In the market for tablet, Android OS from Google has not been a ready choice, with consumers preferring the iPad 2 from Apple. Tablets based on Android including the Galaxy Tab from Samsung have not picked up desired sales momentum. Some people have the view that things might change citing the example of the slow start Android had in the smartphone … [Read more...]
As has been previously discussed, Mozilla is going to drop their XUL – the extensible interface language, the XML grammar used by Mozilla for creating user interfaces in the Firefox and Thunderbird – in favor of the Native user interface of Android. The performance increase had to be done handling the Firefox on devices of Android. Mozilla has … [Read more...]
When the rumors first came in that Amazon had made plans to make Android tablets, it had also been talked about that they would come to the markets with tablets of various sizes. Besides the 7” size Kindle Fire, which the company has already released, it had been rumored that they were working on another version with a display size of … [Read more...]
On a survey conducted among 2,160 developers across the world, Kindle Fire got the top billing among all leading tablets from Android. The Kindle Fire from Amazon took pole position from the Galaxy Tab of Samsung in popularity scales across North America. The survey was conducted in the 2nd and 3rd of November by Appcelerator, the leaders in … [Read more...]
The Galaxy S from Samsung will leave its imprints on the history of mobile technology and will be regarded as one of the best handsets ever produced. Even a year after its launch, the handset continues to be an intimidator to the competitors. The continued support that Samsung has been giving to the Galaxy S has broadened its fan base even … [Read more...]
A small open-sourced project that is taking place presently called the Android-x86 is aimed at making Android compatible with your desktop PCs or laptops. How have the results been till date? Almost all the builds of the 3.2 Honeycomb from Android have been found to be fully functional on multiple laptops as well as notebooks. The process that … [Read more...]
Google Music, the new online music shop and ‘Free Locker’ to digital music, was launched on Wednesday. The next day itself questions started floating as to whether Google was simply following the footsteps of Amazon and Apple in the digital music field or it was the first major step they were taking towards becoming an e-music … [Read more...]
At a time when Android is being put on PCs by BlueStacks whereas Google continues its developmental work on Android with the Google TV, a very different concept of getting Android to operate across tablet devices and non-phones is being thought of by FXI. Its Cotton Candy looks like a normal USB stick, however within it are components of Android … [Read more...]
The mobile operating system, Android 4.0 named ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ from Google, is to be launched and Intel is eagerly waiting for the same. The architecture for Intel’s Atom x86 is going to be released in 2012 first half, if all things go according to the plans. Though the Company had initially planned to go for the OS from Nokia … [Read more...]
Most lovers of mobile phones amd application developers were greatly excited at the announcement of Google launching an Operating System, specifically designed for smartphones. Within a few years of launch, it has become the most popular OS among worldwide smartphone users, the applications are continuously getting better. Android has indeed … [Read more...]
