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Android Market to Support Multiple APK’s

July 23rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google announced that Android Market will finally bring support for apps that have multiple APK’s for different devices. This brings various advantages compared to the old single-APK model it used.

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New iPad 2 Runs on Different GFX Chip

July 23rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Keeping a tap on Hardware, something you can rely on with the boys and girls of iFixit. iFixit has just announced their latest finding; the newer iPad 2 models are running on different graphic hardware.

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Microsoft Prepares App Hub for Mango Launch

July 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Microsoft is preparing the Windows Marketplace for the launch in new markets and of course the launch of the new Windows Phone 7 Mango update.

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Apple Testing HD Displays for iPad 3

July 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple is rumoured to be testing two new screens for the production of the iPad 3. Contenders for the bid to produce them are Korean competitors LG and Samsung.

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Nomura: iPad To Dominate Until 2014

July 19th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to research from Nomura, Apple will maintain the most dominant player in the tablet market until the year 2014. By that time, competitors will have a far bigger share of the market.

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RIM Stats

July 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Though the company is a bit shaky at the moment, RIM keep stopping the Dutch sales charts with the BlackBerry Curve 8520 being the best selling prepaid Phone in May.

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JailBreakMe.com 1.4M Times Used in One Week

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

In a week after JailBreakMe.com relaunched, the website has assisted 1.4 million owners of iPhones, iPods and iPads in jailbreaking their devices. These numbers have been reveiled by developer Comex.

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Facebook Goes J2me

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Facebook, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

Facebook took a rather interesting step yesterday as the social network announced their new Facebook for ‘Every Phone’ app. Yes, Facebook has chosen to enter the ‘old’ world of J2me.

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Google to Renew Android Market

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last night, Google announced yet another make-over for its Android Market. This time, Google will be dropping the curved layout for a tiled one (who else does that!?) to better use the available screen-estate.

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RIM to Split!?

July 13th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

Though the new PlayBook is a bundle of fun in our eyes, it is far from a secret that RIM is having huge problems as share prices pretty much continue to spiral downward. The solution opted now might be to split.

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