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The Android development team listened to all the high-profile complaints about Android’s less-than-stellar UI and responded with the Android Design website. The team worked hard to improve the UI framework in Android 4.0 and is now giving developers the tools they need to create beautiful apps. To help developers adopt these sound design principles, the Android team launched a…
Currently a leading smartphone manufacturer in Japan, Fujitsu is now looking for the most suitable way to enter the North American smartphone market. Fujitsu makes both Android and Windows Phone devices and that’s not about to change. A unique approach to hardware could be enough to gain prominence in a very crowded and complex territory,…
Are you unsatisfied with the battery life of your 4G LTE smartphone? Now is your chance to give it a boost. Verizon is chopping 50 percent off batteries for its full range of 4G LTE phones. Once $49.99, each battery is now on sale for just $24.99 — a good price if you consider how ridiculously…
CyanogenMod, insanely popular for its customized aftermarket firmware for select Android devices, just announced an impressive milestone of 1 million installs (combining both official and unofficial). If you aren’t familiar with hacking or installing custom ROMs then you should know the CM team is the standard. These talented developers are great at finding ways to…
Huawei announced that its pretty awesome MediaPad tablet will now ship with preloaded Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Moreover, the Chinese company also unveiled new MediaPad color series, which will be available in three colors: shadow black, classic brown and passion pink. What’s strange though is that these differently colored versions will initially be offered…
Sprint is teaming-up with accessibility-focused Android app developer Apps4Android to launch 5 accessibility-themed Sprint ID packs. Available for download next week, these were developed with the support of the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Wireless Technologies. The packs include: 1. Accessibility ID Pack Includes applications necessary to operate a smartphone…
Trend Micro struck an agreement with Verizon Wireless to offer its mobile security software through Verizon Apps on select Android devices. Under the deal, Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition will be available for download for such devices as HTC DROID Incredible 2, Motorola DROID X2, CASIO G’zOne Commando, HTC ThunderBolt, LG Revolution and Samsung…
Popular task management service Nozbe updated its Android app. Version 2.0 has been completely rewritten for speed and stability, fixing a number of bugs along the way. Moreover, it comes with a new polished UI that allows you to more easily add actions and browse projects. Overall, you’ll notice how things are improved (for instance,…
Microsoft announced on Thursday that LG signed a licensing agreement for its Android and Chrome OS products. LG is one of several Android manufacturers which have a licensing agreement with the Redmond company. It’s ironic, but some analysts believe Microsoft receives more revenue from these Android agreements, than it does from its own Windows Phone OS. Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel…
Every year Intel talks the talk about being able to put their chips inside devices as tiny as a smartphone, but this year they’re walking the walk with the help of Lenovo. The Chinese personal computer maker may not be known for smartphones on this side of the pond, but in their home country they’re…