Archive for February, 2011 - Page 10

WSJ: The Daily Coming To Android Tablets This Spring [News Corp-Owned Website Says That Honeymoon Period For iPad Is Ending Soon, Expect To See The Daily On Android In Q2 2011]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

AllThingsD is owned by News Corp, and now, Peter Kafka writes on that website that he’s hearing from sources that News Corp’s tablet only “virtual newspaper”, The Daily is coming to Android tablets this spring, Q2 2011. The Daily was [...]

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Sprint Pulls Samsung Epic 4G Android 2.2 Update [Numerous Complaints Of Data & SD Card Issues Prompt Sprint To Temporarily Halt Samsung Epic 4G Android 2.2 Update]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

After a long wait, the Android 2.2 update process began for Samsung Epic 4G users earlier this week. And well, it seems that not everyone is going to get the update as expected.

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Rdio Brings Unlimited On-Demand Music Streaming To Roku Set Top Boxes [Rdio Channel Now Available For Roku Set Top Boxes, $9.99 Per Month for Unlimited On-Demand Music Streaming]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

While some recognize the Roku set top boxes as an easy way to bring Netflix into your living room, those little boxes offer so much more. For those unfamiliar, Roku launched a Roku Channel Store a while back and have [...]

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HTC Sued Over “HTC ChaCha” Name [Q&A Website ChaCha Sues HTC Over Facebook Phone Named The Same As Their Website - Do They Have A Case?]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

Last week at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Spain, HTC introduce two new Facebook phones – well, Facebook phones insomuch as they were Android phones with a dedicated button that took you right to Facebook. One of them [...]

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Android 2.2 Update Begins Today For Samsung Captivate Users With AT&T [AT&T Announces Android 2.2 Update Details, Samsung Captivate Update Begins Today & HTC Aria Update Is Coming "Soon"]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

AT&T teased Samsung Captivate users earlier in the month when they posted the Android 2.2 screenshots on their support website, and truth be told, it showed us that there were plenty of people angry with both Samsung and AT&T. Well, [...]

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Sprint Officially Announces The HTC Arrive Windows Phone 7 Smartphone [Windows Phone 7 Now Official For Sprint, HTC Arrive Smartphone Will Be Available March 20th With On Contract Price Of $199.99]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

Sprint told us they would be announcing a phone today, then they proceeded to give us hints as to what the device would be. Well, needless to say, between the original bit of speculation and the details we gathered from [...]

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Apple MacBook Pro 2011 Lineup Now Official [Apple Updates MacBook Pro Notebook Lineup, New Features Include Sandy Bridge, Thunderbolt I/O & Facetime HD Camera]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

Just as the rumor mill was suggesting, Apple was indeed ready to release an updated MacBook Pro notebook lineup. And as many saw earlier this morning, the telltale sign of the online Apple Store going down came into play. Well, [...]

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Facetime App Now Available In The Mac App Store [Apple Brings Facetime To The Desktop, Releases Facetime 1.0 For Mac With $0.99 Price Tag]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

We saw Facetime come available for the Mac back towards the end of last year, though at that time it was strictly a beta offering. That said, things have changed for Facetime for Mac as of today and it is [...]

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Angry Birds for Android Ad-Free this March [Rovio to Release Paid, Ad-Free Android Version of Angry Birds this Coming March]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

The one buck everyone’s been paying for Angry Birds has been the lifeblood of Rovio, but it also supplements its income with ad-supported versions of the game in some platforms. If you’re an Android user, though, you’ll soon have a [...]

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Apple Patents Acoustic Controls for Devices [Acoustic Inputs for Notebooks, Tablets & Smartphones Can Register Gestures Without The Need for Capacitive Touch Panel; Will We Still Need a Home Button?]

By on Thursday, 24. February 2011

Apple has made leaps and bounds in touchscreen technology with its various iOS devices. While multi-touch capacitive touchscreen technology is definitely interesting, a new way of sensing touch might make its way into Apple tablets, smartphones and computers, soon.

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