April, 2012

• 3 April

  Samsung is getting into the mobile

  

  Samsung wants to make it easier and more lucrative for app developers to offer advertising to Samsung mobile phone subscribers. Samsung The company announced Tuesday that it has formed a partnership with OpenX Technologies, a leading provider of digital advertising technologies. Through the partnership Samsung and OpenX will create an exchange that will allow advertisers …

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• 3 April

  HTC One X and One S prices and release date round

  

  The HTC One X and One S are mere hours away from launching in the UK — read on for a round-up of the network prices and release dates we know for sure. Orange and T-Mobile The HTC One X can be yours for free on Orange or T-Mobile when you sign yourself up to a £41 per month, 24-month …

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• 3 April

  BlackBerry maker touts developer support

  

  BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is turning to developers to help it keep its business alive as sales of the once popular smartphone drop sharply. On Tuesday the company reported that it’s been making significant progress in attracting developers to create applications for its BlackBerry Playbook tablet and its upcoming handsets using the BlackBerry 10 software. In the fiscal fourth …

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• 3 April

  Why Apple, Samsung’s phones sit atop piles of cash (FAQ)

  

  When it comes to making money in the smartphone business, Apple and Samsung have a license to print money, while everyone else is holding a hat out for handouts. Apple and Samsung accounted for 95 percent of the industry’s profits in the fourth quarter — with Apple generating 80 percent by itself — as the rest of the players struggle …

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• 3 April

  Nokia Lumia 900 camera shoot

  

  Nokia has hyped the Nokia Lumia 900‘s 8-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and you know what that means: it’s time for a camera shoot-out. I traipsed around San Francisco with four smartphones with 8-megapixel cameras: the Lumia 900 and the iPhone 4S to see just how well they captured the moment. I took close to 20 comparison shots, but …

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• 3 April

  Instagram for Android is now available

  

  Instagram has been around since 2010, available only to iOS devices. Android users have been waiting patiently, with repeated promises of an Android version arriving soon. Related stories Instagram for Android first look: The good, the bad, the ugly Android version of Instagram grabs 1 million downloads on first day Download Instagram for Android Getting started with Instagram for Android …

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• 3 April

  Shazam for iOS adds TV to its list of media it can identify

  

  One of the first apps that showed off the power of early iPhones was Shazam, the app that let you hold up your iPhone to “listen” to music playing and could identify the artist and offer you options to buy that music. Today, Shazam Entertainment announced a new update with Shazam 5.0 that makes the app even better than before. …

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• 3 April

  Nokia Lumia 900 4G LTE speed test (hands

  

  By the time you can finally buy the eye-popping Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone on AT&T on Sunday, it will be one of the first two Windows Phones, ever, to surf 4G LTE. (The HTC Titan II, also a Windows Phone, will be the other.) It’s one thing to claim lightning-fast data speeds and another to actually produce them, so …

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• 3 April

  Research In Motion hit with patent lawsuit by NXP

  

  Research In Motion got slapped with a patent lawsuit by NXP Semiconductors, Reuters reported today. The lawsuit deals with patents that relate to design, data transmission, and other features found on RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet, Reuters said. A RIM representative declined to comment to CNET. It’s just the latest problem for RIM, which last week reported another set …

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• 3 April

  Amazon tests mobile in

  

  Amazon is holding trials for a service that lets consumers pay for additional services or features through a mobile application, a burgeoning business called in-app purchases. The service is being tested by Skimble, which sells physical fitness programs and has been involved with the pilot program for about a month, according to Bloomberg. Such a move would put Amazon even …

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