With Google's release of its Music Beta today, iOS users were once again left out in the cold when the search giant said the service was Android only. Thankfully though, as with all things geeky, some clever people on the web discovered a way to get the Music Beta goodness on their iOS device.
Google today announced a raft of new products and features at its I/O event in San Francisco, a couple of which stand out above the rest. Here we offer a short rundown of what we think are the most interesting things to come out of Google today.
It may be nearly two years old, but there's life in the old iPhone 3GS yet and, as reported by AppleInsider, the veteran handset is still outselling some newer Android handsets.
AirPlay, Apple's magic video and audio streaming service allows users to 'throw' content from one enabled device to another. There's nothing more magical (and revolutionary) than sending video from an iPhone to the big screen via an Apple TV, and now thanks to DoubleTwist, Android owners can join in the fun.
Things are starting to hot up in the mobile operating system wars, with Apple's iOS and Android from Google battling it out for supremacy in the pockets of the world. While the two giants battle it out though, it's always worth remembering they aren't the only two boxers in this particular ring. Microsoft has high hopes for its Windows Phone 7 platform, though a lack of apps has held the OS back thus far. Now Microsoft is looking to rectify that by giving developers an easier way to port their iOS apps to WP7.
We first heard yesterday about the possibility of Google's Android 2.3.4 bringing video calling to the Nexus S, thanks to a tweet from a supposed Samsung employee. Now Google has confirmed that this is indeed the case, and the update will arrive in the 'next few weeks'.
With Google I/O on the horizon, the Android world was quietly hoping for more than a new release of Gingerbread to be shown, and if one particular tweet is to be believed, we could be in for some native video calling goodness coming to the platform.
With all the screaming and shouting about the iPhone's penchant for collecting data on its user's location, PC Mag saw fit to reach out to various players in the mobile market, namely Nokia, RIM, Google, HP and Microsoft. Only one replied, the always-willing-to-blow-their-own-horn Microsoft.
With Samsung's Galaxy S II landing in stores in just a few short days now, buyers don't have long to wait before they can get their hands on all that loveliness. Packing a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU and 1GB of RAM to power that massive 4.3inch WVGA screen the replacement for the talismanic Galaxy S is sure to be a crowd pleaser - and you can get a little slice of the fun right now.
Google's Android mobile operating system could be about to score a massive new group of users, if Wired are to be believed. The claim is that a new wartime smartphone is being tested by the US Army, dubbed Joint Battle Command Platform.
