November, 2011

• 14 November

  Amazon’s Kindle Fire: The Android tablet developers love most

  

  Amazon’s Kindle Fire has managed to do what many other Android tablets have failed to do: drum up interest from developers in North America. Among developers surveyed by Appcelerator and IDC, 49 percent said they considered the Kindle Fire their primary target. It narrowly beat Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab, which garnered 48 percent of the …

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• 14 November

  How to quickly navigate to future events using the iOS 5 calendar app

  

  If you’re an avid iOS 5 calendar user, this tip is for you. A beautiful detail in the iOS 5 calendar app allows you to quickly scroll to future or past dates to make your app usage more efficient. Once again, Apple’s attention to detail, especially when concerning the user experience, shines through. For anyone who uses the calendar app …

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• 14 November

  Less than half of app users have ever paid for an app

  

  Less than half of app users have ever actually paid money for an app, according to research. New figures reveal 46 per cent of phone and tablet users who have downloaded apps have stuck with free apps rather than forking out. US researchers at Pew Research say that means just 13 per cent of all adult US mobile phone users …

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• 14 November

  O2 testing 4G in London

  

  O2 is bringing 4G connections to London, as part of a nine-month trial that will see a lucky thousand or so individuals equipped with speedy mobile Internet. The test starts today, ahead of the Ofcom 4G spectrum auction in 2012 in which networks will buy up slices of the higher-speed spectrum. O2 will be pumping out 4G over the 2.6GHz spectrum …

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• 14 November

  Siri’s security sabotaged, developer releases crack tools

  

  The security protocol that enables Siri to communicate with Apple’s servers and return information via speech recognition has been cracked by developer Applidium. What does that mean? In a nutshell, according to Applidium, “anyone could now write an Android app that uses the real Siri!” The technology that Siri uses to communicate with Apple servers is not HTTP, as many …

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• 14 November

  Samsung Galaxy Note coming to O2 this month

  

  The Samsung Galaxy Note is already on sale SIM-free here in the UK, but now O2 has emerged as the first operator featuring the phone on its website. As spotted by Engadget, the Galaxy Note has popped up on the network’s website in the ‘Coming Soon’ section, with November listed as the release date. Clicking the link sadly doesn’t reveal …

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• 14 November

  How RIM intends to light a fire under developers

  

  When Alec Saunders put up his e-mail address while on stage at Research In Motion’s developer conference last month, it wasn’t just a showy stunt. RIM’s head of developer relations, Alec Saunders. Research In Motion In fact, he spent the entire following weekend responding to e-mails from curious developers. “My wife wasn’t too happy with me,” he quipped. Saunders intends …

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• 14 November

  Did Google throw kink into RIM’s device management plan?

  

  Google may have just dropped a mobile device management bomb on plans by Research In Motion–as well as about 25 other vendors–with an effort to manage multiple diverse devices in the enterprise. At a powwow at Google’s headquarters, Dave Girouard, chief of Google’s enterprise efforts, said the company will layer in mobile device management into Google Apps. Google Apps will …

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• 14 November

  CNET answers your Kindle Fire questions

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Kindle Fire: your questions answered 34:42 No matter how inexpensive Amazon.com makes its Kindle Fire tablet, it’s no good to you if it doesn’t do what you want. In this blog post, I’m rounding up all the questions I’ve received from CNET readers about the Kindle Fire and answering them to the best of my knowledge. …

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• 14 November

  Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Three open for pre

  

  Data-centric UK network Three is now taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and has confirmed pay as you go pricing for the 4.65-inch smart phone. If you’re wondering how much it will it cost you to secure the Ice Cream Sandwich-sporting blower on Three, expect to splash out £34 per if you fancy signing up to a contract. Dismayingly, …

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