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Android Ice Cream Sandwich has been out for more than four months now but it’s still only on 2.9 percent of Android devices out there, according to stats from Google. Android 4.0 adds a lot of features but it also changes a lot of the user interface elements, which can make it difficult for handset…
Photo filter and sharing-service Instagram, which has amassed over 30 million iOS users to date, has officially released the Android version of Instagram onto Google’s Play Store. Users of Android can now apply retro hipster filters to their pictures and share these images to various social networks. While there have certainly been multiple Instagram-like services…
Motorola’s RAZR Maxx, affectionally known as the Droid RAZR Maxx in the United States, is arguably the company’s flagship device. It has a dual core 1.2 GHz Texas Instruments processor, 4.3 inch AMOLED screen (which sadly only does 540 x 960 pixels), 1 GB of RAM, and an 8 megapixel camera. What separates the Maxx…
We’re quickly approaching Google Wallet’s 1 year birthday. Announced on May 26, 2011, Google hasn’t exactly accomplished their goal of replacing the various plastic cards you carry with you on a daily basis. Why? At the end of the day it comes down to politics. Who establishes the relationship with the consumer, who gets to…
Mobile data isn’t free. You know that, we know that, and we thought everyone else knew that, but according to a recent survey that was done by comScore, we couldn’t have been more wrong. They say that 29% of iPhone users in the US connect to the internet using nothing but cellular data. That number…
Nokia issued a press release back in late April 2011 that said they were going to get rid of their Symbian employees. Instead of firing them, Nokia said they’d transfer them to Accenture instead. Why? Because it takes people off Nokia’s payroll, which improves earnings, which makes the stock go up; that and it’s easier…
Super-popular game Burn the Rope: WORLDS now has the best price in the world – free (rather than 99 cents). That’s the price of the iPhone version, while the one for iPad costs only a buck (99 cents). This is a limited time offer so you better hurry grabbing the game. Hit the appropriate link…
Twitter for BlackBerry 3.0 is out of beta and is now ready for the general public, waiting for CrackBerry addicts in their beloved App World; or from the Twitter 2.0 app at the bottom of the screen. The app version 3.0.0.20 adds a number of improvements, most notably deep integration with BBM, allowing users to…
Unlike Apple, Android tablet makers have a problem to differentiate their products from the rest of the pack. Asus is already doing this with the Transformer series, while Samsung is working on its own “Hub” services like Gaming Hub, Social Hub and Learning Hub. However, I’m not sure that’s enough. People go for the iPad…
Android is already in our phones and tablets, but what about cars? French Parrot unveiled a car stereo system powered by Google’s mobile OS last year – ASTEROID. Now Clarion is entering the same market with a similar product called Mirage. It’s a 6.5-inch system with a built-in GPS, radio, SD card slot, USB port,…