Samsung has proudly announced that its own application store, simply called Samsung Apps, has reached 100 million downloads – ten months after its launch. Available in 120 countries around the world, Samsung Apps mainly includes applications and games for mobile phones – like the Bada-based Wave, Wave II, Wave 525, Wave 533, Wave 575, and Wave 723. Some apps are compatible with TVs, too.
» Read more: Samsung Apps served more than 100 million downloads until now
Ready for a shocker? The NoDo update for Windows Phone 7, which is hugely anticipated by users of the OS because it will add copy/paste functionality, has been pushed back again.
» Read more: Windows Phone 7 NoDo Update Pushed Back to End of March
If you’re looking for yet another app store, Opera has got you covered with the brand new Opera Mobile Store, launched today. The new store is integrated into the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers, but it’s also accessible via other (non-Opera) phone browsers at this address .
» Read more: Opera Mobile Store launched for Android, BlackBerry, and pretty much any other platform
Last week at Mobile World Congress 2011 we were treated to quite the show by a developer/designer for SPB Software. The product he displayed for us was SPB Mobile Shell, a bit of software that’d up until this point only been available for Windows Phone (who clearly did not appreciate it.) What we’ve got here is a full brand new 3D engine with what they’re calling “Natural Interactions,” which to us means it’s simply intuitive. This is an engine made to replace your current mobile homescreen with a miraculously gorgeous looking set of 3D moving panels, with which widgets can essentially come alive.
![6c379b13e240x405.jpg 250x187 SPB Mobile Shell [3D UI] for Android [Hands On]](http://www.downloadapp.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/6c379b13e240x405.jpg-250x187.jpg "SPB Mobile Shell [3D UI] for Android [Hands On]")
» Read more: SPB Mobile Shell [3D UI] for Android [Hands-On]
Samsung developing Android-based portrait QWERTY slider for Sprint By kunal • February 2, 2011 Details are slim on this one but Samsung is apparently working on a portrait QWERTY slider phone. Samsung wants to bring the Blackjack form factor back but this time it will be powered by an Android OS instead of Windows Mobile
» Read more: Samsung developing Android-based portrait QWERTY slider for Sprint
Periodic price cuts for Windows Phone 7 devices are nothing new in the US, but this may just be the first one to hit T-Mobile’s highest-end WP7 handset – the HTC HD7 .
» Read more: T-Mobile HTC HD7 now only $99.99 with 2-year contract
Alltel has launched the LG Axis, a smartphone running Android 2.1. The LG Axis, by all appearances, seems to be a mid-tier offering, and both its specs and its pricing confirm that.
» Read more: Alltel launches LG Axis, an Android-powered smartphone with a sliding QWERTY
Sharp has recently released two new phones in India: the Sharp Alice SH0037D and the Sharp Tango SH6017D. Both handsets come with Opera Mini pre-installed, so users will have a quick way of accessing the web while on the go. Apart from featuring Opera Mini, the Sharp Alice has a 2.8 inch WQVGA (400 x 240) touchscreen display, G-sensor, Bluetooth 2.1, Music and video players, FM radio, 3MP camera, and MicroSD card support.
» Read more: Sharp Alice SH0037D and Tango SH6017D launched in India with Opera Mini pre-installed
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is still very young: it’s only three months old (it was launched in early October 2010, when the world’s first WP7 devices became available). That’s why you can’t expect it to host a colossal number of applications just yet.
» Read more: Windows Phone 7 Marketplace now offering 6,000 apps
The HTC HD2 smartphone originally came with Windows Mobile 6.5 onboard, though it was spied on a few occasions running Windows Phone 7. I would bet that there are bunches of people out there that wish they had purchased an Android device instead of Windows Mobile. If you are one of the folks that wants Android on the device and the current process to put Android on the phone aren’t working well for you, DFT has the perfect fix.
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