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Android metrics show Jelly Bean adoption overtaking Ice Cream Sandwich
Posted On 01 May 2013 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Google's big shake-up of Android version metrics has already given us a better understanding of where the platform's active users truly stand. Now that we're a month into the new methodology, we have a good sense of where those users are going -- ...
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Android Dashboard update shows Jelly Bean on 10 percent of active hardware
Posted On 03 Jan 2013 By Richard Lawler. Under: Uncategorized.
The last time we checked out Google's Android Device Dashboard, penetration of the latest version had reached 1.8 percent of active hardware. A couple of months later and Android 4.1 / 4.2 Jelly Bean is accounting for more than 10 percent of devices ...
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Ca-Fi Dashlinq upsizes in-car Android infotainment, arrives in January
Posted On 16 Dec 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
There may be a size war brewing among Android-based infotainment system builders. Ca-Fi thought it was sitting pretty with its 6.2-inch unit earlier this year, but we're starting to think it was rankled by similarly-sized devices like Parrot's Astero...
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Engineer builds gingerbread house using CAD and lasers, aging droids approve
Posted On 09 Dec 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
It's not that often we see the worlds of baking and technology mix, but when Johan von Konow went about making a traditional gingerbread house for the holidays, he added a laser to the recipe. The engineer and tinkerer first went about designing an a...
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MetroPCS announces the Samsung Galaxy Admire 4G: 3.65-inch screen, LTE and $169 price tag
Posted On 06 Dec 2012 By Edgar Alvarez. Under: Uncategorized.
Perhaps it's because the holiday season is well upon us, but MetroPCS decided now was the perfect time to welcome Samsung's Galaxy Admire 4G to its growing portfolio of wallet-friendly handsets. With today's introduction of the overhauled Admire, ...
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Sony ships Xperia advance to the US, offers unlocked ruggedness for $300 or less
Posted On 09 Nov 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Americans who likes the Sony Xperia go's approach to lifeproof smartphone design won't have to live vicariously through their overseas friends anymore. Keeping up its recent habit of selling unlocked versions of niche devices, Sony is selling the tou...
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Android ‘smishing’ vulnerability discovered by NCSU researchers; Google has a fix incoming
Posted On 02 Nov 2012 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
The art of smishing (SMS-Phishing) has been practiced for some time, but a discovery by the wizards at NC State University has uncovered a new vulnerability that could bring the aforesaid act back into the spotlight. Xuxian Jiang's research team rece...
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Mobile Miscellany: week of October 22nd, 2012
Posted On 27 Oct 2012 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
If you didn't get enough in mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This past week, T-Mobile announced the price and release date for the Optimus L9, carriers were announced in Canada for t...
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Huawei Ascend Y heads to US Cellular, is available now for $30 on contract
Posted On 24 Oct 2012 By Edgar Alvarez. Under: Uncategorized.
Despite being involved in a recent national security controversy in the US, Huawei isn't quite ready to slow down its plans to bring as many handsets as possible over to Stateside shores. Today, the Chinese company is making its Gingerbread-packing H...
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Alcatel One Touch Shockwave reaches US Cellular, takes your bumps and scrapes for $50
Posted On 24 Oct 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Those of us picking budget smartphones in the US seldom have the choice of a toughened smartphone, and it's even more of a challenge when we're not signed on to one of the top four carriers. US Cellular is offering the cost-conscious a (hardened) oli...
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