While Apple is yet to officially respond to iPhone location tracking saga, but despite being on a leave of absence from Apple, CEO Steve Jobs apparently has responded.
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.
With all the furore surrounding Google's Android and Apple's iOS and the way both operating systems keep tabs on our locations, it was only a matter of time before a developer took it upon themselves to try to give us back some control. The first step in that process is seeing just what handsets know about us, and one Android developer has written an app to do just that.
It's all kicking off these days with what seems like the whole internet, nay they whole planet going into meltdown over the fact the iPhone and even Android phones are tracking our every move. Thankfully however not everyone is jumping on the hysteria bandwagon.
More news out of Microsoft's MIX11 developer conference in Las Vegas, with Microsoft showing off its new IE9 web browsing technology for Windows Phone 7.
It's taken 4 months but the final release of CyanogenMod 7.0 is ready, and it's available to download right now. Possibly the Android community's favorite custom firmware, CyanogenMod's 7th incarnation comes with support for 30 devices, including some old favorites.
Totally unsure if this is true or a trick but the bigger question is why would you ever want to do it? If you're an HTC and Android fan boy, how about you opt for phones which offer similar hardware, specs and come out with an Android OS like Desire HD, EVO 4G or Incredible S?
Ever wanted to try out an Android app but don't have an actual Android device handy? An iOS user and often wondered how the other half lives? If the answer is yes, then BlueStacks is for you.
It's been rumored on and off for a few weeks now, but today RIM finally confirmed that its upcoming PlayBook tablet will indeed support apps built for Google Android.
Xperia Arc is a great phone that comes with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). But since Sony Ericsson probably isn't one of the major players in the smartphone market, their marketing team came up with this weird, yet funny idea of promoting the phone with, well.. a dancing Android!
