MWC 2012: Nokia 808 PureView crowned "Best New Mobile Handset" at show

March 2nd, 2012, 00:01 Posted By: wraggster

41MP Symbian device takes home the gold.
Nokia's plans to become supreme ruler of the smartphone world are off to a good start, even if it is down to a Symbian device and not its flagship Windows Phone OS.
The firm's new 41MP 808 Pureview device has been awarded 'Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012', which was decided by a panel of industry specialists.
Speaking to Nokia Conversations, Jo Harlow, EVP smart devices, said: "It’s a fantastic award because it signifies that consumer experience counts. It’s about tech, but it’s about how tech is used to make a consumer have a fantastic experience. The imaging is fantastic; the audio is fantastic; the navigation technology is fantastic.
"These are first signals that we are executing against our strategy. That we’re back. That we’re bringing great products to our consumers – and that this is just the beginning. There’s lots more to come."
This week's MWC coverage is kindly sponsored by Neomobile, the leader in mobile commerce services. Neomobile is active in 70 geographies from 12 offices in Europe, LatAm and India. It offers a variety of mobile payment services via its Onebip mobile payment solution, featuring frictionless one-click mobile flow.

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MWC 2012: Sony quad-core phones coming in 2013

March 2nd, 2012, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster

Firm unimpressed with current processor offerings on the market and decides to play the waiting game.
Sony broke up with Ericsson last year in a bid to start war in the smartphone battlefield and take on leaders Apple and Samsung.
The firm debuted its Xperia P and Xperia U phones at the start of MWC, boasting connected device functionality and dual-core processors.
However, quad-core phones are the latest flavour of the month and Stephen Sneeden, product marketing manager for Sony Mobile, opened up about the firm's strategy for joining the quad-core market in an interview with CNET Asia.
He said: "In the second-half of the year [Sony] is moving to the Cortex A15 architecture, which we feel outperforms the current quad-core architecture."
Sneeden continued by saying Sony is likely to release quad-core smartphones in early 2013, when the processing technology matches the battery efficiency.

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App Of The Day: Camera Awesome

March 2nd, 2012, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster

Makes taking photos on your mobile faster and sharper.
Online photo specialist SmugMug has developed Camera Awesome, an app to enhance the iPhone's camera by making image capture faster, clearer and more refined.
It boasts high-end features that expensive cameras lack, allowing users to change levels, focus, filters and colours, among hundreds of other effects.
Once the user has created a masterpiece that they're happy with, images can be shared via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, SmugMug, SMS and more through one tap.
Don MacAskill, CEO of SmugMug, said: "The iPhone is revolutionising photography by empowering us to invent the camera you never knew you always wanted.
"It only takes a few minutes to realise you’re holding the future of photography in your hands. The world will be a better place when everyone has an app worthy of the iPhone camera."

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35% of Brits have got into debt to buy Apple products

March 2nd, 2012, 00:44 Posted By: wraggster

The iPad 3 is expected for release on March 7th, which has revealed 78 per cent of the UK believe Apple updates its products too often, according to discount website MyVoucherCodes.co.uk.
Results also show that over a third of Brits have fallen into debt in their desperation to keep on top of the latest Apple gizmos, paying via credit cards and loans at 29 per cent and six per cent, respectively.
81 per cent think Apple's continuous updates are too pricey and 42 per cent feel pressured to keep up with the new tech.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/35-of...roducts/092053

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Refurb iOS devices now in over 1,000 GameStop stores

March 2nd, 2012, 01:11 Posted By: wraggster

Retailer GameStop has announced that it now offers a selection of refurbished iPad, iPhone and iPods at over 1,000 of its stores.
The chain allows customers to trade in their iOS devices for as much as $400 (for an iPad) and $300 (for an iPhone).
“Hitting the 1,000-store milestone allows more customers to take advantage of great savings on quality refurbished mobile devices,” GameStop’s mobile VP Joe Gorman stated.
“We will continue to expand as we build inventory through customer trade-ins. With the frequent upgrade cycles, we enable consumers to stretch their dollar and get their hands on new technology.”

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NSA builds own model of Android phone, wants you to do the same

March 2nd, 2012, 01:16 Posted By: wraggster

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Onlive Desktop comes to Android tablets, brings Microsoft Office along for the ride

March 2nd, 2012, 01:20 Posted By: wraggster

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Battlefield 3: Aftershock won't return to iOS

March 2nd, 2012, 01:33 Posted By: wraggster

The iOS spinoff Battlefield 3: Aftershock was abruptly removed from the App Store last month, when EA decided to "re-evaluate" the app following complaints about its quality. It has since been re-evaluated to death.

An EA spokesperson told Vox Games that the game will not be returning to the App Store. "In the interest of bringing consumers only the highest level of quality mobile entertainment," EA said, "EA Mobile has decided to suspend development and support of Battlefield 3: Aftershock and refocus its resources on other titles."

The servers will remain active through March 31, for those of you who want to enjoy the game as long as possible. Of course, the relatively small number of people enjoying Aftershock is the whole issue.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/ba...return-to-ios/

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InMobi: Almost one-third of mobile web users to buy an iPad 3

March 3rd, 2012, 23:04 Posted By: wraggster

While nearly half wouldn't consider any tablet that isn't made by Apple.
The iPad 3 – if that is its real name – isn't due for unveiling untilMarch 7th, but 29 per cent of US consumers have already declared their plans to buy one of the next-generation Apple tablets, according to mobile ad firm InMobi.
Additionally, two-thirds that intend to buy an iPad 3 would also consider buying an iPad or iPad 2 at a reduced price instead.
Price isn't much of a deterrent either with 50 per cent willing to pay over $500, however 57 per cent would choose on older model if the device costs over $599.
44 per cent of users wouldn't choose any other brand tablet instead of the iPad, although 27 per cent would consider the Samsung Galaxy and 14 per cent would consider the Kindle.
Meanwhile, 51 per cent would choose iPad 3 for entertainment use instead of business of education.

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Forget iPad 3, is Apple's next tablet going to be called iPad HD?

March 3rd, 2012, 23:06 Posted By: wraggster

Leaked part listings reveals alternative identity.
Earlier this week, Apple announced it has something to show off at a special event on March 7th and the general consensus is that it will be the iPad 3.
However, the 'iPad 3' will actually be christened the iPad HD, according to a report from gizmodo, which reveals leaked part listings from accessory manufacturer Griffin and Belkin.
The name could make sense as Apple's next-gen tablet is expected to come with a 2048 x 1536 HD display, LTE and a quad-core processor, which would offer a significant overhaul on the iPad 2.
If the document is genuine, it wouldn't be the first time the industry has been corrected, the 'iPhone 5' turned out to be the iPhone 4S.

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iOS app downloads peak in January and beat Christmas season

March 3rd, 2012, 23:10 Posted By: wraggster

While marketing costs fall by 59 per cent.
Mobile app marketing firm Fiksu recorded an all-time high for downloads from the Apple App Store in January, the result of selling millions of iPhones and iPads.
Meanwhile, daily downloads peaked at 6.79 million as users tested out their new devices, which was up 12 per cent from the 6.04 million reached in December.
Despite the download growth, Fiksu says there was a significant dip in mobile app marketing costs in January, falling 59 per cent to an average of $1.14 from the record high of $1.81 in December.
It's a significant development for marketers to take heed of, as they can benefit from the dip in spend post-Christmas, whilst still achieving optimum results.
Micah Adler, CEO, Fiksu, said: "We've observed many app brands invest heavily in the fourth quarter, seeking extreme growth during the holiday season, then reduce spending in January as they evaluate their marketing programs for the New Year and focus on version upgrades for their apps.

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Skybet opens, then closes, betting on iPad 3 features

March 4th, 2012, 00:02 Posted By: wraggster

News Corp-owned Skybet last night invited punters to lay down money on what features they think will be included in the upcoming iPad 3.
But only hours after going live, the firm decided to pull the plug.
Bets on offer included whether the iPad 3 will feature a Retina display (1/8), an NFC chip (4/1) or an SD card slot (12/1).
Another more off-the-wall option asked if it would have a carbon fibre backplate (6/5 yes, 8/13 no).
“We suspended betting last night after an immediate run of money on many of the markets,” a Skybet statement given to 9to5Macread. “Within a half an hour of the markets opening we took a flood of money including a string of very chunky, three-figure bets.
“If the money is correct, then the new hardware will definitely not have a new carbon fibre casing, will not be called the iPad 2S and will have 128GB of storage!”

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Apple crosses 25 billion App Store downloads, thanks all the little people

March 4th, 2012, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster

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Apple name-drops Corning as iPhone glass manufacturer, we feign surprise

March 4th, 2012, 00:06 Posted By: wraggster

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Android and iOS expose your photos to third party apps, promise fixes

March 4th, 2012, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster

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How Steve Jobs Patent-Trolled Bill Gates

March 4th, 2012, 14:58 Posted By: wraggster

Apple, which is currently waging IP war on Android vendors, is no stranger to patent trolling. Citing the Steve Jobs bio, Forbes' Eric Jackson recalls how Steve Jobs used patents to get Bill Gates to make a 1997 investment in Apple. Recalled Jobs: 'Microsoft was walking over Apple's patents. I said [to Gates], "If we kept up our lawsuits, a few years from now we could win a billion-dollar patent suit. You know it, and I know it. But Apple's not going to survive that long if we're at war. I know that. So let's figure out how to settle this right away. All I need is a commitment that Microsoft will keep developing for the Mac and an investment by Microsoft in Apple so it has a stake in our success.' Next thing you know, BillG was lording over Jobs at Macworld Boston, as the pair announced the $150 million investment that breathed new life into then-struggling Apple. So, does Gates deserve any credit for helping create theworld's most valuable company?
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GO Launcher comes to Android tabs, frees you from fixed grid tyranny

March 4th, 2012, 15:00 Posted By: wraggster

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Unofficial VLC beta hits Android, no video format is safe

March 4th, 2012, 15:03 Posted By: wraggster

VLC is the Swiss Army knife (nope, not you Perian) of media players and it has never baulked at any of the increasingly weird and wonderful formats we've thrown at it -- which is good because now it's available on Android. The unsupported, unofficial beta by user adridu59 is tailored to run on selected Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich handsets. It's available to grab from the source link, with the caveat that as an unofficial build, it'll require a little bit of tinkering at your end

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/02/u...ormat-is-safe/

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Archos unveils 7-inch Child Pad slate: $129, Ice Cream Sandwich on board

March 4th, 2012, 15:09 Posted By: wraggster

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Minecraft: Pocket Edition chisels out 1 million Android sales

March 4th, 2012, 15:33 Posted By: wraggster

Minecraft: Pocket Edition has passed the one million paid downloads mimlestone on Android platforms, developer Mojang has announced.A Tweet from Mojang business developer Daniel Kaplan, as picked up by The Verge, broke the news earlier today."Minecraft - Pocket Edition has now sold more than 1 million copies. Thanks all for the support and I hope you will like the coming updates!" he wrote.There's no word on iOS sales, though it seems to be holding up well on Apple's platform too - it's currently 26th in the paid app chart.It hasn't all been plain sailing for the portable version of Notch's indie phenomenon though. Earlier this year Mojang announced a major rethink of the game's direction following negative feedback from players to a planned update.

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Sega announces new mobile Total War Battles series

March 4th, 2012, 15:35 Posted By: wraggster

Superb PC strategy series Total War is being recreated for mobile platforms in a new series called Total War Battles, Sega has announced.A new team within Creative Assembly, the Total War Digital team, will build the games using the renowned Unity engine.The team's been hard at work prototyping for the last 12 months.Specific Total War Battles platforms and game details weren't mentioned by Sega. We presume iPad will be a strong contender, as will iPhone."This isn't the traditional Total War you might expect," commented lead designer Renaud Charpentier."We are working on a title that is specifically tailored to the play styles and control methods of mobile platforms. We want to deliver a game that plays to the strengths of handheld RTS mechanics, and perfectly adapts to a host of different platforms.

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MAME4droid Reloaded 1.0 WIP

March 4th, 2012, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster

Port of MAME 0.134u4.(It has savestates . This MAME4droid version is targeted to Dual-Core devices (1GHz and 512MB RAM minimum), because it is based on a high specs 2009 PC MAME build. Low end devices, use at your own risk. I suggest you use MAME4droid (0.37b5) instead.Remember that games that can be emulated on both MAME4droid versions will run much faster on MAME4droid (0.37b5) than on MAME4droid Reloaded (0.134), and will drain less battery.

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iNES for Android v3.6.15

March 5th, 2012, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster

news via http://www.aep-emu.de/

Marat Fayzullin has ported his (commercial) NES emulator iNES to the Android platform: iNES for Android

Quote:
New in 3.6.15:

• Added Japanese and Russian translation.
• Improved virtual joypad image.
• Added frameskip setting.
• Enabled browsing from the file system root.

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Virtual GameBoy Advance v3.8.1 for Android

March 5th, 2012, 00:19 Posted By: wraggster

via http://www.emucr.com/

Virtual GameBoy Advance v3.8.1 for Android is released. Virtual GameBoy Advance (VGBA) is a program that emulates Nintendo's GameBoy Advance on your computer. It runs GameBoy Advance games on PCs, PDAs, or just about any other sufficiently fast computer. It also helps debugging GameBoy Advance software without using a costly development system.

Virtual GameBoy Advance v3.8.1 for Android Changelog:
- Added GameShark Advance support.
- Added frame skip setting
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fms.vgba

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Android's pre-loaded browser is the world's most popular

March 5th, 2012, 22:38 Posted By: wraggster

Opera may have to rethink its tagline.
Browser firm Opera is always eager to plug its Opera Mini as 'the world’s most popular mobile browser' with every one of its press releases, however, Android's embedded browser has now taken the coveted crown from the Norwegian firm, according to StatCounter.
The research showed that Android's 'robot' browser passed use of Opera's mobile browser for the first time ever in February 2012, out of a 12-month period.
This means that Android has climbed from fourth place in February 2011 when it was behind iPhone and Nokia.
While Opera now sits at second place, iPhone and Nokia sit at third and fourth respectively, as BlackBerry rounds off the top five.
Opera has continued to push its mobile offerings over the past few months and will surely be looking to wrestle the number one spot back, though with Android the most dominant mobile OS on the market, it may have a hard task on its hands.

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'Key Lime Pie' named Android's letter K OS?

March 5th, 2012, 22:40 Posted By: wraggster

Creamy citrus treat expected to come after 'Jelly Bean'.
The Android OS dessert codename game continues and 'Key Lime Pie' is has been named as the firm's letter 'K' by the Verge, citing a 'reliable source'.
Key Lime Pie follows the likes of Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and the rumoured 'Jelly Bean', which has been unofficially named as the ICS successor.
Jelly Bean is expected to receive a release before summer 2012, just nine months after ICS, which means KLP probably shouldn't be expected until sometime in 2013.

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Google Assistant to compete with Siri?

March 5th, 2012, 22:43 Posted By: wraggster

Rumours grow alongside speculation that Apple will debut a next-gen Siri alongside its new Apple TV offering.
According to TechCrunch, Google is currently ramping up the voice-recognition tech that it's had for a long time to compete with Apple's much-hyped voice feature.
It reckons Assistant will 'go beyond Siri in many ways, most importantly in that the search company will retain complete control of all the layers involved.'
That means integrating the data in the back-end to return more accurate search results and help users accomplish real-life goals. It will also be made available to developers, unlike Siri, which raises the prospect of voice recognition being rolled into third party apps.
Of course, this is precisely what Nuance is trying to do with its own developer programme Nuance DEV, which has 8,000 codeshops signed up.
And to make the story even more messy, Nuance provides the tech for Siri, while its founder Mike Cohen now works for Google.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...th-siri/017272

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Apple's App Store hits 25 billion download milestone

March 5th, 2012, 22:48 Posted By: wraggster

Apple announced the 25th billion download from the iTunes App Store with a lady in China receiving $10,000 of credit on iTunes for the download of app "Where's my Water?".
Fu Chunli from Qingdao in China picked up the prize for downloading the free version of Disney's hit puzzle game featuring Swampy the alligator.
"When we launched the App Store less than four years ago, we never imagined that mobile apps would become the phenomenon they have, or that developers would create such an incredible selection of apps for iOS users," said Apple veep Eddy Cue.
Apple took the opportunity to point out that the App Store now has over 550,000 apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. The company said over US$4 billion has been paid to app developers.

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Beeb says Internet TVs overly complicated

March 5th, 2012, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster

The BBC has called internet-connected televisions too complex, citing overly complicated apps as the main reason iPad traffic far surpasses that from televisions.
Speaking at the Digital Television Group summit, the Beeb's iPlayer chief Daniel Danker said that iPlayer traffic coming from Apple's iPad was four times that of so-called connected TVs.
"Even after connecting connected TVs, audiences are presented with a list of choices that boggles the mind," Danker told DTG Summit attendees.
Danker also took aim at 'firmware upgrades' just to get televisions working with the service, slamming the current practice as more PC-like than TV-like.
There are twice as many iPlayer enabled televisions on the market as iPads, despite the traffic figures, Danker revealed. All this is evidence that manufacturers need to get their house in order and fix up the software experience he said.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...net-tvs/028033

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GDC: Crytek puzzle game set for iOS and Android

March 5th, 2012, 23:00 Posted By: wraggster

FPS masters 'hoping to surprise people' with carefree puzzle game

Crytek, the Frankfurt headquartered triple-A studio famous for its work on PC and console, has revealed its first dedicated smartphone title.
The new project, called Fibble Flick ‘n’ Roll, is a physics-based puzzle title that is due for a Spring 2012 release.

Crytek has not yet announced a smartphone edition of its CryEngine, though the company has in the past made several indications that it will eventually support mobiles with its tech.
“Going mobile is an incredibly exciting step for us as a game development company,” said Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli.

“The way that people play games on mobile devices is a real blessing. This allows us to get back to our roots, experiment and focus our energy on creating great gameplay experiences while still keeping Crytek’s high production values,” he added.
The new project breaks Crytek tradition of releasing triple-A games with high production values specifically on core consoles. The broader audience appeal of Fibble can be found on the game’s official website.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...OS-and-Android

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EA 'temporarily' pulls The Simpsons from App Store

March 5th, 2012, 23:03 Posted By: wraggster

Publisher cites connection and lag time issues for game's removal

EA has pulled The Simpsons: Tapped Out from the App store after connection and lag issues blighted the game early on.
The publisher claimed that after an “overwhelmingly positive” response to the title, it had been forced to take the game down in an effort to fix the issues.

It said current customers would be able to carry on playing the game whilst changes are made.
“To make sure you current players have the best possible experience, we’ve temporarily removed The Simpsons: Tapped Out from the App Store,” read a statement on the app’s Facebook page.
“Yes, as a current player you can keep playing – and things should only get better as we make improvements to connectivity. Once we have a solution, we’ll return the game to the App Store so new players can join in the fun. Meanwhile, thank you for your patience and support.”

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Smartphones More Dangerous Than Alcohol, When Driving

March 5th, 2012, 23:16 Posted By: wraggster

The Institute of Advanced Motorists in the UK has carried out live tests which prove that using smartphones impairs driving ability more than drug or alcohol use, making reaction times 37.6 percent slower (PDF). The result is a big concern since a quarter of drivers admit to sending texts from their phones while driving. 'Young people have grown up with smartphones and using them is part of everyday life. But more work needs to be done by the government and social network providers to show young people that they are risking their lives and the lives of others if they use their smartphones while driving.'"

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China Mobile claims 15 million iPhone subscribers without selling Apple's handset

March 6th, 2012, 00:00 Posted By: wraggster

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More 'iPad 3' prototype parts show up, we go hands-on

March 6th, 2012, 00:04 Posted By: wraggster

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DoDonPachi for WP7 released this week

March 6th, 2012, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster

Cave’s debut title for Windows Phone 7 will be released in just two days.
Andriasang has confirmed a March 7^th release date for DoDonPachi Maximum. It will retail in the country for ¥435 (around £3.40) and be available via the handset’s Xbox Live Marketplace.
As has been the case with Cave’s releases on iOS, the game will be familiar to fans of the shmup genre but will boast simplified controls designed for touch-screen handsets.
The next Cave game to be released in the UK will be Xbox 360 port Akai Katana, which will be published by Rising Star Games this summer, although there is a new DoDonPachi iOS game in the works that could appear beforehand.

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Tablet wars: iPad restricts Android tablet market share to five per cent

March 7th, 2012, 01:27 Posted By: wraggster

Apple destroys competition with almost three-quarters of the market.
Tomorrow Apple will hold a conference for what is expected to be theunveiling of the iPad 3, but in the meantime, research from Forrester shows the popularity of Apple's tablet, which dominates with a 73 per cent share of the tablet market.
While Android-powered tablets are the second most used after iOS, no Android tablet maker has more than a five per cent share against the iPad with Samsung on five per cent, Motorola on four per cent and Acer on three per cent.
Unless, of course, you include the now defunct HP TouchPad, which was reduced to $99 on its way out, helping it to secure six per cent of the market.
However, the data was found in September 2011, before Amazon and Barnes & Noble had released their respective Android-powered Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet (both launched in November). This is a significant point to highlight, given that the Kindle Fire currently occupies the number two tablet spot after selling a reported four million devices.
In a telephone interview, Sarah Rotman Epps, analyst, Forrester, said: "Tablets are about services. That is where Amazon has succeeded where others have failed."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...er-cent/017293

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Samsung reveals Galaxy Pocket smartphone

March 7th, 2012, 01:30 Posted By: wraggster

Samsung's Pocket is the newest device to join the burgeoning Galaxy series. The Android Gingerbread-powered phone is smaller than the top-end devices and features a 2.8-inch touchscreen.
Additionally, the Pocket comes with Samsung's instant messenger ChatON, which enables group chatting, content sharing and one-on-one messaging. The Pocket's Social Hub allows users to see IMs, social networks and emails in one inbox.
Other features include:
* 3GB – expandable to 32GB
* In-built FM radio
* Wi-fi and 3.5G connectivity
* 2MP camera
Simon Stanford, VP, UK & IRE telecommunications & networks division, Samsung: "With the Samsung Galaxy Pocket, we are building on the features we know our customers enjoy and get the most out of.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...rtphone/017289

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Google bundles content under new Play brand

March 7th, 2012, 01:32 Posted By: wraggster

Internet giant Google announced that the Android Market would be renamed as the service is brought under the umbrella of a new Google Play brand.
Google described Google Play as a "digital entertainment destination" which will incorporate the Android Market, Google eBookstore and the cloud-based Google Music service.
Despite the brand consolidation, not all of Google Play will be available in each territory - most notably Google Play Music will remain a US exclusive. Other than the rebrand under the bland generic name and a new coloured triangle logo, little will change.
We speculate that one of the reasons Google has done this is to bundle also-ran services such as Google Music with the star performers such as the Android Marketplace. By lumping it all under one banner, Google might be in a better position to convince record labels to climb on board to launch Google Play Music worldwide.
That said, right now Play to most consumers will mean music. The one thing Google Play doesn't offer to Google's worldwide audience.
Google's marketing video suggests that the rebrand also aims to compete better with Apple, focusing on cloud-based storage.
"No cables, no syncing, no storage costs. Just pure entertainment," concludes the Google Play video advert.

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Maximum Android app size rises 8,000% to 4gb

March 7th, 2012, 01:38 Posted By: wraggster

File limit expanded to make room for 'high-quality 3D interactive games'

Google has extended the maximum size limit for Android apps up 8,000 per cent from 50mb to 4gb.
Revealing the move on the Android developers blog, the move has been made to accommodate “high-quality 3D interactive games” that require more resources than typical apps.

APK files will still be limited to 50mb, but up to two expansion files can be attached, with a limit of 2gb each. All files would be hosted by the Android Market.
New Android devices will pick up the expansion files automatically, whilst users on older systems must start the app to download them.
“While you can use the two expansion files any way you wish, we recommend that one serve as the initial download and be rarely if ever updated; the second can be smaller and serve as a ‘patch carrier’, getting versioned with each major release,” read a statement on the blog.

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Google, Motorola Ordered To Provide Android Info To Apple

March 7th, 2012, 01:48 Posted By: wraggster

A U.S. judge has ordered Motorola Mobility and Google to turn over information to Apple on Google's acquisition in 2005 of Android, its development of the Android OS and the proposed acquisition of Motorola. According to Motorola, the information Apple seeks regarding Google's acquisition of Motorola and Android is not relevant to any damages asserted in the case."This comes alongside news that Apple has offered licensing deals to Motorola and Samsung that would resolve some of the patent litigation. Apple is reportedly asking for $5-$15 per device sold.

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X Server Now Available For Android

March 7th, 2012, 01:51 Posted By: wraggster

The open-source X Server for Android has hit beta and is now available for download through the Android Market. On Australian networks at least, smartphones are assigned publicly-accessible IP addresses, so it should be possible to display many Linux applications on an Android smartphone simply by setting the DISPLAY environment variable to the phone's IP address followed by:0"The source is available under the MIT license (or Apache; the project page and story disagree) over at Google Code. It doesn't support all of the X protocol and there's no Xlib implementation (i.e. no X11 apps on the device yet except via the NDK if you're lucky), but it is a reimplementation of the X server in Java for Android. You can run remote applications at least.

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GDC: PopCap hints at iPad HD reveal

March 7th, 2012, 02:04 Posted By: wraggster

During his GDC talk on Bejeweled Blitz, PopCap's franchise manager Giordano Bruno Contestabile hinted at the Apple news that everyone is expecting, the reveal of the iPad HD.
"I think that tomorrow every game developer will have to scramble to get a new higher res version of their Apple games on the store," he said, while discussing plans for the premium version of Bejeweled.
"It will be very important to do so, and that's something we absolutely want to address."
GDC is currently wild with rumours about the Apple event tomorrow, with the iPad HD at the centre of discussions.
The comments came as Contestabile was talking about the success of Bejeweled Blitz, and the challenges of releasing and managing a premium and a freemium product alongside each other.
He also compared the game's performance on iOS and Facebook, with surprising results.
"Every single important metric on iOS is performing 2X what it does on Facebook," he said.
This is despite the fact that the iOS version (which was launched some time after the Facebook version) has 33 users for every 100 Facebook users.
"People spend on average an hour playing Blitz on iPhone. In retention, percentage of paying users, they're all double."
He said this was partly due to the omnipresent nature of mobile, and gave out a statistic that 20 per cent of mobile gaming happens on the toilet, but also the bite size nature of the game. He also suggested that Apple's billing system was a crucial factor, every player already has a credit card attached to the game, making smaller purchases easier.
Bejeweled Blitz currently has around 10.8 million monthly active users on Facebook and is at number 13 in the chart for top grossing iPhone apps. Contestabile predicted this would rise to top five tomorrow with the release of a new promotion for the game.

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After 25 billion downloads, Apple unveils the App Store's greatest hits

March 7th, 2012, 02:11 Posted By: wraggster

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Google sharpens its memory, brings recent search history to Android and iOS

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iPad 3: What to expect tomorrow

March 7th, 2012, 02:21 Posted By: wraggster

Wednesday March 7^th at 6:00pm GMT – that’s when we’ll finally find out what Apple has in store for the third generation of its iPad.
There are many sites devoted to nothing but Apple rumours, but for those without a spare two weeks to catch up with every morsel of information, here’s a run-down of what may (or may not) be on the cards for the new machine.
The only sure-fire bet is that the iPad 3 will have what Apple calls a ‘Retina Screen’. That means that, as with the iPhone 4 and 4S, pixel density will be so high that the human eye will be unable to see them individually, meaning rich and detailed visuals.
Specifically, you can be almost certain the resolution will be 2048x1536, taking it beyond 1080p territory.
It’s also a sure bet that the new A6 chip will be the brains behind the brawn. Whether or it will be a dual-core or quad-core version, however, seems more uncertain.
You can also expect the almost prerequisite camera upgrade, with the front-facing lens and sensor likely to be upgraded to HD quality. LTE network compatibility is a likelihood, too.
Beyond that we’re heading into more speculative waters.
Siri functionality is very possible, making the iPad 3 the first device aside from the iPhone 4S to feature the phone-activated assistant. But don’t expect any radical visual makeovers in terms of hardware – though speculation persists about the removal of the physical Home button.
We can also anticipate a global launch in key territories this month, perhaps as early as next week.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ipad-...omorrow/092306

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App Of The Day: COMA

March 7th, 2012, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster

It's the Cost Of Meetings App, created to save businesses from unnecessary expenditure.
Marketing and tech agency LBi believes the meetings that businesses hold aren't always required, which is why it has launched the Cost Of Meetings App.
COMA has been designed to calculate the cost of running meetings, in order for firms to determine how much money they can save from cutting back on their group confabs.
Users need to enter the average hourly rate of the attendees in either sterling, dollars, or euros, the number of attendees and the app will then calculate the total the meeting has amounted to.
For example a meeting of three mid-level creative directors would cost around £600 per hour in billable hours or £10 per minute.
Chris Clarke, chief creative officer, LBi, said: “It’s frightening how much time we spend in meetings, the same is true of any business - the contention is of course that its often time wasted. Putting a value on this time is a real shocker, it will make you think twice before over-staffing a meeting or letting it drag on too far."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...ay-coma/017313

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52 percent of mobile app use is powered by gaming

March 7th, 2012, 21:39 Posted By: wraggster

Social networking is the nearest competitor with under a quarter share.
iOS and Android mobile devices have caused a fall in the sale of handheld games devices, so it's probably not such a large surprise that more that gaming accounts for over half of this year's 64 billion app sessions so far, across Apple and Google platforms.
While mobile gaming dominates, app analytics firm Flurry says social networking is the second most used app form with 22 per cent, presumably largely driven by the near half billion Facebook mobile users.
Additionally, game sessions across Android and iOS are expected to rise by more than 20 times in Q1 2012, compared to Q1 2010.
In Q1 2010, independent developers that started on iOS and Android were at 60 per cent, falling to 56 per cent in Q1 2011, rising again to a predicted 68 per cent.
The dip is put down to the consolidation of developers, though the emergence of new publishers is set to boost numbers again this quarter.
Earlier today, we reported that Google has renamed its Android Market as Google Play in an attempt to make the home of its games, movies and other apps seem more appealing, while trying to further compete with Apple's iTunes.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-gaming/017312

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Apple to secure 70 per cent of world's tablet market with 'iPad 3'

March 7th, 2012, 21:41 Posted By: wraggster

Next generation device expected to drive total iPad shipments to 70m in 2012.
The tech world will wait with bated breath tonight as Apple holds a conference in San Francisco, which is expected to reveal the iPad 3, or alternatively, the iPad HD.
The firm held a 62 per cent share of the tablet market in 2011, which will grow to 70 per cent in 2012 when the iPad 3 is released, according to IMS Research.
The UK-based analyst says the iPad 3 will lead total iPad shipments to around 70 million, creating a 71 per cent year-on-year rise.
Apple's next-gen tablet is expected to include a quad-core processor, retina display, 8MP camera and 4G connectivity, which is what IMS says will help leave competition behind, despite an estimated price tag of $549.
Gerry Xu, PC market analyst, IMS Research, says: "There is a large customer base loyal to Apple products that have been waiting for the latest tablet. Many owners of the iPad 1 are also expected to upgrade to the latest release. In addition to this consumer demand, growth is also forecast as a result of sales into enterprise and education."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-ipad-3/017308

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iPad 3: A resolutionary round-up of the news

March 7th, 2012, 21:42 Posted By: wraggster

Apple has made a raft of announcements, with the new iPad 3 taking centre stage.
If you weren't watching live, along with half of the technology world, here's a round-up of what we've found out so far.

• * There is a new iPad - woohoo!
• * It will be available from March 16th. Yes, including the UK.
• * It has what Apple calls a 'Breakthrough Retina display'. The device will have a hi-res secreen, with a resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels. Four times the pixels of the iPad 2, apparently.
• * It will have a 5-megapixel iSight camera with face detection that can record 1080p video.
• * It's got a better processor under its skin - the quad-core A5X.
• * Voice dictation is a new feature.
• * There's a new iPhoto app - a picture editor.
• * There have been updates to iMovie and GarageBand too - Apple is keen for users to film, edit and publish without having to leave the iPad.
• * Can act as a wi-fi hotspot for other devices.
• * Will be able to run on 4G networks where available.
• * Same battery life as on previous model whilst using 3G (slightly less on 4G).
• * Alongside shiny new features, the iPad 3 is also thicker and heavier than its predecessor.
• * It's called... drumroll please... the 'New iPad'.
• * The new iPad will start at £399 (for the 16GB, wi-fi version), up to £649 (for the 64GB, 3G/wi-fi version).
• * iPad 2 will continue to be sold at a reduced price.

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Apple unveils new iPad for March 16th release

March 7th, 2012, 21:50 Posted By: wraggster

Latest tablet to include New 3.1 million pixel retina display, 1080p HD video recording and 4G internet connection

Apple has unveiled the third generation of the iPad to release as soon as next week on March 16th.
At a press conference in San Francisco, the tech giant claimed that its new tablet boasts a high resolution retina display of 3.1 million pixels, four times the number of pixels than the iPad 2, and “one million more than a HDTV”.

Other features include a five megapixel camera, iSight, offering the ability to record videos in 1080p HD, 4G internet connection, whilst also retaining a ten hour battery life.
The latest iPad is powered by a new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, which Apple claims is double the power of the previous A5 version, and four times is powerful as the Tegra 3.
“The new iPad redefines the category Apple created less than two years ago, delivering the most amazing experience people have ever had with technology,” said Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing Philip Schiller.

http://www.develop-online.net/news/4...h-16th-release

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Single US store stocks Apple TV ahead of iPad reveal

March 7th, 2012, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster

Imminent iPad 3 announcement sees set-top box unavailable for immediate pick-up

The Apple TV is out of stock at all official Apple stores other than in South Hills Village, Pittsburgh, according to a report.
Macrumours claims that with the anticipated iPad 3 announcement just hours away, and speculation a new Apple TV will also be shown, stores are reporting a the product is unavailable for immediate pickup.

The device is still available for advanced order however, although customers may have to wait up to delays of around a week to get their hands on the set-top box.
International stores are still quoting ‘in stock’ although the site reports that there are still some shipping delays of up to four days in countries such as the UK, Ireland and Norway.

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iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator gets £34.99 DLC

March 7th, 2012, 23:21 Posted By: wraggster

Consumers are clearly winning to pay in excess of £40 for a copy of Mass Effect 3, but are they willing to do the same for its companion iOS title?
EA certainly hopes so. Mass Effect: Infiltrator was released on iPhone and iPad yesterday. It costs £4.99 to download.
However, as spotted by Eurogamer, the title also offers an array of in-app purchase options. And the most expensive one weighs in at an eye-watering £34.99.
For the money players will receive 200,000 in-game credits that can be spent on an assortment of digital goodies such as weapons and armour.
Credits can be earned in-game, of course, though at a far slower rate.
Other options for those who’d prefer to buy their success range from 75,000 credits for £17.49 all the way down to 2,500 credits for £1.49.
Mass Effect 3, which offers a certain amount of interactivity with ME: Infiltrator, will be released in the UK this Friday.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ios-g...-99-dlc/092387

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Android Market rebranded as Google Play

March 7th, 2012, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster

A new consolidated media hub called Google Play has replaced the search engine giant’s Android Marketplace service.From today, Android smartphones will connect to the Google Play store when their users choose to go shopping.Google Play also combines several other entertainment services into its online network, such as books, music and movies. The service is elementally Google’s fully-branded alternative to iTunes, accessible to most existing Android devices.Purchased games will automatically be carried over between services, Google said.http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/andro...le-play/092380

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AppleCare+ extended to new iPad, adds two years of support for a fee

March 7th, 2012, 23:29 Posted By: wraggster

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iTunes 10.6 now available for download, includes support for 1080p videos

March 7th, 2012, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster

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Here's the first sample shot from the new iPad's 5MP iSight camera

March 7th, 2012, 23:33 Posted By: wraggster

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iOS 5.1 software update now rolling out to iPhones, iPads and iPod touches

March 7th, 2012, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster

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Apple new iPad hands-on!

March 7th, 2012, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster

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Apple drops iPad 2 price to $399 for the 16GB WiFi-only model, $529 for the 3G versio

March 7th, 2012, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster

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Apple introduces iPhoto for iPad, updates Garage Band, iMovie and iWork

March 7th, 2012, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster

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Siri sort-of comes to the new iPad, does voice dictation only

March 7th, 2012, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster

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The new iPad is official, with Retina display, LTE and A5X CPU. Available March 16th

March 7th, 2012, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster

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Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition jumps to Android next week

March 7th, 2012, 23:45 Posted By: wraggster

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XBLIG Companion app available now for Windows Phone

March 7th, 2012, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster



The Xbox Live Indie Games Companion app we first reported earlier this month is now available on Windows Phone. The app allows for easy browsing of Xbox Live Indie Games, including information, screens and links for each game. The app will even point users to Xbox Live Marketplace, where XBLIG demos or even full games can be purchased directly from their phone. Honestly, the XBLIG Companion looks like a much easier way of finding indie games than on Xbox Live Marketplace itself.

Windows Phone users can nab the app now for the reasonable price of no dollars. Developer Eat Studios notes that iOS and Android versions of the app "should be available in the near future."

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/07/xb...windows-phone/

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Sony to introduce open beta PlayStation Suite SDK next month

March 8th, 2012, 21:37 Posted By: wraggster

Part of the firm's strategy to grant more mobile devices with PlayStation certification.
Sony's PlayStation Suite SDK will be available in open beta form for small and large content developers alike in April, enabling them to create content for open OSs on PlayStation certified devices.
The open beta version has been improved based on requests from original closed tests and will rollout beyond Japan, the US and the UK this time.
Sony plans to accelerate the expansion of PlayStation certified devices, which supports our report that the firm may grant HTC approval to make PlayStation smartphones and tablets.
The full version of the SDK will be available by the end of the year, allowing developers to make sales in the PlayStation Store on a commercial basis, while the annual subscription will cost $99.
Additionally, speculation has circulated about PlayStation Vita becoming an open platform for mobile devices and this could be the start of the transition.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...t-month/017335

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38 per cent of Brits have sabotaged their mobiles for early upgrade

March 8th, 2012, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster

Throwing it against a wall, dropping it down the loo and driving over it are prime methods.
New research from comparison site GoodMobilePhones shows over a third of the UK has purposely damaged their phone in order to upgrade early.
It's probably not so surprising, given that most UK operators tie subscribers into a two-year contract, by which time the user may well have had enough of their device.
However, just 12 per cent of those that had damaged their phone intentionally successfully received an early upgrade, demonstrating a solid reluctance of networks willingly parting with devices ahead of schedule. That, of course, means 88 per cent are left with a broken handset, unless they buy their own upgrade.
43 per cent chose to through their phone against a wall to achieve destruction, while 28 per cent elected to dropping it in the toilet.
Additionally, 18 per cent went to the extreme of driving over their phone, as other answers including jumping on it and putting it for a spin in the washing machine.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...upgrade/017328

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Apple App Store hits 585,000 apps

March 8th, 2012, 21:42 Posted By: wraggster

200,000 of them optimised for iPad.
The figures were divulged at another triumphant product update from the Cupertino firm last night.
Apple CEO Tim Cook proclaimed that his firm has both feet planted in the post-PC future, and the wild success of its less-than-four-year-old app store is evidence that Apple is leading the charge.
Apps offer a new form of software distribution and are designed to work on phones and tablets. As such they have eclipsed the old-school CD-ROM model for shipping software to PCs.
The Apple App Store now comprises 200,000 apps for the iPad, which has only been around for two years. At the weekend, Apple confirmed lifetime downloads for the store had passed the 25 billion mark.
In all, Apple has sold 315 million iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches, with 62 million of these iOS-powered devices being sold in Q4 2011 alone and 172 million in 2011.

Tim Cook said the 15.4 million iPads sold during the quarter beat the sales performance of nearly every other major PC manufacturer during that same time period.

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Thousands confused by 'missing' Android Marketplace

March 8th, 2012, 21:48 Posted By: wraggster

Google's rebranding of the Android Marketplace has resulted in widespread confusion as millions of smartphones around the world replace the usual icon with far less descriptive Google Play.
Androidcommunity.com reported that the site had received "tons of comments, tips and emails" to the effect that the Android Market had "gone missing" with the belief that their phone no longer had the ability to download applications.
Punters could be forgiven for missing Google's announcement of the corporate rebranding exercise that will see the Marketplace and various US-only content shops appear under the Google Play banner. Even more so an indistinct set of icons have shown up, one called 'Play Store'.
In this day and age, many users probably mistook it for the usual sort of random bloatware shovelled on by mobile operators.
The fact that productivity apps can now be found under the 'Play Store', with a suitably music/video play-like icon, would certainly seem to be a significant shift in semantic obviousness towards the 'wtf' end of the scale.
It's curious that the same company has been bombarding millions of people worldwide about the now-in-effect consolidated privacy agreement across dozens of Google web services, yet it couldn't manage an explanatory pop-up on Android handsets.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...etplace/028057

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GDC: Epic wants PC-like hardware settings on iOS

March 8th, 2012, 21:50 Posted By: wraggster

Unreal Engine programmer says customers should be given performance options on smartphones

The increasingly disparate range of smartphone hardware means that PC-like settings would be an elegant solution to performance scaling, a developer at Epic Games has said.
Niklas Smedberg (pictured), a senior engine programmer at the Infinity Blade company, told attendees at GDC that mobile “is the new PC” in terms of diversity of GPU, CPU and memory specs.

“On just iOS alone you still have a wide range of different devices and different performances to cover,” he said.
Because of the disparity in hardware, everything on iOS has to be built with the lowest settings in mind, Smedberg added.
“On Xbox 360 you can try and get everything out of the console, but on mobile you have to scale performance for a wide range of device. So, to be future proof, it would be nice to have PC-style settings.”

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Chief Replicant Dev On Building a Truly Free Android

March 9th, 2012, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster

"While Android is open source, it won't work on a phone without software that generally isn't open source. The Replicant project is an attempt to build a version of Android that doesn't rely on binary blobs for which the source code isn't available to end users, and the software currently works on a handful of handsets. I caught up with the project's lead developer to talk about their efforts to make a completely open source version of Android."

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Apple Switches (Mostly) To OpenStreetMap

March 9th, 2012, 00:11 Posted By: wraggster

In the recent release of iPhoto for iOS it appears that Apple has started using OpenStreetMap's data. Unfortunately, there are still some problems. Apple is currently not applying the necessary attribution to OSM; they are using an old (from April 2010) dump of the data; and they are not using the data in the U.S. Fingers crossed that Apple works through these issues quickly! Apple is now one of a growing list (including geocaching, and foursquare) to Switch2OSM.

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Apple Wins Patent For "iWallet"

March 9th, 2012, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster

Apple won a major patent for its 'iWallet' technology, which is a digital system that uses near-field communication (NFC) technology to complete credit card transactions and manage subsidiary financial accounts directly on your iPhone. On the home screen for iWallet, users can see their entire credit card profiles, statements, messages from their banks, and even adjust preferences or add additional cards. Within preferences, users can schedule credit card payments and set parental controls on their children, which allows kids to use their iPhones as wallets but limits the extent to which they can use it. Users can track their payments and statements within the iTunes billing system, which keeps the credit card information safe and secure."

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/0...nt-for-iwallet

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Old radio + old phone = Android media station

March 9th, 2012, 00:41 Posted By: wraggster


[Bjørn] combined some aging electronics he had around the house to create this Android media center. The enclosure is an FM-radio, but since he only listens to online media it wasn’t of much use to him. After sizing it up he realized it was a perfect candidate to receive his old HTC Hero Android phone.
The upper portion of the stock radio used to host controls for tuning the FM dial, adjusting volume, and switching the unit on and off. He cracked open the case, ditching the radio receiver and patching in to the amplifier. The volume knob was moved to the right side of the case, and a hole cut to receive the phone. Audio is pulled from the phone with the jack sticking out the left side. We’d love to see a future improvement using a right-angle jack (kind of like this charging hack) or patched directly into the phone’s circuit board. This way everything would fit inside the box.
Now he can listen to Internet radio, or stream some video like in the clip after the break.

http://hackaday.com/2012/03/08/old-r...media-station/

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iOS 5.1 gets tethered jailbreak for non-A5 iPads, iPhones and iPods

March 9th, 2012, 02:05 Posted By: wraggster

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Kindle Fire to restrict e-book shipments to 2m in Q1

March 9th, 2012, 23:28 Posted By: wraggster

Amazon's Kindle Fire shipped 4m devices in Q4 to become the world's number two tablet, trailing behind the iPad.However, it isn't just the tablet PC market the Fire has had an impact on, according to Digitimes.
e-book shipments reached nine million in Q4 and although a dip is usually expected after Christmas, the devices are thought to reach shipments of just two million in Q1.
Digitimes puts this down to the successful sales of the Amazon tablet, which has been its bestseller for 16 weeks, in turn affecting the sale of its Kindle e-readers.
Additionally Digitimes says annual shipments of e-readers will top 60 million by 2015, compared to the 22.8 million shipped in 2011.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...m-in-q1/017352

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Sky Sports F1 now available for Sky Go

March 9th, 2012, 23:30 Posted By: wraggster

BSkyB continues to push its mobile streaming platform with the new addition.
The UK mobile streaming market has becoming considerably crowded with platforms such as LoveFilm, Netflix, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and of course, Sky Go, available for consumers to choose from.
Now, BSkyB has added Sky Sports F1 to Sky Go, which is in line with its recent expansion that made the platform available to Android users.
The channel is dedicated solely to Formula 1 and is available to Sky customers whose package includes Sky Sports or HD.
The first show will air tonight at 8pm.

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Microsoft closing Windows Mobile Marketplace on May 9th

March 9th, 2012, 23:33 Posted By: wraggster

No more downloads for owners of Windows Mobile 6.x devices.
Microsoft announced the closedown of its app store in a series of emails that are being sent to customers of its Windows Mobile 6.x smartphones.
The closedown will take place on May 9th, at which time users will be unable to download anymore apps or games from the Marketplace.
However, existing apps and services that are already installed will continue to work, unless the device is wiped.
It's fair to say that Microsoft has neglected its 6.x OS, what with the last update being rolled out over two years ago in January 2010.
Since that time, the firm has concentrated on pushing its Windows Phone OS, which is currently on version 7.5 (Mango).

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...may-9th/017341

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Nokia reveals plans to compete with cheap Android devices

March 9th, 2012, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster

Last year, Nokia left its Symbian OS behind and moved to Windows to power its future devices in order to fight its way back into the smartphone market and capture high end users.
However, while Nokia has decided to go premium, there are a rising number of Android devices on the market at affordable prices, which are becoming adopted by the low end users that Nokia regards as its bread and butter.
Speaking of the new threat in its annual report, Nokia, says: "We are addressing this with our planned introductions in 2012 of smarter, competitively priced feature phones with more modern user experiences."
Reuters cites sources that say Nokia is enhancing its Linux-based software with a new version codenamed Meltemi, replacing its Series 40 tech in advanced feature phones to enable them with smartphone-like functions.
WIth regard to its Windows strategy, Nokia, said: "We plan to introduce and bring to markets new and more affordable Nokia products with Windows Phone in 2012, such as the Nokia Lumia 610."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...devices/017340

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US authorities to join EU in suing Apple and book publishers

March 9th, 2012, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster

The US Justice Department has plans to bring legal action against Apple and the major book publishers, alleging that the companies colluded to raise prices of electronic books.
Simon & Schuster, Hatchette Book Group, Penguin, Macmillan, HarperCollins are apparently in the firing line for the antitrust action according to sources first quoted by the Wall Street Journal. At least some of the publishers have been in negotiations to settle before the DoJ gets heavy.
The core of the dispute is the introduction of the so-called "agency" model which shifted the setting of prices to publishers rather than retailers. The move coincided with the launch of the Apple iPad and continues to result in eBooks often costing more than their dead-tree equivalents.
Late last year European antitrust authorities also announced an investigation into the same companies for exactly the same reason.
The late Steve Jobs own biography appears to represent something of a smoking gun as far as price fixing collusion. In Walter Isaacson's biography, Jobs said that Apple was aware of publishers concern regarding the dominating influence of Amazon and their deep discounting.
Jobs said that the firm told book publishers: "We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30 percent and yes, the customer pays a little more," either unaware or uncaring that such a price-raising strategy would be illegal under many antitrust laws worldwide.
He went on to acknowledge that the publishers then approached Amazon with the demand that the etail giant sign up to an agency contract or they would be unable to sell any electronic books.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...lishers/028064

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Google Works On Kinect-Like Interface For Android

March 10th, 2012, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster

A patent filing made public last week suggests that Google may be trying to implement a motion-detection interface, like Microsoft Kinect, for portable electronic gadgets. The patent application is for technology that turns a mobile device's camera into a motion-input system. In other words, it could be goodbye to fingerprints and streaks on the front of your tablet or smartphone. Google could incorporate such a feature into Android in general or keep it as a differentiating advantage for its acquisition of Motorola."

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/03...ce-for-android

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Battleheart Developer Drops Android As 'Unsustainable'

March 10th, 2012, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster

Battleheart's creator Mika Mobile in an update explained that it was dropping Android support. Google's platform was losing money for the company, since it spent about 20 percent of its time supporting the platform but only ever made five percent or less of the company's revenue. Much of the effort was spent on issues specific to Android, where the diversity was only creating problems rather than helping. 'I would have preferred spending that time on more content for you, but instead I was thanklessly modifying shaders and texture formats to work on different GPUs, or pushing out patches to support new devices without crashing, or walking someone through how to fix an installation that wouldn't go through,' one half of the husband and wife duo said. 'We spent thousands on various test hardware. These are the unsung necessities of offering our apps on Android.'"

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/0...-unsustainable

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Apple To Add 3600 Jobs At New $304 Million Campus In Austin

March 10th, 2012, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster

Apple Inc. plans to create a $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, which will add 3,600 jobs over the next decade, more than doubling its labourforce in the city. The Cupertino, California, customer device huge already employs thousands in Austin, whose tasks include handling customer issues and support.

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/0...mpus-in-austin

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Apple's new iPad ship date slips to March 19th in the US

March 11th, 2012, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster

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3D printing from an Android device

March 11th, 2012, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster


[skullkey] over at the House4Hack hackerspace in Pretoria, South Africa wanted a way to get kids excited about technology and desktop fabrication labs. Wanting to give kids a visceral feel for the march of technology, he created Makerdroid, an android app that allows for the creation 3D objects on an Android tablet and preparing them to be printed on a Reprap or Makerbot.
What’s really interesting about this build is not only the fact that [skullkey] and his lovely beta testers are generating .STL files on an Android device, the object files are also being converted to GCode on the Android, without the need for a conventional computer. Makerdroid uses the very popular Skeinforge to generate the instructions for the printer (although a lot of people are switching over to Slic3r).
Makerdroid doesn’t need a PC to print objects out on a 3D printer, but we think the process of shuffling GCode files from a tablet to the printer with an SD card is a little archaic. It might be possible to print directly from an Android tablet over Bluetooth with the Android Bluetooth Reprap app that is currently in development. Still, we love the idea of printing objects we just created on a touch screen, as shown in the Makerdroid demo video after the break.
http://hackaday.com/2012/03/10/3d-pr...ndroid-device/

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MAME4iOS Reloaded 1.0 WIP

March 12th, 2012, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster

MAME4iOS Reloaded 1.0 WIP. Port of MAME 0.134u4 for iOS devices

iMAME4all is a iOS universal app done by David Valdeita (Seleuco), port of MAME 0.37b5 emulator by Nicola Salmoria & TEAM for all jailbroken iOS devices (iPad HD, iPhone 4G , iPod touch and older) and it is based on GP2X, WIZ MAME4ALL 2.5 by Franxis.
MAME4droid is a version of iMAME4all (iPhone, iPad) for Android, developed also by David Valdeita (Seleuco).
They emulates arcade games supported by original MAME 0.37b5 plus some additional games from newer MAME versions.
This version emulates over 2000 different romsets.
Please, try to understand that that with that amount of games, some will run better than others and some might not even run with iMAME4all. Please, don´t email me asking for a specific game to run.
Although the performance is very good with modern devices (all games I tested on iPad run practically perfect), owners of older devices should not expect a good performance; please turn off sound because that's very helpful.
After installing, place your MAME-titled zipped roms in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms (iMAME4all) or /sdcard/ROMs/MAME4all/roms (MAME4droid) folder.
MAME4droid & iMAME4all uses only '0.37b5', 'GP2X, WIZ 0.37b11 mame romset'. Use "clrmame.dat" file included in '/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all' or /sdcard '/ROMs/MAME4all/' to convert romsets from other MAME versions to the ones used by this version, using ClrMAME Pro utility, available in next webpage:
http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/

http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/

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Speccy for Android v1.7.22

March 12th, 2012, 13:28 Posted By: wraggster

news via http://www.aep-emu.de/


Marat Fayzullin has ported his (free) Spectrum emulator Speccy to the Android platform: Speccy for Android

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New in 1.7.22:

• Added Japanese and Russian translations.
• Added configurable frame skip setting.
• Added tape control menu option.
• Enabled browsing from the file system root.

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VGB for Android v3.5.14

March 12th, 2012, 13:35 Posted By: wraggster

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Marat Fayzullin has ported his (commercial) Game Boy / Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy emulator VGB to the Android platform: VGB for Android

Quote:
New in 3.5.14:

• Added frameskip setting.
• Enabled browsing from the file system root.
• Added Russian and Japanese translations.
• Improved virtual joystick look.

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VGBA for Android v3.8.2

March 12th, 2012, 13:37 Posted By: wraggster

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Marat Fayzullin has ported his (commercial) GameBoy Advance emulator VGBA to the Android platform: VGBA for Android

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New in 3.8.2:

• Added GameShark Advance support.
• Added frame skip setting.

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Sony to launch Windows Phones?

March 12th, 2012, 21:27 Posted By: wraggster

Firm will bide its time to see if demand for the OS develops.
Sony is looking to bounce back from severing ties with Ericsson, with hope that its new Xperia range of Android devices will set the smartphone world alight.
However, the firm isn't putting all of its eggs in the Android basket, as Sony would consider adopting the Windows Phone OS, according to PhoneArena.
During a meeting with Sony's product marketing manager Stephen Sneeden at MWC, the exec revealed that the firm is open to moving to WinPho, though it will monitor the progress of the OS before converting.
That, of course, means monitoring Nokia's sales, as the firm is using WinPho on its premium Lumia devices and future low-end models.
Aside from Windows and Android, Sony may also be looking to design a PlayStation Vita OS for its mobiles too.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-phones/017370

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Apple sells out of new iPad pre-orders

March 12th, 2012, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster

Demand for next-gen tablet has been "off the charts."
Apple revealed its new iPad on March 7th, demonstrating its new features, which include: quad-core processors, LTE connectivity, retina display and native apps.
It seems the new tech has appealed to the masses of loyal fans, as the firm claims it is already struggling to keep up with demand ahead of the March 16th release date, according to USA Today.
The Apple statement, says: "Customer response to the new iPad has been off the charts and the quantity available for pre-order has been purchased. Customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date."
There are six different models available, but anyone hoping to purchase one online will be looking at a dispatch time of two-three weeks, meaning it will probably be April by the time the tablet arrives.
Additionally, there is a limit of two orders per customer, most likely to prevent people from bulk buying and reselling the devices for over the top prices on eBay and Amazon.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-orders/017356

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iPad 3 incompatible with Euro 4G

March 12th, 2012, 21:34 Posted By: wraggster

Apple's newly released iPad 3 is available with a LTE 4G option but the radio frequencies supported are incompatible with those expected to be offered in the European market.
The European WiFi/4G iPad 3 is essentially the same as the US AT&T version which means that it supports 4G LTE on the 700MHz and 2100MHz bands versus the 800, 1800 and 2600MHz bands planned in European territories.
That said, given that LTE hasn't yet launched in several countries including the UK, the 4G iPad 3 still supports the older 3G standards including the nippy HSPA+ standard on virtually every band where those technologies are used 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz.
Meanwhile in the US, Apple's iOS 5.1 update has apparently fallen into line with the marketing departments of the local mobile carriers and has switched out the 3G icon for a 4G icon when connected to AT&T's HSPA+ network.
In fact LTE being called 4G itself is already a corruption of the original ITU standards body's definition of 4G but now it seems changing a digit is easier than rolling out a new fancy network so they've taken to calling HSPA+ 4G in the US as well. Those crazy Americans.
So far that hasn't quite caught on in the UK, most likely because European press traditionally has somewhat sharper teeth and wouldn't let operators get away with it.
British operator Three already moved to clarify some misleading reports about a 4G network arriving this year, pointing out it was '3.5G' HSPA+.
The bottom line is that if you want mobile connectivity on your 'new iPad' then the 4G version will go as fast as any British mobile network (42Mbps) until the arrival of actual 4G LTE - and it'll nicely show you a 4G icon anyway, and that's all that matters right?

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...euro-4g/028069

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iOS and Android game markets controlled by new publishers

March 12th, 2012, 22:08 Posted By: wraggster

Traditional publishers have entered the mobile market, but can't beat the new wave
The early days of smartphone gaming were dominated by the many new developers that sprang up to take advantage of the wide open markets. Once the markets began to mature, publishers of traditional console and PC games began to put games on smartphones. Some predicted that established publishers with big budgets, experienced developers, and huge brand names would quickly dominate the mobile markets.
But a new analysis by mobile analytics firm Flurry completely demolishes that prediction, showing that established publishers only control about one third of the games being played on mobile platforms.
Flurry examined user sessions in January and February of 2012 to give the most current picture of game usage in the combined Android and iOS markets. It tracked more than 64 billion application sessions over more than 500 million active Android and iOS devices (note that while Android recently claimed more than 300 million devices activated, and last week Apple said that 315 million iOS devices have been sold, not all of those devices are still active.).
Games accounted for more than half of all the sessions tracked, as can be seen on the chart. Flurry also noted that the number of game sessions has been expanding rapidly over the last three years, with over 20 times the number of sessions in Q1 2012 as were played in Q1 2010.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...new-publishers

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Super High Aperture: it's why the new iPad's Retina display is so dense

March 12th, 2012, 22:16 Posted By: wraggster

Super High Aperture. Heard of it? Probably not, but thanks to Apple, you'll probably long for days when you didn't in just a few months. According to an in-depth look from the folks at DisplaySearch, the aforesaid technique is the primary reason that Apple was able to shove 2,048 x 1,536 pixels into the 9.7-inch panel on the new iPad. Not surprisingly, it wasn't Apple that conjured up the magic; instead, it was crafted by engineers at Sharp and JSR (a display materials maker from Japan), but it'll be the iPad that makes an otherwise geeky achievement something that the mainstream covets. According to the science behind it, SHA is "a method of increasing aperture ratio by applying approximately a 3 [micrometer] thick photo-definable acrylic resin layer to planarize the device and increase the vertical gap between the [indium tin oxide] pixel electrodes and signal lines." Reportedly, there are also "at least twice as many" LEDs in the panel compared to that on the iPad 2, further suggesting that there's way more battery within the new guy than the last. Technophiles need only dig into the links below to find plenty more where this came from.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/12/s...etina-display/

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84 per cent of the enterprise market to buy iPads in Q2

March 13th, 2012, 23:45 Posted By: wraggster

Samsung is a distant second choice with just eight per cent.
An increasing number of employees within the corporate sector are being plied with tablets to complete their work on, adding to the daily use of smartphones, laptops and desktops.
This is supported by a new ChangeWave Research survey, which says more than one-fifth of firms will buy tablets for their staff members.
Results show 84 per cent of businesses now plan on buying iPads in Q2, following the release of the new iPad, which is a seven per cent rise on the November 2011 survey.
Additionally, Samsung was a distant second choice with eight per cent, falling by two per cent, in fact, all rival tablets suffered a decline in interest as a result of the iPad's introduction.
Yesterday, we reported that Nokia may reveal a new Windows 8 tablet at the end of 2012, and while it will join a crowded market, its office functions may prove to be a high commodity with the enterprise crowd.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...s-in-q2/017388

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Smartphones to account for 96 per cent of US mobile phone sales by 2017

March 13th, 2012, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster

The smartphone space is growing at phenomenal speeds, with all manufacturers rivalling in the hope of becoming one of the big three market vendors.
Now, new research from analyst iGR expects smartphones to account for 96 per cent of mobile phone sales in American by the close of 2016, which is up from 76 per cent in 2011 and just 33 per cent in 2009.
The report claims the swift rise of US smartphone adoption is down to feature phone users converting during upgrades and replacements, mass enterprise use, and tech improvements such as 4G and NFC enticing data-hungry consumers.
Iain Gillott, president and founder of iGR, says: "The growth in the US smartphone market has been very strong in the last few years. But as the market becomes saturated, smartphone sales growth will slow.
"For OEMs who are hoping to gain, or regain, market share in the US, the time to act is now. By 2014, we believe the majority of the smartphone sales growth will be over."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...by-2017/017385

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Android leads Euro mobile ad market with one-third of impressions

March 13th, 2012, 23:50 Posted By: wraggster

But Apple fights back as the iPhone 4 receives the highest device share.
Mobile advertising network InMobi's latest report shows that Android is still leading the European mobile ad market, securing 34 per cent of impressions, which is a one per cent dip from November 2011.
Meanwhile, iOS secured 28 per cent, rising by five per cent, leaving RIM static in third place with 17 per cent.
Although Android leads by OS share, the popularity of Apple products is clear as the iPhone 4 took the highest number of impressions with nine per cent, also securing third spot with the original iPad.
Additionally, InMobi boosted its European footprint by 63 per cent in the 90 day period, equivalent to 15.2 billion monthly impressions.
Rob Jonas, VP and MD, EME, InMobi, says: "We expect to see continued growth in iOS, driven by last week’s unveiling of the new iPad, as well as the reduced pricing of the iPad 2.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...essions/017383

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Galaxy S II to receive Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade

March 13th, 2012, 23:51 Posted By: wraggster

Samsung makes official announcement after a couple of false starts.
Google's Ice Cream Sandwich OS debuted on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the UK during Q4 2011.
However, while the Android OS is gradually receiving additional rollouts on new and existing devices, it currently occupies just one per cent of all Android-powered devices.
Now, after Samsung originally dismissed the rumours of an ICS rollout to its flagship Galaxy S II phones, the Korean firm has tweeted, saying: "#ICS for #GALAXYSII will be available today in Europe including Poland, Hungary, Sweden, & Korea, & gradually roll out to other markets."
Additionally, JK Shin, president of IT & mobile communications division at Samsung Electronics, says: "We expect that our customers will enjoy an enhanced experience with their Galaxy device through this upgrade. Samsung is committed to satisfying our customer needs."
The S II has already sold over 20 million units and the ICS availability could increase the demand, especially as Samsung is yet to make an official announcement about the release of the Galaxy S III.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...upgrade/017382

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53 per cent of parents can't track their child's social media use due to smartphones

March 13th, 2012, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster

One-quarter worries social networking affects their children's real-world social life.
Leading social network Facebook has almost half a billion monthly mobile users, while its rival Twitter has around 60 million users, which both span across all demographics.
However, 59 per cent of British parents are concerned that their children aged between ten to 16 spend too much time using social media and 26 per cent are worried that it will affect their real-world social skills, according to MyVoucherCodes.co.uk.
48 per cent worry who they're talking to, which 43 per cent fret over cyber-bullying, and given that 41 per cent of American teens are bullied via mobile, there's every chance it could happen to British kids too.
Embarrassingly, over two-thirds admit they are clueless how much time their offspring spends on the platform and 53 per cent put this down to them owning smartphones.
Mark Pearson, chairman of MyVoucherCodes, says: "It's not all that surprising to hear that parents are concerned about the amount of time their kids are spending on social media, however it was interesting to find out how many of them think that this is having an effect on their social life offline.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...tphones/017380

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Control an Arduino from Android over Bluetooth

March 14th, 2012, 01:48 Posted By: wraggster


Whether you’d like to do some real-time logging of data, or just want to control a project with your Android phone, [Thomas]‘s Arduino-Android Bluetooth connectioninstructable is sure to be useful
[Thomas]‘ build uses the very inexpensive JY-MCU Bluetooth module that’s available on eBay or dealextreme. This Bluetooth module ties directly into the Tx and Rx lines of the Arduino so a wireless serial connection between an Android device can be established. On the Android side of the build, Python for Android and the Scripting Layer for Android allow for reading wireless sensor data over Bluetooth.
While connecting an Android device to an Arduino is also possible with an IOIO or anAndroid Open Accessory dev kit, we haven’t seen much (barring this) about controlling or reading simple electronics with Android over Bluetooth. Sometimes you just don’t need an awesome dev board to bodge up a simple project, so we hope [Thomas]‘s very nice instructable will help get a few more builds off the ground.

http://hackaday.com/2012/03/13/contr...ver-bluetooth/

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Marvell launches Kinoma Play app platform for Android

March 14th, 2012, 01:58 Posted By: wraggster

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Samsung official claims Apple's releasing a 7.85-inch iPad

March 14th, 2012, 02:00 Posted By: wraggster

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New iPad gets benchmarked: 1GB RAM confirmed, no boost in CPU speed

March 14th, 2012, 02:01 Posted By: wraggster

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New iPad spotted in the wild, unboxing photos and video in tow

March 14th, 2012, 02:02 Posted By: wraggster

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EU Android developers yet to receive Google Play payments

March 14th, 2012, 23:23 Posted By: wraggster

Angry creatives take to Google Merchant Forums to blow the whistle.
Last week, we reported that Google may be forcing its developers to integrate the Google Wallet payments into their Android apps.
Now, Google has been accused of swindling European developers out of March payments for their Google Play apps – formerly known as Android Market – by providing them with false information that their funds had been transferred, according to Android Central.
Based on the comments, a payment should have been made on March 2nd, but almost two weeks later and bank accounts remain untouched.
The developers have been venting their frustrations with Google in the Google Checkout Merchant forums, and more than 100 posts have been made in week-old thread thus far.
Google generically responded to one developer, saying: "Thanks for reaching out to us. To ensure a faster resolution, I’ve forwarded your message to a team that’s better able to address your concerns. We’ll respond with additional information as soon as possible."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...ayments/017408

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Infographic: The Radical Growth of the App Economy

March 14th, 2012, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster

A look at the first smartphone that retailed at $900 in 1993, to the iPhone revolution and beyond.
Last month, TechNet revealed that the US mobile app market has generated almost 500,000 jobs, while the iPhone's 2007 launch is highlighted as the main driver behind apps and smartphones taking off.
Now, FrugalDad has created an infographic on the back of Technet's report, looking at the very first smartphone, the most popular apps and developments within the market across the past 20 years.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...economy/017404

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Tablet shipments to hit 106m in 2012

March 14th, 2012, 23:35 Posted By: wraggster

IDC increases its outlook on the back of a higher than expected fourth quarter.
Overall global tablet shipments for 2011 reached 68.7 million, leading IDC to predict 87.7 million tablet shipments would take place this year.
However, having seen the success and of the Kindle Fire and clamour for the new iPad, the analyst has revised 2012 estimates to 106 million.
Meanwhile, tablet shipments hit 28.2 million in Q4 2011, a 56.1 per cent rise on Q3, and an impressive 155 per cent rise year-on-year.
Going forward IDC expects Android to increase its market share, passing Apple tablet shipments in 2015.
Additionally, e-reader shipments are thought to have hit 10.7 million units, rising by 64. 3 per cent year-on-year.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...in-2012/017401

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Tesco accidentally prices new iPad at just £49.99

March 14th, 2012, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster

Apple's new top of the range iPad – which comes with 64GB memory, wi-fi and 4G connectivity – is priced at £659, but Tesco retailed the tablet at just £49.99 due to an IT error, according to BBC News.
Perhaps, 'IT error' means John the IT guy made a blunder and will never work for an online retailer again.
While wide-eyed consumers were likely buying the devices by the bulk load, Tesco has withdrawn the incorrect price – a privilege it has thanks to its terms and conditions – and assures customers will not have any money withdrawn from their accounts.
A Tesco spokesperson, said: "We like to offer our customers unbeatable value, but unfortunately this is an IT error that is currently being corrected."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...t-49-99/017397

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Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth

March 15th, 2012, 00:00 Posted By: wraggster

Hot on the trail of a stolen iPad using the 'Find my iPad' feature in iOS, Police in San Jose tracked the stolen device back to an apartment complex where they then stumbled onto 750 pounds of meth. All told, the meth is worth about $35 million on the street. The seizure was one of the largest drug busts in recent memory.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/...pounds-of-meth

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Beta Version of AIDE Enables Application Building On Android

March 15th, 2012, 00:11 Posted By: wraggster

Hackers can now build applications directly on their Android devices with the beta release of AIDE. The Android IDE is at beta version 7, and already allows editing and compiling of apps as well as integration with LogCat. AIDE is even compatible with projects started on Eclipse so you can move a project over and work on it. Finally, a reason to get yourself that Transformer keyboard dock?"sl4shd0rk also provided a which is attached. InfoQ has a short interview with the developers. Mildly interesting is that it does the compilation on device instead of shipping the work off to some network service or other. The app is, like a lot of Android stuff, only free cost with no corresponding source code at the moment.

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Prestigio's Multi 9.7 Android 4.0 tablet has an IPS display, arrives in May for 199 E

March 15th, 2012, 01:39 Posted By: wraggster

We were so busy fondling gaming machines and touchscreen Ultrabooks at CeBIT last week that we missed that tablet you see up there. That would be the Prestigio Multi 9.7, which -- surprise, surprise -- sports a 9.7-inch display. What's intriguing to us (besides the fact that we're generally obsessed with this sort of thing), is that we don't see nearly as many budget 10-inch tablets as we do 7-inchers. As you can see in the video below, it has a nice, fingerprint-resistant rubber back, along with an IPS display and Ice Cream Sandwich as an OS -- not too shabby for what's clearly a low-end device. Then again, the specs are appropriately modest: it has 8GB of built-in storage (expandable via microSD) and runs on a single-core 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 chip, bolstered by 1GB of RAM. According to Notebook Italia, it'll hit Italy in May for €199, though it's unclear if it will be available in other countries as well. Head past the break to find a video of it in action (skip to about 1:30 in), and hit that source link for more pics.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/14/p...id-4-0-tablet/

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Apple offering up to $320 if you trade in your iPad 2 in reuse and recycling program

March 15th, 2012, 01:41 Posted By: wraggster

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New iPad inventory shipments spotted at Best Buy, backroom eye-candy until Friday

March 15th, 2012, 01:44 Posted By: wraggster

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Android tablets will overtake iPad by 2015, despite everything

March 15th, 2012, 01:46 Posted By: wraggster

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Poor battery life causes unrest among smartphone subscribers

March 15th, 2012, 23:41 Posted By: wraggster

Apple ranks as number one for customer satisfaction.
Smartphone users expect a lot of their device, and so they should, given that most manufacturers are pushing for consumers to pay premium prices for their creations, but despite this, battery life isn't meeting consumer expectations, according to JD Power and Associates.
It will be a wake up call to smartphone vendors as results show that battery performance is the key part for firms to secure customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Satisfaction levels vary based on 3G and 4G connectivity, with the latter ranking 6.1 out of ten, lower than 3G on 6.7 out of ten. This is due to 4G needing more power in order to search for the next-generation signal it's supposed to provide users.
Additionally, 4G smartphone use their devices for calls, texts, emails and web browsing more than 3G users, which takes an additional toll on the power.
Kirk Parsons, senior director of wireless services at J.D. Power and Associates, said: "Both carriers and manufacturers recognise the fact that battery life needs to be improved.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...cribers/017424

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Almost 90 per cent of smartphone owners desire four-inch screens or bigger

March 15th, 2012, 23:50 Posted By: wraggster

Users also insist that the 'superphones' come sporting a thin frame.
Last year, researcher Strategy Analytics claimed sales of superphones – a high end smartphone with at least a four-inch screen – would grow by 200 per cent, becoming the fastest growing type of handset on the market.
Now, the firm says 90 per cent of US and UK smartphone owners are hungry for mobile phone displays that are larger than the ones on their current devices, hoping that the screen on their upgrade will measure between four and 4.5-inches, on the condition that the device is thin and not bulky.
However, when looked at demographically, females would prefer smaller devices to males, while Android owners are looking to outsize iPhone owners.
Paul Brown, a director in the Strategy Analytics User Experience Practice, said: "Almost 90 per cent of existing smartphone owners surveyed chose a prototype smartphone with a display larger than their current device.
"This trend is driven by increased mobile web browsing capability, as well as engaging video and gaming experiences."

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...-bigger/017412

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New Service Lets Users Try Apple's New IPad For 30 Days Before Buying

March 16th, 2012, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster

A new subscription service allows potential gadget owners to test out new devices like Apple's new iPad tablet before committing to a purchase. YBUY, which bills itself as a try-before-you-buy online subscription service, charges users a flat monthly fee of $24.95 for access to a wide range of consumer electronics as well as home and kitchen gadgets. Users can choose one device at a time from YBUY's catalog and trial the gadget for up to 30 days before returning it. Beginning in April, the company's inventory will also include Apple's new iPad.

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/0...-before-buying

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Stolen iPad's Reported Location Not Enough To Warrant Search, Say Dutch Police

March 16th, 2012, 00:12 Posted By: wraggster

A location message sent from a stolen iPad by an anti-theft application turns out to be insufficient evidence to issue a search warrant for the Dutch authorities. A Dutch man reported his iPad as stolen to the Dutch authorities last month. Despite the fact that the rightful owner was able to locate his iPad within hours of the theft, thanks to the anti-theft application he had installed, the Dutch authorities did not issue a warrant to perform a search. According to the prosecutors, a search warrant is 'a very heavy measure,' that should only be used when there is 'sufficient suspicion.' The theft report by the owner was viewed as 'no objective evidence' in the case."

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/...y-dutch-police

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FBI Tries To Force Google To Unlock User's Android Phone

March 16th, 2012, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster

Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users (and their spouses) fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google to 'provide law enforcement with any and all means of gaining access, including login and password information, password reset, and/or manufacturer default code ("PUK"), in order to obtain the complete contents of the memory of cellular telephone.' The request is part of a case involving an alleged gang leader and human trafficker named Dante Dears in California. Dears served several years in prison for his role in founding a gang in California called PhD, and upon his release he went back to his activities with the gang, according to the FBI's affidavit."

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/...-android-phone

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Walmart to start selling new iPads at midnight local time

March 16th, 2012, 01:06 Posted By: wraggster

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Kindle, Evernote, Vimeo and more get optimized for the iPad's Retina display

March 16th, 2012, 01:08 Posted By: wraggster

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iPad 3 Released

March 16th, 2012, 12:59 Posted By: wraggster

Apple have today released the Ipad 3 in both Black and White Flavours, those wanting to buy multiples are flat out of luck as there is a restriction of 2 to any customer. The big new feature is the Retina display and improved connectivity. The iPad 3 is retailing at $599 for the 32GB version and $699 for the 64GB version. The upside of the iPad 3 release is that the iPad 2 is now at a cheaper price in the USA and UK. How long before it is jailbroken?

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Apple shares hit $600 as new iPad is released

March 17th, 2012, 00:37 Posted By: wraggster

Up from $400 before Christmas.
The new iPad was only released in earlier on today – or last night depending which time zone you're in – but Apple's shares reached a record high of $600 last night ahead of the release, according to sister publication PCR.
The company experienced a two per cent growth during yesterday's trading, before levelling at $585.
It's a large rise from Christmas time when stocks were at $400, even though the original iPad and iPad 2 sold around 15 million units during Q4.
The report cites analysts as quoted by the FT that expect Apple shares to rise to over $700.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...eleased/017435

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Google apps on Ice Cream Sandwich Android tablets crash the most

March 17th, 2012, 00:38 Posted By: wraggster

Android tablets are expected to become the leading devices on the market by 2015, taking over from iPad's leading sales, according to IDC.
However, ZDNet says Android Honeycomb for tablets didn't cope well when it was first launched, often crashing before eventually getting stabilised by Google. Now, history seems to be repeating itself with Honeycomb's successor, Ice Cream Sandwich.
Results show that Google apps will crash at least two-three times a day when using Android ICS-powered tablet, the ASUS Transformer Prime.
It's hardly the kind of experience users will be wanting when using the tablet's quad-core power, though it seems the blame can't be attributed to ASUS, as the Google fault runs on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 too.
Additionally, Gmail is highlighted as the worst kind of Google offering, crashing the most out of others, ejecting the user to the home screen.

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...he-most/017433

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iTunes 1080p movies near Blu-ray quality

March 17th, 2012, 00:40 Posted By: wraggster

Apple has launched 1080p high-definition movies on iTunes as the high-resolution iPad 3 and Apple TV devices arrive.
Previously the best Apple offered was 720p video, considerably less than that offered by the humble Blu-ray disc. Now in the iTunes 10.6 Store preferences, users can select which version of the movie downloads the user wants, either 720p or 1080p.
Apple is also encoding the higher resolution versions of the iTunes movies with a more advanced version of the H264 video compression standard which results in only a modest growth in file size.
Tech site Arstechnica set out to compare the new 1080p iTunes movies with traditional Blu-ray discs. Given that the downloaded files are much smaller than Blu-rays due to the more sophisticated encoding, Ars was nevertheless impressed and said the result was pretty close.
That said Blu-rays still have the advantage overall. Ars noted that the image quality of Blu-ray is still better and also noted that the physical disc format often offers uncompressed audio, language options and special features.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/...quality/028094

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Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony?

March 18th, 2012, 13:15 Posted By: wraggster

English comedian Russell Brand could be facing a felony conviction for snatching an iPhone from a would-be paparazzi and tossing it through a window. Singer/parolee Chris Brown also found himself in iPhone hot water after being charged with 'robbery by snatching' in a similar DIY-paparazzi-thwarting incident, which could be a misdemeanor or felony depending on the value placed on an iPhone. But in the world-of-crazy-pricing created by phone makers and wireless providers ($899 Nokia Windows Phone, anyone?), where the quoted price of an iPhone varies by a factor of 376 from the same company, should one really be charged with a felony for snatching an iPhone, especially when an iPad 2 can be had for $399 retail?

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/0...ne-be-a-felony

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iPad fever could sell 66 million units in 2012

March 18th, 2012, 19:05 Posted By: wraggster

As the new iPad launches fans everywhere are rushing to pick one up, or are they?
Today marks the launch of Apple's new Retina-enhanced iPad, with the industry watching to see if Apple can break records again with the new model of its best-selling tablet. Competitors continue to release other options for consumers with Google's Android OS and Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 giving manufacturers the ability to sell their own "iPad killer". Unfortunately for them, Canaccord Securities analyst Mike Walkley told investors that he believes Apple's domination will continue unchecked.
"We believe Apple has extended its leadership position in the fast growing tablet market, and we have increased our 2012 and 2013 iPad tablet share estimates," Walkley wrote, according to BGR. "We believe the new iPad has raised the bar relative to competing tablets with impressive hardware specs, competitive pricing, and the leading software ecosystem of over 200k iPad-specific applications. At MWC, our meetings with Android OEMs focused on smartphones as tablet OEMs indicated difficulty competing with the iPad 2, let alone the new iPad."
Canaccord believes Apple will sell 65.6 million iPads in 2012, up from 55.9 million in 2011. Walkley has estimated that Apple could sell 90.6 million iPads in 2013, up from his previous estimate of 79.7 million.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster concurs, estimating sales of 60 million iPads in 2011. Apple Insider reports that Munster expects Apple to sell over 1 million iPads within the first 24 hours of launch.
Early this morning, fans were lined up at Apple Stores and other big-box retailers, like Best Buy, to pick up the new model. 450 people lined up outside of Apple's Ginza store in Tokyo, according to the Associated Press. The Apple Store in Hong Kong used an online lottery with preset times for winners to keep crowds down. TheBoston Globe reported that 200 people waited outside of the Apple Store there. On the other hand, Business Insider noted that while crowds massed around the larger stores, many smaller retail outlets had no lines waiting for their iPads.
Can Apple continue to hold lightning in a bottle, or can Google and Microsoft catch up this year?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-units-in-2012

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Untethered jailbreak for new iPad shown on YouTube, not quite ready for download

March 18th, 2012, 19:13 Posted By: wraggster

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Time Warner Cable brings 26 local NYC channels to iOS app, website

March 18th, 2012, 19:14 Posted By: wraggster

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The new iPad: are you buying one?

March 18th, 2012, 19:16 Posted By: wraggster

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The new iPad - Where to buy it

March 18th, 2012, 21:19 Posted By: wraggster

Unless your common sense is blinded by Apple fanaticism you'll know that trying to pick up an Apple product on the day of release at an Apple Store is a fools errand.
The only thing you'll get for your troubles is an insincere head shake from a smarmy paid-to-be-polite staffer and the faint sense that you're about to buy your way into a hipster cult. Instead, those in the market for an ego boost and a shiney new iDevice will find they'll have much better luck online.
If you're anything like us, you'll want to minimise the time it takes between deciding you want the new iPad and confirming payment, before the old voice of reason starts whispering lies like "you can't afford it", "do you really need another one? You already have an iPad 2" and "You won't be able to feed your kids for at least a month if you get one."
So, we've thrown together a list of alternative places you can get the new ipad and stuck it below. Click fast, ignore the voices and think of how cool you'll look on the train...

• Apple Online

• Play

• Tesco