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According to a recent press release, Samsung has chosen the Atmel MaXTouch touchscreen technology for its upcoming Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab. The Atmel MaXTouch chip is one very nice piece of tech, and is capable of taking on the touchiest of tasks. The Atmel MaXTouch is a very welcomed addition to the Tab. With…
According to a survey from Appcelerator and IDC, Android may be the go-to OS for developers in the future. That doesn’t sound all that surprising as hoards of Android devices continue to hit market, but as of right now, the OS still has has some growing up to do. This survey was taken by 2,300 …
RIM jumped head first into the tablet market today at DevCon 2010 with its BlackBerry PlayBook. Based upon the QNX OS, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a feature rich mobile device that includes the following specs: 7inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX) with support for…
Toshiba jumped head first into the mobile phone marketplace when it launched its Windows Mobile-powered TG01 smartphone, one of the first handsets to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. The TG01 had a short lifespan and was superseded by another Windows Mobile offering, the TG02, early this year. Now in September, we have yet another Toshiba offering, the TG03, spotted…
RIM announced a new enterprise-grade application development tool for BlackBerry today called BEAM, which aims to address challenges in compatibility and connectivity for end-to-end corporate mobility software solutions. What exactly that entails is well over my head, but the BlackBerry Enterprise App Middleware SDK will likely be the first stop for developers working on custom…
Amidst today’s many announcements at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, RIM has said that for a limited time, they will be waiving the usual submission fee to get into their official application portal, App World. This move is reminiscent of Palm’s not too long ago, which puts a dent against my comparison of the two companies.…
It’s what BlackBerry fanatics have been waiting for, and it’s finally here — a tablet computer from RIM. Gone is the BlackPad name, though no one was ever really sure that’s what it would be called, and instead we have the BlackBerry PlayBook. It has multitasking, Flash, music multimedia and despite its capabilities and its…
BlackBerry Widgets, a web-based development platform RIM had released in October, has been renamed WebWorks, and will be an open-source project. Using the BlackBerry Web App Packager, developers will be able to create full-fledged programs using familiar web languages, like HTML5, CSS, XML and the like. RIM made bold claims about their significant contributions to…
RIM has followed-up on the advertising platform and in-app purchaces announced at the last BlackBerry Developer Conference with an official launch. RIM aims to keep things simple, open, flexible, global, and inclusive (as far as ad networks go) with the new program, which can be implemented in BlackBerry apps with as little as three lines…
The New Yorker has introduced its very own iPad app with the help of actor Jason Schwartzman. It’s actually more of a day in the life of Jason Schwartzman, undoubtedly interesting and hilarious as the ad depicts, while he shows us the new features of the app. The app itself will dish out an issue…