Smartphone sales: Android extends lead over iPhone

Smartphone sales: Android extends lead over iPhone
Christian Science Monitor
But in recent years, Google has mounted a serious challenge with Android and benefits from having several manufacturers as partners, including Samsung, HTC Corp. and Motorola Mobility, which Google ended up buying this year. Apple still dominates in ...

Christian Science Monitor

Reference to 9-pin Dock Connector for IPhone 5 Spotted in IOS 6
PCWorld
A reference to a 9-pin dock connector has been spotted in the iOS 6 beta, adding further evidence to the rumour that Apple's iPhone 5 will have a smaller dock connector. We've been hearing speculation about a smaller dock connector for some time now ...

Apple owns US smartphone market while Samsung dominates worldwide
Ars Technica
Worldwide, Android is clearly the dominating platform, with a 68 percent total share according to IDC. iOS has 17 percent as previously mentioned, while BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Phone platforms take a few percentage points each. Though overall ...

Motorola Solutions Backs Fixmo in Bet on Better Security
Businessweek
With more sensitive information being transmitted across broadband emergency networks onMotorola devices, “the opportunity for more data getting into the wrong hands increases and this is a solution that prevents that,” Palcheck said. “We have ...

Boingo Buys Cloud Nine Media to Expand Wi-Fi Advertising
PC Magazine
Wireless giant Boingo today announced its acquisition of Cloud Nine Media, a Wi-Fi sponsorship and location-based advertising company. Boingo swooped up the media company in an effort to add sponsored access to its global platform of managed Wi-Fi ...

Digia buys Qt framework from Nokia; plans Android, iOS and Windows 8 ports
Computerworld
As devices based on Android and iOS have become so popular, there is now a growing need to develop applications for multiple platforms at the same time. That has in turn made cross-platform tools more attractive, as they promise to cut development costs.

Ouya Ends Kickstarter Campaign, Prepares to Launch Android-Based Console
PCWorld (blog)
The Ouya hardware will feature a Tegra 3 quad-core processor, 1 GB RAM, 8GB onboard flash storage, HDMI out with up to 1080p support, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE 4.0, one USB 2.0 port,Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and an Ethernet port.

Top 10 Smartphone Apps for the 2012 Campaign
U.S. News & World Report
It's the campaign's second app. The first, With Mitt, initially featured an unfortunate spelling error. (Free for iPhone and Android). -OpenStates – This app from the nonprofit watchdog group lets you track any and all action going on in state ...

U.S. News & World Report

iOS developer toolchain will bid farewell to the iPhone 3G
tuaw.com
In other words, both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G have become extremely difficult for iOSdevelopers to support, and by the time iOS 6 rolls around this fall, there will be essentially no reason for devs to try and make sure their apps and ...

The 32GB 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook Is Now Available From Candian ...
TechCrunch
The LTE tablet is slightly upgraded from its WiFi-only counterpart with a 1.5GHz CPU and 32GB storage option, but the main difference is the new LTE radio. The 7-inch PlayBook is a pretty little package and the operating system is finally a contender.

TechCrunch

Motorola RAZR V review
PC Advisor
The Motorola RAZR V is a slightly thicker and better designed version of the flagship Motorola smartphone the RAZR, but apart from its design, it offers little to get excited about. Read our full review to find out more. Expert Review; User Reviews ...

Nikon's Android-powered camera isn't as cool as you think
ExtremeTech
Various companies have been threatening in recent years to release Android-based devices that are neither tablets nor phones. Every trade show seems to have at least one refrigerator, TV, or in-car entertainment system powered by Android. These ...

ExtremeTech

If the manufacturers can't do it, modders can: Jelly Bean for your smartphone
BetaNews
Android smartphones aren't known for timely updates, even if they bear the Nexus name, but when the very first Android smartphone gets Jelly Bean, you know something interesting is happening. Thanks to Android modder jcarrz1 from XDA forums, even the 3 ...

BetaNews

Apple's 'Wi-Fi Plus Cellular' option in iOS 6 to keep apps syncing when WiFi ...
Apple Insider
Dubbed 'Wi-Fi Plus Cellular,' the feature is listed under General->Cellular systems setting pane in the latest beta of iOS 6. If it makes it into the final release of the software, you'll be able to tell your iPhone to automatically revert back to ...

Samsung brings VoLTE to the Galaxy S III, but they're not the first as they claim
BetaNews
The Galaxy S III is currently Samsung's flagship smartphone and one of the bestAndroid devices on the market today. To top it off, the Korean manufacturer has announced that the Galaxy S III will get VoLTE (Voice over LTE) starting August 2012 in ...

BetaNews

Data suggests iOS may be the most popular gaming platform of all time
Ars Technica
Market research firm Asymco recently compared cumulative sales of home console and handheld gaming devices to the number of registered users for the iOS Game Center service as a way to measure iOS as a gaming platform. Apple noted during its... Some ...

Ars Technica

BMW Apps Adds Stitcher SmartRadio, But Only for iOS Users
Wired News (blog)
BMW recently announced that it will add Android compatibility for most of its ConnectedDrive features, although not until the middle of next year. Of course, there's always Bluetooth streaming, although you lose the ability to use the car's controls ...

Verizon Makes Galaxy S III A Globe Traveling Smartphone
Forbes
The Galaxy S III, along with a few other Android smartphones, will soon be enabled for global services on GSM networks in more than 220 countries outside the U.S, according to confirmations from Samsung and Verizon. The phone still won't pick up the ...

Forbes

Akamai: Global Average Broadband Speeds Up By 25%, U.S. Up 29% To 6.7 ...
TechCrunch
Globally, the speed for broadband connections is steadily on the rise: according to Akamai's Q1 2012 State of the Internet report, it's now at 2.6Mbps, compared to 2.3Mbps in the last quarter, and a rise of 25% on a year ago and a reversal of the 14 ...

TechCrunch

Munich Regional Court Postpones Apple Vs Motorola Decision
Wall Street Journal
Motorola Mobility Germany GmbH, HTC Corp.'s (2498.TW) HTC Europe Co., and Samsung Electronics Co.'s (005930.SE) German unit Samsung Electronics GmbH all filed opposition to the patent within nine months--the grace period third parties have to ...

Fresh Android Apps for Aug. 9: Nina (Coming Soon), Current Caller ID ...
Android Apps Appolicious
In today's edition of Fresh Android Apps, we take a look at a new voice-enabled personal assistant from Nuance Technologies, learn why the updated FlightView travel app is landing on Androidtablets, and tap into a socially-driven caller identification ...

T-Mobile USA loses subscribers in second quarter, number of smartphone users ...
Washington Post
While other big carriers rely on boosting smartphone use to raise monthly fees, the number ofsmartphone users at T-Mobile USA was flat from the first quarter, at 11.6 million. Thanks to job cuts, T-Mobile continued to be profitable, with a second ...

GameKlip Merges Your Android Phone and PS3 Controller Into One Gaming ...
PCWorld (blog)
We've shown you a couple of ways to add controller support for your Android phone or tablet, but the unfortunate trade off of adding a controller is that it basically renders your device immobile. While you have the controller in your hands, your ...

Motorola Atrix HD offers premium features for a bargain price
ConsumerReports.org
The Motorola Atrix HD smart phone has a brilliant high-definition 4.5-inch display, a fast 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a high-speed 4G LTE data connection, and other desirable features found on similarly equipped phones that cost upwards of $300: The ...

Pulse, a premier iOS news reader, comes to computers through web application
9 to 5 Mac
The mobile application started its life on the iPad, a device that is reinventing mobile news consumption, and then it was soon re-built for the iPhone, iPod touch, and Android devices. WhileiOS device hardware is optimized for convenient news reading ...

Could Android Find Success on the Desktop?
OStatic (blog)
Is Google preparing to do what it was rumored to do for so long, namely bring the Android mobile OS to the desktop? Today's Android user on a smartphone may scoff at the idea but there are signs that Google might have the desktop in its sights, and it ...

Thodey ahead in 4G race
Sydney Morning Herald
The beefed-up 4G push could now entrench Telstra's gains. Smartphone and mobilebroadband users are going to progressively convert to the faster 4G service, and the share of smartphones in the mobile market will also inexorably rise, from the current ...

Sydney Morning Herald

BCE Beats Profit Estimates as Smartphone Subscribers Gain
Businessweek
BCE Inc. (BCE), Canada's second-largest wireless carrier, topped second-quarter profit estimates and increased its annual forecast after adding more smartphone subscribers on lucrative long-term contracts. Profit, excluding some items, was C$1.02 ($1 ...

Sony pushes shares deal to buy out broadband provider
ZDNet (blog)
A filing completed by the two companies on Thursday (.pdf) announced Sony's plans to acquire the shares remainder in the company -- 42 percent -- in order to turn thebroadband provider into a wholly-owned subsidiary. The company believes that ...

ZDNet (blog)

Samsung Galaxy S III LTE to support VoLTE calls, starting with ...
By Jon Fingas
About our only qualm is with Samsung's assertion that the update makes the Galaxy S III the "world's first Voice over LTE smartphone:" we're pretty sure the fine folks at LG and MetroPCS have a thing or two to say about keeping up with current events. ... </a>. Prices. Type Smartphone; Operating system Android (Ice Cream Sandwich [4.0]); Screen size 4.8 inches; Internal memory 16 GB; Camera 8 megapixels; Dimensions 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in; Weight 4.7 oz; Released 2012-06-21...
Engadget

T-Mobile G1 Tries On Android 4.1 Jelly Bean For Size, Asks If It ...
By Chris Chavez
Could Sprint's Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE be here A... New devices ... Our minds were blown back when those wacky ROM devs were somehow able to port Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the now ancient T-Mobile G1. Now, it looks ...
Android Phone Fans

Across the planet, broadband is getting faster & faster — Tech News ...
By Om Malik
The global broadband revolution is in full swing and across the planet we are seeing people logging on the internet with faster and faster connections. It is new economies that are among the fastest. What is most astonishing – laggards like ...
GigaOM

Google Translate for Android Can Read Pictures in Foreign - Gizmodo
By Kyle Wagner
Google Translate for Android Can Read Pictures in Foreign Languages Now Google Translate just got Word Lens, basically. The new feature in the latest update of the Google Translate app lets you take a picture in-app, and highlight text you ...
Gizmodo

Android 4.1 ported to the venerable HTC G1 | The Verge
By Dieter Bohn
Sure, you'd expect that the classic HTC HD2 would receive a version of Android 4.1, but the grandaddy of all Android devices? Age and underpowered specs weren't enough to stop the hacking group SoCal...
The Verge - All Posts

Motorola PHOTON Q 4G LTE could launch August 19 | Android ...
By Cory Gunther
Some new rumors are floating around this afternoon regarding Motorola's upcoming 4G LTE device for the Now Network. And no this isn't the announcement coming.
Android Community

Q2 2012 U.S. smartphone market share: Apple dominates, Samsung ...
By Zach Epstein
Apple (AAPL) was the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States during the second quarter by a wide margin, market research from NPD Group repo.
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The Coolpix S800, the first Android based camera from Nikon ...
By Macky Evangelista
25-250 mm lens; 3.5″ OLED screen; The camera runs all Google Play apps; The camera will probably run Android 2.3; Built-in GPS; Built-in Wi-Fi. I think this would be great and a smart move by Nikon. Perhaps this could be a first step into ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates

Smartphone Sales Rise as Apple and Samsung Consolidate Power ...
By Sean Patterson
The NPD Group lists Apple's smartphone brand market share as 31% and Samsung's as 24%. HTC and Motorola follow these heavyweights with 15% and 12% of the market, respectively. LG rounds out the top 5 with only 6% of the market.
WebProNews

Smartphone Santa, here's our Samsung Galaxy ... - Android Authority
By Mike Andrici
I can't speak for others, but the way I see things, one dark side to daily covering Android news is that you often feel somewhat disappointed when new devices are officially announced, especially if the device in question has generated a ...
Android Authority

Democratic Convention gets iOS and Android apps
By Dusan Belic
The Democratic National Convention launched iOS and Android apps with the help of AT&T Services. Available as a free download, the application promises to keep you connected to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte ...
IntoMobile

iOS and Android claimed 85% of smartphones in Q2
By Christian Zibreg
Research firm IDC today posted the findings of its smartphone market survey for the second quarter of 2012. Apple and Google continue to dominate the smartphone space, with iOS and Androiddevices accounting for an astounding 85 ...
iDownloadBlog.com

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean ported onto the T-Mobile G1, does not ...
By Tyler Lee
If you still have a T-Mobile G1 Android handset lying around collecting dust, you might want to take it out of your drawer because it seems that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has been ported onto the device. This hack was [...]
Ubergizmo

Android Army | Android news, product reviews, and more | Digital ...
Android Army reviews, news, and discussion of the latest in consumer electronics , ... HTC goes large: 5-inch Android smartphone coming soon? .... include the Pandora-like "Radio" option that was added to the Spotify iOS app in June. ... Motorola Droid Razr Maxx with Android 4.0 - Flipboard Motorola Droid Razr Maxx with ...
www.digitaltrends.com/category/android/

Google Translate v2.5 adds image translation and more | Android ...
Looks like there's a big update for the Google Translate Android app going out this morning. The big addition ... Note, however, that you'll need at least Android 2.3 Gingerbread to use image translation. ... HTC EVO 4G LTE Accessories ... Motorola Xoom 3G finally gets Ice Cream Sandwich in the UK ... Poor wifi performance ...
www.androidcentral.com/google-translate-v25-adds-image-tra...

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