Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Vodafone Iceland Selects Selatra for Games and Apps

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Though Selatra has been silent for a long time, the aggregator seems to have been working out a sweet deal with Vodafone Iceland that puts them in charge of games and apps.

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Oracle Sues Google Over Java in Android

August 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

The Oracle Corporation has started a lawsuit against Google for infringing Oracle owned patents in regards to the implementation of Java on Google’s Android operating system.

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Android Users Make Less Bootycalls

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Research from datingsite OkCupid showed us that iPhone owners have more sex partners than those that walk around with an Android phone. How about the iPod Touch!?

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Flurry Launches AppCircle Recommendations on Android

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following the release of their AppCircle SDK on Apple’s iPhone and iPad, Flurry has now released the service for developers on Google’s Android platform.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Tabled Expected Next Month

August 11th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Samsung’s Galaxy S series of Android Phones is performing so well, the company is expected to introduce the Android based Galaxy Tablet during the IFA next month.

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HTC Doubles Smartphone Sales year-on-year

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

HTC has announced that between July 2009 and July 2010, the vendor sold twice as much smartphones. In 2009, July was worth €225 million which rose to €575 million in 2010.

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Gearbox Gives Android some Balls to Play With

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Gearbox has announced their roboballs which are remotely controlled by an Android (and later iOS) based phone. The balls come with a little suite of games and an API for other developers.

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Google Boots Easy Root from Android Market

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though Google doesn’t do much moderation on the Android Market, the company has decided to boot Easy Root off of the Android Market as the app allowed Android owners to root their device with one flick.

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ABI Research: Symbian and Android Will Grow Fastest

August 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to ABI Research, Symbian and Android will be the fastest growing mobile operating systems over the coming years. Growth will mainly come from developing countries.

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Vodafone’s HTC Desire Update Criticized by Clients

August 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Vodafone has pushed an update for the HTC Desire to Android 2.1 while consumers have been expecting 2.2 which is being rolled out by HTC toward non-operator models, but that is not all…