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Rumor: Samsung Coming to Mobile World Congress With 2GHz Exynos 5250

by on January 27th, 2012 at 12:01 pm No Comments

While some are wondering what’s going on with a quad-core Exynos processor of some sort, most of us know that Samsung still has yet to push the boundaries of dual-core. Their Exynos chipset series is one of the most efficient, fast and capable chipsets around and the Exynos 5250 will take things a step further. [...]

Android Tablets in Q4’11: Shipments Tripled, Accounted for 39% of Shipments

by on January 27th, 2012 at 10:24 am No Comments

Strategy Analytics took some time to crunch some numbers in the tablet space and came up with very encouraging Q4’11 numbers for Android. First of all, Android tablet shipments tripled from 3.1 million units in Q4’10 to 10.5 million in Q’11. This is, of course, due to many OEMs jumping into the tablet game in [...]

ASUS Working to Get Fix for Transformer Prime ICS Lockups in February

by on January 27th, 2012 at 9:20 am No Comments

ASUS remains one of the more vocal OEMs these days as they have identified the widely-reported ASUS Transformer Prime lockup issue that has sprung up after the update to Android 4.0. They hope to have a fix out this February but couldn’t give a more specific window than that. They also plan to fix some [...]

Koushik Dutta Teases New Touch-Based Recovery

by on January 27th, 2012 at 8:58 am No Comments

Our friend Koushik Dutta has posted a new teaser video to his Google+ page showing a touch-based recovery that he’s been working on. This isn’t quite like the touch-based recovery we saw before that simply had on-screen buttons for navigating. Koush is going all out with the project, implementing the ability to scroll and select [...]

Vlingo Addresses Security Concerns With Great Transparency

by on January 27th, 2012 at 8:47 am No Comments

Vlingo has taken a verbal and public beating, lately, for findings that suggested their application was doing more than it was supposed to. Users found that their application would send more data than it really needed to and had folks wondering which data was being sent, for what reason and where. Asked to comment on [...]

Woot.com Selling 32GB HP TouchPad for $220

by on January 27th, 2012 at 8:24 am No Comments

It’s no $99 fire sale but daily deals site Woot.com is offering the HP Touchpad at a pretty good price, all things considered. You can get the 9.7 inch 32GB WiFi variant for $220 + shipping. If you have been unable to find this thing this long after the TouchPad fire sale this is a [...]

Pulse News Updated for Bug Fixes

by on January 27th, 2012 at 8:09 am No Comments

The folks at Pulse News have updated their Android application to fix some bugs. Namely, a tablet bug – which was not detailed – was fixed, alongside a fix for dark mode. Some users say that the update has made the application laggy, something that I can confirm is happening for me on a Samsung [...]

Samsung Denied Second 3G Patent Claim Win in Germany

by on January 27th, 2012 at 7:56 am No Comments

Judge Andreas Voss works quickly, no? It was only one week ago that the judge ruled in Apple’s favor regarding a 3G patent claim from Samsung, and the second of Samsung’s five claims has been denied this morning. Florian Mueller, who reportedly attended the sessions, says that the judge’s two rulings may have been based [...]

Motorola ATRIX 4G Users Due for a Software Update Soon, Says Soak Test Invites

by on January 27th, 2012 at 7:38 am No Comments

The Motorola Atrix 4G may be a bit old in smartphone years but it’s still a pretty great device and Motorola’s committed to continued support. They’re gearing up to release a new software update soon, one we expect to primarily be a bug fixer. Users have started receiving invitations for soak testing. As always, we’re [...]

Android Overload: WiFi-Only Moto Xyboards Now Available, Samsung “Reviewing” GSIII Launch Date and More

by on January 27th, 2012 at 3:13 am No Comments

Good evening, ladies and gents. You seem to have stumbled into the Android Overload. This is the place where we dump all the stories that come across our desks from throughout the day but for one reason or another, didn’t get the star treatment on our front page. That doesn’t mean they’re still not worthy [...]

HTC Rezound Global Capable Device? – Hidden GSM/HSPA Radios Work On T-Mobile UK

by on January 27th, 2012 at 2:41 am No Comments

It looks like there are a few secrets hiding inside the HTC Rezound on Verizon. Apparently, after a little snooping around, an XDA member has discovered that the Rezound actually contains support for GSM/HSPA radios, making it a global capable device. This was discovered after the device was shipped overseas and the user popped in [...]

Verizon’s ZTE V66 Tablet Pictured – Dual-cores and 4G LTE Capability

by on January 27th, 2012 at 1:37 am No Comments

It was a few months ago we told you guys about the mysterious ZTE V66 tablet that passed through the FCC, on its way to Verizon. Now, that same tablet has popped again, this time, on a trip to the Bluetooth SIG. We now have a little more info on the device but don’t get [...]

Samsung Closed Out 2011 With Bang – Hit Record High Of $4.72 Billion In Profit

by on January 27th, 2012 at 12:24 am No Comments

Looks like Samsung had a great year in 2011 and really, was anybody surprised? During an earnings call today, the South Korean company reported that they were able to hit $4.72 billion in operating profit and $42 billion in sales for Q4 of 2011, lining up with the company’s previous estimate earlier this month. This [...]

In Case You Were Wondering: The RAZR and RAZR MAXX Have The Same Exact Software

by on January 26th, 2012 at 10:57 pm No Comments

If there was ever any doubt that the Motorola RAZR and the new all new and improved RAZR MAXX possibly weren’t the same phone, that has been laid to rest with this screenshot. As you can plainly see, both devices are running the exact same build, kernel — even the model number is the same. [...]

Sony Xperia S Will Feature Anti-Stain Coating and Fast Charging Ability

by on January 26th, 2012 at 10:17 pm No Comments

This phone just continues to get better and better. The Sony Xperia S — which is currently #1 on my “sexiest phone of 2012″ — is proving that it’s not just a 1-trick pony. PocketPC.ch has revealed a couple of new, less talked about features being introduced on the device that will help set it apart [...]

Central Core Studios Takes A Break From Video Games And Introduces New HD Live Wallpapers For Android

by on January 26th, 2012 at 9:25 pm No Comments

I came across these absolutely stunning live wallpapers fresh off the Android Market and felt the need to share them with you here. Brought to you by a couple of self-proclaimed indie game developers, Central Core Studios has taken time away from coding games, instead to work on a few more artistic projects. Like these [...]

Google Friendly Reminder: The Menu Button Does Not Provide For An Ideal User Experience

by on January 26th, 2012 at 8:12 pm No Comments

The Android Developers blog was updated today with a friendly post reminding developers that in Google’s vision for Android’s future — there will be no menu buttons. Google hopes to instead, replace the menu button with this little guy (above), dubbed the “action bar.” That means everything that was ever hiding inside the menu window [...]

HTC Rezound Users Starting to See OTA Update

by on January 26th, 2012 at 6:44 pm No Comments

It was only hours ago that we’d learned Verizon and Motorola would soon be issuing an OTA upgrade to users of the HTC Rezound and reports of people receiving the update are already rolling in. The changes were detailed in this post so be sure to take a quick look and apply the upgrade under [...]

Google Finally Adds Option to Download All Songs From Google Music

by on January 26th, 2012 at 5:44 pm No Comments

Rejoice! No more having to download each track one by one if you want to download your entire music collection from Google Music. Google has heard the cries of those who want a quick and easy way to download their collection to their computer and they have come through with an update that will allow [...]

Motorola Mobility Announces 1 Million Tablets Sold in 2011, 4.3 Million Smartphones Sold in Q4’11

by on January 26th, 2012 at 5:10 pm No Comments

Motorola has just announced their financial results from the fourth quarter of 2011. They reported $3.4 billion of net revenue, up slightly from the same quarter a year ago. That puts them at $13.1 billion on the year, a 14% increase over 2010. “$225 million and $357 million in the fourth quarter and full year, [...]



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