Android spy apps
There are applications available that turn your android (or your Iphone) into a spying device, these apps upload phone data to a central server without the user noticing it. There are applications available that turn your android (or your Iphone) into a spying device, these apps upload phone data to a central server without the user noticing it.
Categories: Android Tags: central-server, iphone, linux/ un*x, spying-device, these-apps, upload-phone, user, user-noticing
Android tablets available in three CPU flavors
At Computex, Shenzhen-based Joyplus announced four tablets that run Android, only two of which use the same CPU. The five-inch Joyplus M508 and seven-inch 5701 both tap the 624MHz Marvell PXA303, while the seven-inch M702 runs on a 600MHz WonderMedia Prizm MW8505, and the seven-inch M703 uses a 600MHz ARM926 CPU paired with a 600MHz DSP, says Joyplus. At Computex, Shenzhen-based Joyplus announced four tablets that run Android, only two of which use the same CPU. The five-inch Joyplus M508 and seven-inch 5701 both tap the 624MHz Marvell PXA303, while the seven-inch M702 runs on a 600MHz WonderMedia Prizm MW8505, and the seven-inch M703 uses a 600MHz ARM926 CPU paired with a 600MHz DSP, says Joyplus.
Categories: Android Tags: 624mhz, announced-four, computex, joyplus, joyplus-m508, linux/ un*x, marvell, media-prizm, prizm, shenzhen-based, tablets
10 Things Android Does Better Than iPhone OS
Since its 2008 debut, Android has grown - not only meeting all of the functionalities of the iPhone, but besting it in nearly all aspects. Here is our list of the top 10 things Android does better than the iPhone. Since its 2008 debut, Android has grown - not only meeting all of the functionalities of the iPhone, but besting it in nearly all aspects. Here is our list of the top 10 things Android does better than the iPhone.
Categories: Android Tags: does-better, functionalities, iphone, its-2008, linux/ un*x, list, our-list, the-functionalities, the-top
Linaro: Accelerating Linux on ARM
The ARM platform has historically been superspecialized and hence fragmented - multiple different ARM-based CPU’s from multiple different ARM silicon partners all behaved differently enough that one needed to develop different software for each of them. Boot loaders, toolchains, kernels, drivers and middleware are all fragmented today, and of course there’s additional fragmentation associated with Android vs mainline on ARM, but Linaro will go a long way towards cleaning this up and making it possible to deliver a consistent platform experience across all of the major ARM hardware providers. The ARM platform has historically been superspecialized and hence fragmented - multiple different ARM-based CPU's from multiple different ARM silicon partners all behaved differently enough that one needed to develop different software for each of them. Boot loaders, toolchains, kernels, drivers and middleware are all fragmented today, and of course there's additional fragmentation associated with Android vs mainline on ARM, but Linaro will go a long way towards cleaning this up and making it possible to deliver a consistent platform experience across all of the major ARM hardware providers.
Categories: Android Tags: all-behaved, all-fragmented, from-multiple, linaro, linux/ un*x, long-way, mainline-on-arm, major, making-it-possible, one-needed, the-major
Mobile Firefox for Android
The Mozilla Foundation has released an early test version of Fennec, the mobile Firefox browser. Fennec, the mobile version of the Firefox web browser is now in testing for Android devices. The Mozilla Foundation, which controls the Firefox browser, has released a “pre-alpha” version of Fennec for Google’s operating system. The Mozilla Foundation has released an early test version of Fennec, the mobile Firefox browser. Fennec, the mobile version of the Firefox web browser is now in testing for Android devices. The Mozilla Foundation, which controls the Firefox browser, has released a "pre-alpha" version of Fennec for Google's operating system.
Categories: Android Tags: controls-the-firefox, early-test, fennec, firefox, linux/ un*x, mobile, mozilla, the-mobile, web-browser
Android sales said to surpass iPhone
The NPD Group says U.S. sales of Android smartphones have surpassed Apple’s iPhone to take the second spot behind Research in Motion (RIM), with 28 percent of the market. Meanwhile, Sprint has joined Verizon in turning its back on Google’s Nexus One, says eWEEK. The NPD Group says U.S. sales of Android smartphones have surpassed Apple's iPhone to take the second spot behind Research in Motion (RIM), with 28 percent of the market. Meanwhile, Sprint has joined Verizon in turning its back on Google's Nexus One, says eWEEK.
Categories: Android Tags: apple, group, iphone, linux/ un*x, market, motion, nexus, Nexus one, second-spot, sprint, turning-its
Android leads U.S. smartphone growth in sales, downloads
Apple might have just tipped its iPhone OS 4.0, but Android has jumped to nine percent of the U.S. smartphone market, according to ComScore. Meanwhile, Nielsen says U.S. smartphone sales will eclipse feature-phone sales by 2011, and ABI Research predicts that over 800 million Android apps will be downloaded this year, making it the fastest-growing OS in app downloads. Apple might have just tipped its iPhone OS 4.0, but Android has jumped to nine percent of the U.S. smartphone market, according to ComScore. Meanwhile, Nielsen says U.S. smartphone sales will eclipse feature-phone sales by 2011, and ABI Research predicts that over 800 million Android apps will be downloaded this year, making it the fastest-growing OS in app downloads.
Categories: Android Tags: apple, fastest, iphone, linux/ un*x, nielsen, nine-percent, over-800, research, score-meanwhile, smartphone-market, will-eclipse, year
Atom-based tablet runs Android, targets publishers
A Berlin-based software company is preparing an Intel Atom N450-based e-reader that runs Linux with Android extensions. Billed as the “tablet PC for publishing houses,” Neofonie GmbH’s “WePad” tablet sports an 11.6-inch touchscreen, 16GB of flash storage, a SD card, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and a webcam, says Neofonie. A Berlin-based software company is preparing an Intel Atom N450-based e-reader that runs Linux with Android extensions. Billed as the "tablet PC for publishing houses," Neofonie GmbH's "WePad" tablet sports an 11.6-inch touchscreen, 16GB of flash storage, a SD card, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and a webcam, says Neofonie.
Categories: Android Tags: 11-6-inch-touchscreen, berlin-based, bluetooth, flash-storage, intel, intel-atom, linux, linux/ un*x, n450-based, neofonie, tablet-sports, usb
Eric Schmidt confirms Android (Marketplace?) for Tablets
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, recently spoke about large screen Android Tablets at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit keynote (at timecode 10 minutes and 39 seconds). It’s a nice way of Eric Schmidt to indirectly confirm that Google is definitely going to support the development of Android based Tablets as alternatives on the market to the upcoming iPad. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, recently spoke about large screen Android Tablets at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit keynote (at timecode 10 minutes and 39 seconds). It’s a nice way of Eric Schmidt to indirectly confirm that Google is definitely going to support the development of Android based Tablets as alternatives on the market to the upcoming iPad.
Categories: Android Tags: development, dhabi, dhabi-media, linux/ un*x, market, nice-way, recently-spoke, schmidt, summit, support-the-development, tablets, tablets-as-alternatives, the-market, the-upcoming, upcoming
Android wins over Ooen Source developers
Open source application developers are switching their efforts to Android, according to a new study. Google’s Android mobile phone operating system is winning many fans. And now it appears to be winning the hearts of open source developers as well. Which is good news for users looking for more applications, and good news for the future health of the Android ecosphere. Open source application developers are switching their efforts to Android, according to a new study. Google's Android mobile phone operating system is winning many fans. And now it appears to be winning the hearts of open source developers as well. Which is good news for users looking for more applications, and good news for the future health of the Android ecosphere.
Categories: Android Tags: developers-as-well, efforts, future, good-news, hearts, linux/ un*x, mobile-phone, more-applications, open-source, operating-system, the-future, winning-the-hearts