Posts Tagged ‘Technology news’

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Motorola DROID RAZR

Motorola Mobility decided to bring the well-known RAZR brand back to life with its new Android flagship phone. Brand new Droid RAZR smartphone was announced yesterday. It is running on Android 2.3.5 operating system, equipped with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, has Kevlar body and is only 7.1 mm thick.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Presented Android 2.3 Gingerbread at Web 2.0 Conference

Earlier today at the Web 2.0 conference 2010, Eric Schmidt not only presented the new legendary super secret phone, but Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well. Amongst the new features included in the Gingerbread update are support for NFC enhanced device interaction and RFID tags. Schmidt noted that this technology (using NFC and RFID to pay [...]

Gartner Reports that Android is the Second Largest Smartphone OS in Q3 2010

Gartner‘s latest smartphone stats are out, and according to their numbers Android is the second most popular smartphone OS in the world. At 25.5% of the market in Q3 2010, that puts the Google platform behind Symbian’s 36.6% and ahead of Apple’s 16.7%.

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[Video] Motorola introduces Droid 2 Global

Droid 2 Global was expected to arrive with great pomp and advertising. However the ad for this new device from Motorola just appeared on Verizon’s website without much notice.  Motorola can be credited for putting together a YouTube video that reveals the features of the world’s first 1.2 GHz smartphone.  The handset maker does a [...]

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Update to Yahoo! mail and Yahoo! Messenger applications

Not that long ago I posted a quick review of Yahoo! Mail application for Android. Earlier today Yahoo! updated their Android applications with some new cool features. These features include video calling (at the moment only works on EVO 4G and 4G myTouch), account synchronisation and support for multiple accounts.

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Android devices keep dominating smartphone ratings by Consumer Reports

Back in August this year Consumer Reports published its last smartphone rating. A lot has changed since the last report. Having said that, there is one thing that hasn’t changed at all – the fact that Android-based devices dominate the ratings. It’s almost embarrassing, actually.

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Google News updated for smartphones

I spend a lot of time looking at Google News on my various smartphones. That’s why I’m happy to say the search giant has improved Google News for smartphone devices that run on the Android OS, iPhone (iOS) OS and webOS. Google has updated the way Google News works on these devices, which should make [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S incredible sales figures

Samsung had an incredible quarter with over 71 million phone shipped and it looks like it is gaining traction in the U.S. market as well. It has sold more than 3 million Galaxy S smartphones in the United States alone.

YouTube Remote application now available on Android Market

The new YouTube Remote application has gone live in the Android Market today and the program could eventually offer Google TV users a seamless way to turn their smartphones into a remote control.

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Creative announced new Android devices

One of the leading manufacturers of multimedia devices and accessories – Singapore’s Creative Technology announced the release of their new Android based devices: wireless entertainment tablets ZiiO 7 and ZiiO 10, and a Wireless Entertainment Device – Creative ZEN Touch 2.