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comScore is showing off their survey numbers for December through February, and of the 30,000 U.S. smartphone owners surveyed, a solid 33% had an Android handset of some kind. That lines up nicely with other recent data that puts Android as the top mobile OS in America, as well as the UK. Samsung was the…
If you’ve been wanting to develop some hot apps for the new HP TouchPad with webOS 3.0, now is your chance to get started. The webOS 3.0 SDK is available now for you devs who are in HP’s Early Access Program and want to get cracking on applications early. If you’re currently a webOS developer…
Wondering when you can get your mitts on HP’s adorably tiny Veer? Probably sometime this spring, as O2 Germany has confirmed that they’ll be offering the device in May. That gives us a ballpark release window for the rest of Europe, but who knows how closely North America will follow. The HP Veer is a…
Untappd, a check-in social network for beer connoisseurs, added a feature over the weekend that lets you rate the brews you check in to on a scale of one to five bottle caps. That rating will stick when you check in again, but you can always change it if your opinion drifts one way or…
When HP introduced the webOS TouchPad and its new lineup of smartphones, the company said it would be bringing webOS to the PC market. Now, the HP CEO is saying that all of its PCs in 2012 will ship with webOS. A report out of BusinessWeek said that Leo Apotheke said all of the company’s…
Good news for those of you looking forward to get their hands on HP’s TouchPad as the device has got a dedicated page on Amazon.com. No price details were unveiled though, and I guess we’ll find that out in due course. However, it’s worth pointing out that TouchPad’s page does mention two accessories — a…
Corroborating Nielsen’s survey, comScore has released a study showing the progress of mobile platforms in the U.S. in the three months leading up to January. Android grew 7.7% since October, and captured 31.2% of the market share, followed by BlackBerry, which was down 5.4% to 30.4%, and the iPhone which stayed steady at 24.7%. As…
Nielsen recently published some study data comparing smartphone operating system and manufacturer market share recently, showing RIM and Apple battling for second place with 27% each, while the combined efforts of HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG have pushed Android to 29%. It was only two months ago that iOS had a pretty distinctive lead, and…
When RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook, it was easy to see the similarities with Palm’s webOS – gesture areas, thumbnailed multitasking, and upward flicks to close apps were all conspicuously familiar. RIM evolved the idea in a few ways, like by throwing a gesture area around all sides of the screen, and adding a few…
One hot tablet we’re all waiting for is the HP TouchPad. With a new iPad on the horizon, and a flood of Android tablets on the way, the TouchPad with webOS is a nice breath of fresh air. The OS itself is very elegant, the design looks sexy and the hardware and internals boast the…