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  • ChaCha Introduces Real-Time Q&A Map for iPhone and Android Apps

    ChaCha Introduces Real-Time Q&A Map for iPhone and Android Apps

    Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Comments
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  • iPhone And Android Now Make Up 25 Percent of Smartphone Sales

    iPhone And Android Now Make Up 25 Percent of Smartphone Sales

    Posted on May 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Google-powered Android phones and iPhones are both gobbling up market share. The combined worldwide market share of both operating systems reached 25 percent in the first quarter, up from 12 percent the year before, according to Gartner. The iPhone still has a bigger share, at 15.4 percent (up 5 points), but Android is catching up fast with 9.6 percent (up 8 points). All other smartphones lost relative share during the quarter, even RIM Blackberries, although they still grew in absolute numbers (see table below) Android is now the fourth largest smartphone operating system, displacing Windows Mobile, which is now No. 5. The iPhone OS is No. 3, RIM is No. 2, and Symbian is still No. 1 on a worldwide basis. If you look at all mobile phone sales, RIM is No. 4 with 3.4 percent share, and the iPhone is No. 7 with 2.7 percent share.

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  • Review: AAARR! AAARRR! Kill Zombies with Zombie ShootAR.

    Review: AAARR! AAARRR! Kill Zombies with Zombie ShootAR.

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Zombie ShootAR (get it…AR as in Augmented Reality) is a fun and innovative first-person shooter for Smartphone that pits you against a legion of virtual zombies. You play the game by using your phone’s camera and screen to search for, shoot, chop-up or otherwise destroy the virtual zombies that appear integrated into your surroundings via [...]

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  • WebOS vulnerability found, patched by Palm in latest release

    WebOS vulnerability found, patched by Palm in latest release

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    What to make of this WebOS exploit? It was discovered by the Intrepidus Group security firm, and it has to do with the way the operating system handles SMS messages. Basically, WebOS doesn't perform a common security check on incoming SMS messages, meaning that any craftily formed SMS can essentially take out the entire phone.

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  • Microsoft Fix It comes to Windows Vista, XP

    Microsoft Fix It comes to Windows Vista, XP

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Good news for those of you who are still plugging along on Windows XP and Vista. Microsoft is bringing Fix It to said operating systems; it's already available on Windows 7. Fix It tries to—wait for it—fix your PC problems before they require your to break out a sledgehammer and teach your hard drive a lesson. It's in beta right now, so feel free to give it a shot. "Feel free," as if I'm the arbiter of your free time!

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  • The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake?

    The G-Mate Gun Overlord – Real or Fake?

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    We're not entirely sure this thing exists in real life. The G-mate Gun Overlord just seems a bit too glorious. Even the video after the jump isn't enough proof. If it is real though, watch out, it could be awesome. Unless of course it's not and actually really lame.

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  • Nice Doggie: Puppy Arcade 7 available

    Nice Doggie: Puppy Arcade 7 available

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Of all the wonderful uses for Linux, gaming hasn’t traditionally been one of its stronger suits. But as we all know, old console emulators provide eons of entertainment and said emulators run across a variety of operating systems. And so there’s Puppy Arcade, a derivation of the small-footprint, runs-on-just-about-any-hardware Puppy Linux.

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  • T-Mobile getting some Palm webOS lovin’?

    T-Mobile getting some Palm webOS lovin’?

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Palm’s webOS is certainly one of the more polished operating systems out there; the others being the iPhone OS and Android. It’s clean, simple to use and attractive. However, it was available only on Sprint’s network for the longest time until recently when it arrived at Verizon on the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi [...]

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  • ST-Ericsson’s new platform could spawn heaps of low-cost Android smartphones

    ST-Ericsson’s new platform could spawn heaps of low-cost Android smartphones

    Posted on February 10, 2010 | No Comments
    ST-Ericsson, a 50/50 joint venture by STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, this morning announced its latest HSDPA platform built on the Linux OS. Dubbed U6715, the platform aims to aid handset manufacturers produce smartphones powered by Android - or other Linux-based operating systems - with a wholesale price of less than €100 ($138). ST-Ericsson says it anticipates manufacturers to launch the first commercial products based on its U6715 chip platform in the first half of 2010.

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  • ComScore: iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile use for the first time in US

    ComScore: iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile use for the first time in US

    Posted on December 17, 2009 | No Comments
    There are plenty of ways to measure smartphone marketshare. IDC measures units shipped from manufacturers whereas Gartner measures units sold to consumers. Then there's comScore, the research firm that conducts monthly surveys in the US to measure the total number of devices (and thus operating systems) currently in use. Its latest data is summarized above for the three-month period ending in October. See those yellow lines? If our kindergarten skills haven't failed us, then this data shows iPhone usage surpassing the once mighty Windows Mobile OS for the very first time. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Google's Android OS is set to accelerate significantly by the time the February 2010 data rolls in as is WebOS just as soon as Palm can bring its fledgling OS to Verizon's subscriber base. What's most troubling to Redmond about this report though, is where we found it: on FierceDeveloper, a site for mobile software developers who will presumably use the data to help determine which platforms deserve their focus. Oh Windows Mobile 7, where are you?

    ComScore: iPhone overtakes Windows Mobile use for the first time in US originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Nokia Messaging for social networks hits beta, brings Twitter, and leaves out the N900

    Nokia Messaging for social networks hits beta, brings Twitter, and leaves out the N900

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    See, this is what we were saying. It's not that we're not excited about Maemo, or that we hate S60, or even that we dislike it when a company like Nokia builds a free messaging app that integrates social networks like Facebook (and now Twitter) into the handset experience. It's just that Nokia has just built an app that only works on the N97, N97 Mini and the 5800, leaving the company's quasi-flagship handset the N900 out in the cold. The new app can upload pictures and videos, integrates with email and the dialer, and pushes Facebook and Twitter updates live to the homescreen. It also serves as a all-too-timely example of how hard it is to support two operating systems at once. Alright, we're done preaching, time to fire up the N97 and tell some people about our day. A video demo is after the break.

    Nokia Messaging for social networks hits beta, brings Twitter, and leaves out the N900 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • ITG xpPhone shown off in green, and yes, you can have a different color

    ITG xpPhone shown off in green, and yes, you can have a different color

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    This isn't the first time we've seen what would appear to be an xpPhone dummy in the wild paired with a mocked-up display; that honor would go to a Computex debut earlier this year. What these new shots of ITG's Windows XP-powered wonder do demonstrate, though, is what a MID-turned-smartphone looks like with a lick of moss green painted around the edges. It's not really our style, to be honest -- and fortunately, it seems that ITG will be offering the production device in white, red, black, or silver (on top of a limitless array of 3G options, display sizes, and operating systems), but heck, we'd be happy taking it in ochre if they'd just promise a reasonably-priced release in the next century.

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    ITG xpPhone shown off in green, and yes, you can have a different color originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Acer aims to be first to market with Google Chrome OS netbook

    Acer aims to be first to market with Google Chrome OS netbook

    Posted on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Acer, no stranger to netbooks with Google-backed operating systems, is hoping to have the first Chrome OS netbook on the market by the second half of next year, according to DigiTimes.

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  • Everything old is new again: Microsoft MinWin attempts to modularize Windows

    Everything old is new again: Microsoft MinWin attempts to modularize Windows

    Posted on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
    There have, historically, been two competing models of operating systems development. There's the UNIX mentality, of small pieces loosely joined. That is, you have a whole bunch of little, stand-alone applications that all work together to accomplish more complex tasks running atop a svelte kernel that doesn't know -- or need to know -- about the pieces its running. Then you have the "everything and the kitchen sink" mentality, used by Microsoft. All versions of Microsoft Windows have huge dependency chains, and what is rightly called "Windows" is a dizzying amalgamation of interdependent pieces of software, none of which can do much on their own. If you've ever wondered why your Windows-powered web server included Windows Media Player, or Solitaire, that's the reason: the "stuff" that makes up Windows is highly interdependent. Read on for some interesting changes underway.

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  • Sharp prepares Android phone for next year as first Japanese cell phone maker

    Sharp prepares Android phone for next year as first Japanese cell phone maker

    Posted on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Android is still in its infancy in Japan where most domestic makers still stick with their proprietary operating systems, with basically no one outside the geek community knowing what it is. But things are changing slowly. Last week, SoftBank (the country's third biggest cell phone carrier) announced an Android-powered phone for next year when the company announced their new models for the next months. And yesterday, Sharp announced at an event in Tokyo it will roll out a yet to be specified number of Android-based handsets as early as the first half of next year. Sharp commands the biggest market share of all eight cell phone makers in Japan so this is very good news for the Google OS in what is the most advanced mobile society in the world.

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