Android Overload: Samsung drops case to ban Apple products in Europe, Sprint to have more spectrum than AT&T or Verizon, and more
The Android Overload is the place where we stash all of the stories/articles/news bits that didn’t make it onto our front page. But, just because they weren’t featured doesn’t mean they aren’t worth taking a look at. In fact, there’s almost always a little something here for everyone, so take a look around and let us know if you find any gems.
Apps
- Google Play Books updated with pinch-to-zoom and read aloud feature. [Google Play]
- PayPal updated with landcape mode and customized payment preferences. [Google Play]
- Wunderlist 2 now available for Android. Fully redesigned to-do app. [Google Play]
- Google Field Trip now available in the UK. [Google Play]
- Twist now available for Android. Gives friends ETA’s for meetups. [Google Play]
- Photo sharing app Flock — from the makers of Bump — now available for Android. [Google Play]
Everything else
- Google brings the entire book of Genesis and the Ten Commandments to the cloud. [Google]
- Microsoft and Motorola are millions of dollars apart in their valuations of key patents from law suit. [Reuters]
- Android may have the market share, but here’s why Apple’s App Store pulls in more revenue. [Wired]
- Huawei Ascend D2 “Dream Phone” pictured with 5-inch 1080p display, quad-core processor, 13MP camera and 3,000mAh battery. [GSMArena]
- Sprint announces 6 new LTE markets. [Sprint]
- Brazil gets the IGB Electronic SA “IPHONE”… and it runs Android. [MacRumors]
- Red Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and 10.1 coming soon. [SamMobile]
- Sprint’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Clearwire will give it more spectrum than either AT&T or Verizon. [Quartz]
- China is the single largest Android market with the US comign in a close 2nd. [Informa]
- Study claims that MMS ads are 230 times more effective than in-app ads. [PandoDaily]
- Samsung drops law suits to ban Apple products in Europe. [Reuters]
- ITC judge ruled Motorola’s patent cannot be asserted against Apple. [Reuters]
- Facebook will introduce video ads in use’s news feed in both the app and online — possibly with autoplay. [AdAge]