Samsung has sold over 5 million units of their Galaxy S II Android smartphone in under 85 days, Redmond Pie has learned. The news comes from Yonhap News, a Korean newspaper which states that the world’s second-largest mobile phone manufacturer has announced that their Galaxy S II smartphone has shipped and sold over 5 million units in just under three months after launching in select countries over the world in May.
Mozilla appears to be attempting at entering the already tight mobile operating system market with their Boot to Gecko project, which was proposed today.
CyanogenMod is an open-source custom ROM for rooted Android phones. It is certainly the most popular of the bunch, having active users in the hundreds of thousands. The custom ROM recently landed on the Galaxy S II by Samsung and today we’ll be writing a guide to help you install said ROM on said device.
Apple has been on a suing-spree recently. They filed an aggressive patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung in the recent past for blatantly copying the iPhone, iPad (both at software and hardware level) as well as HTC for infringing on software architecture and user-interface patents.
The ability to put our own personal stamp on things we own is a great opportunity to stand out from the rest and really enjoy something unique. Whether it’s a private registration plate or a simple an item of clothing, most of us like to make our own choices.
Many of us appreciate, even rely upon the hardcore techies of the hacking community to deliver the tweaks and mods that circumvent the limitations and help us realize the true potential of the devices we own. Whether it's rooting the HTC Desire or jailbreaking the iPad 2 (or hacking the PS3, which can land you in a whole lot of trouble if you aren't careful), no sooner are the firmware versions or devices released than the developers are beavering away looking for exploits in the system.
With Google+ slowly, but surely taking the world by storm, few would argue that the key to launching and maintaining a popular social networking experience is at least one popular, and feature rich, mobile app.
Two new forms of Android malware are now in the wild. The first one is a new variant of DroidDream Light, which has been spotted on the Android Market by Android anti-malware maker Lookout. The second one, a lot more serious, is known as Zitmo, has the ability to intercept banking data from unsuspecting users. These two threats have caused many to question Google's policy on allowing all apps to make it to the platform without any previous approval.
According to a new survey by Retrevo, people actually “believe” that the “4” in their iPhone 4 stands for 4G, which is the next generation wireless standard in wireless telecommunication, capable of blistering fast data downloads and uploads.
Not a lot has been happening in the Android-sphere lately, but a few moments back, Google has announced a whole new makeover to the Android Market for all Android devices running Android 2.1 Froyo and up.
