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As promised, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has been announced for AT&T before the end of the year. The device will be launching on September 18 for $49.99 on a two-year contract, and will be available in an exclusive blue tinge. As a PlayStation phone, it comes loaded with a couple of solid titles, like…
The differences between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are more than just widgets and the quality of apps. Data proves that people who use iOS are more likely to pay for applications, whereas Android folks would rather be cheapskates and have their apps include a barrage of advertising. The British newspaper The Guardian recently released…
Google and Oracle are in a fierce court battle right now over Java, which was developed by Sun Microsystems, who today doesn’t exist since they were swallowed up by Oracle in 2010. Before that acquisition took place, Andy Rubin, who is considered to be the “Father of Android”, was pleading with Sun to make Java…
Over in South Korea images of an LG Android smartphone that’ll be called the “Optimus Note” have surfaced. Similar to the LG Optimus Black, which was “the world’s thinnest smartphone” for about 30 seconds thanks to the release of the downright anorexic 8.5 mm thick Samsung Galaxy S II, the Optimus Note sports a 4…
In an effort to get more developers on board, Amazon is offering $50 towards Amazon Web Services, which can be used to build a range of connected applications – from social to gaming, media and business apps based on each individual developer need. In order to take advantage of this deal — which BTW runs…
Sprint is preparing for the upcoming launch of Samsung Epic 4G Touch. According to a leaked memo, the carrier will be organizing an “All Hands” training on Sunday September 11th. If you recall, Sprint will be the first in the U.S. to launch Sammy’s superphone with other carriers (excluding Verizon) to follow shortly. Verizon on…
Evernote has once again updated its Android application. The new release builds on top of the company’s recent Skitch acquisition and in that sense integrates the popular image annotation capabilities though requiring that you also have the Skitch app installed on your Android device. When you create a note or edit an existing one, you’ll…
Sony’s Digital Network Applications team has released a simple video trimmer application for Android. Available for all smartphones running Android 2.1 and higher, Sony’s app is as simple as it gets – you can use it to shrink videos by setting a start point, setting an end point, and tapping a trim button. It’s pretty…
We recently saw the user agent profile for the upcoming Nexus Prime pop up and many were disappointed with what was revealed. Well, upon further inspection and reading through the comments over at Pocketnow, something becomes apparent. With the exception of the model number, the Nexus Prime’s user agent profile is completely identical as the…
Well, it looks like Eric Schmidt quietly confirmed rumors that Android 4.0 (or possibly just 2.4) Ice Cream Sandwich would arrive in October, though he adds November to the timeframe too. In an interview with Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff, Schmidt informs us: “There’s a hunger for a multi-platform, multi-vendor, highly competitive hardware platform, which is what…