Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Apple And Samsung Account For 99% Of Mobile Profits?

May 4th, 2012
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With the constant patten court battles between Apple and Samsung, we learned a few days back that Samsung and Apple may account for 90% of the mobile profits. This number seems a little outlandish, however we are hearing now that the 90% figure may be wrong. According to the latest research from Asymco Apple took in ...

Samsung Galaxy S III Walk Through Video

May 4th, 2012
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Thedroidguy was in London for the launch of the brand new Samsung Galaxy S III we have plenty of great coverage from the launch. Here is our hands on walk through video from the massive Samsung exhibition area at Earl's Court in London. As we reported earlier the Samsung Galaxy S III sports a huge 4.8" ...

Motorola Ships 5.1 Million Smartphones In Q1, China Holding Up Google Merger

May 2nd, 2012
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Motorola Mobility released their Q1 2012 earnings yesterday. The highlight of the earnings call was that Mobile device revenue was $2.2 billion, which was good enough for a 3% increase over same quarter last year. Motorola shipped 8.9 million mobile devices in the quarter and 5.1 million of those were smartphones. There was no breakout ...

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Now On 5% Of Android Phones

May 1st, 2012
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Every two weeks the official Android developer's blog posts the platform versions that access the Google Play store. It's a great snap shot for developer's to see what versions they need to support and when a certain version of Android is starting to fall off. The news today is that in the latest numbers Android 4.0 ...

Google: Galaxy Nexus Source Code Is A Trade Secret???

May 1st, 2012
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According to self proclaimed patent expert Florian Mueller of Foss patents, Apple and Google are again in a discovery dispute involving the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.  Mueller headlined his post: "Google to court: Galaxy Nexus code just like that of iPhone". Apparently Mueller, nor Apple, is aware that the source code is posted to the Android ...

Yes That Verizon Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0.4 Update Was Real

May 1st, 2012
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If you've been wandering around the interwebs today you may have seen a few stories about a mysterious Samsung Galaxy Nexus rocking Android 4.0.4. If you're a die hard Android enthusiast you probably know that we are supposed to be on Android 4.0.5 on Verizon Wireless' Galaxy Nexus however 4.0.4 hasn't been pushed out. We are ...

Is Amazon Working On A Quasi-Android Phone Too?

May 1st, 2012
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We all know that Google is responding to Amazon and the Kindle Fire with their own Nexus tablet later this summer. They are expected to introduce an Android powered tablet, designed to be a consumption device at a price point similar to the Kindle Fire. Google doesn't make any money from the Kindle Fire, except for ...

PopCap Follows Angry Birds Foot Steps, Releases Plants & Zombies Plushies

May 1st, 2012
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Last year at Comicon and Dragoncon Plants vs Zombies was a very popular costume. The mega hit for iOS and Android has taken on a life of it's own, very similar to the way Angry Birds evolved. The popular game where you have to plant gardens to thwart off zombies is addicting and has great, iconic ...

AT&T Drops Price Of Galaxy Note To $229

May 1st, 2012
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I will be the first to admit that when the Samsung Galaxy Note was originally released I felt that the pricing was perfect. Now it's been made even better as AT&T has lowered the price of the Galaxy Note to $229 on a new two year agreement. Samsung considers the Galaxy Note as a whole new ...

Angry Birds Hits 50 Million Downloads In 35 Days Fastest Growing Mobile Game In History

May 1st, 2012
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While it looked like Zynga may edge out Rovio Mobile with hits like "Draw Something" and "Words With Friends", Rovio quickly bounced back with their smash hit Angry Birds Space. The hype and momentum building up to the release last month of Angry Birds Space, was at levels near nauseum. There were a bunch of journalists, ...

Motorola And Verizon Brighten Up Droid Advertising

May 1st, 2012
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One of the things we've been harping on for nearly three years is the dark, sci-fi themed advertising of the Motorola Droid line. While the original Motorola Droid sold like gangbusters they have yet to be able to replicate that success. The sci-fi red eyed advertising campaigns are very much geared towards the sci-fi sect along ...

Goodbye Google Wave, Hello Asana

April 30th, 2012
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Google Wave officially died today. It was reported back in 2010 that the collaboration tool would become read-only and eventually go away. Today was that day. If for some reason you ignored Google's warning that Wave would be taken away then you have until the end of today to export all of your information and Waves ...