Author Archives: Chris Davies
Dell Streak 5 axed
Dell has quietly killed the Streak 5, its 5-inch Android tablet/smartphone hybrid. Confirmed on the company’s site - with the message “Goodbye, Streak 5. It’s been a great ride” – the decision follows various discounting drives on the tablet as well as stock shortages. The Streak 5 was already over a year old, having been initially released …
Samsung Galaxy S Plus hands-on and benchmarks
All eyes may be on the Samsung Galaxy S II right now, but the Korean company believes there’s some life left in its best-selling predecessor. The Samsung Galaxy S Plus GT-I9001 was officially announced at the end of March, a 1.4GHz upgrade to the original Hummingbird phone, and Android Community caught up with Vodafone UK today …
Amazon ignores Android with new Kindle Cloud Reader web-app
Amazon has launched a new web-based Kindle app, http://read.amazon.com/, using HTML5 to offer the ereading experience within the browser. However, while the app appears to be a workaround to avoid Apple’s limitations on native iOS apps containing links to external stores, it seems Amazon is also leaving Android out in the cold. Attempt to access …
My Vodafone app for Android released: Track use, WiFi hotspots & roaming
Vodafone UK has released a new Android app, allowing subscribers to not only keep track of their accounts without ringing through to customer care, but also locate the nearest free WiFi hotspot. The My Vodafone app shows your current usage of minutes, messaging and data, and how close to your tariff limits you are. There’s also …
Samsung Conquer 4G offers WiMAX for under $100
Samsung has outed its latest 4G smartphone, the CDMA/WiMAX Samsung Conquer 4G, and the first to land at under $100 from the get-go. Built around Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 3.5-inch 320 x 480 touchscreen and a 1GHz MSM8655 Snapdragon processor, the Conquer 4G will be $99.99 with a new, two-year agreement. As the display might …
Motorola KORE tipped in domain buying spree: XOOM successor?
Could Motorola’s next tablet be the KORE? That’s certainly one possibility, after the company was spotted going on a domain-buying spree earlier this week. Fusible caught five domains - MotorolaKore.com, KoreMotorola.com, Moto-Kore.com, MotoKore.com and Motorola-Kore.com - each using a variant of the same KORE name. The five purchases were only made on Wednesday this week, and so far none of the URLs link …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 update going OTA now
Samsung’s OTA update for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has gone live, with the 188MB software now being offered to users of the Honeycomb slate. The new firmware brings with it Samsung’s own TouchWiz UI for tablets, upgrading the home screen with various new panes and a compact task-launcher for common apps. There’s also a version …
Pandigital Planet, Nova and Star budget tablet trio revealed
Samsung: Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales will go ahead
Samsung has denied that the launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is on hold in Australia, clarifying that the company’s agreement with Apple only covers the US version of the tablet. According to Samsung’s official statement, given to AusDroid, the original Apple complaint covered “a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 variant that Samsung Electronics had no plans …
HTC Desire Android 2.3 Gingerbread update released
HTC has released the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire, though because of limitations of the ROM thanks to HTC’s efforts to squeeze it down to suit the storage space the smartphone has, it’s being released via the company’s developer site rather than as an OTA upgrade. Various HTC apps have been removed …
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