Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

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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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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Baidu Announces Own Android OS Fork

September 5th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Chinese search giant has finally announced its own mobile operating system. To be specific, the company is launching their own version of Google’s Android OS, called Baidu Yi.

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LG Announces 3D Game Converter

August 30th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Its always nice to be the first with new technologies like 3D.It is the content however that puts the fun and excitement in 3D. LG must have experienced the same with the Optimus 3D hardware.

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10 Year Old Detects Exploit in Social Mobile Games

August 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Over the past two years, there have been lots of developers that created Farmville-like mobile games. A 10-year old kid showed how to manipulate those games at Defcon.

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SonyEricsson Tests 3D Screens!?

August 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Following HTC and LG, SonyEricsson is rumoured to be testing new autostereoscopic 3D screens for its mobile phones. That step would be late, but logical since SE’s objective is to offer the best entertainment experience.

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Italians Develop Android Watch

August 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

It seems like Android developers have to take care of yet another form-factor as Italian designers have developed a new watch based on Google’s Android operating system.

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Samsung Sold 5 Mln Galaxy S II Devices

July 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | 2 Comments »

It took them 85 days, but Samsung now confirms it has managed to sell 5 million Galaxy S II devices. That news comes only 30 days after hitting 3 million sales.

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Mozilla Works on Mobile Operating System

July 26th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

As if we didn’t have enough already, Mozilla has announced the organization is working on their own mobile operating system, though the basis of the project is Google’s Android OS.

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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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