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No doubt Angry Birds is one of the top mobile games It is available on multiple platforms including iOS, webOS, Symbian 3, and Android. It is one of the leading games in both the Apple App Store and the Android Market. It boasts of over 7 million Android users, over 12 million iOS users, and…
The Motorola XT720 popped up its head at Mobile World Congress last year as an obscure Android handset due for Korea that would probably never find its way to North America. The months rolled on, and there were a few releases in Europe and a limited U.S. release through Cincinnati Bell, but as Motorola’s other…
Barnes & Noble has finally released the software development kit for the Android-powered Nook Color and this could lead to multiple apps on the color e-reading tablet. While the Nook Color is powered by Android, it won’t be able to access the more than 100,000 apps in the Android Market. Barnes & Noble did say…
The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) may have just been scooped up by RIM, but there’s a new UI in town that may help us deal with the thought that we’ll never get TATHome on our Android phones. It’s called Kite UI, and while it’s still in a concept phase, it’s nice enough to make us want…
Skype is in the process of beefing up its mobile teams and this could lead to apps which include video calling. According to GigaOm, Skype is hiring 20-30 employees to improve its mobile engineering teams. As you know, the company already has a plethora of apps which will enable you to make free VoIP calls…
Google has just acquired the speech technology company Phonetic Arts and this could eventually lead to stronger voice support on Android handsets. According toe Phonetic Arts website, the company specializes in “technology that generates natural expressive speech, allowing computer games to say any sentence in any type of voice.” How will the search giant be…
The Droid 2 may be all the Android-powered smartphone you need these days. It’s packed with a speedy processor, the latest version of Android OS, and smartphone features to keep you busy for months to come. Today, we’re seeing that Motorola has apparently endowed the phone with the ability to self-destruct. As in self-destructing by…
A new report from comScore confirms what a lot of us already knew: the Google Android operating system is the fastest-growing platform in the United States. The comScore data says that Android grew from 17% in July to 23.5% in October, representing a 6.5% improvement. Those numbers were undoubtedly helped by the release of high-profile…
We heard about the Sharp Galapagos tablets a while back, but now they have been officially unveiled in all their Android OS-powered glory. Coming in 5.5 and 10.8 inch versions, Sharp is surely skipping the middle ground with no 7 incher in sight. The 5.5 inch version comes with a 1024×600 resolution, which is rather…
While many users are just now receiving Android 2.2 Froyo on their handsets, some are already anticipating the wake of Android 2.3, otherwise known as Gingerbread. People are expecting Gingerbread to make a huge splash when it goes live, but I, for one, don’t think it will. Earlier this year, I asked the question, ”…