What developers like about Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean'

What developers like about Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean'
InfoWorld
"They've done a lot to improve things," says Ian Clifton, an Android developer at ARO, a mobile apps startup. "Each new version of Android has gotten a little bit faster, a little bit smoother, so they're closing that gap between Android and [Apple's ... 

Running with iOS: Strava Run vs. RunKeeper vs. Nike+
Ars Technica
The simple Web interface is accompanied by an even lovelier mobile UI for iOS and Android devices. Nike+ has its bells and whistles that encourage the average Joe to get off their couch, but Strava's clean interface seems to be more appealing to those ...

Motorola Defy XT
CNET
Motorola Defy XT - If you're looking for a cheap handset that should stand up to the demands of your outdoor activities, the Defy should do the job. Be warned that the handset's single-core performance is quite the letdown, though.

CNET

Jailbreak iOS 6: Best iPad 3 Apps, Cydia Tweaks and Retina Display Apps
PennLive.com
COM” team has completed the Unlock and Jailbreak of Apple's iOS 5.0.1 mobile operating system, version 5.0.1, for the iPhone 4, the 3GS, the iPod Touch 4G and the iPad 1. Previously, david had dispatched his Jailbreak project to OpenaniPhone.COM-team ...
ios 5.1.1 Jailbreak iPhone 4/4S iOS 5.1.1 - New Working Tutorial Released
PennLive.com
... Monday, July 09, 2012, 7:00 AM. jailbreak iphone 4s ios 5.1.1 By jailbreak iphone 4s ios 5.1.1 PennLive.com. Follow ... benefit from the new addition: iPod Touch 4G, iPhone 3G or iPhone 4.Unlock iphone 4s/jailbreak/unlock iPhone 4s/4/3gs.For if not ...

Android's Biggest Threat: Adware?
PC Magazine
According to mobile security firm Lookout Mobile, about five percent of Android apps contain what it calls an “aggressive ad network”—an intrusive mobile ad network that toes the line between legitimate software and actual malware. Behaviors of these ...

Android 4.0 on the Samsung Galaxy Note: Subtle, but useful
CNET
CNET got to know the Samsung Galaxy Note updated with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, and outfitted with new productivity features. Read this blog post by Jessica Dolcourt on Android Atlas.

Fast iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak for iPhone 4/4S App - Tutorial
PennLive.com
benefit from the new addition: iPod Touch 4G, iPhone 3G or iPhone 4.Unlock iphone 4s/jailbreak/unlock iPhone 4s/4/3gs.For if not clear, or if anyone has not concluded, we are faced with the tethered jailbreak/unlock, ie which does not exceed the device ...

New Android malware infects 100000 Chinese smartphones
ZDNet (blog)
New Android malware infects 100000 Chinese smartphones A new piece of malware has been discovered on more than 100000 Android smartphones in China. It works by silently downloading paid apps and multimedia content from Mobile Market, ...

ZDNet (blog)

Apple reportedly shutting down for-pay iOS beta access
Ars Technica
It appears that Apple is getting more serious about putting the kibosh on unauthorized access to iOSbetas. According to several unnamed website operators speaking to Macstories, a number of sites that purport to sell early developer access to iOS 6 ...

Speedy broadband services outpace the Internet
Boston.com
But when he got Verizon's newest high-speed service, it was “the first time I'm not feeling that thrill of exhilaration when I connect,” said Sofer, a photographer and website designer in Hermosa Beach, Calif. The problem: The extra speed made no ...

Intel Partners With Smartphone Maker in India: Reports
eWeek
The chip maker reportedly is continuing to grow the list of smartphone makers who will launch devices powered by Intel technology. ... Intel also is partnering with handset maker ZTE, andMotorola Mobility has said it will build both smartphones and ...

The Many Problems with an Amazon Smartphone
TIME
I'm not yet convinced that a Kindle phone would be a vital competitor in thesmartphone market. While Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet made perfect sense, a goodsmartphone requires a different set of apps and services, and it's not obvious why Amazon would ...

TIME

Apple targets sites selling access to iOS 6 beta, report says
CNET
According to a new report, sites that allowed users to buy iOS 6 beta access were hit by DMCA takedowns by Apple. Read this blog post by Don Reisinger on Apple.

Android Jelly Bean specially built for 7-inch devices
TG Daily
It is being reported that the next iteration of Android, version 4.1, will be specially optimized for 7-inch tablets. According to Liliputing, Google's new mobile OS, also known as Jelly Bean, will come in various flavors (no pun intended). There will ...

TG Daily

Android Jelly Bean Features Emerge: What The New OS Can Do That Ice Cream ...
International Business Times
Google announced its new Nexus 7 tablet at its I/O developer's conference at the end of June, which will come equipped with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The operating system... iPhone 5 Rumour Round-up · Samsung Galaxy S3 Explosion is 'Fake', Reveals ...

International Business Times

Where next for iOS? Is it time for a redesign?
Today's iPhone
I realize that as I sit down to type this article, it's a question I've asked of iOS before. ... In 2007 Steve Jobs unveiled the smartphone that would change the world. ... If there's one thing I like about Android more than iOS, it's the ability to ...

Start-Up to Revive Nokia Software
Wall Street Journal
Finnish start-up Jolla is in talks with various hardware makers and hopes to unveil within the next six months a smartphone that runs Nokia's largely-abandoned MeeGo operating system, the company's chief executive said. ... But given that Nokia would ...

Word Lens for Android Brings Offline, Visual Language Translations to Your ...
Lifehacker
All of the features that made the iOS app interesting are available in the Android version, including completely offline translations (which even Google Translate can't do, although Google Translate is built-in and supports more languages) and the ...

Verizon Wireless is Bringing the Power of Its 4G LTE Network to Columbus ...
Businessweek
... today announced it is bringing the nation's largest 4G Long Term Evolution network to Columbus, GA in the coming weeks. When Verizon Wireless turns on its 4G LTE network in Columbus, customers in the commercial, downtown and residential areas of the.

AT&T flips its LTE switch in a handful of new markets, expands its coverage in ...
PhoneDog (blog)
AT&T this morning has made some announcements that should help some of its 4G LTE-hungry customers get over their case of the Mondays. The carrier has revealed that it's expanded its LTEnetwork to several new markets in different portions of the U.S., ...

China's smartphone market grows 164%, Apple's iOS takes 17.3% share
Apple Insider
Needham & Company analyst Charlie Wolf's quarterly report on the smartphone industry was issued on Monday, and identified the "big news" of the quarter as the emergence of China as the leading smartphone market. Smartphone ... Apple's 17.3 percent ...

Sprint Could Leap 20% With 4G LTE Effort
Seeking Alpha
LTE is now the next generation wireless technology standard for high-speed data communications. The network is marketed as "4G LTE". The launch is seen as a bid to catch-up with the two largest wireless carriers, Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T). Sprint ...

LG-F180 specs revealed? Quad-core Snadragon ... - Android Authority
By Mike Andrici
A leaked spreadsheet talks about an LG smartphone codenamed the “LG-F180” and paints the picture of the fastest Android smartphone ever. ... LG-F180: quad-core Snadragon S4 processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB of RAM, LTE compatible ...
Android Authority

HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Review: Solid Little Phone, Awfully Big ...
By Chris Velazco
As a result they've put together the Droid Incredible 4G LTE, a poorly named device that manages to squeeze a surprising amount of power into a relatively small frame. Features: 4.0-inch qHD Super LCD display; Runs Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 4.0; 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor; 1GB of RAM; 8GB of onboard storage, accepts microSD cards as large as 32GB; NFC; 8-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing camera; MSRP: $149 with a two-year ...
TechCrunch » GadgetsTechCrunch

Android Community Weekly: July 8th, 2012 | Android Community
By Cory Gunther
It was another exciting week in the Android Community with tons of Jelly Bean, Galaxy Nexus news, and of course the Galaxy S III. Developers have ... In better Verizon news they also released their HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Make sure to check ... The Motorola Atrix HD was leaked for AT&T,Motorola's XYBOARD tablets also received a leak of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and the impressive new zombie shooter Dead Trigger was released to the Play Store. Hit all the links ...
Android Community

Apple cracks down on site selling iOS 6 betas | TUAW - The ...
By Kelly Hodgkins
MacStories has a follow-up to a Wired report that details the practice of selling access to Apple beta software. The Wired article profiles several websites that'll add your UDID to a developer account so you can download and activate iOS betas ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

New Amazon Kindle Fire to get improved display in Q3 | TalkAndroid ...
By Jeff Causey
Along with the upgrades to the display, the new Kindle Fire will be lighter, thinner, have a built-in camera, and possibly a faster chip to go with an update to Amazon's fork of the Android operating system. Despite all these changes, battery life ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates

Twitter for iOS 4.3 gets early teases from Twitter itself and the App ...
By Jon Fingas
... on our own devices. Controversies from The Next Web over the update's identification of third-party apps notwithstanding -- we don't know if it's intentional -- all signs point to Twitter on iOS (and no doubt Android) getting a tune-up before long. ... Prices. Type Smartphone; Operating system iOS (5); Screen size 3.5 inches; Internal memory 16 GB; Carriers (US) AT&T, Sprint-Nextel, Verizon / Alltel; Dimensions 4.5 x 2.31 x 0.37 in; Weight 4.9 oz; Released 2011-10-14. see all specs → ...
Engadget

Installing, running Android apps on the Google Nexus Q - Liliputing
By Brad Linder
But under the hood the Nexus Q has the hardware of a pretty versatile Android device, including a TI OMAP 4460 dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. It supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth, and NFC, and the device runs ...
Liliputing

Google disputes claims of Android botnet | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
Last week, a Microsoft researcher claimed to have discovered an Android botnet, but it looks like it might not exist after all. According to a statement from Google, their analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and a fake ...
Ubergizmo

iOS 6 code points to integration of Apple Maps on Intel-based Macs ...
By Jordan Kahn
While this is not solid proof that Apple is working on a full-blown Maps app for Mac, it could hint at possible integration between core apps and features in Mountain Lion and Maps on iOS. For example, location features in iPhoto could ...
9to5Mac

Why publishers are ditching their iOS apps for the web | TeleRead ...
By Paul Biba
Since then, however, a handful of publications have decided to abandon their presence on iOSdevices. Some are planning to build a web app as their only iOS or mobile presence. Others are looking to create deals with various news ...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...

iOS 6 Beta 3 release rumor: Coming to iPhone, iPad, iPod touch today
By Zach Epstein
According to a popular iOS hacker nick-named “iH8sn0w,” iOS 6 beta 3 will be released to developers on Monday afternoon. The software developer, known best for his “Sn0wbreeze” iOSjailbreaking tools, noted in a post on Twitter that the ...
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

Word Lens Awesome Translation App Arrives On Android (video ...
By Julian Horsey
Word Lens the awesome real-time translating application which you can use to easily translate signs, menus and posters using your smartphone built in camera, has now arrived on Android.
Geeky-Gadgets

iOS 6 Beta 3 could arrive today, iH8sn0w notes
By Christian Zibreg
The third beta of iOS 6 could arrive today at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern Time, iOS hacker iH8sn0w tweeted last night. Apple pushed the second beta to its registered developers on June 25, following the June 11 WWDC release of the first iOS ...
iDownloadBlog.com

New Features Amazon's Smartphone Needs to Compete with the ...
By Mellisa Tolentino
There's a rumor going around that Amazon and Foxconn are creating an Amazon smartphone that would compete with Apple's iPhone, and the horde of Android smartphones in the market. So what could the Amazon smartphone have over ...
SiliconANGLE

Before IPhone and Android Came Simon, the First Smartphone ...
Finally, a Hot Android Phone: Galaxy S III Is Hard to Get Story ... How Your Smartphone Can Lower Your Car Insurance Rates .... Motorola (MOT), a supplier of the cellular smarts for the prototype, passed when it came time to build the product, ...
www.businessweek.com/.../before-iphone-and-android-came-s...

Google+ Platform for Mobile — Google Developers
The Google+ platform for Android helps you integrate your Android app with ... If you are new to developing Android applications, see Android Application ...
https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/

Nokia's PureView Technology Headed To Their Lumia Windows ...
By Roland Hutchinson
Last month, Nokia's Chris Webber confirmed that Nokia would bring their PureView technology to their Lumia Windows Phone devices, and now Nokia's VP of worldwide developer relations, Richard Kerris has revealed some more details ...
Geeky-Gadgets

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