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The Australian Supreme Court voted unanimously to overturn Apple’s injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The injunction will remain in effect until the end of the week, and Apple will have the chance to appeal this decision before the injunction is lifted. If Apple’s appeal fails, then Samsung can begin selling the Galaxy Tab in Australia starting Friday at 4 pm. This decision…
We have our very own Samsung Galaxy Nexus and while we haven’t had it too long, we’re going give you some initial impressions of the world’s first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone. We’re not going to waste your time with a big intro. Onward! Hardware The first thing you notice when you open the…
The FedEx guy just dropped off an unexpected package and I was excited that maybe the Galaxy Nexus had come early. Instead, it was the Samsung DoubleTime. Le sigh. While the Galaxy Nexus is the epitome of a high-end Android phone, the Samsung DoubleTime does show off the flexibility that the platform has to be…
Apple is king when it comes to inventing what was already invented. With Siri, Apple changed the game when it comes to voice commands, with its emphasis on merging the iPhone with voice-controlled assistant services. This has spurred others like Microsoft and Google to make their own voice services better, which may take some time.…
The mad scientists at Google have just announced version 6.0 of Google Maps for Android and the killer feature is indoor navigation. That’s right, they’ve made it easier to get around that massive monument erected in honor of capitalism known as the shopping mall by encouraging smartphone users to bury their heads in their devices…
An exploit found in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet a few months ago has begun to bear fruit for a trio of scrappy developers. The rooting application, which will be made publicly available within the next week, will be called Dingleberry, and lets you do a few cool things. Hulu, which had previously been blocked when…
Awhile back, RIM announced that they would be supporting Android and iOS devices in their enterprise management suite, and today they’re getting a little more specific with the details. The new management suite is called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, and will support tablets and smartphones, including those running RIM’s new BBX platform based on the PlayBook operating…
Most Android applications are written in a programming language known as Dalvik, which for all intents and purposes is just a rebranded version of Java. In other words, you write an application in Dalvik, and it runs in a Dalvik virtual machine that runs on top of Android. More layers of complexity always translates to…
In a move that many are struggling to understand, Twitter has announced that they’ve purchased a mobile software company called Whisper Systems. They focus on making Android more secure by offering several services such as RedPhone, which encrypts phone calls, and Flashback, which creates an encrypted backup of your Android device that’s then sent to…
Sony Ericsson announced that its Sync service will stop working on December 29th. The Swedish-Japanese handset maker said its service was made for old generation phones and is now pretty obsolete. Instead, they suggest Google Sync to its users or some third-party service like Plaxo or UNYK. Here’s what they said: We are phasing out…