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Shortly after Google launched Android back in October 2008 with the G1, new versions of the platform were released, followed by custom skins and interfaces. This led to strong criticism against platform fragmentation, and it has haunted Google and and its mobile OS ever since. However, when Android 3.0 Honeycomb was released, the search giant…
When the iPad 2 was announced just a few days ago, many of us were wowed by its specs. It’s thinner than the iPhone 4, lighter than the previous iPad, it has Apple’s new A5 processor and the battery life is still rated at 10 hours. What’s not to love? Apparently, it’s the rear camera.…
Apple threw a huge wrench into Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 plans with the iPad 2, and now the manufacturer of the Android tablet needs to reconsider its options. Indeed, the mass hysteria for the second iteration of the iPad was unbelievable, but being thinner, lighter and more powerful than the first, it’s no surprise that…
When the Verizon iPhone was announced, the world assumed that AT&T iPhone subscribers would be departing and defecting en masse. It turns out that’s not the case, and the numbers of defectors doesn’t surprise AT&T, says a high-level rep. Quite frankly, I’m not surprised, either. The subject of switching to Verizon for the iPhone is…
Twitter for iPhone, perhaps my favorite Twitter app on iOS, has just received a healthy update that includes a number of new features and bug fixes. The first thing you’ll notice when you jump into your timeline is the trending topics bar. It’s a bit obtrusive and ugly, but if you’re big on trending topics,…
So you’ve found yourself blown away by Apple’s new iPad 2, and March 11 doesn’t seem like it can come soon enough. If you decided to hold out until now, watching all your friends and family enjoy their now-vintage iPads, good for you. The new iteration of the Apple tablet is thinner than the iPhone…
The iPad 2 made some serious waves yesterday during and after Apple unveiled it, and the occasion was even more momentous because it was presented by Steve Jobs. Many believed that Jobs was too ill to take the stage, but he introduced the new iPad with the typical gusto and charm to which we’ve grown…
Every time the Apple Store goes down, a flurry of excitement hits the web. It’s a little funny, but usually portends something big, and we all know what’s happening today. While it seems a bit of a stretch to believe that the iPad 2 would go on sale today, the day Apple unveils it, it’s…
Here we go again: security issues with certain Android apps has forced Google to pull 21 applications from the Android Market. The apps that were affected were free and have been downloaded about 50,000 times. Time and again I’ve said that the downside of being so open and having little regulation in the Android Market…
We’re just a few short hours away from the iPad 2 event in San Francisco, and it looks like Amazon Germany might have let a few juicy details slip. One feature that the new tablet might have is Apple’s new Thunderbolt technology which allows several high-performance devices to connect via a single port. This would…