Sep

2010

Gartner expects Android to become no. 2 worldwide mobile OS in 2010

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged Android, apple, Gartner, iOS, mobile OS, rim, symbian

Last month, we reported that Android had moved past Apple to become the no. 3 mobile OS in the world, behind RIM and Symbian. Well, a new report by the same company, Gartner, has revealed that Android is slated to dethrone RIM from their no. 2 spot by the end of this year, and is [...]

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Aug

2010

Data Outages for Verizon and RIM in the Midwest

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, blackberry, outages, rim, Verizon

In what can only seem like a nightmare, Verizon and RIM are having issues with data connections in parts of the Mid-West covering 3 states. This issue is only affecting the data connections and not the voice side but any outage when you rely on your device is a downfall. An issue with one of [...]

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Aug

2010

The Blackpad will be an Android tablet?

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, Blackpad, rim, tablet

By now I’m sure you’ve all heard something about RIM’s forthcoming tablet commonly referred to as the Blackpad. What you may not have heard is that the device will be running an Android OS. That’s what manufacturer Quanta Computers is saying anyway. I don’t know about you but I’m gonna need to hear this one [...]

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Aug

2010

NPD Makes Statement on Behalf of Android: All Your Base Are Belong to Us

by Chris Moor
tagged 4, Android, apple, blackberry, Google, group, iphone, lead, mac, npd, profit, q2, q4, rim

If you haven’t been keeping up with the news lately; near 900% increases, and record setting sales, you can just take it from the NPD Group that android is doing pretty well. They just released an official statement that for the first time since late 2007, RIM (Blackberry) has been out sold in the United [...]

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Aug

2010

Shipments of Android phones up 886%

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, Google, growth, iphone, market, rim, share

According to an analysis done by Canalys, which involved adding up the Q2 reports from smartphone carriers and manufacturers, the shipment of smartphones worldwide grew an amazing 64%. What’s better than that? How about the fact that Android shipments have risen by – I hope you’re sitting down – 886%. Come back to this article [...]

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Jul

2010

Google Voice announces faster dialing for Android and Blackberry

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, blackberry, Google, Google Voice, rim, voice

According to the Google Voice Blog, there has been a major update to the way Android and Blackberry users make calls from their mobile devices. Here’s how it works, taken from the official post: Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to [...]

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Jul

2010

Apple takes a stab at the Droid Eris, HTC says they have no where near as many complaints

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, antenna, apple, droid, eris, hardware, HTC, iphone, issues, Nokia, rim

If you recall Apple’s pitiful attempt to turn the spotlight from their hardware issues, you might remember one of the devices used was the HTC Droid Eris. Apple is trying to shift the focus off of their mistakes by claiming it is an industry wide problem. While any device can have interference from the human [...]

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Jul

2010

NTP at it again filing new suits against Google, Apple, Microsoft and others

by Chris Moor
tagged apple.microsoft, email, Google, HTC, lawsuit, LG, motorola, Nokia, ntp, palm, rim

In case you have not heard of NTP it is the patent holding company that went after RIM in 2006 with a similar suit in which RIM settled for $612 million. After an appellate court found that NTP had legal grounds for the suit they have moved on now filing against Google, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola, [...]

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Jun

2010

RIM to come out with Tablet & iPhone/Android competitor?

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, iphone, rim, smartphone, tablet

Not really known for making flashy devices, RIM has always been the business user’s choice for a smartphone. Apparently, RIM has seen that there is a serious amount of cash money to be made in other sectors and is planning on branching out. The BlackBerry maker is currently testing a touch-screen smartphone with a slide-out [...]

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