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Samsung has finally released bada SDK 2.0 for all developers — not just select ones. At the moment, not a single phone runs bada 2.0 but that will be changed soon with the upcoming Wave 3 which we caught in the Samsung Unpacked app, when we think the Wave II would also get the same…
It may not be much to go on but we have finally managed to catch a glimpse of Google’s latest version of the Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich. Unfortunately, the screens don’t show much but at least it’s something. Coming from AndroidPolice and RootzWiki, each site has manged to get their very own shots…
Ever since Apple started taking gaming more serious with its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, Nintendo has been feeling the most pressure as these devices directly compete with their handhelds. Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata, came out a few months ago telling developers to outright ignore smartphones, but it looks like investors of Nintendo can’t help…
The HTC Bliss – you know the upcoming Android phone for Verizon that’s aimed at females? Not only will this device be ultra-sleek, it also looks like it will be getting first dibs on the latest version of HTC’s custom Android skin, Sense. We also got word of a couple of rumored specs for the…
Like clockwork, Samsung has gone live with the TouchWiz UX update for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and you can pull said update down to your tablet right now. While custom skins aren’t usually praised, the TouchWiz UX on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 brings new features to Honeycomb without taking away from the core experience. So…
Yet another beta from RIM has launched recently, only this one is geared more towards programmers. The first version of the BlackBerry PlayBook native development kit has gone into beta, meaning developers can make apps with a richness we have yet to really see on their tablet If you’ve poked around at all in the…
The Toshiba Thrive has received a software update that will address issues some users have been experiencing. The tablet hasn’t been available that long at this point, so it’s definitely refreshing to see Toshiba provide an update this quickly. While we never experienced the issue with our Thrive review unit, some users have claimed that…
I’ve no doubts in my mind Qualcomm is super serious about the prospects of the augmented reality technology. The company — which we usually know for their chipsets — has a dedicated R&D center in Vienna, Austria that has already released an Android SDK, allowing mobile developers to add AR experiences to their apps. Now…
Seattle-based PressOK Entertainment launched PlacePlay, calling it a “location-enablement platform” that connects mobile game developers, players and local advertisers. The platform’s flagship toolset, PlacePlay Tournaments, enables developers to add local tournaments to their games to drive player engagement and increase revenue through targeted, “location-enhanced” advertising. PlacePlay combines location data with social and game data to…
Twilio — provider of pay-as-you-go cloud communications services which we’ve already covered in the past — launched Twilio Client, a software toolkit for web, iOS, and Android development that allows developers to enable voice communications within any application. Here’s the official pitch: With Twilio Client, millions of web developers worldwide can now build Skype-like voice…