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Cyanogen Mod users rejoice! Over the last few days, the CyanogenMod team has been releasing a new “stable” build of CM10 for a variety of devices. The build, which is based on Jelly Bean, has been made available over the last few days for some of the more popular Android devices. Some of the devices…
Today T-Mobile started rolling out Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean updates to the Samsung Galaxy S III. Magenta has the update available through the over-the-air system and Samsung’s Kies application. The new upgrade brings a slew of fixes and improvements: Version: Android version 4.0.4/Software version T999UVLJA Approved 11/14/2012 New Features: Jelly Bean Improvements: Wi-Fi calling improvements…
Google+ has just rolled out an awesome feature that add Google Play links directly into stream posts. Just like other news on the giant search engine’s social network, users not only get to share Android apps directly from the Google+ feed, but buy them as well. This feature is closely integrated to the social platform,…
According to Horace Dediu of Asymco, there were only a few profitable smartphone makers in Q3 2012. Apple and Samsung combined to account for 99% of those profits, with operating profits of $7.95 billion and $5.1 billion, respectively. HTC accounts for about $168.8 million (using today’s currency exchange values) for about a 1% share. LG was…
People are ditching feature phones for smartphones en masse, largely to the benefit of Google’s Android operating system, according to the latest report from Gartner. Of the 428 million total mobile phones sold in Q3 2012, about 169.2 million (39.6%) were smartphones signaling the continued trend away from feature phones as smartphones become more powerful…
Its no secret that RIM is working on two BlackBerry 10 devices that’ll launch in early 2013. RIM confirmed it will be announce the handsets in January 2013, and several leaks claim to show the devices in the wild. The latest image to hit the rumor mill comes from TechCrunch and allegedly shows a BB10 device…
One of the hottest features of the Samsung Galaxy Note II is the ability to run two apps in the same window, the capability that’s made possible thanks to phablet’s big 5.5-inch screen. The same feature will soon be launched for the Galaxy S III, as part of the upcoming Android 4.1.2 update which will…
Evleaks has done it again. This time, however, they don’t have an impressive device to leak (like the Droid DNA) — rather, it’s US Cellular-bound mid-ranger. The soon to be launched Samsung Galaxy Axiom, model number SCH-R830, will come with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (MSM8960), 4-inch WVGA LCD screen, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal…
Two weeks ago I ranted why I don’t like the new Samsung Chromebook, saying that it’s too heavy for what it offers. Some hate mail (comments actually) followed… The new Acer C7 Chromebook is even worse, and is everything but easy to carry around. Sure enough, if your main laptop has a 15-inch screen, you’ll…
Parkmobile has recently updated its mobile apps for iPhone and Android to allow users to pay for parking with PayPal. The service isn’t widely available yet, and at the moment it’s limited to some 20 cities around the US, with more places coming soon. To use your PayPal funds to make transaction, you’ll first have…