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It was only a couple of days ago that we saw Infobar, which looked like a more tweakable version of Windows Phone 7. Now the creator of LauncherPro, Federico Carnales, is creating a Windows Phone 7 music player look-a-like called Fede Music. The look and feel of Windows Phone 7 is quite stunning and we’re…
While both top mobile operating systems already have dedicated Google Maps applications, the search giant has updated mobile maps for both of the platforms in the browser. Mobile maps is now updated to bring the web experience closer to the native app experience, and it’s off to a good start. To get started with Google…
Have an Android Honeycomb tablet and wish you could go down to a lower version of the OS? If you said yes, you’re crazy, but there is a way to get the Gingerbread user interface onto a Honeycomb tablet with little effort. To test this out for yourself, you must have a rooted Honeycomb device.…
Android devices don’t get the same love as other operating systems when it comes to updates. Virtually all handsets using the OS are running an older version of Android and timelines are never as clear as we wish they would be. That said, sometimes test ROMs for the official update leak online and can make…
We’ve seen some pretty interesting custom user interfaces for Android before, but the latest skin from Japan’s KDDI Infobar handset line shows a UI that may look a bit familiar. The handsets feature a Windows Phone 7 like UI, but offers up customization options Microsoft only wishes it would have thought up. They say that…
As part of the idea to mainstream the use of augmented reality services, Layar announced that it is “moving management and publication of AR content to third parties” through its new product – Layar Connect. As a result, developers will be able to create augmented reality content that can be accessed by Layar users with…
Some surprising news for ViewSonic G-Tablet users out there : Android 3.0(.1) Honeycomb is now available for your device. Even better, the ROM is pretty stable for such an early development, and already has the Android Market up and running. The ROM itself is actually a port of a Honeycomb ROM for the Notion Ink…
While Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint have its high-end HTC handsets either available, or on their way soon, we’ve been wondering what AT&T will bring to the table from the popular handset-maker. The second largest US carrier may have the Atrix 4G, and the Infuse 4G ready to do battle with others, but it looks like…
Not long ago, we saw the official Android 2.3.x Gingerbread update for the T-Mobile G2X leak out to the world, and this time around it’s the G2’s turn. The T-Mobile G2 is lucky enough to be one of the few Android phones that can use the Netflix application that was released today, and now it’s…
Just when we talked about Myriad Group’s plans to bring Android to cars, we have another news item relating to their Alien Dalvik technology. MIPS Technologies — which is a provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications — entered into a license agreement with Myriad to make their…