The Android Market is about to face stiff competition in the next few weeks once the Amazon’s app store goes live. In fact, the long awaited application distribution center may be the biggest competitor to the Google store, even more so than GetJar. Earlier this week, Android users found that they could navigate their browser …
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Amazon’s new Appstore for Android is due to launch imminently, but its US home page briefly went live yesterday, giving a glimpse at some of the games and apps that will be available. Screenshots snapped before it was taken down reveal some price cuts compared to Google’s own Android Market. German site Androidnews gets the plaudits for enterprisingly tapping ‘http://www.amazon.com/apps’ …
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The Apple iPad 2 has shot its first music video. The new Apple tablet filmed and stars in the promo clip for Need, a perky slice of discobounce by pocket-sized US popstrel Eddy. Four new iPads were used in the video shoot, filming the imaginatively haired Eddy and her friends jigging about and getting ‘down’ — probably, it’s not really …
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Innovative iPad newspaper app The Daily will be crossing the Atlantic soon, making its UK debut in the first half of this year. Jon Miller, the digital boss at its publisher News Corporation, revealed the news at a media conference, just as the company prepares to start charging for the app in the US. Miller said The Daily will come …
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Earlier we published an article with five reasons not to buy Apple’s second generation tablet, but this is hardly the final word on the subject. With this in mind we present our counterbalance, five reasons the iPad 2 could be the best tablet to buy this year. The iPad 2 with its snazzy Smart Case. (Credit: Apple) 1. It is …
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If you can’t get enough of the Opera browser on mobile, there’s good news on the horizon. Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11, both updates to the current fare of alternative browsers, will debut next week at CTIA in Orlando. Of course, we’ll be there to give you the hands-on review. Opera isn’t saying much about what the new …
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RIM has told BlackBerry users to cripple their phones’ Web browsers — or turn them off altogether — to avoid a security hole uncovered by participants in an annual hacking competition. A team at Pwn2Own 2011 took advantage of BlackBerry’s recent switch to using a WebKit browser on its phones, reports our sibling site ZDNet. Attacking a BlackBerry Torch 9800, …
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Intel may be about to throw its weight behind Android for tablets, despite already being buddied up with Microsoft for Windows devices, and having its own MeeGo OS. The first Android slates with Intel inside could make their public debut as soon as next month, too. Taiwanese news site DigiTimes has the story, claiming that Intel is working with six …
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Recent studies show that Android’s browser is faster than Apple’s, but what does that really mean? Amazon and Google may be about to face off in an app price war, while Motorola’s Xoom WiFi gets priced to match the iPad. T-Mobile tries to make the Sidekick relevant again and Antuan attempts to put together the details of night of drinking …
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Samsung is making no secret of its plans to launch an 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab tablet at the CTIA show in Orlando next week. Having flagged up its intentions with a press invite to its Samsung Mobile Unpacked event at the show, it has now published a YouTube video to further heighten anticipation. In truth, the video doesn’t tell you much about …
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I have two Android-powered smartphones in my house: the Virgin Mobile Optimus V and Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept. If you asked me to describe their battery life, I’d say mediocre and terrible, respectively. In fact, the Intercept barely lasts a day, even with little use. My wife, the one who’s using it, is about ready to chuck it in the …
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Sky News’ strength is focusing on the big stories, and its new app brings the 24-hour news ethos to the iPad with aplomb. As well as a live stream of the telly channel, which you can rewind to catch the beginning of a segment, there are plenty of fresh ways to take a look at the latest stories on your …
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Today’s the day, sports fans. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament slams into high gear, with 16 second-round games kicking off at noon ET–and 16 more lined up for tomorrow. Our nation’s productivity is about to take a two-week nosedive. This probably won’t help, but I don’t care: NCAA March Madness On Demand for iOS streams every single game, live, free …
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Web streaming has suddenly announced itself as a serious player in the TV world, with US service Netflix apparently outbidding two major cable networks to air David Fincher and Kevin Spacey’s remake of classic British political thriller House of Cards. While streaming is still in its infancy in the UK, Netflix has pretty ubiquitous gadget support, with US TVs, Blu-ray …
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Optus today piggybacked its Samsung Galaxy Tab pricing announcement with the news it would release its own Optus-branded Android tablet, dubbed My Tab. The Samsung Galaxy Tab (Credit: Samsung) The Galaxy Tab will be available on 24 contracts from November 10 for $0 upfront and AU$59.95 per month. This capped data plan offers AU$800 worth of data and equates to …
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