Archive for December, 2011 - Page 27

Adobe is not exactly doing well in mobile devices, given that Flash is viewed as a battery hog. Even so, Adobe has launched the latest version of Flash Player with support for the latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich version.

A few weeks ago we showed you an unexpected iPhone 4S error that affected certain users, the “No SIM card installed” issue. According to some reports, the error occurrs randomly affecting only certain devices. What happens basically is that the iPhone does not recognize the micro SIM card that’s placed in [...]

Siri has been lauded as a potential challenger to the dominance of Google search. Given the convenience of just telling your phone what to do, this opens up opportunities to do other tasks, as well, such as shopping. Now Best Buy lets Siri users search for items they want to [...]

Verizon launched the latest Motorola Android flagship smartphone, the Droid RAZR, in early November, and the carrier is now rumored to already have a successor in the works. A Droid RAZR Maxx has been spotted in Verizon’s inventory, after just over a month since the original Android-running RAZR was released.

How much would you pay for an iPhone 4S? Would you be willing to pay $1,400 for an entry-level 16 GB iPhone 4S? In some markets, apparently some consumers are more than willing to do so, as Apple launches the iPhone 4S in 20 additional countries.

Once the Galaxy Nexus become official, Google immediately issued a new Ice Cream Sandwich update, and Nexus buyers should already have Android 4.0.2 installed on their devices. But apparently that’s not the only update the phone – and all future ICS-compatible devices – will receive.

James Cameron and Co., or better said the folks at Twentieth Century Fox are ready to cash in, again, on the popularity of Avatar. The movie, launched originally in 2009, is a turning point in modern cinematography, and while it’s definitely one of the best 3D films out there, it [...]

Signing in to a computer using passwords has been the norm since time immemorial. But given the prevalence of touch screens in today’s devices, alternative means of logging in are being explored. Microsoft, for one, plans to use picture passwords when logging in to touchscreen devices.

Recently, Amazon ran a promotion that offered up to $5 discount on items scanned from a brick and mortar store through its iOS and Android applications. Retail establishments called foul, saying Amazon was stealing their customers. Now eBay is getting back, with an even bigger discount.

Now that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has finally been launched in the USA, Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now officially official and we expect manufacturers and carriers to start updating existing Android handsets in the near future.