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Vodafone UK users with the Samsung Galaxy S II should get their Ice Cream Sandwich update later today! Although the date (April 12th) could change, something tells us the Big Red carrier doesn’t want to play too much with its user base’s nerves – and this is especially true since pretty much all other British…
Springpad, which we know as Evernote’s arch-rival, is now in version 3.0, promising to make it even easier to share, discover and “act” on notes “with the help of those you trust.” The main new thing of this release is the ability to make sense of the real-time web services — Springpad 3.0 is touted…
Canada’s most read (and free) national daily newspaper Metro launched its Android and iOS apps, along with a new website and a $5-million national ad campaign. At the same time, the magazine expanded to 6 additional cities across the country and now covers 15 markets. Readers obviously liked the apps, with Metro News taking the…
Allrecipes.com updated its popular Dinner Spinner and Dinner Spinner Pro apps, adding a very cool feature to the mix – Grocery Scanner. As you can imagine, it allows you to use your smartphone’s camera (whether it’s an iPhone or some Android-based device) to add some grocery to the shopping list or to see recipes containing…
Samsung announced the pricing for its Galaxy Tab 2 tablets and the pair have a remarkably low price that starts at $249. The 7-inch model has a 1GHz dual-core processor, 3-megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 1024 x 600 display, and Android 4.0. The 10.1-inch model shares the same basic specs as the 7-inch model, but…
Appreciate, the personal Android Market that’s incredibly easy on the eyes has just released a nifty little chart pertaining to OMGPOP’s (Now Zynga’s) application, Draw Something. By now, you’ve probably heard of the app but it looks like the Appreciate guys wanted to see if it was all hype and how much people are actually…
T-Mobile is sending out invitations to a press event on the night of April 18th. The headline for that shindig will the HTC One S, a 4.3-inch phone with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Details about the launch date and pricing are not available, but a recent rumor pegs the 25th as the date the One S…
Intel’s desperate to get into the mobile game. Their chips power desktops and laptops, but the future is obviously smartphones and tablets. When it comes to that space, Intel has 0% market share. Now that’s going to change this year thanks to Orange, an operator who has committed to launching a smartphone based on an…
Google is steadily conquering the world with its Android platform. It’s not just the Western hemisphere that’s under the strong influence of the search giant – users on the Far East love it, too. In fact, at the end of last year, Android had 68.4 percent of the Chinese smartphone market by the number of…
Sony announced that the Xperia S will soon be available at its stores across Canada. Beginning April 17th, fans of the Japanese company will be able to get the unlocked device and use it on Rogers’ network. Unfortunately we don’t know the price and can only speculate how much this powerful smartphone will cost —…