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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Android Open Kang Project Releases Milestone 5 For All Supported Devices

AOKP 650x340 Android Open Kang Project Releases Milestone 5 For All Supported Devices

Big day for custom ROM users, as the Android Open Kang Project

New Android Commercial Reminds You That Your Contacts, Calendars, and Photos Have Always Been in the Cloud

0 New Android Commercial Reminds You That Your Contacts, Calendars, and Photos Have Always Been in the Cloud

When Apple unveiled iCloud last June, I actually laughed out loud. As an Android and Google user, we had been using the "cloud" for our contacts, calendars, apps, books, feed readers, etc. for years, but didn't realize that users of iOS were so far behind. Today's newly released Galaxy Nexus/Android commercial highlights that idea. You don't need some fancy "cloud" service add-on to your Android or Google world, you just need an account. Simply sign-in to your Google account in your Android phone and you have access to it all – email, contacts, calendars, browser info, and more. Stop using Verizon's Backup Assistant or some other 3rd party app and let Google handle it all.

Android now found on 51% of U.S. smartphones

Android has finally broken the 50% market share hurdle, according to a quarterly report from comScore. Android continued its phenomenal level of growth for the quarter ending in March 2012, climbing 3.7% since the December survey. Android's growth continues to come at the expense of RIM and Microsoft, who saw declines of 3.7% and 0.8% respectively. Apple's iOS gained just over 1% to make up 30.7% of the U.S. market.

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Android's biggest challengers in the future will be Microsoft and RIM, who will both release major new platform revisions in the fall. With consumer sentiment increasingly against these companies, however, it appears the smartphone OS market will be a two-trick pony for at least the foreseeable future.

Can Android break 60% in coming months, or do you think we'll start to see the market plateau after too long? Sound off in the comments.

Handful of Lucky DL Readers Receive Android 4.0.4 IMM76K Update on Verizon Galaxy Nexus? (Updated)

nexus imm76k update 365x650 Handful of Lucky DL Readers Receive Android 4.0.4 IMM76K Update on Verizon Galaxy Nexus? (Updated)

Soooooo, about that Galaxy Nexus

Another Galaxy S3 Dummy Box Appears – New Details Plus a GT-i9800 Device to Launch With It?

SGS3 SNEAK1 568x650 Another Galaxy S3 Dummy Box Appears – New Details Plus a GT i9800 Device to Launch With It?

The folks over at SamMobile believe with all their heart that the phone above is 100% the Samsung Galaxy S3. As you can see, it looks exactly like the other dummy box leaks that we have seen over the last couple of weeks. According to their source and blurry photos, this is the GT-i9300, runs Android 4.0.4 and received a kernel that was built on April 23. Clearly the box around the outside of this will be gone when the phone is unveiled, leaving a Galaxy Nexus-esque phone to drool over.

The odd thing again, is that the home button simply looks like a sticker, but if you check on each side of it, you can faintly see back and menu buttons. At the end of last week, we saw a device that reportedly had the dummy box removed that also had a physical home button and menu/back keys. Why on Earth Samsung decided to forgo on-screen soft keys is beyond us. We also aren't sure how Ice Cream Sandwich is going to work with a dedicated menu button and no task switcher. Maybe they built the task switcher into a home button or menu long press as they did with the Galaxy SII?

In related news, the source of these pics claims that there is also a GT-i9800 device in the works and that the i9300 is "just the beginning." The model number of i9800 has been rumored in the past along with i9300, so I guess it's fair to say that anything is possible at this point. Ready to start speculating about a second device?

Thankfully, we will know it all in 2 days.

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RIM Previews Blackberry 10, Someone Kang the Keyboard Now

blackberry 10 650x439 RIM Previews Blackberry 10, Someone Kang the Keyboard Now

Blackberry World is in full swing this morning and to kick it off, RIM teased us with the future of their OS in Blackberry 10. In the video, you can see the oS running on their new developer unit which essentially looks like a Playbook, but as a phone. While it may be a while before we see this on a device any time soon, this teaser video should give Android devs some ideas to consider for their apps. How about that incoming call pop-up? Or better yet, check out the predictive text style of the keyboard. Rather than providing you word suggestions in a bar at the top of the keyboard, you see mini-suggestions over the next letter you may type. To me, that seems brilliant.

Thoughts?