iPhone: Still not much market share, almost half of profit share While Apple’s iPhone still only accounts for about 4% of global phone market share they now rake in roughly 50% the profit share. Asymco has charts up for the top 8 mobile phone vendors broken down by market, sales and profit share and while [...]

Motorola Xoom Superbowl ad targets Apple iPad, shows no product According to Android Central this is Motorola’s big Superbowl commercial for their new Android 3.0 Honeycomb-running Xoom tablet, and it’s targeting Apple’s iPad by once again trotting out the old canard of Apple fascism. I’m glad AC managed to sleuth that out because I’m not [...]

Motorola Xoom Superbowl ad takes a shot at Apple YouTube link for mobile viewing The Super Bowl is right around the corner and we’re all anxious to see what products are advertised during the game since they reach so many viewers. We have our first commercial by Motorola for the highly anticipated Xoom tablet. The [...]

Can’t stop, won’t stop — Android crushes Symbian numbers Another analyst group is reporting new record numbers for Android today. Canalys has released showing Android in the fourth quarter of 2010 shipped 33.3 million devices worldwide. That’s a HUGE difference from Q4 2009, in which Android shipped a mere 4.7 million units. The real crux [...]

Can’t stop, won’t stop — Android crushes Symbian numbers Another analyst group is reporting new record numbers for Android today. Canalys has released showing Android in the fourth quarter of 2010 shipped 33.3 million devices worldwide. That’s a HUGE difference from Q4 2009, in which Android shipped a mere 4.7 million units. The real crux [...]

Another look at the upcoming HTC ‘Saga’ Remember that unannounced HTC Android phone that was spotted on a Taipei subway? Looks like it’s appeared again, with a new pic being sent to Gizmodo. It’s reportedly codenamed "Saga." Not a whole lot more to say about it — capacitive buttons, front-facing camera, and the usual HTC design cues. [...]

The Week in Android News Honeycomb. Need we really say any more about this week? To say it was news filled would not do it justice, there was device leaks, Tablet updates, and plenty more that was all crammed into just a couple of days. If you think you have missed any of it, which [...]

Best of Smartphone Experts, 30 Jan 2011 HTC Thunderbolt poised for Feb. 14 at Best Buy Android 3.0 SDK preview: 2D, 3D graphics and dual-core support in Honeycomb! What’s new in Android 3.0 Honeycomb Exclusive: CDMA BlackBerry Roadmap 2011 PlayBook and QNX-based BlackBerry Smartphones to run Android Apps too?! Weekly Accessory Roundup – Win an [...]

Geohot vs Sony: what it means for the iPhone and iPad Jailbreak community For those who haven’t been following it, iPhone Jailbreaker George Hotz (Geohot) is being sued by Sony for hacking their PS3. It’s not new for companies to take action against hackers. Every time Apple updates iOS they try to close Jailbreak exploits [...]

The Week in Android News Honeycomb. Need we really say any more about this week? To say it was news filled would not do it justice, there was device leaks, Tablet updates, and plenty more that was all crammed into just a couple of days. If you think you have missed any of it, which [...]

Best of Smartphone Experts, 30 Jan 2011 HTC Thunderbolt poised for Feb. 14 at Best Buy Android 3.0 SDK preview: 2D, 3D graphics and dual-core support in Honeycomb! What’s new in Android 3.0 Honeycomb Exclusive: CDMA BlackBerry Roadmap 2011 PlayBook and QNX-based BlackBerry Smartphones to run Android Apps too?! Weekly Accessory Roundup – Win an [...]

New and updated iPhone and iPad apps for Monday, January 31 Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you! BeejiveIM [...]

A few more details on Sprint’s new ‘premium data add-on’ Not too much new here, but Sprint’s giving its employees a few more instructions regarding the upcoming $10 increase to all smartphone plans. The main thing to take out of this is that if you’re currently under contract, the tax "premium data add-on" won’t go [...]

Motorola Milestone X coming to regional carrier Bluegrass Cellular   Bluegrass Cellular, a regional carrier centered in Kentucky, has announced that the Motorola Milestone X is "coming soon" to their network. The phone is more or less a Droid X without the Droid branding, and continues the Milestone branding that Motorola has used for their [...]

A few more details on Sprint’s new ‘premium data add-on’ Not too much new here, but Sprint’s giving its employees a few more instructions regarding the upcoming $10 increase to all smartphone plans. The main thing to take out of this is that if you’re currently under contract, the tax "premium data add-on" won’t go [...]

Honeycomb SDK preview MIA? While nobody is quite sure why (none of us, anyway), the Honeycomb SDK preview seems to have gone AWOL for most everyone looking for it.  We started to get tips and questions Saturday evening, then some chatter showed up about it in the Android-Developers Google group, and our friends over at Android [...]

Geohot vs Sony: what it means for the iPhone and iPad Jailbreak community For those who haven’t been following it, iPhone Jailbreaker George Hotz (Geohot) is being sued by Sony for hacking their PS3. It’s not new for companies to take action against hackers. Every time Apple updates iOS they try to close Jailbreak exploits [...]

LG weather widget from the Optimus 2X system dump Have you been looking for the sweet weather widget from the LG Optimus 2X?  I know a lot of you have, and thanks to XDA member Sony_Ericsson_X10 we now have it — almost.  He found that the weather-only portion of the Today Briefing widget inside the Optimus [...]

Screen shot, leaked (and pulled) video point to possible Feb. 14 Best Buy launch of the HTC ThunderBolt We’ve seen a number of rumored launch dates come and go for the HTC ThunderBolt — the upcoming LTE Android smartphone on Verizon. But rumor after rumor has offered little in the way of proof. But we now [...]

UPDATE: Better video of Honeycomb on Nook Color This one just keeps getting better and better.  First, photos were posted of Android 3.0 Honeycomb booting on the Nook Color, then the developer posted a video of Honeycomb booting, and now a new video has surfaced that shows Honeycomb in much more action on his, erm, [...]

Screen shot, leaked (and pulled) video point to possible Feb. 14 Best Buy launch of the HTC ThunderBolt We’ve seen a number of rumored launch dates come and go for the HTC ThunderBolt — the upcoming LTE Android smartphone on Verizon. But rumor after rumor has offered little in the way of proof. But we now [...]

Screen shot, leaked (and pulled) video point to possible Feb. 14 Best Buy launch of the HTC ThunderBolt We’ve seen a number of rumored launch dates come and go for the HTC ThunderBolt — the upcoming LTE Android smartphone on Verizon. But rumor after rumor has offered little in the way of proof. But we now [...]

Motorola Milestone X coming to regional carrier Bluegrass Cellular   Bluegrass Cellular, a regional carrier centered in Kentucky, has announced that the Motorola Milestone X is "coming soon" to their network. The phone is more or less a Droid X without the Droid branding, and continues the Milestone branding that Motorola has used for their [...]

A few more details on Sprint’s new ‘premium data add-on’ Not too much new here, but Sprint’s giving its employees a few more instructions regarding the upcoming $10 increase to all smartphone plans. The main thing to take out of this is that if you’re currently under contract, the tax "premium data add-on" won’t go [...]

Screen shot, leaked (and pulled) video point to possible Feb. 14 Best Buy launch of the HTC ThunderBolt We’ve seen a number of rumored launch dates come and go for the HTC ThunderBolt — the upcoming LTE Android smartphone on Verizon. But rumor after rumor has offered little in the way of proof. But we now [...]

3DBoard bringing 3D home screens to iPhone [Jailbreak] 3DBoard uses the iPhones accelerometer and gyroscope to present a “3D” view of the Springboard/Home Screen icons and it looks pretty nifty. Sure it’s pure eye candy and not as functional a tweak as SBSettings or LockInfo, but cool has to count for something, right? It’s coming [...]

UPDATE: Better video of Honeycomb on Nook Color This one just keeps getting better and better.  First, photos were posted of Android 3.0 Honeycomb booting on the Nook Color, then he posted a video of it booting, now a new video has surfaced that shows Honeycomb in much more action on his, erm, "e-reader." Since [...]

Screen shot, leaked (and pulled) video point to possible Feb. 14 Best Buy launch of the HTC ThunderBolt We’ve seen a number of rumored launch dates come and go for the HTC ThunderBolt — the upcoming LTE Android smartphone on Verizon. But rumor after rumor has offered little in the way of proof. But we now [...]

Screen shot, leaked (and pulled) video point to possible Feb. 14 Best Buy launch of the HTC ThunderBolt We’ve seen a number of rumored launch dates come and go for the HTC ThunderBolt — the upcoming LTE Android smartphone on Verizon. But rumor after rumor has offered little in the way of proof. But we now [...]

3DBoard bringing 3D home screens to iPhone [Jailbreak] 3DBoard uses the iPhones accelerometer and gyroscope to present a “3D” view of the Springboard/Home Screen icons and it looks pretty nifty. Sure it’s pure eye candy and not as functional a tweak as SBSettings or LockInfo, but cool has to count for something, right? It’s coming [...]

Video of Honeycomb on Nook Color YouTube link for mobile viewing A day after photos were posted of Android 3.0 Honeycomb booting on the Nook Color, the dev has now posted a video of Honeycomb in action on his, erm, "e-reader." The clip clearly shows the Barnes & Noble Nook Color booting and finally running [...]

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LG weather widget from the Optimus 2X system dump Have you been looking for the sweet weather widget from the LG Optimus 2X?  I know a lot of you have, and thanks to XDA member Sony_Ericsson_X10 we now have it — almost.  He found that the weather-only portion of the Today Briefing widget inside the Optimus [...]

Android Central Editors’ app picks for Jan. 29, 2011 At times it almost feels as though there should be a reward for finding just the perfect application in the market. With more than 100,000 apps, and more being added every day, it can be a bit of a challenge. But that’s where we come in. [...]

Average age of iPhone users, 16GB or 32GB?, Jailbreak, AT&T upgrade date – From the Forums The TiPb forums are naturally a great place to talk, commiserate, celebrate, get help, and offer advice to your fellow iPhone users. In order to create a new thread of your own or reply to any of the existing [...]

Video of Honeycomb on Nook Color YouTube link for mobile viewing A day after photos were posted of Android 3.0 Honeycomb booting on the Nook Color, the dev has now posted a video of Honeycomb in action on his, erm, "e-reader." The clip clearly shows the Barnes & Noble Nook Color booting and finally running [...]