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1.5 Million Windows Phone 7 Devices With Consumers and Retail

December 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

In the first six weeks of launch, 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices have been shipped to retailers and operators (we assume most of them landed with consumers by now).

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Galaxy S Sales on Track

December 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Samsung announced earlier that it expects to sell 10 million Galaxy S devices in 2010. As it seems right now, the company might manage to accomplish this milestone.

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Playstation Phone Dubbed Xperia Play?

December 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While the whole world is still waiting for one of the worst kept secrets at SonyEricsson, rumors say the device might not be called the Playstation Phone afterall. SE seems to be opting for Xperia Play instead.

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Microsoft Developing ARM Branch of Windows 7?

December 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

If rumors are right, Microsoft is nearly ready with a special version of Windows 7 that is able to run on ARM-based processors. This would improve Windows 7’s scalability toward tablet based devices.

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TapTap Revenge Does 25K Downloads an Hour

December 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Disney owned Tapulous has announced that the just released TapTap Revenge 4 game is generating 25.000 downloads per hour. A new record for the development unit.

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Apple Releases iAd Producer

December 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has released a new bit of software called the iAd Producer. The iAd Producer is a piece of Mac software (what’s to expect) that allows easy development of adverts for the iAd network. This is likely to be the first step from Apple to boost the iAd network.

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First Details Bada OS 2.0 Surface

December 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

The First details about Samsung’s new Bada OS 2.0 have leaked onto the internet. The new OS will have major UI improvements that allow the OS to better integrate with social networks and multitasking apps.

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Google Delays Google TV Launches

December 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It seems like several hardware vendors will be out of luck during the CES show next month. Google has delayed Google TV distribution to new devices as the company needs more time to finish the OS.

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Google App Inventor Open to All

December 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has pulled their App Inventor out of Beta meaning it is open to anyone that would be interested in trying to develop an application for the Android platform.

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LG Kicks Off Dualcore Phone Race

December 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

While we only just reported that Nokia and HTC will be delivering phones with a dualcore design, LG has introduced the first one yesterday to kick off the race.