Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

HTC Doubles Smartphone Sales year-on-year

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

HTC has announced that between July 2009 and July 2010, the vendor sold twice as much smartphones. In 2009, July was worth €225 million which rose to €575 million in 2010.

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Gearbox Gives Android some Balls to Play With

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Gearbox has announced their roboballs which are remotely controlled by an Android (and later iOS) based phone. The balls come with a little suite of games and an API for other developers.

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Google Boots Easy Root from Android Market

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though Google doesn’t do much moderation on the Android Market, the company has decided to boot Easy Root off of the Android Market as the app allowed Android owners to root their device with one flick.

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Vodafone’s HTC Desire Update Criticized by Clients

August 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Vodafone has pushed an update for the HTC Desire to Android 2.1 while consumers have been expecting 2.2 which is being rolled out by HTC toward non-operator models, but that is not all…

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Hexage: 97% Android Piracy in Asia

August 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Google has recently started to increase security on the Android Market and if we have to believe developer Hexage, Google might already be too late as in Asia, 97% of his gamers play with a pirated version.

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Google Fights Piracy with Android Licensing Service

July 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

To fight Piracy on the Android Market, Google has introduced a new licensing service. Developers can use the licensing service to let their apps check if the phone they run on belongs to a registered buyer of the app.

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Playstation Emulator Surfaces on Android Market

July 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Playstation lovers can now download PSX4Droid 1.0 to play Playstation classics on Android, but to avoid getting booted off, consumers still have to do a lot of work to get it working.

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Nexus One Suffers from Component Shortages

July 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

HTC seems to have problems supplying operators in Europe with enough Nexus One phones to fulfill local demand. The company is already switching from Samsung’s AMOLED screens to Sony’s SLCD’s.

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Indian Operator Olive Builds Android Pad

July 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Indian operator Olive has introduced its own Android based tablet PC. Android based tablets are not new, but this one has all the specs to make it a success in the Indian market though the costs might kill it.

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Google To Add Operator Billing to Android Market!?

July 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has updated the Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA) so that the giant can add operator billing as an additional payment method next to its own Google Checkout service.

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