Samsung announced early this morning a “premiere 2013” event to be held Thursday, June 20th in London to unveil new models for its Galaxy and ATIV device lineups. For those of us not on the other side of the pond, the device will be live-streamed on Samsung Mobile’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/SamsungMobile. The teaser poster above is… Read more
If you own multiple Android devices, and you like to tinker with them using ADB, then you might know it doesn’t always work perfectly. The problem was worsened by Windows 8 for some people with driver verification, though some people were left unscathed. But in the interest of making things much much easier for everyone, Koushik Dutta has created a… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TGplftLI9Fo Do you want a laugh? Here’s a good one. Google has created a short guide on how to Googlify your new install of Windows 8. All you really do is create tiles for Google Chrome and Google search. To get the tile, hit up GetYourGoogleBack to get that Google tile. Also, download Chrome for… Read more
T-Mobile has been inviting press to an event scheduled on October 29th. Same day as Google’s Android event. Also same day as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event. Could this be an indication of what’s to come? Could T-Mobile be announcing some Windows Phone 8 devices and a new Nexus, right after they are announced at their respective events? That’d be a… Read more
The Pantech Element isn’t the only Pantech receiving an Ice Cream Sandwich update today. The Pantech Burst joins in for dessert with its own update. Unfortunately, it too is not an OTA and requires a Windows PC to install. However, it’s still a good update that should make a lot of Burst owners happy. Here’s a changelog: New User… Read more
A leak of a Verizon roadmap has provided a ton of information on new phones. Assuming it’s all accurate, this could be a good quarter for Verizon. The HTC DROID Incredible X was on the roadmap, with a 5″ display and a quad core processor. It’s that rumored HTC phablet we’ve seen a few times before. This competition to the Note II should be coming out… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie87s6U9A6c This is the Transformer AIO. Half Windows 8 all in one, half Android tablet of massive proportions. You can see how it works from the video, but on top of that, it has a button on the side that lets you actively switch between Windows 8 and Android. This fusion is amazing, though I question its practicality…. Read more
New results comparing worldwide smartphone market shares in Q1 of 2011 and Q1 of 2012 have been released, and they’re quite surprising. Nokia’s Symbian platform held 27.7% of the market share, which in one year, dropped down to a low 8.6%. Also, Windows Phone dropped from 2.6% to 1.9%. Things really aren’t looking good for Nokia, especially considering… Read more
Here’s a hack you don’t hear about everyday: a clever developer over at XDA has made an APK capable of running some older versions of Windows, as well as Linux. It isn’t a new trick to run x86-based operating systems on Android phones, but it’s still a cool feat that our phones are capable of running a full desktop operating system. Not everything is… Read more
The idea of Android running on a Windows-based PC certainly isn’t anything new, but software company BlueStacks is cranking it up a notch to show you just how well it can be done. Currently in demo status, BlueStacks is essentially a Parallels-type clone for Windows that allows you to virtualize Android. There’s no dual-booting necessary, as… Read more
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