The recent Google+ iOS update that saw the company pushing out sweeping UI and design changes, not to mention a handful of new features, has finally hit Google’s own in-house OS. Google+ v2.6 for Android brings a brand new, photo-centric UI as well as redesigned +1 buttons in an effort to make the app easier to use/share content, and of course to simply look nicer. Under the hood, Google has brought several new features to the table including: improvements to video...
Our mobile-loving friends across the pond in Germany will soon be able to wrap their hands around one of (and in our opinion) the best Android phones debuting in the next ~6 months — the HTC One XL. The handset has already hit North American shores, unfortunately dropping the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor. But it’s not all bad. In exchange we received a super fast dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor that rivals the Tegra 3 in many instances, and more...
Looking forward to the fruition of certain rumors pointing to RIM pushing BlackBerry Messenger to non-BB devices like iPhones and Android phones? Don’t. A new report by the WSJ claims CEO Thorsten Heins has pretty much killed the project that would see RIM release iOS and Android compatible version of BlackBerry Messenger. The original goal to opening up BlackBerry Messenger was to have it compete with the flood of other device and non-device specific chat apps like...
The popular social networking/discovery app, “Roamz”, that we looked at back in March is coming to Android! Beginning right now, Android users can enjoy finding and sharing (Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare) the world in which they live. The local-specific Roamz iOS app was pretty entertaining for us and think the Android version will no doubt win over a loyal following, too. Besides the great social/local discovery features, we have to give the Roamz team...
Well folks. It appears patent bickering over the most mundane, ridiculous “features” has reached another new high. New shipments of HTC’s EVO 4G LTE and One X handsets have been indefinitely delayed as U.S. Customs carry out a completely secretive investigation to make sure the aforementioned devices don’t infringe on an ITC ruling handed down back in December, and set into active status this past April – April 19th to be exact. The patent in...
