Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Twitter Launches Android App

May 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in New Releases, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Following the release of their own iPhone app, Twitter has now launched the same on Android. Just like on the iPhone, it will sit there comfortably between competitors who have been on the Android Market much longer.

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Google Acquires BumpTop

May 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has acquired BumpTop, the developer behind the 3D desktop with the same name. Analysts expect Google to have acquired the company for their Android operating system.

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Micro-SD Installation of Android Apps ‘Coming Soon’

May 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Ever since the launch of Android on the G1, users have been filing complaints about the lack of support for the installation of apps on external storage media like Micro SD cards.

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Zeemote Offers Android SDK’s

April 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Mobile game developers can now also activate Zeemote support for their Android games. Following a successful release of their J2me and BlackBerry SDK’s, the company has now released an Android SDK.

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Android on iPhone, a Fact of Life

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It is probably one of Steve Jobs’ biggest nightmares (after regular jailbreaks). A group of hackers has managed to crease an Android release that is working perfectly on the iPhone.

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Flash 10.1 Does Arrive in H1, Just not the Phones

April 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Adobe Flash & Air | No Comments »

Adobe has send out a statement to explain that their Flash Player 10.1 for mobile phones is being released in the first half of 2010, as announced earlier. It is just the phones they install it on which will be late.

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38K Apps Available on the Android Market

April 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

According to Google, the Android Market is currently offering 38.000 apps to consumers. At the same time, vendors are selling 66.000 Android phones a day.

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Vodafone to Launch Android App Shop

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

According to developer BlueMedialab, Vodafone is about to launch their own version of the Android Market. It will be called Android App Shop and it will launch in 8 European markets.

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Changewave: iPhone Most Popular OS in the US

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: WebOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Changewave has sent out a survey to over 4.000 consumers to ask them which phone they own and which smartphone platform they like to own next. Though Android support is growing fast, iPhone is still first.

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People of Lava Develops Android TV

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Swedish TV vendor People of Lava has shown a new TV that is running on Android 1.5. According to the company, they are the first to release a TV based on the operating sytem.