Android

Nokia announced that its partnering with Microsoft to run the Windows Phone 7 OS on Nokia smartphones. Symbian developers were told to prepare for a new mobile operating system after the deal is complete. Nokia hopes the deal will help them compete with its biggest competition iOS and Android.  Read the full article at PCWorld.com Continue Reading →

Sources inside Apple told Bloomberg that they are working on a prototype for a smaller more affordable iPhone. Apple is considering selling the device for $200 and won’t require users to have a 2-year contract. If the rumors are correct, the iPhone Nano would be Apple’s answer to the growing number of affordable Android handsets. Continue Reading →

Android has now overtaken Nokia’s Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform worldwide. Selling 33.3 million phones, double that of Apple’s iPhone, put Android ahead of Nokia’s 31 million sales. 89% growth in the smartphone market and manufacturers’ rapid adoption of Android has led to its overwhelming success. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110201_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Android has overtaken Nokia’s Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform worldwide. Selling 33.3 million phones, double that of Apple’s iPhone, put Android ahead of Nokia’s 31 million sales. 89% growth in the smartphone market and manufacturers’ rapid adoption of Android has led to its overwhelming success. Continue Reading →

Google’s operating system aimed at portable devices recently previewed its developer kit and showed off many new features. Android 3.0 codenamed Honeycomb brings many features familiar to desktop computers to the tablet format. Included are APIs for tabbed viewing action bars, orientation sensitive layout pieces, and drag-and-drop events. Read the full article at arstechnica.com Continue Reading →

Engadget.com revealed pictures and video of the PlayStation Phone, dubbed the Xperia Play. The smartphone runs Android Honeycomb, has a touch screen and slide out controller pad for playing games. It also sports a 5-megapixel camera that can shoot 800 x 480 video. How games will be delivered to the phone is still unknown. Continue Reading →

Google announced that it would bolster its workforce by 25%, adding over 6,000 new employees within the year. The company is aggressively expanding its workforce as it continues to venture into non-search related products. Larry Page hopes to spread Android’s success at attracting talent to other special projects. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →

Internal documents leaked from Best Buy reveal a February 17th launch date for the Motorola Xoom. The Android Honeycomb tablet will cost $700 dollars and promises 32GB of onboard storage, a 10.1” screen and a 1Ghz dual-core processor. It will be available from Verizon, with a Wi-Fi only version expected later this year. Read the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110124_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Apple’s App Store recently hit a milestone of 10 billion downloads. The store has grown to over 350,000 free and paid apps with over 5 billion downloaded since last June. Apple gave the user who downloaded the 10 billionth app a $10,000 gift card to the App Continue Reading →

“Should I get a Verizon iPhone 4?” is the number one question I’ve been asked this week in person, via email, on the web, via smoke signals and by carrier pigeon. The short answer is, no. The long answer is, if you love your existing iPhone 4 but really, really hate AT&T, then yes — Continue Reading →