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Stop the presses! The fanboy wars are about to get really ugly because a new, super-important survey from coupons.com said Android owners prefer pork ribs while Apple iPhone owners prefer chicken. The company examined its mobile coupon usage from the different platforms and came up with some staggering results. Did you know that women’s body…
Last night, Samsung made the Galaxy Tab official and told us that it would be available from all four major carriers in the U.S. The 7-inch display tablet computer features Android 2.2, or Froyo, and has a custom UI made by Samsung, which makes the experience feel pretty similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy…
Sony Ericsson fans were probably sorely disappointed when the Xperia X10 finally hit the states, but was sporting Android 1.6 — well behind all the newer, hotter Android handsets. After all, the X10 was announced last November and seemed to have all the time in the world before its recent launch. A leaked roadmap for…
Last week, former Google China head, Kai-Fu Lee, confirmed that he is launching a new mobile OS called Tapas. Similar to China Mobile’s OPhone OS, Tapas is based upon Android and is designed specifically for the Chinese market. It includes software that identifies the geographic origin of incoming calls and syncs with popular Chinese social…
Let me let you in on a little secret. While your favorite mobile operating system may be the one with the most applications, or the one with the best integration with the online services you use, or the one that’s the most open source, operators have dollar signs in their eyes and their favorite operating…
Google TV is coming, whether you think it’s needless or not, and it’s coming sooner than we though … like, “this month” soon. The Logitech Revue, the first Google TV set-top box is said to launch on September 29th with a steep price tag of $300. While some may say that Google TV is just…
Samsung officially unveiled its Media Hub for the U.S. market and this content delivery system could become a powerful counterbalance to Apple and its iTunes behemoth and it could also make the company’s Android phones multimedia powerhouses. When we reviewed the AT&T Captivate, T-Mobile Vibrant and the Epic 4G, the Media Hub was a part…
The first decent Android tablet has been officially announced by Samsung today. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, which we were very impressed by when we got some hands-on action with, will be available for all four major U.S. carriers, as well as Rogers in Canada. As you’ve likely heard before, the Galaxy Tab sports a 7-inch,…
Samsung already said it has sold more than 1 million Galaxy S Android handsets but the company just said that it will hit the two million mark by the end of next week. That’s pretty darn impressive. The company was able to achieve this because it took a blanket approach – it eschewed the exclusivity…
In some crappy but not completely unexpected news, the Verizon Droid Eris will not be getting the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update. Bleh. In an e-mail to Computer World, Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney said the Froyo update won’t hit this device and: “We have other options in Android devices, so this is part of the normal…