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Want Sprint's New 4G? Go to Kankakee
Wall Street Journal
By GREG BENSINGER Over the next few weeks, Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to introduce two smartphones with the tantalizing promise of super-fast speeds on the carrier's 4G LTE network. One problem: These phones are most likely to reach the promised top ...

Instagram (for Android)
PC Magazine
Buggy and fragmented experiences, depending on Android device. The social-photo app Instagram for Android lets you put folksy effects on dull photos with a single tap, and quickly share them on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. Haters love to hate, ...

Review: Nokia Lumia 900 puts Windows Phone back in the race
Computerworld
Although its specs may not be impressive, AT&T's new smartphone is fast, bright and stylish. By Preston Gralla Computerworld - If you've been sitting on the fence about making the switch to Windows Phone 7, the just-released Lumia 900 could prod you to ...

Computerworld

Google's Page: 'Android Is On Fire'
InformationWeek
None were as impressive as the traction Google's Android smartphone platform has gained around the globe. "Android is on fire, and the pace of mobile innovation has never been greater," he wrote. "Over 850000 devices are activated daily through a ...

HTC earnings, sales felled by heavy smartphone competition
CNET
The Taiwanese handset maker's first-quarter profit and sales plummet in the wake of an increasingly competitive market and rough economy. by Lance Whitney April 6, 2012 5:52 AM PDT Follow @lancewhit HTC is hoping its new "One" smartphone lineup can ...

Smartphones: Lumia 900 best Windows 8 phone yet
Christian Science Monitor
Smartphones battle heats up with Nokia's new Windows 8 smartphone. At $100, the Lumia 900 can compete aggressively against higher priced Androidsmartphones. By Devindra Hardawar, VentureBeat / April 6, 2012 Nokia's new Lumia 900 is displayed after a ...

Christian Science Monitor

Instagram App Deepens Class Warfare Between Apple and Android Smartphones
Daily Beast
But now it's on Android too. There goes the neighborhood, say snobby Apple users. Instagram, an insanely popular photo app on the iPhone, just became available on Google's Android platform. That's great news for Android fans, but some Apple users are ...

Daily Beast

Five minutes with Instagram for Android
ZDNet (blog)
By Ricardo Bilton | April 6, 2012, 12:06am PDT Summary: Unfamiliar with the wonder that is Instagram, I take a look at the latest n' greatest addition to the Android app catalog. Not Androidpeople of course; they're ecstatic. iPhone stalwarts, however ...

Sprint set to offer cure for poor wireless voice quality
Computerworld
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - Sprint announced high-definition voice technology for the new HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone and future phones, although HD Voice will only work once Sprint upgrades its 3G network, a process expected to begin in late 2012 in ...

HTC Reports Bruising Quarter as Profit Dips 70 Percent
PC Magazine
The numbers come the same week that HTC announced its EVO 4G LTE, one of the first smartphones to support Sprint's LTE network, as well as the first LTE device to sport the EVO brand. According to data released this week by comScore, HTC was the number ...

Why iOS makes more money for Google than Android does
ITworld.com
April 06, 2012, 7:33 AM — Mobile devices running Apple's iOS are more profitable for Google than Android devices, analysis of data revealed in court shows. Last week the Guardian reported that according to figures revealed as part of a proposed ...

What the HTC EVO 4G LTE means for Sprint and its future
ZDNet (blog)
This post was initially supposed to be about the various features offered by the HTC EVO 4G LTE, the latest Android phone to feature far more characters in its name than is at all necessary. But midway through writing this, it dawned on me that the HTC ...

Microsoft still handing out checks for Windows Phone apps
Christian Science Monitor
The Windows Phone OS, which lags well behind Apple's iOS and Google'sAndroid, has not proved particularly popular with app developers. That could soon change. By Matthew Shaer / April 6, 2012 The Nokia Lumia 900 is shown at a press conference in Spain ...

Christian Science Monitor

Ten Ways Your Smartphone Knows Where You Are
PCWorld
More than desktops, laptops, personal navigation devices or even tablets, which are harder to take with you, a smartphone can combine its location with many other pieces of data to make new services available. "There's a gamification aspect, ...

Should I break up with my iPhone for Nokia's Lumia 900?
CNET
I also help another reader decide which upcoming Google Android phone to choose on Sprint Nextel's new 4G LTE network. Breaking up with Apple iOS is hard to do. I've been an iPhone user for years, but since the Nokia Lumia 900 was unveiled at the ...

Finally! Instagram for Android
Inman.com
by Bob Schoenthal → For the longest time, users of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, have made fun of Android users for their lack of apps. This quickly changed, especially this past year; however, there was one app that every Apple user raved ...

Taiwan smartphone maker HTC 1Q profit falls 70 percent amid competition
Washington Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. has reported a 70 percent drop in first quarter profit as it faces keener competition from Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. HTC said Friday that profit amounted to 4.5 billion New Taiwan dollars ...

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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Instagram release illustrates why developers pick iOS over Android
Computerworld
By Lex Friedman Macworld - Earlier this week, Instagram--the beloved iPhone app for snapping, filtering, and sharing photographs--arrived on Android phones, nearly a year and half after the iPhone app's initial release. Until that time, folks using ...

Google Rethinks Price, Specs On Android Tablet
InformationWeek
The tablet, which is being built by Asustek, will reportedly have a seven-inch display, Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Wi-Fi (only) for internet connectivity. Now Google wants to drop the price from $249 to $199 ...

Nexus S 4G
CNET
Restless for a taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich? If you're a Samsung Nexus S 4Gowner, don't be. Sprint began rolling out the over-the-air ICS update today. The carrier predicts that by the end of the month, all users will have had a chance to ...

HTC Titan II (AT&T)
CNET
The good: With an arrestingly large 4.7-inch screen, 4G LTE, satisfying performance, and the highest-resolution camera ever on a smartphone, the HTC Titan II raises the bar for Windows Phone devices. The bad: While an ultrasharp shooter sounds great, ...

Windows Phone seen as driving a wedge between iPhone, Android
ITworld.com
April 06, 2012, 7:03 AM — Nokia's Lumia 900 smartphones will reach AT&T stores on Sunday for $99.99, and one analyst said it could be the start of something big: Windows Phone as a market disrupter between the successful iPhone and Android phones.

HTC Q1 net tumbles, but March sales uptick a positive
Reuters
| TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp (2498.TW) reported a 70 percent tumble in net profit in the first quarter, just below forecasts, in a lean period for the company ahead of its new One series of models that are set to hit the ...

Microsoft Is Writing Checks to Fill Out Its App Store
New York Times
After years of struggling in the phone market, Microsoft teamed up with Nokia last year to challenge the dominance of Apple's iPhone and Google, which makes the Android operating system. The latest fruit of their collaboration is a gleaming machine ...

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Motorola faces suit over Cliq XT phone
Chicago Tribune
An Ohio man has sued against Motorola Mobility Inc., alleging that the Libertyville-based phone maker misled consumers that it would eventually update the operating system of the Cliq XT mobile phone. When Motorola released the phone in March 2010, ...

Security issue in Facebook, Dropbox iOS apps requires physical access
Apple Insider
By Slash Lane A newly discovered security flaw in the Facebook and Dropbox applications foriOS could lead to identity theft, but only if a malicious user were to physically get their hands on an iPhone or iPad. Earlier this week, developer Gareth ...

Android 4.0 arriving for HTC Rezound today, Droid RAZR update ...
By Zachary Lutz
The latest communique from Best Buy confirms the delay, and similarly, a tweet from Motorola Mobility adds that a new release date has yet to be established. As a touch of silver lining to the otherwise gloomy news, the Best Buy crew ...
Engadget

Android Overload: Live TV Coming Soon To TWC App On Android ...
By Chris Chavez
It looks like you've made it into another episode of the Android Overload. This is the place you can always ... [Motorola]; Ice Cream Sandwich updates are now available for the Meizu M9 and MX in beta form. [IntoMobile]; New Dark Legends ...
Android Phone Fans

Facebook and Dropbox Apps for iOS Vulnerable to Credential Theft ...
By Eric Slivka
Earlier this week, Gareth Wright disclosed his recent work showing that Facebook's app for iOScontains a security vulnerability that could allow malicious users to access login credentials held in a .plist file associated with the app. Obtaining a ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Signal issues arrive after Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update ...
By Cory Gunther
Last week Google released the latest version of Android, version 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich to multiple devices. One of those, the Galaxy Nexus, appears to be.
Android Community

Google Launches Android App To Improve Its Indoor Location ...
By Frederic Lardinois
Now, however, Google has come up with a plan to improve indoor location accuracy for venues in Google Maps: venue owners who have uploaded their floor plans to Google's mapping service can now use a new Android app to provides Google with feedback about how accurate its predictions are for their ... Once installed, the app will tell its users where to go in the venue and while they walk, the app collects data about nearby WiFi hotspots, as well as data from local cell towers .
TechCrunch » Mobile

Instagram gets the Android-bump, on Twitter — Tech News and ...
By Om Malik
Instagram, the mobile photo sharing app earlier this week released its Android app, an event that I believe has turbocharged the already briskly growing social photo service. New data crunched by Amsterdam-based startup, Skylines shows ...
GigaOM

How to install Android apps – Cell Phones & Mobile Device ...
By Ryan Whitwam
How to install Android apps. ... Google Play. There isn't just one way to install Android apps on a phone or tablet. Rather, Android's open nature allows you to get apps from various sources, and choose how to install and maintain them. The array of options can be a little daunting, so let's lay everything out. ... About that HD Voice on the HTC EVO 4G LTE… ... Do app ports from iOSguarantee Android's future in second place? Next ... Motorola Webtop 3.0 brings ICS to big screens ...
Geek.com

Facebook, Dropbox iOS apps contain security hole that could allow ...
By Victor Agreda, Jr.
It works like this: iOS apps use little text files, .plist files (aka property list files), to store all sorts of little things about an app. In this case, Dropbox and Facebook are using an unencrypted property list to apparently store both the oauth key and ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Major non-Google Android device coming this year, says Skyhook ...
By Dan Graziano
Skyhook Wireless CEO Ted Morgan claims that a “major” non-Google Android smartphone will be released at the end of this year. The handset will reportedly be based on the Android operating system, however it will not be controlled by ...
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Manufacturers planning forked versions of the Android OS
By Mihai Andrici
Although Google's Android OS was the savior for a number of big companies (Motorola, Samsung, you hear me?), and is also responsible for the appearance (and, to a certain extent, the success) of a number of smaller companies (Archos is ...
Android Authority

Security flaw discovered in Facebook app for iOS and Android ...
By Tyler Lee
A developer by the name of Gareth Wright has recently stumbled across a security flaw on the Facebook app for iOS and Android that could give hackers a way to access your Facebook account and cause quite a bit of [...]
Ubergizmo

Instagram, riding its Android app high, is raising more funding ...
By Jolie O'Dell
Less humorously, it's statistically unlikely that Instagram is not planning on raising more money, and striking while the iron is hot (and the Android app hotter) makes total sense. The company raised a modest $7 million back in February 2011.
VentureBeat

Sprint Nexus S 4G Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update ...
By Roland Hutchinson
We have already seen a leaked ROM of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sprint Nexus S 4G, and now Sprint has released the official Android 4.0 update and it is now available to download to the Nexus S 4G.
Geeky-Gadgets

Twitter Help Center | Twitter for Android Release Notes
We've released a new version of our Android application! ... To update your version of theAndroid application, please go to Google Play, select the Menu, and ...
support.twitter.com/.../168312-twitter-for-android-release-note...

Pair for Android
Pair for Android. Hi Android users, We are currently working really hard to get Pair released forAndroid. We appreciate your patience and support. Please ...
trypair.com/android

iPhone Users Disgusted by Android Instagram
iPhone Users Disgusted by Android Instagram. An Instagram for Androidapp is finally here ...
www.buzzfeed.com/.../iphone-users-disgusted-by-android-inst...

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