the ever popular custom ROM of the CyanogenMod 7 has just released a beta version that runs on the NOOK Tablet. This Android 2.3 build gives this budget tablet full access to marketplace with in its stock build. They have actually taken down the links…
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Is iOS More Stable Than Android?
Have your phone crash on your sucks. No two ways about it. The question that often comes up is which operating system is more stable, iOS or Android? Crittercism, a research startup that analyzes mobile app crashes, has published some data that will end the…
Windows Phone 8 Details Leaked by Internal Nokia Video
An video meant for internal viewing at Nokia featuring senior Windows Phone VP Joe Belfiore, revealed that the next Windows Phone update, nicknamed Apollo, will add multi-core processor support and catch up to Android and iOS. Unfortunately we weren’t able to view the video ourselves…
Tizen Mobile Operating System First Look Using an Emulator (SDK)
Tizen has been getting a bit of press this month over a possible merger with Samsung’s Bada Operating system. If you’re not familiar with Bada, it’s not actually an operating system, it’s actually middleware. Bada is an application framework that previously ran on Nucleus (Nucleus…
Tizen May Not Have a New Home With Samsung, Commitment Not Official
Last week Samsung revealed plans to merge Bada and Tizen, this week they are taking it back stating that the plans are not yet official. According to a statement issued to AllThingsD things aren’t set in stone and they are singing the same tune they…
Dell Streak Gets Android 4.0, Unofficially
The Dell Streak 7 was a long time favorite of early tablet adopters and those who have hung on to their 7 inch tablet will be pleased to know that TabletROMs forum users Giveen and DJ_Steve have got Android 4.0 up and running. The Streak…
Samsung Merging Bada with Tizen: Officially a Frankenstein OS Love Child
Samsung has reveled plans to Merge its Bada operating system with Intel’s Tizen, formerly known as MeeGo, open source project. There was talk last year that Samsung would open source Bada however Samsung had been very vocal that there were no plans to merge the…
Samsung To Deliver Android ‘Value Pack’ Instead of Android 4.0 to Galaxy S
Samsung just announced that it was reconsidering release an Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) on to the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab. The reason they axed the idea initially was that TouchWiz would hamper system performance due to memory limitations, many thought that we might…
Microsoft Wins Patent Suit Against Motorola & Android
Microsoft won one a ruling against Google finding that the Android operating system is infringing four of its smartphone patents. Microsoft targeted Motorola which was recently acquired by Google. The findings are subject to review by the commission, which can ban imports of products that…
China’s Alibaba’s Aliyun O/S Optimized for Qualcomm CPU [Video]
Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba launched its mobile operating system, Aliyun, in China in this past July and at UpLinq 2011 showed off a reference design handset running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. The exact model of the CPU is unknown but Alibaba is working hard…
Apple iOS5.1 Update Includes Mention of iPad 3
Apple has just released iOS 5.1 beta to registered members of the iOS developer program. The release is for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad, and third and fourth-generation iPod touch devices.
The iOS 5.1 includes better dictation support for third-party…
HTC Considering Google’s Chrome OS
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC is allegedly considering introducing their own products with Chrome OS Google’s cloud operating system. HTC reportedly wants to combine the advantages of Chrome and Android to create new “Internet-enabled devices,”. These devices would exist somewhere between tablets and netbooks.
Perhaps HTC…
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Hands On [Video]
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime is about to hit the streets and our good friend Johannes from NewGadgets.de has gotten some hands on time with Google & Samsungs latest flagship smartphone.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be he first to market with Ice Cream Sandwich…
Google CEO: Android will Remain Free
Google claims to want to make sure that Android remains “free” in the future, even after the acquisition of Motorola is complete. The deal to buy Motorola Mobility won’t “violate the openness of Android,” and the company will be run independently, Schmidt said at a…
