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We’ve seen some pretty interesting custom user interfaces for Android before, but the latest skin from Japan’s KDDI Infobar handset line shows a UI that may look a bit familiar. The handsets feature a Windows Phone 7 like UI, but offers up customization options Microsoft only wishes it would have thought up. They say that…
Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play, has been in Europe for a little while now, and up in Canada for the last couple of weeks, but Americans will be getting their turn soon. Sony Ericsson just announced that the launch date on Verizon is set to May 26, with preorders starting the 19th. (this…
At the Reuters Global Technology Summit today Jen-Hsun Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, told reports that in roughly 2.5 years Google’s mobile operating system Android will overtake Apple’s iPad in terms of market share. You can spin that either way, as a good thing for Apple, who with the iPad will be so successful that…
The HSPA+ enabled MyTouch 4G is finding its way north of the border soon, care of Mobilicity. Dubbed the HTC Panache, it keeps the same 3.8-inch display, 5 megapixel camera, universal search hardware key, and clever motion recognition features to help you easily mute incoming calls. OS-wise, it’ll be bumped up to Android 2.3, versus…
The much-awaited Samsung Droid Charge will go on sale for Verizon Wireless May 14 for $299 on a two-year contract and this will be the second smartphone to support the 4G LTE network. The HTC Thunderbolt was the first 4G LTE smartphone and many expected the Samsung Droid Charge to follow it up last month.…
Alongside all the whiz-bang tech coming out of Google I/O 2011, Sony Ericsson came to the developer-focused conference to show off their new, pint-sized Android smartphones – the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Mini and XPERIA Mini Pro. In an age where smartphone displays seem to be getting bigger and bigger (and pushing the limits of pocketability),…
Today, at Google I/O 2011, the Mountain View, CA.-based Android showed off a few screens from the new Android Market app for Android phones. The aim of the revamped Android Market UI is to aid in app discovery, app promotions, and to make it easier for a user to read details about a particular app.…
The Personal Localized Alerting Network, or PLAN, was just announced by Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Julius Genachowski, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator W. Craig Fugate, and executives from T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. The goal is simple: In case there’s a threat to your safety, be it terrorist attacks or the release of a new…
Google has just taken the wraps off of Android 3.1 Honeycomb, which is brings a few new features to tablets running the software version. We weren’t expecting a large update with 3.1, but the additions are certainly welcomed and it’s rolling out to Verizon 3G Xooms today. Best of all, Android 3.1 will be launching…
Today at Google I/O, the next Android build, Ice Cream Sandwich, went public, as expected. Launch will be in the fourth quarter. This next version of Android promises to bring all of the cool features that were introduced in Honeycomb (the tablet-optimized version of the mobile OS) to smartphones, and other platforms like TV. This…