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NFC and Skype Heading for Windows Phone 8

February 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

It seems Microsoft is further beefing up the Windows Phone 8 functionality offering. The company is set to integrate NFC in its OS to support mobile billing and a host of other cool stuff the guys at Nokia are currently working out.

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Bouncer Bounces Malware from Android Market

February 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Google has started to fight malware off of their precious Android Market. As most developers know, the place is kinda flooded with it but the new Bouncer service should clean up the mess there.

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Free PlayBooks for Android Developers

February 3rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: PlayBook OS (QNX) | No Comments »

RIM seems to do just about anything to spread their believe in the BlackBerry PlayBook. Following the launch of the support for Android apps on the device, Android developers can now get hold of a free PlayBook just by converting their Android app to the device.

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The 6th Dutch AppEvent Stats

February 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies | No Comments »

A couple of times a year, Dutch and Belgian iOS developers organize the AppEvent. A full month where a paid app goes for free for a whole day. Every time they organize the event, the impact is huge both in downloads and national media response (this unlike services that provide daily free apps on a regular basis).

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Siri Fails to Please in Scotland

February 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox | No Comments »

While Apple’s Siri is under fire for causing huge amounts of data to be pushed over mobile networks, it seems the service is lacking in another perspective as well. It seems to fail in understanding Scottish consumers as the video after the jump shows ;-).

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HTC to Push Android 4.0 Onto Sensation Devices

February 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, HTC announced it will be pushing the new Android 4.0 onto its entire line of Sensation devices (HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XE and HTC Sensation XL). On top of that, the company will be launching a fourth Sensation device in March. It will be the Sansation Ice White.

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iPad 3 to run on an A6 CPU

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

BGR has got its hands on a photo showing iBoot running on a prototype of an iPad 3. The feedback that iBoot is providing is pretty interesting. It displays that the iPad 3 is (as expected) running on Apple’s new A6 CPU. The new CPU should be a quad-core model giving Apple the power to improve the screen (probably go retina) and combat Asus’ newest Transformer.

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The Humble Bundle Lifts Off on Android

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

The Humble Bundle started off as a project on Windows, Mac OS and Linux where the consumer can choose what to pay for software compilations it is buying, where the money is going (good cause or the developers) and if it goes to developers, who gets what. That same principle is now launched on Android.

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Android Support in PlayBook Only 5 Days Away

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PlayBook OS (QNX) | No Comments »

It was one of the big salespitches from BlackBerry at the introduction of the QNX platform; it would be able to run Android Apps. Up until now, PlayBook users haven’t seen much of that promise. On February 6th however, BlackBerry will be rolling out PlayBook OS 2.0 with Android support.

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iPhone 4S Set for China Launch in Feb

February 1st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

China Telecom is set to be launching the new iPhone 4S from Apple later this month. The operator will be launching the CDMA version of the device which is exciting news for Apple fans in China. China Telcom is the third operator to carry the CDMA version of the iPhone 4s on it’s network.

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