Nokia Series 40 Mobile Phone Sales Surpass 1.5 billion Units
If you ever wondered Nokia’s contribution in bringing mobile phones to the masses, you have to take a look at the latest milestone. Nokia Series 40 phones aka featurephones sales have surpassed a whopping 1.5 billion units.
The first Series 40 phone was Nokia’s 7110 in 1999 and the 1.5 billionth device to be sold [...]
Every Android smartphone free on C Spire when you add a line
C Spire wireless (formerly Cellular South) is running a promotion where you can add a line and pick any of their Android phones for free to put on it. They have 11 different models of Android phones to choose from, including the Motorola Milestone X2, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and even our old friend [...]
CyanogenMod hits 1 million unique installs
Last night Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) and Jef Oliver from the CyanogenMod team broke the news that the popular custom firmware has reached 1 million unique installs. CM, which is by far the leading multi-device custom ROM for Android phones, is officially supported on 56 Android devices, with many more available via unofficial or nightly builds.
Interestingly, [...]
CyanogenMod 7 nightly builds now available for SE Xperia Active, Xperia Pro and LG Thrill
Following a slew of other phones late last week, the CyanogenMod team has just added nightly build support for three new devices — Sony Ericsson's Xperia Pro and Xperia Active, as well the LG Thrill 4G — AT&T's version of the Optimus 3D. Nightly builds of the popular custom ROM are built every day by [...]
HTC Amaze 4G update starts rolling out today, brings bug fixes and Wifi calling
It's not Ice Cream Sandwich.
Now that we have that out of the way, the HTC Amaze 4G has a new OTA starting to roll out today, one that brings Wifi calling and a few software fixes to users of the best looking phone ever made. Besides Wifi calling, the fixes are:
Improvements to Bluetooth connection
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Financial Times web app passes a million users: News outside office hours consumed on iPhones and iPads
Source: Financial Times, 2011
Financial Times didn’t blink when Apple removed their native iPhone and iPad apps late August for failing to comply with strict in-app subscription policies. Actually, they took us aback with an excellent HTML5 web app which more than adequately replicates a native app experience. We weren’t terribly shocked when their web app [...]
comScore: One in ten people over 13 in the U.S. own an iPhone – and that was before iPhone 4S came along
Research firm comScore today released September 2011 mobile subscriber market share data for the United States and the results bode well for Apple’s handset. Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone during the third quarter, earning Apple the #4 ranking among the nation’s top device manufacturers. It’s the first [...]
Apple sold over 4m iPhone 4S in a weekend
Hardware-wise, iPhone 4S may have been termed as a small upgrade as compared to an iPhone 4 but it’s a huge success when it comes to sales. Apple has confirmed that they’ve sold over 4 million iPhone 4S’ in just three days of its launch. In comparison, iPhone 4S’ direct competitor Galaxy S II took [...]
The iPhone payoff: Sprint reports best sales day ever – by 1PM ET
Sprint took a big risk on the iPhone, paying a rumored $20B up front to get the iPhone over the next four years (that is some pipeline!).
Mr. Hesse told the board the carrier would have to agree to purchase at least 30.5 million iPhones over the next four years—a commitment of $20 billion at current [...]
Celebrating our 500,000th member!
The Android Central Forums just hit a half-million members, folks. That's 500,000 Android faithful, who have quickly made our little slice of the web into the biggest and best Android community around. We've said it before and we'll say it again: You're the ones who make Android Central as good as it is. And for [...]