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This afternoon RIM has released a beta version of their developer toolset for BlackBerry OS 7, the new software running on the Bold 9900. Developer APIs include new access to the magnetic compass, UI overlay, near-field communications, and video capture, as well as the 3D rendering power of OpenGL ES 2.0. APIs for BlackBerry Maps,…
Glu Mobile, Unity Technologies and Sony Ericsson have teamed-up to launch a global 3D social mobile contest for independent game developers, offering $500k in total prizes for winning submissions. Developers from all around the world are invited to create an original 3D Social Mobile video game built on the Unity platform and playable on iOS…
Android and iOS games developer TinyCo launched the $5 million TinyFund to provide mobile game developers with capital and resources needed to successfully launch their games. Developers around the world are invited to submit their proposals for consideration, no matter at which stage of development they’re currently in. Selected developers will get monetary assistance of…
So you have your LG Revolution in hand and you want to get your root on, do you? You’re in luck, because as you can do just that today. We’ve seen more elegant root solutions before, but this one is still pretty easy if you have everything set up correctly. Do keep in mind that…
Remember when HTC said they would be reviewing its bootloader policy yesterday? Well, I’m eating my words since I said that this could take a long time, as HTC has officially announced that it will no longer lock the bootloaders of Android phones. This is good news indeed for those who like to apply modifications…
When the T-Mobile G2X was released, the carrier claimed that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update would become available shortly. Well, since its release the only Gingerbread the handset had seen is the leaked version of the official ROM and custom ROMs from developers. Luckily, T-Mobile recently announced on Twitter that the update will be available…
HTC has been leaving a bad taste in some user’s mouths by locking the bootloaders of its handsets lately. This lock-down not only makes it harder for those who want to apply modifications to their handset, but it’s also something the handset-maker went out of its way to make it harder for such users. Well,…
We’ve been playing with the special edition of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that Google gave away during the I/O conference earlier this month for some time now, and we’re quite impressed with the tablet. The Tab 10.1 currently runs on Android 3.0.1 Honeycomb, but according to Sammy the tablet will ship with Android 3.1…
Microsoft unveiled all the goodies of Windows Phone 7.1 Mango this morning and the company has made the new developer tools available. That should mean we should get some cool apps soon which are on par with what is on the iPhone and Android. Something like Instagram or a barcode reader haven’t been possible on…
While a bit late to the game, Google’s introduction of offering up movie rentals right from the Android Market Webstore was met with excitement. Sort of. Honeycomb users running the latest version 3.1 can also take advantage of the movie service and rent movies right from the tablet. However, it looks like Google is not…