Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Playbook OS 2.1 Rolling Out

May 30th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PlayBook OS (QNX) | No Comments »

RIM is preparing the BETA of PlayBook OS 2.1 for download by the community. The 2.1 update will offer a few improvements in the usability of the device, but mainly increase possibilities to app developers.

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CyanogenMod Reaches 2 Million Installs

May 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

CyanogenMod might be one of the most popular custom ROM’s for Android devices. At the start of this year, a million Android phones had been running on CyanogenMod. By now, that amount has doubled.

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Lidl Starts Selling Smartphones

May 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Following in Aldi’s Shoes, German discounter Lidl is also starting to sell off cheap Android-based smartphones. While Aldi launched the Wolfgang brand to promote their line-up of mobile devices, Lidle isn’t taking that route. Instead, the company is offering the smartphones under the name of their manufacturer. Huawei.

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First Intel Smartphone Ready for Launch

April 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Intel-ceo Paul Otellini announced that the first smartphone running on an Intel based SoC is ready to launch next week. The device is probably coming from India based vendor Lava.

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Archos Claims Third Spot on EU Tablet Market

April 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Archos has announced it is the second biggest vendor of tablets on the European market. If the tablets above €400 (yes, that’s mainly you Apple) aren’t counted, the company would be leading the market.

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Telefonica Users Get Limited Free Access to EA Games

April 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Telefonica/O2 has partnered with EA Mobile to provide its subscribers access to EA’s portfolio of mobile games including the new FIFA 12 and Monopoly franchises. There is a catch though… access is limited to three months after download.

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Amazon Drops $20 In-App Purchasing Limits

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Amazon only recently launched in-app purchases and, to avoid issues with the system, limited item pricing to $20. Amazon has now announced the end of that limitation.

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Nazara Strikes EA Distribution Deal

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

Mobile game Publisher Nazara has struck an important deal with EA to take their mobile games to the Middle East. Amongst the channels Nazara will bring the EA titles to are the operators Saudi Telecom, Etihad Etisalat, Du and Viva.

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TelyHD Brings Android Alternative to Google TV

April 17th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

TelyHD is an Xbox Kinect like webcam that can be mounted on top of TV’s to provide consumers with Skype functionality. Next to the interesting hardware, the device runs on Android.

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Cache Partition Size Can Block 50MB APK’s

April 16th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While it is great to be allowed to upload APK files up to 50MB a piece, developer 10tons has discovered a problem within the Android system itself that could make 50MB APK’s invisible…