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Sprint and Samsung have finally started rolling out Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the eco-friendly Replenish smartphone. The device that was launched in April of last year was shipping with Froyo on board and we’re glad it hasn’t been forgotten by the two companies. The update, software version EK18, is rolled out in stages so…
India-based Dexetra is teaming-up with Q&A service ChaCha to create a “revolutionary element” to the Siri-like Iris app for Android. As a result, the popular voice-powered Q&A application will now include ChaCha’s vast database of questions and answers, allowing instant responses to inquiries asked by users for free. Moreover, this partnership is touted to allow…
Rogers Wireless’ owned Fido is preparing to spice up its portfolio on January 10th with two hot Android smartphones – Motorola RAZR and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The first of the two has been officially confirmed by Motorola Canada (via Twitter), while the second one is still in the “rumor phase.” It is said that the…
One year after Steve Jobs got up on stage and presented the iPad to the world, Motorola showed off an Android Honeycomb powered tablet at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show called the Xoom. It was ugly, buggy, and boy was it expensive. Now you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that Google…
We’re all looking forward to new hardware when the Consumer Electronics show starts next week, but don’t expect all the big mobile companies to unveil their flagship products. According to an investor note from JP Morgan Chase analyst Alvin Kwok, HTC will withhold its NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core handsets and announce them at MWC in…
SugarSync, a cloud storage and syncing service that competes with the more familiar Dropbox, updated its apps for iOS and Android today with some new features for media content. The iPhone and iPad get some cool new tools for keeping photos in sync, while Android gets an even more impressive way to sync your videos…
The Samsung Galaxy Note has been available for a little bit outside of the United States but it could be landing on Sprint soon. According to rumors, Sprint and Samsung are planning to announce pricing and availability of this rather odd device at CES 2012 and Sprint would be joining AT&T as an additional carrier…
Google released the latest numbers showing off all versions of Android. In the Android Platform Version chart, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has a 0.6 percent share of Android Market visitors, which is the same amount for Android 1.5 (Cupcake). ICS is split into two versions, 4.0.2, which is on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and Android…
CES 2012 is just a few short days away, but already news is starting to come out of the show before it even officially starts. Today’s bit of news is a teaser of an upcoming gaming tablet called “Project Fiona” from multi-platform peripheral and gaming laptop manufacturer, Razer. The teaser video states Project Fiona isn’t…
One of the most appealing features of the Amazon Kindle Fire is the Silk browser because it is supposed to use Amazon’s cloud infrastructure to deliver a faster and potentially better browsing experience. Well, those wonderful tinkerers have ported the Silk browser to some other Android devices. This was first reported by Electronista and it…