Have you ever been the least bit curious about platforms, other than iOS. If so, then this demo from Microsoft is for you. Windows Phone is a pretty sweet platform. It's the supermodel who cannot find a date. The folks in Redmond have found a creative way to get people on other platforms to check … [Read more...]
Hidden in iOS 5 is Android-style autocorrect bar that offers spelling suggestions and shortcuts as you start typing. Like the Panorama feature, this too is hidden in iOS 5. Sonny Dickson by way of 9to5Mac shows us how to enable it. Download iBackupBot Backup your iPhone/iPod in … [Read more...]
With the release of the iPhone 4S, the price of the iPhone 4 was subsequently dropped to $99. The bigger price move might have been the iPhone 3GS, which can now be had for free, with the standard 2-year agreement. Analyst Shaw Wu believes the iPhone 3GS will account for almost 20% of iPhone sales … [Read more...]
Ever time you hear the term "iPad Killer" think of these numbers. Comscore's newest batch of analyses show that not only is iOS still king of market share, but that the iPad is surpassing the iPhone, and that it totally dominates the tablet sphere. When looking at all mobile web traffic, iOS … [Read more...]
Every time someone talks about how Android is blowing iOS out of the water, I ask them how many times they've heard about someone leaving Android for the iPhone — and how many times they've heard the opposite. Yeah, once people get the iPhone, they fall in love and stay with the system. A new … [Read more...]
comScore has just released one of their trimonthly smartphone reports, and both iOS and Android have gained ground, while Microsoft, RIM and Symbian continue their decline. For this three month period, Android jumped up more than 5% and Apple gained 1% where RIM lost 4% of the smartphone … [Read more...]
If you need any more evidence that Apple is doing ludicrously well on the mobile scene, we've seen three reports today showing just how far above the rest sales have been. For the first time, Apple has surpassed Nokia to become the biggest smartphone vendor in the world. Sure, everyone still uses … [Read more...]
In a test run by web development tool maker Sencha, the iPad 2 resoundingly whipped the iPad 1, Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android 2.2, and Motorola Xoom running Android 3.0 when it came to HTML5. They tested it against the Acid3 test, SunSpider, Modernizr, and their own, in-house applications. While … [Read more...]
Sure the Internet is filled with trolls who by definition are looking to provoke and disrupt a forum or comment thread. When you peel away a layer of the Internet and visit their natural habitat, you can get a rare glance at the belief system of fanboys. You would be amazed at some of the sh*t they … [Read more...]
It's slow, nigh on unusable, but cool nonetheless. It's Android 2.3 on the iPhone 3G! The newest iteration of Android on a two-generation old iPhone, I can't say I'm particularly surprised that it doesn't run very well. This was posted by Nick Pack on Twitter, who said: http://twitvid.com/6SWN3 - … [Read more...]
