Monthly Archives: January 2012

Google’s Android platform is a favorite among bathroom phone users

Google’s Android platform is a favorite among bathroom phone users

Do you occasionally use your phone while you’re doing your business? If you said “yes,” then statistically you are more likely to own an Android phone than a Blackberry or iPhone. That is, at least, if you believe a new report that was just released from marketing agency 11mark. The results are anything but...
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Android Phone Hacked to Run Windows 95, Windows CE Nowhere to Be Found

Android Phone Hacked to Run Windows 95, Windows CE Nowhere to Be Found

Recommend: 0 Comments Print By Chris Brandrick, PCWorld    Jan 31, 2012 5:23 PM Do you have a smartphone with endless fancy apps, widgets and special features? Or maybe you yearn for the good old days when things were simpler? If so, one developer has managed to bring operating systems of yore to HTC’s...
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RIM Accepting Android Apps for Playbook OS 2.0

RIM Accepting Android Apps for Playbook OS 2.0

Article Comments  3 Today, 4:40 PM   by Eric M. Zeman Research In Motion today indicated that developers who want their Android applications to be available for the BlackBerry Runtime for Android in PlayBook OS 2.0 when it launches next month need to submit them no later than Monday, February 6. The Android Player...
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Learn2Serve Goes Mobile with New Android App

The leading online training website for food and beverage safety, Learn2Serve.com, has released a new application for android-powered phones. Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Learn2serve.com, the premier training website for food and beverage safety, takes distance education a notch higher with the launch of its first-ever mobile application. The Learn2Serve mobile app aims...
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Software Data Cable (for Android)

Have you ever wanted to transfer files between your Android phone or other mobile device and your computer without the hassle of cables? Consider Software Data Cable (for Android)—a free app providing file transfers via Wi-Fi. Install I downloaded the app from the Android Market to test out on a Droid 2. Installation was...
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Chaining animations on Android

Chaining animations on Android

Takeaway: Follow this tutorial by William Francis to learn how to incorporate an animation set into your next Android app. If you read my TechRepublic App Builder posts on a regular basis, you know that my 13-year-old son and I have been working on coding a game for Android devices. A few weeks ago...
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PocketCloud Remote RDP/VNC (for Android)

PocketCloud is a free Android app that allows users to connect their Android devices to Mac and Windows desktops remotely. This app serves one main purpose, and it achieves that purpose well, even when the remote computer is part of a corporate network. Download and Install Wyse Technology’s PocketCloud is a free, 4.41MB download...
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Windows 8 may have an edge over Android on tablets, ARM CEO says

Windows 8 may have an edge over Android on tablets, ARM CEO says

Warren East speaking during Tuesday’s earnings conference call. (Credit: ARM) In the wake of a solid earnings report, ARM’s CEO Warren East said Microsoft may have some potential advantages over Android in the tablet market. ARM processors power the vast majority of tablets and smartphones sold globally.  And for the first time with Windows...
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Windows 8 may have an edge of Android on tablets, ARM CEO says

Windows 8 may have an edge of Android on tablets, ARM CEO says

Warren East speaking during Tuesday’s earnings conference call. (Credit: ARM) In the wake of a solid earnings report, ARM’s CEO Warren East said Microsoft may have some potential advantages over Android in the tablet market. ARM processors power the vast majority of tablets and smartphones sold globally.  And for the first time with Windows...
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Samsung Galaxy Note Aims to Harmonize Phones With Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Note Aims to Harmonize Phones With Tablets

Samsung’s new Galaxy Note Android phone, which will feature one of the largest screens on a smartphone to date, will hit shelves on Feb.19. With a 5.3-inch screen as well as a stylus, the Galaxy Note is billed as a hybrid tablet and smartphone device. The screen will be one of the largest currently...
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