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Today’s the big day! It’s June 6, 2012. Exactly six months ago from today, Google chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt made a wild prediction saying that six months in the future, developers would prefer creating Android apps over iOS development. Well, here we are. “Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume is…
The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for pre-order at three of the five US carriers that are selling the phone. Verizon and Sprint offer both the 16GB and 32GB models, with pricing set at $199 for the 16GB model and $249 for the 32GB model (prices include a two-year customer agreement). AT&T is offering…
My carrier contract is about to expire in a month or so and I’ll definitely use the opportunity to get the new phone with a new two-year contract. Two devices that top my list are the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X, both rocking pretty similar specs. As an existing (and pretty satisfied)…
Mobile social discovery app WhosHere is expanding to reach even more users. Yup, Android users can now join the party and connect safely via text and VOIP calls with like-minded people nearby. Unlike some other mobile dating and social discovery apps, WhosHere works without requiring you to make your personal information public — in order…
AT&T has just announced that they’ll be carrying a new smartphone called the Exhilarate. Made by Samsung, the Exhilarate is a Galaxy S II, but with a smaller 4.0 inch screen and a less capable 5 megapixel camera. That’s OK though since it supports 4G LTE, making it one of the cheapest devices in AT&T’s…
When Motorola launched the Android powered RAZR last year it had an extremely impressive piece of software onboard called “Smart Actions”. It let you “program” your phone to do things at certain times or at certain locations. For example, say you’re about to go to bed. With Smart Actions you can tell your RAZR to…
As per usual, Amazon Wireless is throwing up some great deals on smartphones and is offering the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for a mere penny. While the handset may be 6 months old at this point (Ancient in Android phone years), it’s still a great phone and grabbing it for a penny is a steal. Of…
While there are already handfuls of great games optimized and available for NVIDIA Tegra 3 devices, expect five new titles to land in the new future. Today at E3 2012, NVIDIA announced the new additions to it’s Tegra Zone portfolio, giving users a nice helping of awesome. We’ve already seen what the Tegra 3 is…
Game of Thrones season 2 finished with a bang, as expected, this past Sunday. If you haven’t seen the show, you’re missing out but we decided to liken some of the houses to some of the most popular mobile operating systems around today. It’s all in fun (obviously), so feel free to drop in your…
Google announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring mobile office productivity company QuickOffice. Alan Warren, Engineering Director for Google, writes, “We’re happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice, a leader in office productivity solutions. Today, consumers, businesses and schools use Google Apps to get stuff done from anywhere, with anyone and on any device. Quickoffice has…