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Android has taken over in the United Kingdom as the #1 smartphone operating system in terms of market share. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech measured smartphone usage between January 2011 and January 2012 to find that Android had a 36.9 percent share while Apple’s iPhone had 28.5 percent. In fairness, this should be expected. It technically compares software…
If you passed on the Kindle Fire because you felt its 7-inch display was too small, then you may be in luck with this latest rumor. According to China Times, Amazon is said to be working on a 10-inch version of the hottest selling Android tablet on the market, which is slated to release sometime in…
Well, it looks like the battle for the right to use the iPad trademark is finally coming to a head, as a negotiation between Proview and Apple may be underway. This news comes after the Chinese-based manufacturer were seeking up to $2 billion from the maker of all iProducts, after it originally wanted only millions…
U.S. Cellular is finally joining the party when it comes to offering one of the most popular Android handsets on the market, the Samsung Galaxy S II. The regional cellular provider announced that the Galaxy S II will run on its nationwide 3G network. It will be available for $229.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate…
While we’re pretty unsure of anything that Sony will be announcing during Mobile World Congress next week, the fog has lifted slightly and it looks like we have a new handset coming our way. That handset would be the Xperia U aka Kumquat, which looks to be a smaller version of the Xperia S –…
MIC Gadget claims to have seen and handled the shell for the iPad 3. The part was supposedly given to them by one of their “most reliable sources.” The shots provided by the blog show a case with the familiar side volume rocker, bottom charging port, and rear-camera of the iPad 2. Some shots suggest…
I think that SkyDrive is one of the best free services out there that many of you aren’t using, as it delivers 25 GB of free storage for your computer or your Windows Phone handset. Microsoft has detailed its plans for SkyDrive with Windows 8 and this looks to be a highly-credible competitor to Apple’s…
With the Kindle Fire selling like hots cakes, you just knew Barnes & Noble would have to strike back with its Nook lineup. The company introduced an 8 GB version of its Nook Tablet with a $200 price tag to try and cool that Fire down (alright, that was bad). The latest Nook Tablet is…
It looks like Microsoft has completed a version of its Office productivity software for the iPad and the app is awaiting Apple’s approval and should be available in a few weeks, according to a report from The Daily. The Daily says that the Office for iPad app enables users to create and store Word, Excel…
Just about the time we expected, Research In Motion has made the PlayBook OS 2.0 software available to the masses over the air. With the PlayBook OS 2.0, I believe the BlackBerry tablet becomes a much better and usable device because it now sports native e-mail and calendar to go along with a bunch of…