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
[...]
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 [...]
Safari posts stronger gains than Google’s Chrome in July
Although Chrome controls one-fifth of the global web browsing market and has overtaken Firefox as the second most-used browser in the UK, Google’s browser has been growing slower in absolute terms than Apple’s Safari in the month of July. In July, Chrome added .34 percentage points of market share for a 13.45 percent web usage [...]
Samsung ships 5 million Galaxy S II units
Looks like an absence of a new iPhone has worked for Samsung and their flagship Galaxy S II. A new announcement by them tells us that they’ve managed to sell 5 million Galaxy S II units since its launch. This number reflects sales to channel partners and operators and was achieved within a span of [...]
Cyanogenmod reaches the half-million-user milestone
The CyanogenMod user install base has hit the 500,000 mark, according to the stats released by the CM team. This is across all devices, and includes unofficial versions in the numbers. Some interesting totals are 502,364 total installs, 376,066 of which are official while 126,298 are unofficial, or "kangs". We also get a glimpse into [...]
iriver Story HD Becomes The First Google eBooks Ereader, To Be Sold Exclusively At Target
There’s a new ereader in town, gals and pals. The iriver Story HD will soon be available at Target for $139.99. While by all accounts, it’s a fine piece of hardware — 7.3 ounces, first six-inch XGA e-ink screen, SD card slot, WiFi, six week battery life — it’s the Google Books integration that will [...]