We know not many of you care that bada 1.2 SDK is now in its final version, but we see it as important news, nevertheless. The reason is obvious – Samsung is one of the major handset makers and their bada-powered devices are selling in millions (though their Android devices are selling even more). That…
Samsung’s Turkish Android Market doesn’t look half bad
If Amazon can do it, why can’t Samsung? Android will eventually have a handful of different application markets available from various different vendors, which may or may not be a bad thing. Samsung, for example, has their own application market for Android. The catch is that it’s only for those in Turkey. The screenshots of…
Xperia X10 Gingerbread preview ROM may be the closest it gets to Android 2.3
Whatever good you may have to say about the Xperia X10, hold onto it, as it’s probably been one of the most disappointing (though decently spec’d) Android smartphones around. But right now, it’s actually somewhat worth having due to one simple ROM. It’s an Android 2.3 Gingerbread preview ROM, and while other handsets are already…
Gingerbread requires at least 1GHz CPU? Not likely. [UPDATE]
LG has sent some people into a buzz with their recent comment on Facebook regarding Android 2.3 Gingerbread not coming to the Optimus Android smartphone lineup. While responding to a question as to when the Optimus line would be receiving the Gingerbread update, LG, likely only for the sake of keeping things as simple as…
HTC HD2 gets it’s very own Android Gingerbread port, too
Everyone’s favorite Windows Mobile device gone Android, the HD2, has just been blessed with its own Android 2.3 Gingerbread port. This comes from none other than XDA-Developers, and while the port is not available at the moment, we can expect a team of skilled developers to be working on this to get it up and…
Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROMs already available up for select HTC phones
Don’t get too excited just yet, but there seems to be a handful of Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROMs already available for a select group of HTC Android phones. Like I said, don’t get too excited, as these ROMs are not going to be stable enough for day-to-day use. Rather, you should consider these Gingerbread ROMs…
BlackBerry App World Accepting PlayBook Submissions, Offering Free Tablets
Hey mobile app developers, you want a free BlackBerry PlayBook? Yeah, of course you do. Well, if you’ve been taking the last couple of weeks to play around with the AIR SDK for RIM’s first tablet, you can now submit your final work to the BlackBerry App World and get a free PlayBook if it’s…
CyanogenMod 6.1 goes final – Gingerbread on the way with CM7
CyanogenMod is one of the most loved custom ROMs available for Android OS, and we’re happy to tell you that the latest iteration from the CM team, CyanogenMod 6.1, has finally reached stable status. With CM 6.1 now in its final form, once the source code for Gingerbread is released, the CM team can begin…
BlackBerry App World 2.1 on the Way with In-App Purchases
RIM had announced about a year ago that the BlackBerry App World would allow for in-app purchases, and it looks like they’re going to be implementing the changes necessary for the feature to go live soon. This letter went out to app developers informing them about server upgrades, though RIM notes that a client-side app…
Sony Ericsson working on Android 2.2 Froyo for Xperia X10
While many are still awaiting Android 2.1 Eclair for their Xperia X10‘s, we’re now hearing that Sony Ericsson may already hard at work getting some Froyo on the handset. Well, maybe. We know that Japanese-Swedish smartphone-maker isn’t the only one suffering from long software update cycles, thanks to all the extensive testing that needs to…