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Sprint is making a commitment to cut back on Android bloatware, or what we users like to call “crapware,” on its Google devices. All the major wireless carriers in the U.S. add a bit of Android bloatware, or carrier-branded software that users can’t delete from smartphones, to Google-powered handsets. And it is very annoying. Sprint…
Google Plus, or Google+, is now available for iOS in the iTunes App Store. The social networking service, in which you divide up your friends, family and acquaintances into “Circles,” has taken off in the past few weeks and has even seen defectors from Facebook. When the service launched, we said that mobile users might…
Android 3.2 Honeycomb has just been released and it includes a number of bug fixes and other upgrades to the tablet version of Google’s mobile software platform. Moreover, the release shows better support for multiple screen resolutions, which means manufacturers can just go nuts with their screen sizes, within reason. What we have to look…
Google’s Eric Schmidt decided to chime in on the Apple lawsuits brought against its hardware partners. The former Google CEO says that Apple is feeling threatened by its competitors, and instead of firing back with new innovations, the iPhone maker is just hitting everyone else with lawsuits. To be fair, Schmidt ought to look at…
Apple is reportedly launching a contract-free iPhone this year for the low price of $350. Typically, an out-of-contract iPhone model fetches anywhere between $600-700, so this is a pretty big deal for those who want the Apple smartphone without the burden of signing a contract. Last month, Apple decided to start selling the iPhone 4…
Microsoft is looking for a software engineer to work on a secret project for Windows Phone. Details are scant, but a few items can be gleaned from the job listing where Microsoft says, “GO BIG! DISRUPT THE MARKET!” The job listing stresses building a good user experience and getting this version one product out within…
Last week we learned that Google was seeing 550,000 Android activations per day, but according to a recent ChangeWave study, it seems that the demand for iOS is beginning to outpace Android. The two platforms saw equal demand last year and early this year, except for the month of June 2010 when the iPhone 4…
Apple said two weeks ago that it was aware of an iOS security flaw that could leave iPhone and iPad users vulnerable to attack via malicious PDF files. The exploit could have been used by hackers to gain access to Apple mobile devices and view user data, or infect the devices without user knowledge. Apple…
Nuance has just announced Dragon Go! for the iPhone, a voice search service that does more than just hear you and populate with search results based strictly on what it hears, but it’s also contextual in that it understands what you’re asking and may offer relevant content, too. Nuance says that these results can come…
We have been waiting very impatiently for Spotify, the music service that has been all the rage in Europe, to come to the U.S. Today, that dream has come true and it’s available for $4.99 a month for Premium, and $10 a month for Unlimited. With the new music service, you can create and customize…