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The Android 2.3 SDK was made available to the public yesterday and the source code has yielded its first surprise. Spotted in the code for the “android.view.KeyEvent” are several new inputs key including A, B, C, L1, L2, Mode, R1, R2, Select, Start, ThumbL, ThumbR, X, Y, and Z. It does not take a rocket…
A company called Sundrop Mobile is joining the location-based deals market. Their product (application) Reward Card Wallet allows consumers to store all their plastic loyalty cards on their iPhone or Android smartphone while at the same time delivering location-based marketing alerts from local businesses. To jump on board, you need to register and see your…
Cellit, the mobile marketing and couponing solutions provider, launched its Widgit mobile coupon redemption technology for the Android platform enabling retailers and QSR brands to redeem and track mobile coupons in real-time without any integration with their POS system. In addition to standard coupons, the Widgit for Android solution also includes mobile loyalty features, so…
Kobo updated its ebook reading app for the Android platform. It’s a small but important update which we suggest downloading. Here’s why: There’s the ability to search, add and read Internet Archive ePubs – that’s over 1.9 million eBooks! You can now read ebooks in the ePub format, no matter where they are purchased from…
Android chief Andy Rubin was on stage at D: Dive into Mobile and showed off a prototype tablet from Motorola that was running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Honeycomb is the successor to Android 2.3 Gingerbread and from the quick glance provided by Rubin, it will be a nice improvement over the current version of the OS.…
Google Maps for Mobile is, without a doubt, the leading geo-location and mapping service on smartphones today (sorry Windows Phone 7 and your Bing Maps). Today at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Mr. Android himself, Andy Rubin, showed the world that the next version of Google Maps for Mobile would come packing some long-awaited…
Well, Google seems to be making a habit of going to conferences and showing off unreleased hardware and software. A few weeks after CEO Eric Schmidt showed off the Nexus S, the company’s Android chief Andy Rubin showed off an upcoming Motorola Android tablet with a dual-core processor and Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Engadget nabbed a…
After seeing the Samsung Continuum, we knew we wouldn’t be surprised if it came up with another interesting form factor. Well, they have, and it’s all sorts of unique … in an ugly way.. The handset is being called the W899, looks like an old school flip phone and is quite large when closed. It’s…
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…
Confused about the messaging plan for your Samsung Galaxy Tab on T-Mobile? You’re not the only one, but fret not. Apparently the option is still there even though it seemed to disappear for a brief time. However, T-Mobile responded saying that the removal of the feature from its site was a mistake, and the option…