as soon as Amazon's Kindle Fire hit the scene. According to latest figures from ...

Forbes

Samsung Electronics reports record profit
Boston.com
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest consumer electronics firm by revenues, on Friday reported a record-high profit as strong smartphone sales helped mask a drop in semiconductor and TV profit. Net profit amounted to 5.05 ...

The Google Phone That Never Was
InformationWeek
Related Android revenue information is also enlightening. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek The Google Phone, as the company's Android phone prototype was called in November 2006, looks primitive by today's standards, but it was competitive at the time ...

Samsung Profit Exceeds Estimates on Smartphone, TV Demand
Bloomberg
(005930), the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, computer-memory chips and TVs, posted its highest profit in at least two years after beating Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Nokia Oyj in smartphone sales. Net income jumped 81 percent from a year earlier to...

Bloomberg

Strategy Analytics: Samsung and Apple Capture 55 Percent of Global Smartphone ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BOSTON, Apr 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew 41 percent annually to reach 145 million units in the first quarter of 2012. Samsung and Apple together captured more ...

Samsung knocks Nokia off smartphone top spot
TG Daily
"With cellphones now accounting for more than 40 percent of Samsung's overall revenue, it's clear that the company's continued investments in smartphone hardware and software R&D are paying off," says Wayne Lam, senior analyst for wireless ...

TG Daily

Samsung soars to record Q1 on the back of smartphone sales
FierceWireless
Samsung Electronics rode rising smartphone sales to a record first-quarter profit and also used its muscle to overtake Nokia (NYSE:NOK) as the world's largest handset maker by volume, stripping Nokia of its crown after 14 years at the top.

Kindle Fire ignites Android tablet market, overtakes Google in U.S.
BGR
According to the latest numbers from comScore, the Kindle Fire has almost doubled its share of the US Android tablet market over the past two months from 29.4% in December to 54.4% in February. In other words, more tablets running Amazon's version of ...

802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi': What You Need to Know
PCWorld (blog)
802.11ac is also referred to as “gigabit Wi-Fi” and will be capable of significantly faster data transfer speeds than the current 802.11n. 802.11n works in both 5GHz and 2.4GHz frequency ranges. 802.11ac will be purely 5GHz. The higher frequency has ...

Will the real Galaxy S III please stand up?
CNET
In fact, when I look back over the history of Android, I can't think of another smartphone that has garnered this level of prerelease hysteria. Today brought yet another round of hardware rumors landing online, this time from unofficial Samsung blog ...

LG Optimus True HD LTE's European assault begins in Portugal ...
By Richard Lawler
While the latest LTE and HD equipped addition to LG's Optimus line has already landed across Asia (Korea, Japan) and North America (US. ... 27, 2012 -– LG Electronics (LG) will expand its LTE smartphone footprint with the launch of Optimus True HD LTE in new markets across Europe and Asia: Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore. First launched in Korea and now available ... The device will receive an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. "The mobile ...
Engadget

Official HTC Extended Battery For Droid Incredible 4G LTE Now ...
By Chris Chavez
Verizon hasn't officially announced a launch date for the Droid Incredible 4G LTE, but that hasn't stopped HTC from going ahead and shipping out some official accessories for the handset. The 2150mAh extended battery ($35) and extended ...
Android Phone Fans

Clearwire targets 31 cities for LTE as WiMAX takes a beating ...
By Kevin Fitchard
Clearwire has already said it will deploy LTE as “hot zones” in its existing 70 WiMAX markets. It's targeting cities where demand for mobile broadband is greatest, so it will logically target the biggest cities in its current 4G footprint first.
GigaOM

DROID Incredible 4G LTE extended battery for sale online | Android ...
By Michael Crider
If you needed any extra proof that HTC's DROID Incredible 4G LTE was on the way, well then, you've probably got some kind of trust issues. Nevertheless, here it is: HTCPEdia's online shop seems to have jumped the gun and begun selling ...
Android Community

Twitter iOS update adds improved discover, search, notifications ...
By Dave Caolo
New push notification options let you know when one of your tweets has been re-tweeted or favorited; an additional alert announces a new follower. Finally, Twitter for iOS 4.2 offers support for Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Polish.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Kindle Fire Takes 54% of Android Tablet Market [STUDY]
By Todd Wasserman
Motorola Xoom, the number three in the category, commanded 11.8% of the market in December and has now dropped to 7%, according to the report. One notable omission: Barnes & Noble's Nook. ComScore says it considers the Nook an ...
Mashable » Tech

iOS developers plan an alternative to WWDC after sell out
By Dan Graziano
“Indie Developer Labs is an open area where developers are provided with space to work, free Wi-Fi, and an open environment to connect with other developers. Our mission is to help foster the collaborative spirit of the Apple developer ...
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Tweet, tweet, Twitter for Android and iOS get big updates
By Joe Wilcox
Suddenly mobile Twitter makes lots of sense to me, and I wonder what good the desktop or web clients are at all. Versions 3.2 and 4.2, available today for Android and iOS, respectively, improve discovery, search and, more importantly, ...
BetaNews

Twitter Updates iPhone and Android Apps: Improves Discover Tab ...
By Frederic Lardinois
Twitter just announced the latest updates to its mobile apps for Android and iOS. With these updates, these apps get a number of much-needed new features, including an improved Discover tab, better support for search and support for push ...
TechCrunch

Twitter updated for iPhone and Android | Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee
Twitter's mobile presence has been an important growth engine for the microblogging site, and new versions of Twitter for the iPhone and Android-powered platforms are now available in the App Store and Google Play, respectively, making ...
Ubergizmo

AnandTech - Clearwire Announces Initial TDD-LTE Network Launch ...
By Brian Klug
Clearwire has been talking about deploying TDD-LTE (Time Division Duplexing, as opposed to FDD) on its 2.5 GHz spectrum for some time now, and has announced some more launch details today, including initial markets and a rough ...
AnandTech

China market: HTC launches One, new Desire lineups
New business model and strategies in China's smartphone market - Another ... and world-recognized Android software development for evolving mobile Internet ... Motorola Droid Razer Maxx... A portal for information about Taiwan's WiMAX industry. ... Late last year the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the Wi-Fi Direct peer-to- peer ...
www.digitimes.com/news/a20120418PD206.html

Samsung protesters tell Apple iSheep to “WAKE UP” | Android and Me
Taylor is the founder of Android and Me. He resides in Dallas and carries the Verizon Galaxy ...
androidandme.com/.../samsung-protesters-tell-apple-isheep-to-...


DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola: GPS Navigation Test - YouTube
Watch as the DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola's battery life demolishes the competition in ...
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Discover native Android apps through Facebook - Facebook ...
After introducing social app discovery for mobile web apps on Android and native apps on iOS, apps and games like Pinterest, BranchOut, Diamond Dash, and ...
developers.facebook.com/.../discover-native-android-apps-thr...

XOLO X900, First Smartphone with Intel Inside Launches in India ...
The XOLO X900 is based on Intel's smartphone reference design featuring the Intel® ... At launch, the X900 will run on Android Gingerbread*, with a planned ...
newsroom.intel.com/.../xolo-x900-first-smartphone-with-intel-...

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Apple iOS 6 Wishlist: 10 Features We Want

Apple iOS 6 Wishlist: 10 Features We Want
InformationWeek
If iOS 6 is discussed at Apple's sold-out developer conference, here's what we want to hear. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Apple on Wednesday said that its 2012 Worldwide Developer Conference will be held from June 11 through June 15.

Smartphone Patent Wars: The Coming Sequel
New York Times (blog)
Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Motorola Mobility (or Google, after that patent-inspired acquisition is complete) are the heavyweights in the fray, seeking an edge in the fast-growing smartphone market, using intellectual property as a weapon.

Samsung Reveals Processor Powering Its Next Flagship Smartphone
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Samsung Electronics has introduced the 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor, which will power the next Galaxy smartphone, the company said on Thursday. It is scheduled to launch its next flagship smartphone, which is expected to ...

Original Android Prototype Revealed During Google, Oracle Trial
PCWorld (blog)
By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Apr 26, 2012 7:57 AM New images brought to light by Oracles's court case against Google indicate that Android was merely a clone of BlackBerry phones before the iPhone showed up. The images show Google's original intent in ...

At Android Trial vs. Oracle, Documents Reveal Google's Past Projections
Huffington Post
They were revealed during the high-stakes trial of Oracle Corp against Google over smartphonetechnology. Google attempted to convince US District Judge William Alsup to keep the internal documents secret, but Alsup denied the request in court last ...

Apple WWDC 2012: iOS 6, iCloud, OS X and Macs
Computerworld (blog)
This means Apple will be focusing on future software releases, principally iOS 6; Mountain Lion and the addition of new dev-friendly hooks into the iCloud. With smart money now favoring a 2013 launch for the self-branded Apple television, ...

Verizon's Summer / Fall 2012 smartphone roadmap
BGR
While Samsung's Galaxy S3 has been the star of the rumor show for the past few months — with BGR leading the pack — we now have a clear picture of the smartphone landscape for late summer and early fall this year. BGR has exclusively learned details ...

Google: Sun, Oracle couldn't bring Android competitors to market
ZDNet (blog)
That would be arguing that Oracle is only suing Google now because it couldn't bring a smartphoneplatform of its own to market to compete with Android. Specifically, Google counsel Daniel Purcell focused on the development of full stacks while rolling ...

Samsung Unveils Quad-Core Exynos Chip For Next-Gen Galaxy Smartphone
CRN
By Kristin Bent, CRN Samsung announced Thursday its new Exynos 4 Quad mobile processor, which the electronics giant said would power its next-generation Galaxy smartphone set to launch in May, along with other devices from "major handset makers.

iPhones, iPads Preferred to Android by Enterprise Users: Report
eWeek
Apple devices hold far greater appeal for enterprise users than Android smartphones or tablets, Good Technology concluded in a new report on the first-quarter activations of its customers. Good, a provider of multi-platform support for mobile devices, ...

Oracle, Google suit: Details of Google's first phone released
Washington Post
Details of the first prototype Google phone surfaced in court Wednesday in the trial over whether Google improperly used Oracle's Java programming language to build Android. The original prototype featured a full keyboard, small landscape screen, ...

Smartphone buyers nix paying more than $50 a month for data
CNET
Half of current smartphone users questioned said they have no idea how much data they use each month. These findings tell analysts at Parks that carriers face risks as they try to force more subscribers from unlimited plans to tiered, or usage-based, ...

Nintendo faces rocketing smartphone gaming pressure
SlashGear
European research published today suggests that smartphone owners have flocked to mobile games, with numbers rising by nearly 50-percent year-on-year. Actual revenue from games intended for iOS or Android devices has already eclipsed what the old ...

SlashGear

Google Drive for Android is a beefier Google Docs app
CNET
The Google Drive app is available for Android, and it has all of the old Docs functionality, plus some other goodies under the hood. by Jaymar Cabebe April 25, 2012 4:51 PM PDT Follow @jaymarcabebe If you haven't noticed, Google Docs for Android has ...

The Enterprise App Store: 10 Must-Have Features
Computerworld
Over the past two years, there has been a proliferation of employees using smartphones and tablets to do work and more enterprises are implementing BYOD (bring our own device) programs that allow employees to use personal iPads, iPhones and Android ...

iPhone 5 release date hint in WWDC iOS 6 rumors
Computerworld (blog)
It's assumed that we'll see iOS 6, but will Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) revert to a summer announcement schedule, or keep mum until fall? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers read the runes. By Richi Jennings: Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your ...

Android not critical to Google? Really?
CNET
In court, Larry Page and Andy Rubin said Android wasn't critical to Google's business success. Which doesn't square easily with a Google doc projecting $1.3B in Android ad and app sales. by Dan Farber April 25, 2012 2:30 PM PDT Follow @dbfarber During ...

Time Warner Cable Profit Up 18% As Broadband Grows
Wall Street Journal
By William Launder of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Time Warner Cable Inc.'s (TWC) first-quarter profit rose a stronger-than-expected 18% as the cable operator's growingbroadband business helped offset ongoing losses of video subscribers.

Motorola notches patent win
Politico
A preliminary ruling by an International Trade Commission administrative law judge found Tuesday that Apple violated one of four Motorola patents related to Wi-Fi in iPad and iPhone. On Monday, another ITC judge found Microsoft's Xbox violated four ...

Politico

As Apple Dominates US Sales, Smartphone Focus Shifts Overseas
ReadWriteWeb
But when you do the math, the overseas market is where the true smartphone battle is now taking place. For now, Apple still owns the US market. Since the beginning of 2011, Apple has sold about 39.1 million iPhones through the top three US carriers - a...

ReadWriteWeb

Google's early Android expectations revealed in 2010 presentation
The Guardian (blog)
Lowlights included Android being "behind on music, video, books", as well as a "low rate of app purchases" in its Android Market app store, which Rubin contrasted with the company's key rival: "Apple momentum continues with strong launches (iPad, iOS,...

The Guardian (blog)

Samsung confirms quad-core processor for next flagship Galaxy smartphone
Apple Insider
The handset is expected to be the third-generation of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone. The company has released information about the new processor for the device in a bid to attract interest from other handset makers, Reuters reports.

Samsung S3 gets quad-core, better than Motorola Droid Fighter?
Stark Insider
Quad-core Android looks to soon be a reality on these shores. Samsung has revealed that its upcoming Galaxy S3 Android smartphone will run on an Exynos 4 Quad, a 32nm chip that will enable full 1080p HD streaming (at 30 fps), smooth multi-tasking ...

Stark Insider

Judge favors Motorola over Microsoft in Xbox 360 patent case
TechSpot
By Matthew DeCarlo Microsoft has suffered a setback in a dispute with Motorola over patents involving technology in the Xbox 360. In a preliminary ruling Monday, US ITC Judge David Shaw found that Microsoft is infringing on four of the five patents in ...

First BlackBerry 10 smartphone to launch in October, reports say
Computerworld
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - Reports indicate that the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone will be announced by mid-August and will be launched in October, somewhat earlier than expected. An October launch would give Research in Motion several weeks' ...

Who needs cloud computing?
Los Angeles Times
There are apps for Mac and PC, plus apps for Windows Phone, iOS and through the OneNote app forAndroid, according to the site. Google Drive -- You get 5 GB free, upgradable to a terabyte for $49.99 a month. In addition to allowing you to access your ...

Motorola Solutions to lease floor in Santa Fe Building
Chicago Tribune
Motorola Solutions Inc. has signed a letter of intent to lease one floor at the Santa Fe Building at 224 S. Michigan Ave., a company spokeswoman said Thursday. The Schaumburg-based technology company announced last year it was bringing 400 jobs to ...

Motorola RAZR MAXX hits the UK in mid May
Android Community
We're big fans of the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX around these parts, due in no small part to its amazing performance in our three-day business trip test. The only thing we're not fond of is Verizon's insistence on a locked bootloader – something that...

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2006 'Google Phone' Prototype: See What The First Android Phone Almost Looked Like
Huffington Post
In 2006, two years before Google unleashed the very first Android-powered phone (the T-Mobile G1), the company's big idea for consumer smartphones looked a lot like a BlackBerry. According to The Verge, Google's plans for its future line of Android ...

First Gigabit Wi-Fi Routers Ready to Launch - Mac Rumors
By Eric Slivka
Netgear today announced its first 802.11ac-comptaible Wi-Fi router, capable of delivering gigabit speeds up to three times faster than current... ... Support for 802.11ac would obviously also have to be incorporated into Mac and iOS hardware in order for them to take advantage of the new speeds. Apple was one of the leaders in early adoption of 802.11 Wi-Fi technology, with ... With "ac" I think lots of people will think it's an ancient wifi technology. I think people will quickly get that two ...
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Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx hitting the UK in mid-May, available for ...
By Edgar Alvarez
Smart Actions, the remarkably intelligent application exclusive to Motorola Mobility, pushes the limits even further by automating everyday tasks based on triggers like time of day, location, battery levels and more. Never forget to put your phone ...
Engadget

Microsoft Now Making Even More Money From Android
By Peter Pachal
Microsoft just signed a deal with one of the biggest electronics makers in the world to license technologies related to Android and Chrome. The agreement is with Taiwan's Pegatron, and with it, Microsoft now has patent-licensing deals with ...
Mashable » Mobile

Android Overload: Galaxy S 3 Shows Up In Samsung Kies, AT&T ...
By Chris Chavez
The fast moving world of Android never sleeps and neither do we. In an effort to keep ... In an effort to keep our readers up-to-date on all the comings and goings with Google's mobile OS, we've created the Android Overload. This is the place ...
Android Phone Fans

Snapguide Becomes First iOS App With Pinterest Integration ...
By Colleen Taylor
A Pinterest API has been highly anticipated for months, and this is the first real public glimpse of how iOS apps tied to Pinterest could look once the platform is made accessible on a wider scale (some Android apps have hacked out Pinterest ...
TechCrunch

The End Of Android Approaches ... - Business Insider
By Jay Yarow
No matter how you try to slice it, when you give a consumer the choice between an iOS device and an Android device, they are picking the iOS device. We're seeing this play out in the smartphonemarket in the U.S. and we're seeing it play out ...
SAI

Google reveals 2006 Android prototype phone in courtroom – Cell ...
By Ryan Whitwam
Google's original Android concept revealed in court. ... The slides said the carrier could use Androidto lure in high-spending customers that would be enamored with Google's services on T-Mobile's unlimited data plans. Android users, the ...
Geek.com

US judge rules that Apple violated one Motorola ... - Android Authority
By Bams Sadewo
Motorola Mobility has scored another win in the patent battle against Apple, and is one step closer to having the iPhone and iPad banned from being sold in the US.
Android Authority

The top 20 U.S. cities for Android nerds | Ubergizmo
By Gene Ryan Briones
Alright, you've seen what a typical Android nerd looks like. Bluestacks made an awesome compilation using data from Nielsen and Facebook. The result was Mr. Android 2011. While this year's Mr. Android 2012 might come around late this ...
Ubergizmo

SayHi Translate for iOS is like science fiction come true | TUAW ...
By Mel Martin
SayHi Translate for iOS is like science fiction come true. by Mel Martin Apr 25th 2012 at 4:00PM. I remember seeing universal translators on TV and in the science fiction stories I read in my youth. I didn't think it would ever happen, but science ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPad and Wi-Fi sitting in a tree…. — Apple News, Tips and Reviews
By Om Malik
About two years ago, Dominic Orr, the chief executive officer of Aruba Networks (a ARUN) told us that the iPad (and iPhone) was going to act like an accelerant for Wi-Fi in corporations. Two years later, his prediction is coming true.
GigaOM

Verizon's summer and fall smartphone lineup leaked
By Charles West
The folks over at BGR got exclusive information about most, if not all of Big Red's flagshipsmartphone releases for the remainder of 2012, as these devices should put a huge grin on the faces of Verizon customers. Lets get to it, shall we? ... According to BGR, there will be “multiple” MotorolaRAZR models due to hit Verizon in the coming months, one of which will most likely be the MotorolaRAZR HD (or a name similar to that) with a larger and clearer display. What about HTC you ask?
IntoMobile

Google's Android Ad Revenues - Business Insider
By Jim Edwards
An internal Google PowerPoint slideshow on Android shows the company expected the mobile operating system to generate projected ad revenues of $1.2 billion by 2013. The slideshow was entered into evidence in litigation between Google ...
Business Insider

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX navigates you twice longer than the ...
By Phone Arena
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX navigates you twice longer than the iPhone 4S, promo video touts. Now we know that the question on every Android fan's mind is why in on earth can't other phone makers replicate Motorola's groundbreaking ...
PhoneArena - News

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Remove Android.Updtbot - Symantec Security Response provides comprehensive internet protection expertise to guard against complex threats, information ...
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Google picks Samsung for 4th generation Nexus phone | Android ...
They report, ”Since Samsung has become the top vendor of Android .... choice, they'll name it something needlessly long (I'm looking at you, Epic 4G Touch). ... A LTE network that falls back onto their HSPA+ network is going to be much faster that .... All Motorola devices can become Nexus devices if they use stock Android.
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How to Keep Your Smartphone Safe
PC Magazine
However, your smartphone has nearly as much computing power as that PC (more, if the PC is really old), and opportunities for smartphone loss or theft are almost limitless. We'll show you how to protect both your iPhone or Android device and the ...

Android chief: We didn't believe we needed a license from Sun
CNET
Rubin said that it took roughly three years from inception to completion of Android 1.0 in 2008. He also explained that what was released in 2007 -- an Android SDK -- wasn't enough for a smartphone, but rather just enough for third-party developers to ...

Monthly smartphone bills down at AT&T
USA TODAY
By Peter Svensson, AP NEW YORK – Hidden in AT&T Inc.'s financial statements is a story that runs counter to its optimistic profit projections: The company is generating less revenue from each new smartphone subscriber. Calculations by The Associated...

USA TODAY

Pre-Orders for Sprint's HTC EVO 4G LTE Start May 7
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius "On May 7, call dibs on an HTC EVO 4G LTE. Only online, you can pre-order your EVO 4G LTE and we'll do our best to get it to you before others get a glimpse," Sprint said in a note on its website. Customers can sign up to be ...

Report: Facebook-centric smartphone may launch later this year
Washington Post
HTC and Facebook, two companies already familiar with one another from their partnership on the ChaCha and Salsa handsets, are reportedly in the midst of jointly developing a new Android smartphone. DigiTimes cites insider sources in reporting that a ...

Could a 4G iPhone actually hurt Sprint?
CNET
An iPhone with LTE capabilities could highlight the fact that Sprint's 4G rollout lags far behind its rivals. Sprint doesn't believe it will be an issue. by Roger Cheng April 25, 2012 9:05 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng Will a 4G iPhone be good for Sprint?

Hands On With Google Drive: Cloud Storage for Google Loyalists
Wired News
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles The Google Drive app for Android on a Samsung Galaxy Nexussmartphone. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired One of the worst-kept secrets in the technology space, Google Drive, is finally here — live and yours to explore, if you're game.

Android chief: We didn't think we needed a license from Sun
ZDNet (blog)
Rubin said that the Android team went forward to build the mobile operating system on its own. “We wrote code ourselves, obviously,” said Rubin, “In developing Android, we assembled it from various pieces.” Although it is constantly evolving, ...

Motorola Solutions earnings beat expectations
Chicago Tribune
In the first quarter of 2011, Motorola Solutions had an income tax benefit of $189 million. Related ICC: Microsoft infringed on Motorola Mobility patents ICC: Microsoft infringed on Motorola Mobilitypatents Compensation triples for Motorola's Jha ...

Google Drive: The Pros and Cons
PCWorld (blog)
And unless you're an Android user, the mobile experience for Drive is not great. Google officially launched Drive on Tuesday featuring 5GB free online storage and the ability to buy more storage such as 25GB for $2.50 per month ($30 per year) up to a ...

HTC's to release 'Facebook smartphone' in Q3: report
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | April 25, 2012, 4:08am PDT Summary: HTC and Facebook are reportedly working “in cooperation” on a new Facebook smartphone. It comes less than six months since Facebook's “Buffy” project emerged. HTC is reportedly working “in ...

Sprint Reverts To Familiar Theme: Contract User Losses
Wall Street Journal
Sprint has committed billions to building out a new high-speed mobile broadband network known as4G LTE that it hopes will draw new contract customers and help it keep pace with its larger rivals that are also rolling out the new faster service.

In Race to Beat iPhone, One Android Weighs In
Wall Street Journal
On May 7, Sprint will take pre-orders for its EVO 4G LTE, and though it lacks the One name, this is nearly a twin of the One X. Verizon so far isn't joining the party; a spokeswoman would only say the carrier's next phone wouldn't be part of the One ...

Facebook, HTC Developing Customized Android Smartphone: Report
Fox Business
A new report hit today stating that Facebook and HTC are co-developing a customized Android smartphone. This phone, said to be developed exclusively for Facebook, would integrate all of the social network's functions into the mobile platform.

Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for next iPhone
CNET
Sprint won't be moving away from its unlimited data plan even if the next iPhone is 4G LTE. by Roger Cheng April 25, 2012 8:51 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng Sprint Nextel is banking that its unlimited data plan will continue to set its iPhone apart from ...

Motorola Solutions Posts Lower 1Q Net Income
ABC News
Motorola Solutions Inc., which sells communications equipment to government and corporate customers, said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income declined from a year ago, when the company recorded a large tax-related gain.

Motorola Solutions profit beats estimates
Reuters
(Reuters) - Communications equipment maker Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI.N) reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by an 11 percent jump in sales to government customers, and forecast second-quarter results in line with estimates.

Motorola Solutions Reports First-Quarter 2012 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) announced today its first-quarter 2012 results highlighted by sales of $2 billion, up 7 percent from the first quarter of 2011 and driven by strong worldwide demand in its Government segment. "Motorola Solutions had ...

Why are Virgin and Boost Launching WiMAX?
PC Magazine
By Sascha Segan Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced today in an earnings conference call that his company's prepaid brands, Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile, will launch WiMAX 4G, just as the main Sprint brand is moving away from WiMAX and towards LTE.

Motorola Solutions profit drops 68% vs prior-year
MarketWatch
The provider of public safety radios, handheld scanners and telecommunications network gear was created last year in the split of Motorola Inc., which spun off the higher-profile mobile-devices and TV-set-top-box operations into Motorola Mobility ...

Motorola Mobility, MacroSolve, Google: Intellectual Property
BusinessWeek
By Victoria Slind-Flor on April 25, 2012 Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) (MMI) won a partial victory from a US International Trade Commission judge in its bid to block imports of Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL)'s devices including the iPhone and iPad ...

HTC Evo 4G LTE site now up for preorder
CNET
Not only does this follow up to the wildly successful HTC Evo 4G look like a worthy successor, it actually could out do the legendary Android smartphone. Instead of WiMax, the new Evo flaunts a connection to the more robust and importantly faster LTE ...

Motorola Bests Apple in Patent Skirmish
E-Commerce Times
By Erika Morphy The ITC handed Motorola an important victory in its contest with Apple over several wirelss patents, but the decision isn't final, and the larger battle is far from won. However, "ifMotorola Mobility ultimately prevails, it would have ...

HTC One line to get the company back in the game
ZDNet (blog)
The One X derivative for Sprint, the EVO 4G LTE, is a deserving bearer of the successful EVO name. The troubles for HTC in the Android space can be traced to the company trying to do too much at a time. No OEM has produced more handsets than HTC the ...

ZDNet (blog)

Google Tests Direct Sales With Smartphone
Wall Street Journal
By AMIR EFRATI Google Inc. Tuesday began selling a smartphone directly to consumers through its online store, a revival of a strategy that could be a prelude to direct sales of other devices such as tablets. The Internet company began selling the ...

Camera Defies Smartphone Onslaught, Stays In Frame
Huffington Post
"For several years, it has been predicted that smartphone adoption would cut into digital camera sales," said Prashant Malaviya, Associate Professor of Marketing at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. "In fact, the exact opposite has ...

Motorola DROID 4, RAZR and BIONIC modded for AT&T and T-Mobile
Android Community
Some of the tireless modders over at XDA have found that Motorola's recent hardware for Verizon features global GSM roaming bands (not unlike the HTC Rezound). With a little hacking, they found that these LTE devices could accept SIM card from AT&T and...

Android Community

Is Facebook working on its own smartphone?
USA TODAY
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Citing "industry sources," the report claims thesmartphone will launch as early as the third quarter of 2012. The report doesn't get into details about how this Facebook-branded device would function, other than it would...

USA TODAY

Sprint plans to bring WiMax to Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile
CNET
by Roger Cheng April 25, 2012 6:17 AM PDT Follow @RogerWCheng Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile customers will be getting 4G -- albeit the older WiMax variant -- in the next quarter. Sprint Nextel is keeping its older 4G standard alive and plans to bring ...

Oracle Grills Google's Schmidt, Rubin
InformationWeek
Oracle is suing Google because it believes Google's Android operating system copied its copyrighted Java APIs and violates its patent rights. Oracle bought Sun in 2010 and obtained Sun's Java-related intellectual property. The day began with Oracle ...

Oppo teases 6.65mm-thick smartphone, about to steal 'world's ...
By Richard Lai
China-based Poop Oppo is back again with yet another smartphone, only this time there's no pretty girl teasing Mr. DiCaprio. Instead, what ... In other words, if all goes well then Oppo will have us the world's slimmest smartphone. Details are ...
Engadget

Chrome for Android coming out of beta soon | Android Community
By Michael Crider
Google's push to extend its Chrome browser to the Android platform has been a successful one for the most part, and apparently they're done making it sit at.
Android Community

Facebook Makes Android Apps More Viral With Social Discovery ...
By Rip Empson
In this attempt to extend its platform on mobile, Facebook brought its social channels and social app discovery to mobile web apps on Android and native apps on iOS. With a new update to Facebook forAndroid, the social network today ...
TechCrunch » android

Motorola wins Xbox 360 patent lawsuit, console import ban possible ...
By Matthew Humphries
Motorola has its own healthy patent portfolio, and it didn't take long for them to find a way to fire back at Microsoft. The company sued Microsoft because its Xbox 360 console infringes five patents covering video decoding, Wi-Fi technology, ...
Geek.com

Award Winning “Rigonauts” Coming Soon To Android – Renews My ...
By Chris Chavez
Developed by indie developer Engient, the game is looking to make a splash onto Android devices (also, iOS and PC) next month. Rigonauts lets players plan out, design, and unleash their gargantuan creations, in a physics-based battle ...
Android Phone Fans

ITC judge: Apple infringes on Motorola mobility patent | TUAW - The ...
By Kelly Hodgkins
In a setback for Apple, the International Trade Commission ruled on Tuesday that Apple infringes on one of Motorola's patents. The patent describes. ... ITC judge: Apple infringes on Motorola mobilitypatent. by Kelly Hodgkins Apr 24th 2012 at ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

HTC, Facebook jointly developing smartphone, say sources
The new Android smartphone being developed by HTC will have a platform exclusive to Facebook to enable and integrate all functions available on the social networking site, the sources indicated. Previously, HTC launched two ...
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

Smartphone Search Engine Crawlers & Mobile URLs - Search ...
By Cindy Krum
The biggest problem that my clients and I always faced in mobile SEO was that their desktop pages would almost always out-rank their mobile pages, especially in smartphone search. This was because the desktop pages were older, and had ...
Search Engine Watch - Latest

Daily App Deals: Get SayHi Translate for iOS for 99¢ in Today's App ...
By Jeremy Hoag
Daily App Deals: Get SayHi Translate for iOS for 99¢ in Today's App Deals SayHi Translate (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now 99¢. SayHi Translate for iOS recognizes your speech and speaks the translation in any of 23 languages (and growing) ...
Lifehacker

Intel's smartphone: “The x86 power myth is finally busted.” — Mobile ...
By Kevin C. Tofel
…If you've been expecting the first x86 smartphone to end up at the bottom of every battery life chart, you'll be sorely disappointed. “ Intel's first commercially available Android smartphone went under the microscope at the always thorough site ...
GigaOM

iOS-Inspired iPhoto for Mac Update Coming This Summer ...
By Jordan Golson
The next version of iPhoto will be redesigned to be more like the iOS version of iPhoto, according to Belgian website Apple Weetjes [Google...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Motorola wins preliminary ITC ruling against iPhone — Apple News ...
By Tom Krazit
The mobile patent wars continue to drag on, with Motorola scoring a point Tuesday with a preliminary decision against Apple at the International Trade Commission. Apple was judged to have violated one of four Motorola patents with the ...
GigaOM

Apple's iPhone and iPad violate one Motorola patent, ITC rules
By Dan Graziano
The International Trade Commission on Tuesday ruled in favor of Motorola Mobility in its patent infringement claim against Apple. The Cupertino-based company's iPhone and iPad were found to be in violation of Motorola's Wi-Fi technology ...
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Trade Dog Poop for WiFi, Thanks to DDB | Adweek
By Tim Nudd
You really shouldn't have to be rewarded for picking up your dog's feces off the ground. It should be the automatic, decent thing to do. But sometimes people need to be incentivized. (I lived in Inwood, in upper Manhattan, for a few years—in ...
Adweek : Advertising & Branding

Motorola Mobility to Launch Two New Tablets in Turkey with Turk ...
Both tablets feature 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities and are expected to be ... XOOM 2 and MotorolaXOOM 2 Media Edition both feature Android™ 3.2, a dual-core 1.2 ... Motorola XOOM 2 16 GB (3G) for TRY 47 per month , XOOM 2 16 GB WiFi for ...
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