Tuesday 29 March 2011
HTC chosen as the '2011 Device Manufacturer of the Year
Utrecht, February 16, 2011 - HTC, the leader in mobile innovation and design, during the GSMA Global Mobile Awards ceremony in Barcelona selected as "Device Manufacturer of the Year. The election follows a year in which HTC has significantly expanded its portfolio with toptoestellen like Desire. Apple next HTC and Samsung were the finalists who were nominated for the award.
Sunday 20 March 2011
Wowser!!!
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/20/atandt-agrees-to-buy-t-mobile-from-deutsche-telekom/
Saturday 19 March 2011
Gordons alive? Ahhahh
Flash 10.2 hits Android today, Adobe hopes for viewable 720p playback in a matter of weeks http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/flash-10-2-hits-android-today-adobe-hopes-for-viewable-720p-pla/
Should I have bought that Apple Product?
Certainly food for thought.....Taken from Kyle Conroy's Personal Blog and Portfolio.
Thursday 17 March 2011
Sorry Steve: Android 50% Faster than iPhone on the Web
Sorry Steve: Android 50% Faster than iPhone on the Web http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/8hVtHnn5qSQ/
Monday 14 March 2011
Thursday 10 March 2011
Android overtakes BlackBerry for first time | StatCounter Global Stats
Android's world domination continues as it overtakes Blackberry on web traffic volume. Next target Symbian or iOS?
Source: StatCounter Global Stats
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Breaking news- Eurotrash love Android too.
Like duh. I've been rolling with Android for 3 years now (G1 and Xperia X10 - with about a month long hiatus with Windows Phone 7 at the start of this year) so I can understand why. I was sold when I saw a bar code scanner for the first time.
Just looking for that elusive storey about bears' deification habits and my life will be complete.
Click through for IDC's press release.
Click through for IDC's press release.
Mobile Today | Android overtakes iPhone at Tesco Mobile
Android device sales have overtaken the iPhone for the first time ever at Tesco Mobile.
They say '(customers are) really getting behind Google’s operating system’, and that 2011 will be ‘the year of the Android’.When I used my X10i at the till with a Clubcard app the nice lady asked "is that an iPhone?" without wanting to go into the ins and outs i replied "it's like one but it does more'.
For more details use the fancy hyperlink below.
You’ve got better things to do than wait in traffic
You’ve got better things to do than wait in traffic: "Ever been stuck in traffic, only to find out you’d have been better off going a bit out of your way to take a less congested route? If you’re like me, you probably hear the traffic report telling you what you already know: traffic is bad on the road you’re currently on, and you should have taken another. It doesn’t need to be this way, and we want to help. So we’re happy to announce that Google Maps Navigation (Beta) will now automatically route you around traffic. With more than 35 million miles driven by Navigation users every day, this should add up to quite a bit of time saved!
On a recent trip to New York, I was running late to meet some friends at the Queens Museum of Art. I had no idea that there was a traffic jam along the route I would normally have taken. Thankfully, Navigation routed me around traffic. I didn’t even have to know that there was a traffic jam on I-495, and I got to enjoy a much faster trip on I-278 instead.
You don’t have to do anything to be routed around traffic; just start Navigation like you normally would, either from the Navigation app or from within Google Maps. Before today, Navigation would choose whichever route was fastest, without taking current traffic conditions into account. It would also generate additional alternate directions, such as the shortest route or one that uses highways instead of side roads. Starting today, our routing algorithms will also apply our knowledge of current and historical traffic to select the fastest route from those alternates. That means that Navigation will automatically guide you along the best route given the current traffic conditions.
Not only can you save time and fuel, you’re making traffic better for everyone else by avoiding traffic jams. Keep in mind that we can’t guarantee that Navigation will be able to find a faster way, but it will always try to get you where you’re going as fast as possible.
You can begin routing around traffic with Google Maps Navigation for Android in North America and Europe where both Navigation and real-time traffic data are available.
Enjoy your newly found free time!
Posted by Roy Williams, Software Engineer, Google Maps Team
"
On a recent trip to New York, I was running late to meet some friends at the Queens Museum of Art. I had no idea that there was a traffic jam along the route I would normally have taken. Thankfully, Navigation routed me around traffic. I didn’t even have to know that there was a traffic jam on I-495, and I got to enjoy a much faster trip on I-278 instead.
Navigation now uses real-time traffic conditions to automatically route you around traffic.
You don’t have to do anything to be routed around traffic; just start Navigation like you normally would, either from the Navigation app or from within Google Maps. Before today, Navigation would choose whichever route was fastest, without taking current traffic conditions into account. It would also generate additional alternate directions, such as the shortest route or one that uses highways instead of side roads. Starting today, our routing algorithms will also apply our knowledge of current and historical traffic to select the fastest route from those alternates. That means that Navigation will automatically guide you along the best route given the current traffic conditions.
Not only can you save time and fuel, you’re making traffic better for everyone else by avoiding traffic jams. Keep in mind that we can’t guarantee that Navigation will be able to find a faster way, but it will always try to get you where you’re going as fast as possible.
You can begin routing around traffic with Google Maps Navigation for Android in North America and Europe where both Navigation and real-time traffic data are available.
Enjoy your newly found free time!
Posted by Roy Williams, Software Engineer, Google Maps Team
Another great great feature my X10i can't use. Awesome!
I must get round to flashing my phone. When I do I'll post details.
Google Introduces Instant Previews for Android
Google Introduces Instant Previews for Android
H2O Shower Powered Radio blasts the Biebs by way of micro-turbine
I know this isn't phone related but hey we all need to keep clean, and the idea of using this free energy (coz you're already using it for your shower) in an industrial revolution kinda way is absolute genius.
H2O Shower Powered Radio blasts the Biebs by way of micro-turbine: "
Forget the tablet, 2011 is the year of the shower radio! Last week we reported on Toshiba's wirelessly connected water-proof song box and, just as our nerves began to settle from the excitement, someone came along and dropped this eco-friendly, shower-ready gem on us. Not only is the H2O Shower Powered Radio waterproof, but it actually uses the water from your shower to pump out the jams. The thing connects directly to your shower hose, and uses the flow of water to set a micro-turbine spinning, thus charging an integral battery and eliminating the need for disposables. As the video below points out, the radio 'doesn't just offer 80s classics -- it has the full spectrum of FM,' and its creators say it's compatible with 99 percent of showers, but what we really want to know is: how well does it crank the Ke$ha? Video after the break.
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H2O Shower Powered Radio blasts the Biebs by way of micro-turbine: "
Forget the tablet, 2011 is the year of the shower radio! Last week we reported on Toshiba's wirelessly connected water-proof song box and, just as our nerves began to settle from the excitement, someone came along and dropped this eco-friendly, shower-ready gem on us. Not only is the H2O Shower Powered Radio waterproof, but it actually uses the water from your shower to pump out the jams. The thing connects directly to your shower hose, and uses the flow of water to set a micro-turbine spinning, thus charging an integral battery and eliminating the need for disposables. As the video below points out, the radio 'doesn't just offer 80s classics -- it has the full spectrum of FM,' and its creators say it's compatible with 99 percent of showers, but what we really want to know is: how well does it crank the Ke$ha? Video after the break.
Continue reading H2O Shower Powered Radio blasts the Biebs by way of micro-turbine
H2O Shower Powered Radio blasts the Biebs by way of micro-turbine originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Profit shocker! Android brings home more bacon than iOS for Pocket Legends developer
Profit shocker! Android brings home more bacon than iOS for Pocket Legends developer: "
Back in 2009, we wrote a story on crack mobile developer Larva Labs lamenting its inability to make a living off top-rated games in the Android Market. Well, to put it lightly, it ain't 2009 anymore: the Android ecosystem has expanded exponentially in every conceivable direction, the Market has taken on tens of thousands of additional apps, and -- according to one research firm, anyway -- Android has now overtaken BlackBerry to become the most prolific smartphone platform in the US.
To that end, Spacetime Studios -- the company behind mobile MMORPG Pocket Legends, which brings in revenue through in-app purchases -- was shocked to discover that it's making some 30 to 50 percent more from its Android users than its iOS ones. Furthermore, they're spending more time playing and downloading the app with far greater frequency, which might be a testament to the fact that really great apps still stand out in the Market better than they do in the more mature (and more populated) App Store. The in-app purchase disparity is a little more difficult to explain, though -- especially since iOS has a slick, integrated purchase mechanism that Google won't be rolling out in Android for a little while yet. At any rate, the online mobile economy -- regardless of platform -- clearly still has some growing, maturing, and stabilizing to do.
[Thanks, Michael]
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Back in 2009, we wrote a story on crack mobile developer Larva Labs lamenting its inability to make a living off top-rated games in the Android Market. Well, to put it lightly, it ain't 2009 anymore: the Android ecosystem has expanded exponentially in every conceivable direction, the Market has taken on tens of thousands of additional apps, and -- according to one research firm, anyway -- Android has now overtaken BlackBerry to become the most prolific smartphone platform in the US.
To that end, Spacetime Studios -- the company behind mobile MMORPG Pocket Legends, which brings in revenue through in-app purchases -- was shocked to discover that it's making some 30 to 50 percent more from its Android users than its iOS ones. Furthermore, they're spending more time playing and downloading the app with far greater frequency, which might be a testament to the fact that really great apps still stand out in the Market better than they do in the more mature (and more populated) App Store. The in-app purchase disparity is a little more difficult to explain, though -- especially since iOS has a slick, integrated purchase mechanism that Google won't be rolling out in Android for a little while yet. At any rate, the online mobile economy -- regardless of platform -- clearly still has some growing, maturing, and stabilizing to do.
[Thanks, Michael]
Profit shocker! Android brings home more bacon than iOS for Pocket Legends developer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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