This Bloomberg story about the Zune hardware being discontinued by Microsoft contains an interesting statement. First off, if you haven’t read it, the claim is that there will not be a new hardware iteration of Zune from Microsoft. Why? “Microsoft will concentrate on putting Zune software onto mobile phones, such as those running its Windows … Read more
If you’re getting ready to “eat up” a Motorola Xoom tablet featuring the evolutionary Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS you might want to prepare to snack on a sampler before ordering the full course meal. ZDNet has published an article basically highlighting what has been whispered and noticed ever since reviewers got their hands on the … Read more
As we’ve been discussing, Twitter has been pushing new techniques to get revenue out of the site, including the #dickbar, of course, and now it seems like they’re clamping down on third party Twitter apps. We’ve seen them go after a few specific Twitter clients in the past but their rhetoric is getting blunter. Apparently, … Read more
If you are looking for another weather app to add to your collection then you should have a look at Fizz Weather that has just released their new Android app. Already on the Marketplace, Fizz Weather now has Widgets and a really nice looking UI to capture your interest. Here’s more: Features ★ Now with … Read more
Skyfire, the mobile browser folks have just tweeted that they are planning on a major release of their Android browser that will wear version 4.0. It’s not really stated what the new features are but if it is anything like the iOS version, Android owners will be pretty happy. One thing was mentioned in their … Read more
Android owners that came from the old Windows Mobile campfire might remember Winamp and with fondness and wish that the Llama would someday grace their Android device and make things right with the world again. It’s been available in a beta version for some time but now Nullsoft’s music management solution for devices packing Éclair or … Read more
The XOOM shipped without Flash but Adobe has announced that it will be releasing Flash 10.2 for Honeycomb on March 18 as a free download. They’re calling it a beta release, but isn’t all Flash on a mobile a beta release? You need have have Honeycomb with the 3.0.1 system update for it. As for … Read more
Pwn2Own had a tremendous start with a MacBook Pro getting exploited in 5 seconds by Charlie Miller who has now walked off with an exploit four years in a row. Just staggering. IE8 and Firefox also fell and Chrome was untouched (the exploit for IE8 is patched in IE9). But moving on to mobility, the … Read more
AT&T has gotten a lot of press for the Motorola ATRIX 4G, love it or hate it, we blogged about it. But there was another AT&T phone that was released just a week or so before the ATRIX that I think is an excellent device, the HTC Inspire 4G. With intentions to make use of … Read more
Wunderlist has been available for the iPhone, iPad, Windows and Mac and now it’s made its way to Android (for free). Wait, you never heard of it? It’s a very highly acclaimed task manager that syncs and shares across the cloud and across platforms and has rave reviews which are tied to its simplicity. Here’s … Read more
Word is that Google quietly lit up the Android Honeycomb music cloud syncing. Let’s take that for a spin, got two phones, might as well step up for you but just to show you the determination there is in the mind of an XDA junkie to do something he has absolutely no need for when … Read more
That’s a pretty significant stat. A new platform was able to make a developer 7x as much money and it both had more sales and those sales were at a higher price point. For the Android fans that are going to tell me about their free software, we have a free clone of Fruit Ninja … Read more