Posts Tagged ‘platform’
SanDisk Announces 64GB MicroSDXC for mobile phones
September 15th, 2011SanDisk has been busy stuffing as much storage as possible onto something as small as a fingernail and today they’ve announced the 64GB MicroSDXC (extended capacity) cards for mobile phones.
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WIMM Labs 1.4″ Wearable Android Platform hands-on [Video]
August 3rd, 2011Today I have a unique and exciting bit of information for you all. WIMM Labs today has just unveiled their newest innovation and it sure looks exciting to say the least
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Android return rate 30-40% on some handsets according to sources
July 26th, 2011I think that some of this is anecdotal, the more devices you ship the larger the number of returns due in part to sheer volume. With Android smartphones, shipping in larger volumes globally than the iPhone it would make more sense to some extent to see more returns on Android devices. TechCrunch reports that some sources are claiming that the return rate on some Android smartphones is many times that of the iPhone
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Andy Rubin: Half Million Daily Android Activations and Growing
June 28th, 2011Posted by: Scott Webster June 28, 2011 Andy Rubin, the founder of Android and current Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google, tweeted yet another Android milestone this morning. You do know that the platform is growing, right? Well, as Rubin advises, that growth is at a rate of 4.4% week over week
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Adobe updates Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 to support more platforms
June 20th, 2011Adobe has announced that it has updated some of its software for devs to allow the developers to use the platform for new platforms. The update is for Adobe Flash builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5. The two platforms were updated for support with Android in April of this year.
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Original Nexus S Will Not Have Google Wallet Until T-Mobile Approves
May 27th, 2011Google’s new NFC payment solution, Google Wallet is cool to be sure, but as of now it only works with one phone, Sprint’s Nexus S 4G. T-Mobile users on who have the original Nexus S have been left wondering why they aren’t so privileged
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WonderMedia unveils new Prizm WM8710 SoC for Android tablets
May 26th, 2011If you are a fan of Android tablets, a new SoC has been unveiled for the platform called the Prizm WM8710 . The SoC is aimed at the entry-level Android tablet market and will also find its way into other devices like Smart TVs, wireless displays, and network projectors as well as Windows CE smartbooks. The platform is optimized for multimedia applications, has an optional MMX-enhanced DSP, and supports hardware video encoding
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Android developer momentum wanes claims new report
April 26th, 2011Android developer enthusiasm has “plateaued” according to the latest research by Appcelerator and IDC, with sluggish Honeycomb-based tablet sales and ongoing concerns regarding platform fragmentation cited as the key reasons. According to the two companies’ April 2011 Mobile Developer Report , “developer momentum is shifting back toward Apple.” Tablet interest is particularly precarious, with Honeycomb apparently yet to convince developers to create slate-specific titles.
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Google’s Andy Rubin denies Android lock-down
April 7th, 2011Android lead Andy Rubin has challenged rumors that Google is locking down the OS , taking to the official Android Developers blog to deny that there has been “a change in strategy” in how it deals with OEMs, modifications, or hardware. “Our approach remains unchanged: there are no lock-downs or restrictions against customizing UIs” Rubin insists. “There are not, and never have been, any efforts to standardize the platform on any single chipset architecture.” Talk of a more stringent approach to Android modification broke last week, with insiders claiming Google had begun to prioritize vendors who would agree not to modify the OS or its UI.
