Blackberry reached an agreement with Amazon to have the Amazon Appstore bundled on future phones and will also be included in the 10.3 update. The first phone to have the new store featured on it in an official launch will be the Blackberry Passport this September. Passport was previously known as ‘Windermere‘, the often-leaked QWERTY device will sport a 4.5-inch 1440×1440 … [Read more...] about New Blackberry Passport Phone will Feature Amazon App Store
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Amazon Releases Keynote Video of the New Fire Phone
Amazon introduced the Fire Phone, which is the smartphone equivalent of the popular Kindle Fire tablet product line. It has technology borrowed from Amazon Dash, which allows you to scan UPC codes and order them or their Firefly software which functions like Soundhound or Shazam to recognize songs and movies. Amazon has just posted the video of the entire event, which includes … [Read more...] about Amazon Releases Keynote Video of the New Fire Phone
Aptoide Files Anticompetitive Complaint Against Google
Two months ago Google removed every single third party App Store from Google Play. This resulted in an expulsion of notables including 1Mobile, Good e-Reader and Aptoide. Google cited new policies that did not allow any alternative app stores that competed with Play to be valid content and in one fell swoop nixed them all. Not everyone is taking this lying down as Aptoide filed … [Read more...] about Aptoide Files Anticompetitive Complaint Against Google
New Amazon Fire Phone is a Waste of Time
Amazon has unveiled a new high end smartphone and is basically your gateway to storing all of your data and shopping on their website. It incorporates most of their standalone systems, like Dash, to scan UPC codes and have produce delivered to you from Amazon Fresh, X-Ray, the Lending Library and Cloud storage. Obviously most of these systems are US only and international users … [Read more...] about New Amazon Fire Phone is a Waste of Time
Amazon Introduces Digitial Subscriptions with Mobile Payment System
Amazon has been offering 3rd parties to login and pay with their Amazon accounts for around a year now. The Seattle based company has quietly introduced a new feature that may play into the new phone they are going to announce in the next few weeks. Amazon currently has over 240 million active users that have their credit card details stored in the Amazon system. The new … [Read more...] about Amazon Introduces Digitial Subscriptions with Mobile Payment System
Android Jelly Bean 4.3 SDK Released for Blackberry 10
The Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry 10 smartphones all have the Android Runtime built into the OS that gives developers an easy avenue to port their apps over for inclusion into Blackberry World. The most recent 10.2 update for all current generation phones can now load in APK files directly, which simplifies the entire process. Today, Blackberry has confirmed the Android … [Read more...] about Android Jelly Bean 4.3 SDK Released for Blackberry 10
Customers Resist Samsung Bloatware
We have all purchased a shiny new smartphone and discovered a myriad of apps on it that you cannot delete and would never use. Samsung uses their dominant Android market share position to have the highest concentration of bloatware out of any Android vendor. The question is, how popular is ChatON, the Samsung App Store or even the Readers Hub? Samsung recently announced that … [Read more...] about Customers Resist Samsung Bloatware
Walking Dead Season 1 for Android Hits the Good e-Reader App Store
TellTales masterpiece the Walking Dead Season 1 has finally hit Android 2.3 devices and is available for free at the Good e-Reader App Store. The first episode is free and each one costs a few dollars to play, this pack includes 400 days. The Walking Dead is an epic series that follows Lee Everett who meets and becomes the protector of orphaned Clementine. Many prominent … [Read more...] about Walking Dead Season 1 for Android Hits the Good e-Reader App Store
New Inkling eBooks App Hits Android
Inkling, a leader in the reimagining digital publishing, has released a beta version of its app for Android. Once downloaded, users have access to Inkling’s entire library of learning content both online and off. The company’s catalogue, which focuses on innovative learning, can now be read and synced across Android and iOS devices as well as on your PC or Mac. The ebooks … [Read more...] about New Inkling eBooks App Hits Android