The Success of Google+ Very Much Depends on its Mobile Implementation
As you have heard by now, Google seems to have reached the conclusion that it is time they created their own Facebook. No, I do not mean their own social network, I mean their own Facebook. Google+, at least on first glance is a carbon copy of Facebook. It looks the same, it acts the [...]
8 App Trends We Will See in the Coming Years
The mobile industry is a very exciting space to be a part of nowadays. Despite its young age, the app arena is exploding and breaking new records every day. Another exciting characteristic of the mobile app ecosystem is watching new trends form every day. Some of the trends we have witnessed over the past year [...]
9 of the Best iPhone Apps that Let You Call for Free
One of the advantages to the “app culture” we live in, is that there is an app for almost everything, as Apple emphasized in its famous iPhone campaign. One of the most interesting app categories out there are VoIP apps, or apps that enable you to call over the Internet as opposed to cellular lines. [...]
How Nokia was disrupted. Part 1
Back in 2007 Nokia was riding high. They owned well over a third of the mobile phone market, and about every second smartphone sold in the world had Nokia name on it. They set the directions for the rest of the industry, leaving competitors scrambling to catch up with every new product launch. The latest [...]
10 Features I Would Love to See in the New Facebook iPad App
As you have probably heard, Facebook is stepping up its mobile game with a new photo sharing app, an HTML5-based app platform, and the much-anticipated Facebook iPad app. We already addressed the first two, but the iPad app has been making headlines for days and no one really knows when it will show its face. [...]
Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt coming on June 30?
Back in April, we told you that the HTC Thunderbolt 4G would get Android 2.3 Gingerbread before the end of June, and it looks like this is indeed going to happen. According to Android and Me and a Verizon insider, there’s a software update scheduled for June 30, which will bring not only Android 2.3.4 [...]
How Facebook Plans to Take over the Mobile World
There has been endless articles and complaints surrounding the fact that Facebook does not have its own native iPad app. The truth is, no one really knows why the social marketing giant does not recognize the iPad for what it is, an industry pioneer. However, the latest news about Zuckerberg’s plans might shed some light [...]
Google enhances mobile search for iOS and Android
Like it has done it quite a few times before, Google has launched new features that will help Android and iOS users search and find what they need faster via the Google mobile homepage. First of all, the mobile homepage now includes shortcut icons for commonly searched local categories, including restaurants, bars, coffee hops, gas [...]
Google Wallet payment service announced, Nexus S 4G owners will use it first
It was no secret that Google had planned the launch of an NFC-based mobile payment system for today. And, well, here it is: Google Wallet (yes, that’s the service’s name) is now official. The service (accessed via a free Android application) “stores virtual versions of your existing plastic cards on your phone”, thus allowing you [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Play getting Android 2.3.3 upgrade next week?
Currently running Android 2.3, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (pictured below) and Xperia Play will receive a software upgrade starting next week. According to Recombu, Sony Ericsson UK confirmed that the upgrade will bring Android 2.3.3 on the two smartphones, fixing some security issues. The upgrade will also bring “Facebook inside Xperia”, the new feature [...]
Apple adds EMI Music to group of major labels signed on for cloud service
Apple has signed a music licensing agreement with EMI Music for an upcoming cloud-based music service, CNET reports. The Cupertino-based company already has such a deal in place with Warner Music, and CNET reports they are nearing the end of negotiations with Sony and Universal. Were they able to complete deals with all four major [...]
Apple files patent on cloud-based iTunes service; stores local cache like Pandora, Spotify
As details of their deals with major American record labels leak in the lead-up to June’s WWDC, Apple has filed a patent revealing long-rumored plans of a cloud-based iTunes streaming service. The patent calls for a wireless media syncing service between a “Host Device” (ie. home computer), Electronic Device (iPhone/iPad/iPod) and a content source (iTunes). [...]
Comcast brings Wi-Fi-only Xfinity TV streaming to iPhone, iPod Touch
Comcast’s Fancast service and iPad app (available since February) have offered access to their admittedly impressive onDemand catalog, highlighted by movies and shows from premium networks like HBO and Showtime. Now the experience finally comes to the iPhone. The most recent (v 1.5) update of their Xfinity app now allows iPhone and iPod touch users [...]
Microsoft confirms some Windows Phone Mango features
Today, Microsoft has confirmed some of the new features that will be included in its next iteration of Windows Phone, currently codenamed Windows Phone Mango. While an important part of the upcoming features will be unveiled “in the coming weeks and months,” Microsoft presented some of Windows Phone Mango’s capabilities during its annual TechEd conference, [...]
Official Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade for Galaxy Tab and Galaxy phones announced
Samsung has officially announced that it’s offering Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrades for no less than six of its devices, namely: Samsung Galaxy Tab (the original, 7-inch version), Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 (pictured below), Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660, Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670, and Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570. The upgrades are made via the [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 getting Android 2.3.3 starting today?
When launched back in October 2010, the original Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 came with Android 2.2 Froyo on board. Most of the Galaxy Tab units out there still run Froyo, but that won’t be for long. According to this thread over at the Androidiani Forum (the largest Android community in Italy), Samsung has started rolling-out [...]
Microsoft buys Skype, promises support for Windows Phone, Xbox and more
Starting later this year, Skype will belong to Microsoft, becoming “a new business division within” the Redmond-based giant company. Yes, Microsoft has officially announced that it’s acquiring Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft will obviously bring Skype to its devices, including Xbox, Kinect, and Windows Phone – that’s kinda funny, since a [...]
HTC Thunderbolt software update postponed by Verizon
As you may already know, a software update for the HTC Thunderbolt should have become available two days ago. However, for some unknown reasons, Verizon cancelled the update. Now the HTC Thunderbolt support page shows off a vague “coming soon” message. In conclusion, if you own a Thunderbolt, you’ll have to wait a bit more [...]
HTC Desire HD and Incredible S getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread now
Starting today, HTC is officially offering Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrades for two of its smartphones: one launched in the fall of 2010 (HTC Desire HD), and one launched this year (HTC Incredible S). The update is made over-the-air, and HTC Europe’s support webpage mentions that the new build number for the Desire HD should be [...]
Sprint EVO 4G White on sale at Amazon for $89.99
The white EVO 4G must be feeling the heat of the competition now that the white iPhone 4 has shown its pearly face, because Amazon has put it on its best sale to date. It is, in fact, seeing a $30 decrease from the original black version. This means that you can partake of the [...]