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HTC talks Ice Cream Sandwich updates – Coming in late March to select handsets
Looks like HTC isn’t wasting any time when it comes to updating its existing line of handsets to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Today on Facebook, HTC announced that the Android 4.0 update rollout would begin in late March, starting with the Sensation line of handsets. We do know that HTC’s new handset flow will begin to wane in 2012 in favor of better quality devices but we don’t know if that also translates to a greater focus on updating the massive amount of different handsets it released last year. … Read more
Blake Stimac
HOW TO: Install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S
If you like to apply custom ROMs to your Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, you may want to turn your attention to the newest custom recovery option from ClockworkMod. Chances are that if you are using a custom recovery already, it’s ClockworkMod. This is the same ClockworkMod recovery you’re used to but is now touch-enabled. If you’re rocking a Galaxy Nexus (GSM or CDMA) or a Nexus S (GSM only), read on to learn how to install the new recovery. The recovery is still in beta form but it works … Read more
Blake Stimac
Tapjoy Android Fund surpasses 130 apps
Mobile advertising and monetization platform Tapjoy announced that its Android Fund (which we’ve covered in the past) has grown to include more than 130 applications, making Tapjoy “one of the largest international publishers of mobile gaming apps.” The company also announced that its Android network went from approximately 171,000 total Monthly Active Users in January 2011 to more than 25 million in December. The Tapjoy Android Fund includes such hits as MachineWorks Northwest’s 3D Hunting: Alaskan Hunt, with more than 1 million total users, and Duke Nukem, which reached the … Read more
Dusan Belic
card.io launches Android SDK
card.io, mobile commerce company which we’ve already covered in the past, released an Android SDK, enabling developers making apps for Google’s mobile platform to easily accept credit card payments. If you don’t know what card.io is all about, you should know that it allows consumers to take a picture of their credit card to process payments, without any extra hardware. Since its iOS platform launch in June over 80 apps have integrated the card.io SDK, with more than 750 new developers signed-up. Among the apps that already use card.io’s service … Read more
Dusan Belic
Gimmie offers new way for mobile game monetization
One of PopCap’s original developers, Roy Liu, launched a new incentives platform aimed at boosting in-app revenue by incentivizing game players with real rewards. The name of the company is Gimmie, and it unveiled its in-game incentives program in beta with ten mobile app developers and ten consumer product brands. The main idea behind Gimmie is to turn brand promotions into in-game incentives without distracting game players with ads that force them to leave a game altogether. Through regular/sustained app use, players earn Gimmie points, which they can save and … Read more
Dusan Belic
Google Maps, Goggles, and Listen for Android get updated
Google has updated three of its Android applications today, which include Maps, Listen, and Goggles. Both Maps and Listen bring small but it Goggles seems to have received most of the attention. In a nutshell, here is what all three updates bring to the table: Google Maps: Google Maps Navigation (Beta) will enter ‘night mode’ when going through tunnels Google Listen: Fixes an issue in which Listen while in the background would improperly take audio focus from other apps. Google Goggles: Don’t store inaccurate locations for queries in search history. … Read more
Blake Stimac
CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 released for the HP TouchPad
Recently, we wrote about the progress the folks over at CyanogenMod were making on baked ROMs for the extinct HP TouchPad. Today the super hackers released CM9 for the TouchPad, but in alpha form. This is awesome for owners who are stuck with a tablet that’s no longer receiving any major firmware updates for its webOS platform. Here’s a quick break down of what to expect with this alpha build: Things that DO NOT WORK: Hardware Video (OMX). As a result, Netflix does not work, YouTube works only in non-HD … Read more
Charles West
jQ.Mobi brings optimized jQuery to iOS and Android
Here’s one for mobile developers. With jQ.Mobi, a new open source mobile development framework, you can quickly create HTML5-based sites and apps using familiar jQuery-based functions. Touted as 2.5X faster than desktop jQuery and much smaller to download (only 3K vs. 36K), JQ.Mobi is made with particular focus on delivering an “identically high quality user experience” to both iOS and Android devices. Included with jQ.Mobi are a query selector engine, a user interface (UI) library, and a collection of plugins. When compared to other JavaScript mobile frameworks like jQuery Mobile … Read more
Dusan Belic
Epson unveils SDKs for iOS and Android
With tablets increasingly getting adopted by retailers all around the world, the question is when the standard POS terminals will be pushed back to history. And while we’re still far from that point, some savvy companies experiment with new technologies, improving the shopping experience along the way. The problem, however, may turn to be communication between a tablet (or smartphone) and receipt printer. No more, at least for retailers who use select Epson thermal and multifunction receipt printers. The company released iOS and Android SDKs, allowing for receipt printing from … Read more
Dusan Belic
Android port for HP TouchPad nears completion
We have good news for those of you out there who were able to grab yourself an HP TouchPad during the fire sale in hopes of one day running Android on it. The folks over at CyanogenMod have been diligently working to resurrect the dead webOS tablet, and their efforts seem to be finally paying off. The CM team has been developing an alpha 1 and 2 build of its wildly popular CM7 platform, but with CM9 right around the corner it not only expedites the process but should make things a lot better on … Read more
Charles West
CyanogenMod reaches milestone for 1 Million installs
CyanogenMod, insanely popular for its customized aftermarket firmware for select Android devices, just announced an impressive milestone of 1 million installs (combining both official and unofficial). If you aren’t familiar with hacking or installing custom ROMs then you should know the CM team is the standard. These talented developers are great at finding ways to innovate and bring new features to stock Android. CM not only revives older devices left in the cold, but frees them from their shackles placed on them by the overlord — manufacturers/carriers. This is how … Read more