Xamarin, the creators of Mono, Mono for Android and MonoTouch for iOS, have ported Android 4.0 or the Ice Cream Sandwich to C#, XobotOS. It is a research project at Xamarin labs, where they ported Android 4.0 from Java/Dalvik to C# to explore the possibilities of improving the performance and memory footprint benefits that C# … Read more
Two days back I saw notification on my Sony Tablet S. The notification said “System update available”. I immediately thought it could be Ice Cream Sandwich. And so it is. Actually I gave up that the Tablet S wouldn’t get update, especially after Sony announced it is hard to update the devices to Ice Cream … Read more
If you have been waiting for the powerhouse HTC One X that launched on AT&T then you might have also been grumbling some under breath that it did not come with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad Core processor. Yeah, you wanted to be the big dawg on the block with more cores than your friends … Read more
How about a free game to start the week off with? Glu Mobile has just launched Lil’ Kingdom in which you create your own fantasy kingdom that’s actually located beneath a castle. It’s basically your own little fairy tale world and best of all, as I said, it’s free! Glu Mobile Inc., a leading … Read more
On 4/28/2012 8:13 PM, Doug Simmons wrote: How ’bout an Android XDA challenge for you WinPhonatic? Hey holy crap winphonatic.com is available, suggest one of you grab it and sell it to Smith, might make a few bucks profit if you make a good pitch. It’s actually a good domain name now that I think … Read more
Yes, you heard it right. Steve Woznaik, Apple’s co-founder, went on saying that Windows Phone is pretty and cool. He has given few reasons why Windows Phone is beautiful and intuitive than iPhone and Android. He went to AT&T store recently to get a Lumia 900. He tweeted few days back via foursquare saying that … Read more
Proof is always in the pudding they say and Motorola has produced a video testing the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX, and iPhone 4S, and a LG Spectrum. The iPhone is the only one using Verizon’s 3G in this test because it does not have the LTE radio in yet, something we can expect in the … Read more
We all knew that the Kindle Fire was selling very well during the Christmas Season and that Android Tablets, well, did not. But now we got some numbers and according to comScore the Kindle Fire accounted for 41% of Android Tablet Sales in January and 54% of sales in February! The next closest Android Mfg. … Read more
This just in Reuters who are reporting that Zynga, the makers of hugely popular smartphone games as well as Facebook games is reporting a 1st Quarter Loss of 85 Million Dollars or 12 cents a share. When adjusted, excluding some charges like stock based compensation, they reported a profit of 47 million. Revenue increased 32% … Read more
Microsoft and Pegatron just signed a patent agreement aimed at Google’s Android and Chrome devices, putting more royalty money into Microsoft’s already burgeoning patent portfolio pockets. Pegatron joins HTC, Samsung, LG and a number of other companies already part of Microsoft’s stable, bringing the count to over 70% of Android makers paying royalty fees to … Read more
Google Chrome for Android is close to exiting its beta stage and entering final release in the coming weeks. Chrome Beta, first released in February, is currently only available on Android 4.0 ICS, and Google hasn’t disclosed whether or not it will be made available for older versions of Android. With the majority of Android … Read more
Just wanted to give you all a heads up on a great price on a great device. The Motorola Droid RAZR, a device I tested and really enjoyed, has now been reduced to $49.99 dollars for new Verizon Accounts and $99.99 for upgrades. Yes, I voiced my opinion to them about why not make it … Read more