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Kindle Fire 2 Close in on iPad 3? & Android Jumped in Market Share
Android smartphone became the top operating system in January and the Kindle Fire became the first true competitor to the iPad reports Jumptap. The Kindle Fire accounted for 33% of the market in January 2012 with 20% held by others and 48% of tablets with Apple's iPad OS. Android and iOS toget…
Motorola Xoom, Droid 4, RAZR, RAZR MAXX, Bionic & Xyboard – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Updates
Motorola revealed some more details about the future updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) for the many of its popular smartphones and tablets. We suspected that Motorola would be very Android-update friendly after Google bought it and there many-a-update planned for rolling out in th…
Swype Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 & Dragon Go!
Swype beta is changing Swype with support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, new features, fixes and Dragon Go! Prediction accuracy is significantly improved a number of languages WXGA-resolution devices will also enjoy the benefits of language downloads. The EMOTICON key is enabled in SMS apps …
EVI More Intelligent than Siri and Iris?
Watch out Siri and Iris. Ladies, you got some competition from Evi. Her answers are quite different from Iris who is accused of being racist and anti-Semitic. She's more like Siri with a different kind of intelligence and accent. You will have to get to know her better before you decide if you…
Why Updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread & iOS Take So Long
Droid, iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S (1 & II) owners have been known to get anxious waiting for updates for Android 4.0 or iOS 5. The wait is not just due to software development/testing but could also be due to network traffic. Android owners seem to have wait longer due to he development …
Droid Used More 4 John Interaction over iPhone & BlackBerry
It is no surprise that most American use their cell phones in the John, however, new research shows that Droid users are the heaviest potty touchscreeners behind closed stalls. Yes, three-fourths of American cell phone owners report they use their phones in the bathroom, according 11mark. "It's…
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G New HD Spec Revealed at Nexus of HD?
The Samsung Galaxy Blaze S 4G was announced at CES, we now have some new plausible specs of the sort-of Samsung Galaxy S II and sort-of Galaxy Nexus superphone. These new specs assume that the Samsung Galaxy Blaze S 4G is model number SGH-T999. The UAProf document of the SGH-T999 revealed t…
Pinger Turns iPod Touch into iPhone 4 Calling/Text & Big Hit with Teens
Pinger says that its apps reach over 5.8 million active U.S. teens and young adults, which represents 10% of the overall U.S. teen market. Their figures confirm that teens love to text and talk, especially when it is for free over Wi-Fi on an iPod Touch, iPad or Android phone/tablet. Due to a…
iPhone An’ Droid Top Smartphone Choices: Scant BlackBerry
The iPhone 4S launch in November was very successful, while Android remains the top smartphone OS, reported Nielsen. 46.3 percent of all smartphone owners surveyed in Q42011 reported they have an Android-based mobile phone. Among New smartphone owners in the last three months 44.5 percent of t…
TurboTax Offers Free Tax Advice Mobile Apps, Filing, Checking, Casting & Carding for iPad, iPhone, Android Phones & Tablets
TurboTax is ready for tax filing from an iPad, iPhone or Android smartphone and is offering free tax advice until April 30. TurboTax also lets you view online tax returns on tablets. With TurboTax apps, users prepare and e-file tax returns, estimate refund sand track the status of returns after…
iPhone/iPad Owners Happy/Optimistic, Android Active and BlackBerry Bleak
A Gazelle survey that polled CES attendees to reveal connections between mobile phone ownership and optimism. The study showed that iPhone and iPad owners tend to expect the best, are optimistic and enjoy friendships. Android tablet owners are more optimistic than Android phone users. Bl…
Asus Transformer Prime Primed for Early Update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)
At an Nividia press event last night, it was revealed that the update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) was rolling out which was three days earlier than promised for the Asus Transformer Prime . We believe that it makes the Asus Transformer Prime the first ICS-enabled tablet. The Asus Tr…
Samsung (Galaxy S II Nexus) Top Maker, Android Top OS & Text Top Use
ComScore released its latest MobiLens report which mirrors what Wireless an Mobile News reported in our top ten best smartphone analysis. The report shows the top makers, platforms and content usage. Samsung remained as the top cell phone maker with 25.6% of mobile subscribes, followed by LG( 2…
Very Active iOS and Android Xmas 2011 and Appy New Year
Many good boys and girls received new iPhones and Android devices on Christmas day. According to research by Flurry Analytics, there were 6.8 million activations of iPhones and Android devices on December 25th. It was also a very "appy" day with 150 million apps downloaded. The average daily acti…
Starting Tips for New Samsung Galaxy SII, Nexus, Transformer Prime, Kindle Fire & More
If you were lucky enough to receive a new Android smartphone or tablet this year, we have some tips to make your experience easier. We hope you are able to enjoy one the top ten best hottest coolest smartphones of 2011 or maybe the sold-out Transformer Prime or Kindle Fire. No matter what you've …
Smashing Android Smartphones – HTC Inspires Dragon & Makes Frog Antsy
Some Android smartphones are used as babysitters for children and now for the cold-blooded members of the family such as frogs and dragons. The Android touchscreens react to the touch of both reptile and amphibian tongues. In these tongue-in-cheek videos, a bearded dragon lizard and an African …
Amazon Kindle Fire Review of News: Should be Fired for Android 2.3 UX? Still Hottest Tablet for Android
Yesterday, we discovered that the Kindle Fire was having "issues" connecting to the Internet, now we learn that the low-priced virtual cash register for Amazon is not the optimal user experience but should overtake the Android tablet market, anyway. The Kindle Fire could capture 50 percent of t…
Android App Sale: 10 Cent Sale SoundHound, MineCraft, SketchBook, Paper Camera & More
To celebrate that the 10 Billion download on Android Market a whole bunch of apps have been discounted to ten cents on Android Market. Many of the apps are editors' choices. The discounted apps include: SoundHound - SoundHound is instant music search and discovery SwiftKey X Keyboard -…
Amazon Kindle Fire Can’t Fire Wi-Fi Internet Connections DHCP or Software Update Needed?
Oh-oh the tablet that was gaining momentum against the iPad the super fired-up Kindle Fire may have some Internet connection problems. Some Kindle Fire owners have found that the Kindle Fire tablets will find and connect to a Wi-Fi connection but not connect to the Internet. Some have found…
Review of Nexus News: Galaxy Nexus Primed 2 Release, Dates Rumored, S Tests & AT&T @ FCC
So far, Americans haven't gotten the taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich while the rest of the world can buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus we are still waiting to savor the new flavor of Android which should be coming soon. Let's review all the news around Android 4.0 in the Samsung Galaxy which…
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