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For all of the flak Apple gets for charging a 30% cut of regular iPhone app purchases, in-app purchases, and subscriptions, they apparently don’t pull in much actual profit. CFO Peter Oppenheimer said at an Apple shareholder meeting said “We run the App Store just a little over breakeven,” after fielding a question about how…
AT&T has officially announced that the Samsung Captivate will be receiving the Android 2.2 Froyo update starting tomorrow, and to sweeten the deal, AT&T has confirmed that the tiny HTC Aria will also be receiving the Froyo update in the near future as well. It may have taken a while, but, when it comes to…
Qwarq wireless platform is now available for Android-based devices. The technology has been developed by ConnectSoft to make Personal Area Networking (PAN) easy. Relying on Wi-Fi Direct or Bluetooth, Qwarq can seamlessly connect notebooks, netbooks, tablets, smartphones and other devices directly, without any type of network connection. For instance, Qwarq can be used to transfer…
After hearing that Motorola was trying to make it hell for those looking to apply modifications to the Atrix 4G in the form of a locked bootloader, they’ve redeemed themselves by giving the Xoom tablet a bootloader that can be unlocked for developers. Giving the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet a bootloader that you can…
Google has just released to final tools for the Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK and this enables developers to create applications using the new API level and publish them into the Android Market. We were expecting the full SDK to drop after the launch of the Motorola Xoom, but it looks like Google has jumped the…
We’re certainly not surprised about this one, but the Atrix 4G has a locked bootloader, courtesy of Motorola. To the average Joe that has no intention of modifying their phone, this means very little. However, those who like to install custom ROMs and modify their handsets may not have as much fun with their new…
Not in the first wave of folks to get the Android 2.2 OTA for your Samsung Epic 4G? Instead of having to wait, we’ll tell you how to manually update your device so you can get your Froyo on. It’s a fairly easy update, so don’t get discouraged if you’re not the phone hacking type.…
There may be a reason as to why the Nexus One still hasn’t received Android Gingerbread yet. We’re hearing that the 2.3 version of the OS is a Nexus S exclusive, and other devices will receive Android 2.4, which is still a part of the Gingerbread branch. It could be that the update headed to…
With the Motorola Atrix 4G just days away from launching, you may like to know that the handset has been rooted already, and a system dump has now dropped for your downloading pleasure. This is certainly good news for the user who wants to look at the Atrix’s software innards, but hopefully this won’t make…
Location Labs announced general availability of its Geofencing platform with enhanced functionality. The cloud-based technology is made to help iPhone and Android developers accurately define virtual boundaries on the phone or in the cloud, and is already in use for interactive billboard advertising from CBS Outdoors and Intel, and “Store Alerts” functionality in Cellfire’s couponing…