As luck would have it, the day I installed Skype for Android on the Motorola Xoom, a security breach was discovered. Today, I’m happy to report Skype has done us a solid, updating the security of the app thereby restoring peace and unity to Android. For US users, Skype voice calling now supports 3G regardless of carrier, effectively ending Verizon’s reign of terror over free VoIP.
April, 2011
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One could argue that Samsung has already entered the portable gaming console arena based on the millions of Galaxy S smartphones currently in the hands of Android users around the globe. In this concept design, created by Joseph Dumary, we take a look at what the PSP would be if left in the hands of Korean manufacturer.
We’ve been snowed under with weird and wonderful entries into our Nintendo 3DS giveaway, courtesy of Gamesbasement.co.uk, but if you’ve not got your name in the draw yet, don’t worry. You’ve still got a few more days to enter, and all you have to do is come up with a crazy accessory for Ninty’s new handheld – and check out the terms and conditions of course. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together a gallery of our favourite ideas so far – read on and get inspired.
What’s in a name? With rumours flying around the launch of a new Nintendo console, we’ve trawled the archives for some of the finest, most evocative and downright entertaining codenames gadgets have been christened with before launch. Read on to meet them and their secret identities.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo stands apart as one of the most entertainment-friendly Android handsets around – featuring the ability to store thousands of songs, sync with your TV and more to make it as tooled up as Batman’s utility belt. Read on for everything you need to know about the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo.
When we first saw the Asus Eee Pad Transformer back at CES in January, we never anticipated that Asus would get it on sale so quickly. We expected it to be just another of Asus’ harebrained schemes that never really quite came off, and yet here we are, three months on, and we’re holding not just the cheapest Android Honeycomb tablet, but the best one too.
It’s been another morning packed to the rafters with tech news and views, so let’s take a quick break and digest it all right here and right now in our lunchtime lowdown roundup. Read on!
Sometimes Apple news makes me want to bang my head repeatedly on the desk. I’ve been told to stop doing it by my doctor as I was risking a permanent groove in my forehead. The latest bit of tittle tattle that’s got me irritated is the surprise with which data from comScore that shows if you include iPad and iPod touch numbers, iOS is ahead of Android has been met.
Mark Donovan, senior vice president of mobile at comScore told the WSJ: “The finding is incredible because it shows that Android being the most popular smartphone is not the whole story…” That’s incredible? Did those guys just forget the iPod touch and iPad existed? I’d thought Apple’s iPad ads were pretty well inescapable. So why has the Android vs iPhone battle been consistently presented as a smartphone vs smartphone smackdown?