Amazon prepping a smartphone and four tablets

Amazon prepping a smartphone and four tablets
Computerworld
Amazon is keeping busy as the e-retailing company is reportedly prepping to release four new tablets and a smartphone. ... a smartphone and four tablets. E-tailer set to compete against top selling Samsung Android-based and smartphones and Apple's ...

Amazon Said to Plan Smartphone to Vie With Apple
Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. is developing a smartphone that would vie with Apple Inc.'s iPhone and handheld devices that run Google Inc.'s Android operating system, two people with knowledge of the matter said. ... and 20 cases last year, according to data ...

BBC News - Google disputes Android botnet spam claim: "On 4 July, Microsoft researcher Terry Zink claimed to have discovered evidence of Android phones being enrolled into a botnet. Botnets typically use infected PCs as spam generators but Mr Zink said he found evidence that Android smartphones were being used in the same way. In a statement, Google said there was no evidence to support Mr Zink's claim. The search giant's investigation suggested the junk messages originated on PCs but the spammers sending them formatted them to look like they came from Android smartphones. "Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and a fake mobile signature to try to bypass anti-spam mechanisms in the email platform they're using," said Google. By taking this step, said Google, the junk mail would have a better chance of defeating spam filters and ensure that messages reached inboxes. If the spam were coming from a botnet made up of Android phones, it would be the first ever. Mobile security specialist Lookout also questioned Mr Zink's initial claim. . . ." 

HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE (Verizon Wireless)
PC Magazine
The Droid Incredible 4G LTE retains the same general shape and size of its predecessors, which is great news for anyone that isn't keen on the super large, hand-busting new smartphone trend. On the other hand, the Incredible eschews some of the best ...

Amazon Plans Android Smartphone
InformationWeek
Amazon is working on its own Android-based smartphone to compete with Apple and Google in the digital content arena. ... Apple also offers a cloud-based music service that lets iOS device users access their music from a range of different hardware.

Amazon's "Kindle Phone" killer feature: A dumbed-down Android experience?
ZDNet (blog)
According to the Bloomberg report, Chinese ODM giant Foxconn is working with Amazon to create an Android smartphone. People with "knowledge of the matter" claim that Amazon is also looking to acquire patents that cover wireless technology to help it ...

HTC Profit Sinks On Smartphone, Tablet Woes
InformationWeek
At first a leader in the Android smartphone market, it steadily lost ground to rival Samsung, which surpassed it last year. Friday, the company reported initial earnings estimates for the second quarter, and they show the company's profit dropped 58 ...

Amazon Preps Kindle Smartphone to Battle Apple, Say Reports
PCWorld
Talk of an Amazon phone has been circulating since the online retailer began selling smartphoneapps for Android phones in early 2011, but now reports say Amazon is talking with manufacturers.

Amazon may release a smartphone, report says
Washington Post
A Bloomberg report says that Amazon is developing an Android device and that it is being made by Foxconn.

Add Amazon smartphone to the latest batch of tech rumors
Los Angeles Times
The smartphone, which would go head to head withApple's iPhoneand Google's Android phones, would benefit Amazon by giving it another outlet in which to sell products from its digital retail store. The Bloomberg report on Friday said that Amazon is also ...

Amazon planning smartphone to compete with Apple iPhone, report says
CBS News
Amazon is developing a smartphone that will run Google's mobile operating system Android, Bloomberg reports - citing two sources close to the matter. In addition, the company is also implementing a strategy to arm itself with patents for wireless ...

Verizon Wireless Enhances 4G LTE Network Coverage In Binghamton Area
MarketWatch (press release)
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verizon Wireless recently activated new 4G LTE coverage in Binghamton and Port Crane, and in Tioga and Elkland, PA, further expanding coverage on the high-speed wireless data network the ...

Verizon Wireless Enhances 4G LTE Network Coverage In Utica-Rome Area
MarketWatch (press release)
UTICA, N.Y., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verizon Wireless recently activated new 4G LTE coverage on three sites in Utica, as well as sites in New Hartford and Whitesboro, further expanding coverage on the high-speed wireless data network ...

Report: Amazon, Foxconn Working on Smartphone
PC Magazine
A new report claims that Amazon is working on a smartphone with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn.... Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Amazon is reportedly working with Apple supplier Foxconn to develop its own smartphone. As reported by ...

Verizon Wireless Enhances 4G LTE Network Coverage In Syracuse Area
MarketWatch (press release)
SYRACUSE, N.Y., July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verizon Wireless recently activated new 4G LTE coverage in Syracuse, Cicero, Clay, Cortland and Sullivan, further expanding coverage on the high-speed wireless data network the company ...

Spam Emails: Android Botnet or Not?
PC Magazine
Reports emerged this week about a spam-producing Android botnet, but is this really an Androidproblem? ... Sponsored By T-Mobile® America's Largest 4G Network®. Experience 4G at the speed of T-Mobile® · See what happens when medicine meets ...

Friday Poll: Will you buy Android now or wait for iPhone 5?
CNET
Hot Android smartphones are reaching the market, but the frenzy over the iPhone 5 is growing. Are you ... It depends on your needs and expectations, but the Android options are good enough that you probably won't regret getting your new smartphone now.

Is Amazon Dialing Up Its Own Smartphone?
CRN
Amazon is reportedly prepping for the launch of a Kindle smartphone later this year. ... Of Google's Nexus 7 Tablet. Google's debut tablet may run on a brand new Android OS, but that's not all that sets the Nexus 7 apart from the competition. More ...

Amazon Phone, Potential iPhone Rival, Could Be In The Works, According To ...
Huffington Post
With the Kindle Fire, Amazon seemed to be selling to those who had never owned an iPad, or could not afford one; but the tablet market was far more untapped than the current smartphone market. How does ... CNET An Amazon smartphone could be the ...

10 Essential Tips And Tricks For Jelly Bean, The New Version Of Android
Business Insider
android jelly bean right size Google's new version of Android, called Jelly Bean, will launch in just a few weeks. We've been noodling around with Jelly Bean for several days now. To get you ready for the big launch, here are a few of our favorite tips ...

Business Insider

Security Researchers Backtrack on Android Malware Claim
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Internet security researchers said Thursday they may have been mistaken about claims that mobile devices powered by Google's Android operating system were hacked and used to send spam emails.

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Amazon Developing Android Smartphone [REPORT]
Mashable
If Amazon developed a smartphone, it would be able to sell those goods to a much larger market. According to Gartner, 467 million smartphones will be sold this year — about half of which will beAndroid. By comparison, market research firm Gartner ...

HTC's Profit Falls 58%
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI—HTC Corp. said Friday its unaudited second-quarter net profit fell 58% from a year earlier, as the Taiwanese smartphone maker struggles to compete with industry leaders Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. HTC said in a statement its ... In ...

Wall Street Journal

HTC 2Q Profit Falls as Smartphone Competition Intensifies
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI--HTC Corp. (2498.TW) said Friday its unaudited second-quarter net profit fell 58% from a year earlier, as the Taiwanese smartphone maker continues to struggle in its battle against industry leaders Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co ...

Samsung's High-end Smartphone Sales Boost Profits
PCWorld (blog)
"The 14.3 percent of operating profit margin indicates the strong sales of the company's high-endsmartphone line-ups and they are expected to take away the ones of the rival companies," said Lee Sun Tae, an analyst with NH Investment & Securities.

Amazon, smartphones and the quest for a real No. 3 mobile platform
ZDNet (blog)
Bloomberg is reporting Amazon is prepping a smartphone and there are many observers receptive to the idea. The reality of the wireless industry is that there's a duopoly---Android phones and Apple'siOS. Together, those two platforms own the wireless ...

Is Amazon creating its own smartphone?
Globe and Mail
Is Amazon building a smartphone to take on Apple? A new report has re-awakened speculation and set the tech world abuzz. A story Friday from Bloomberg News relies on a pair of unidentified sources, who say that Amazon is working with the Chinese ...

Apple Fixes iOS, Mac App-Crashing Bug
PC Magazine
Apple has rolled out a fix for a bug that caused several iOS and Mac apps to crash. ... Sponsored By T-Mobile® America's Largest 4G Network®. Experience 4G at the speed of T-Mobile® · See what happens when medicine meets mobile. Watch on Qualcomm ...

Amazon Is Reportedly Working On A Smartphone, But Cracking The Market Won ...
TechCrunch
Comparatively speaking, tablets are easy — slap a Wi-Fi radio in there and you're off to the connectivity races. That approach obviously doesn't cut it if Amazon plans on making a splash with a smartphone, and the company will need to link up with one ...

TechCrunch

Motorola DEFY Pro heads to Brazil, tough and tactile Android action
Engadget
There's 2.7-inches of Gorilla Glassed screen to poke at, an SD card slot to upgrade the 2GB onboard memory (upto 32GB) plus GPS and WiFi (so you can find your way home with the morning after). ...Motorola Industrial Ltda is bringing Motorola DEFY ...

Android Overload: Security Researchers Backtrack On Android ...
By Chris Chavez
ACLU's “Police Tape” App for Android ... South Korea getting souped up Galaxy S3 July 9th · Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 pre-orders arriving today · HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE now available from Verizon ... Motorola Atrix HD sign-up page appears, LTE handset hea... Phones ... Boid forAndroid could become the standard for Twitter ... Imgy for ... [PocketDroid]; LifeWatch V is anAndroid smartphone with health capabilities. ... HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE unboxing [VIDEO] ...
Android Phone Fans

Archos Unveils 97 Carbon -- an iPad-sized Android Tablet for $250
By Emily Price
I would like to buy the new iPad at this price eventually, cause developing for iOS is far more convenient and profitable, than for Android, so we're gonna bring our webcams app World Live Cams initially released to iOS to Windows Phone first, ...
Mashable » Tech

Is there really an Android botnet sending out spam?
By Gary Sims
Tweet · Tweet. Yesterday, I wrote about evidence that suggested the existence of an Android botnet which was under control of spammers and is being used to send out spam via Yahoo! Mail. The accusation came from Terry Zink over at ...
Android Authority

Confirmed: Android 4.1 uses different layouts for different tablet sizes
By JR Raphael
Google's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean delivers a smartphone-like layout on the new Nexus 7 tablet -- but with larger devices, the platform will take on a different form.
Computerworld Blogs

HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE Review | Android Community
By Cory Gunther
This week we've been given the opportunity to check out the latest DROID to grace the Verizon 4G LTE lineup, and that is the DROID Incredible 4G LTE. This.
Android Community

Archos 97 Carbon Android 4.0 Tablet Announced » Geeky Gadgets
By Roland Hutchinson
Archos has added a new Android tablet to their range of the Archos 97 Carbon, the device comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a 9.5 inch multi-touch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. The Archos 97 ... Other specifications on this new Android tablet from Archos include front and rear facing cameras, although no details were given on the exact specifications of the two cameras, WiFi, HDMI, plus a range of Google apps pre-installed. Archos have said ...
Geeky-Gadgets

Motorola Atrix HD unveiled: AT&T, Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.5-inch ...
By Brad Reed
Motorola has published a landing page for the newest addition to its Atrix smartphone series, theMotorola Atrix HD. ... and features a 4.5-inch display screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3- megapixel front-facing camera, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 1780 mAh Li Ion Polymer battery, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G LTEconnectivity. ... His first smartphone was a BlackBerry but he has since become a loyal Androiduser.
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Something's gotta give when big data meets broadband — Tech ...
By Stacey Higginbotham
Somewhere in the mountains of Chile scientists want to build a telescope capable of taking roughly 1400 photos of the night sky consisting of 6 gigabytes of information each. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which is up for funding this ...
Cloud

Android 4.1 UI is different for 7, 10 inch tablets - Liliputing
By Brad Linder
Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was the first version of Google's mobile operating system designed to run on phones and tablets. But it doesn't look exactly the same on both devices. On a phone the notification bar is at the top of the ...
Liliputing

Escale Numérique is a Free, Green-Roofed WiFi Station in Paris ...
By Bridgette Meinhold
Mathieu Lehanneur recently unveiled a free WiFi station covered with a beautiful green roof in Paris! The designer worked in collaboration with outdoor advertiser JCDecaux to tap into an underground fiber optic network to create a haven of ...
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Apple: Crashing iOS apps problem resolved — Apple News, Tips ...
By Erica Ogg
Updated. An issue that caused the App Store to send out some buggy app updates to iOS users has been identified and fixed. Late Thursday Apple issued a statement saying it found there was a snafu with DRM code from one of its servers.
GigaOM

Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean": Another update most will never see | ZDNet
A listing that appeared briefly on Google Play for the Google Nexus smartphone suggests that Google's flagship Android smartphone will be the first handset to ...
www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/android-4-1.../21003

Android 4.1 APIs | Android Developers
As an app developer, Android 4.1 is available to you with an SDK platform you can use to build ...To get started developing and testing against Android 4.1, use the Android SDK .... The Wi-FiDirect APIs are enhanced in Android 4.1 to support ...
developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.1.html

Android 1.5 NDK, Release 1 | Android Developers
Android Developers. Quicknav Quicknav. Design · Develop · Distribute. Android Sites.Android.com; Android Developers; Android Open Source Project. Support ...
developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/1.5_r1/index.html

Apple suffers High Court defeat over 'prize' iPhone patents - Telegraph: "Apple has been defeated at the High Court by the Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC over a series of patent infringement claims, including around the iPhone’s "prize" slide-to-unlock patent."

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