Archive for June, 2011

XDA Gets Skype 2.0 With Video Working On More Androids In Less Than A Day

June 30th, 2011
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Thursday afternoon we reported that Skype just started offering Skype 2.0 for Android with free video chat for select phones.  Skype didn't do an Android wide release with this version.  This was most likely because they had tested Skype 2.0 with certain hardware and insured that it would run best on that hardware. The Samsung Nexus ...

Samsung Asks ITC To Ban The Import Of Apple Products

June 30th, 2011
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We reported late last night that Samsung threw the latest legal punch when it came to the Apple vs Samsung legal battle.  Samsung filed a lawsuit in Delaware against Apple alleging that Apple copied their designs from Samsung products. It was learned today that Samsung has also filed a complaint with the IDC asking that they ...

Sprint OG Galaxy Tab To Get Gingerbread July 5th?

June 30th, 2011
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According to a leaked document received by sprintfeed.com, the original 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab will receive an update to Android 2.3.  The update could arrive over the air as soon as next Tuesday. It's hard to believe that at this time last year the 7" Android tablet with Android 2.2 Froyo, was the most anticipated Android ...

4.5 Billion Android App Downloads

June 30th, 2011
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Earlier in the week Google's Sr. Vice President of Mibile, Andy Rubin tweeted that Android activations were at 500,000 per day. This came in just over a month since it was reported that Android was at 400,000 activations per day at the Google I/O developer conference. Naturally with that kind of growth in activations the number ...

Verizon To Report Android Sales Better Than Expected, iPhone sales dip

June 30th, 2011
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Bloomberg is reporting that Goldman Sachs is expecting Verizon Wireless to report a dip in iPhone sales in their second quarter of 2011. Goldman's Jason Armstrong is expecting Verizon to report that they sold just under the 2.2 million iPhones they sold in Q1. The iPhone had a short Q1 at Verizon as it was ...

Zynga Teams With AT&T

June 30th, 2011
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In the first ever deal of its kind , social gaming powerhouse Zynga has joined forces with AT&T.  The creator of such social mega hits as Farmville, CityVille, and Words With Friends, will bring their hit titles, exclusive content and special premiums to AT&Ts millions of customers. What's clearly set out to start as a mobile ...

[REVIEW] Google+: The Android App

June 30th, 2011
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Google+, if you don't already know, is Google's attempt at building a social network to compete with the likes (no pun intended) of Facebook and Twitter. They have announced the service and launched it into a private "field test" beta, which really became pretty public once we found out we can send invites to anyone ...

Skype Makes Video Calls Official For Android

June 30th, 2011
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The wonderful for at Skype have officially launched Skype for Android 2.0 bringing true mobile video Skype to millions of Android users world wide. Skype 2.0 with video for Android allows Android users with Skype accounts to video chat one on one free of charge with other Skype users over the Skype network. "We are committed ...

Samsung Sues Apple This Time Around

June 30th, 2011
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And it's back to court for Samsung. It seems they have to sell a lot of phones this year to pay their mounting attorneys fees.  This time around Samsung has sued Apple in a lawsuit filed in Delaware court Monday. Samsung is one of Apple's major suppliers for chipsets found in iPad, and iPhone devices. Their ...

Samsung Conquer, Sammy’s Second Affordable 4G Android Device

June 30th, 2011
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Our friends over at Pocketnow have been following the rumored Samsung SPH-D600 Android device headed to Sprint.  A lot more information on this phone has surfaced today. The SPH-D600 seems to be the Samsung Conquer headed to Sprint.  It will be a mid-range, 4G Android device.  It's rumored to hit the street running a 1ghz processor ...

Bizzy Makes Checking Out Social

June 30th, 2011
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When we first told you about Bizzy earlier in the year we knew that it was different. The foundation seems similar to others but what sets Bizzy apart is instead of "checking in" you "check out". Sure ratings apps aren't new but the way Bizzy does it is different and  actually, more natural. Bizzy has announced ...

Motorola Droid 2 Receiving Cyanogen Mod

June 30th, 2011
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Although things are leery on when the Motorola Droid 2 Global and Motorola Droid Pro will receive an official Gingerbread OTA now, the folks in the modding community have been able to successfully port Cyanogen Mod over to the Droid 2. Android developers JBirdVegas, RevNumbers and metiCkOne were instrumental in getting Cyanogenmod over to the Motorola ...