Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

SMC: PayPal to Launch in-app Billing for Android and iPhone

April 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

During the Social Media Club event in Amsterdam, PayPal BeNeLux announced that the company will soon start to facilitate in-app purchasing on both the Android and iPhone platforms.

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Android on iPhone, a Fact of Life

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

It is probably one of Steve Jobs’ biggest nightmares (after regular jailbreaks). A group of hackers has managed to crease an Android release that is working perfectly on the iPhone.

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HTC Fixes the Legend’s Android Market Block

April 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

HTC has finally started to roll out a solution for all those consumers that are locked out of certain apps on the Android Market, an issue which we addressed when the phone launched last month.

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38K Apps Available on the Android Market

April 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

According to Google, the Android Market is currently offering 38.000 apps to consumers. At the same time, vendors are selling 66.000 Android phones a day.

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T-Mobile NL Launches TopApps

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

During a press conference in Den Hague (NL), T-Mobile announced their TopApps Android app which we announced before. With TopApps, T-Mobile will help their Android clients find their way on the market.

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Vodafone to Launch Android App Shop

April 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

According to developer BlueMedialab, Vodafone is about to launch their own version of the Android Market. It will be called Android App Shop and it will launch in 8 European markets.

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Changewave: iPhone Most Popular OS in the US

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: WebOS, Platforms: Windows Mobile, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Changewave has sent out a survey to over 4.000 consumers to ask them which phone they own and which smartphone platform they like to own next. Though Android support is growing fast, iPhone is still first.

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People of Lava Develops Android TV

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Swedish TV vendor People of Lava has shown a new TV that is running on Android 1.5. According to the company, they are the first to release a TV based on the operating sytem.

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Android Market Reaches 40.000 Apps Milestone

April 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Android seems to be growing in popularity amongst app developers. Though only 5.532 apps where launched in the first month of this year, 9.346 where launched in the second.

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ShiVa 3D Gains iPad Support

March 31st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Stonetrip has announced that ShiVa 3D, it’s 3D gaming and application development environment, will now support Apple’s iPad. The platform already supported the iPhone as well as Android and PC’s.