The Yota smartphone, which comes with a secondary e-ink display, is all set to arrive at markets in December, just in time to make the most of the coming holiday shopping frenzy. The device breaks new ground in that, apart from a regular 720p color LCD display at the front, the Yota smartphone also includes an e-ink panel along the rear which can be used to read or hold images … [Read more...] about YotaPhone With a Secondary eInk Display Set For Market Debut in December
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New York Times Offering Free Month Long Access to its Web and Smartphone App
The New York Times has lined up a treat of the digital kind. Anyone who picks up the Sunday, November 3rd, edition of the newspaper will be entitled to a month long free trial of the company’s digital publications. Users will be provided a code stuck inside the Sunday’s edition of the newspaper which will provide them unlimited access to the digital service. Users can have … [Read more...] about New York Times Offering Free Month Long Access to its Web and Smartphone App
Readmill Releases eReading App for Android
In February of this year, Berlin-based two-year startup Readmill launched its e-reading app for iOS and was met with such response that the team decided an Android app was needed. Moreover, after getting feedback on how Readmill users--and staffers--were using the app, the developers decided that an app that was optimized for smartphone reading was in order as well. Readmill … [Read more...] about Readmill Releases eReading App for Android
Microsoft Launches Office App For Android
Microsoft has released a new app that will introduce its Office suite to Android. The app can be downloaded free from the Google Play Store, though the catch lies elsewhere. The app can only be accesses by those who have subscribed to Microsoft’s Office 365 Home Premium and ProPlus services. Also, the app will only be of relevance to smartphones users as the same is yet to be … [Read more...] about Microsoft Launches Office App For Android
Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital
As new data leads industry experts to believe that tablet and smartphone sales are soon going to outsell desktop computers by two-to-one, market watchers are paying close attention to how consumers are going to process information. With tablets slated to outsell this year alone and smartphones predicted to reach sales in the two billion unit range by 2015, publishers are faced … [Read more...] about Brand Perfect Report Shows Publishers Losing Revenue to Digital
Amazon Hires Microsoft Smartphone Expert
A smartphone from Amazon has long been a hot topic for rumor mongers. Now that has got a fillip on the back of news about Amazon having poached a smartphone expert who has rendered 2 decades of service at Microsoft. Charlie Kindel's most recent attachment at Microsoft was the Windows Phone Division. His LinkedIn profile mentioned he had been associated with the Richmond based … [Read more...] about Amazon Hires Microsoft Smartphone Expert
Over Holiday Week 1.76 Billion Apps Were Downloaded
That's according to Flurry, which measures such things by the data-gathering component included in over 260,000 apps running on iOS and Android. According to the Flurry blog, Flurry can detect over 90% of all new devices activated each day. With its analytics service in more than 25% of all iOS and Android applications, Flurry can reliably track iOS and Android downloads. I … [Read more...] about Over Holiday Week 1.76 Billion Apps Were Downloaded
Dual Screen Yota Phone Features an E Ink Display
We have never seen smartphones for the mainstream market that offered twin displays, but leave it to the Russian broadband provider Yota to accomplish the feat. The innovation is that this device will feature an E Ink panel beside a standard LCD screen. It still is a work in progress but it really offers a lot of potential. First off, it's a smartphone running Android Jelly … [Read more...] about Dual Screen Yota Phone Features an E Ink Display
A New eInk Based eBook Reader for Your Smartphone
The once extremely popular e-ink based displays have been witnessing a steady dip in popularity now that Amazon, one of its biggest backers with the Kindle line of e-readers, is showing increasing reliance on LCD displays. The electronic paper display has hit upon a novel idea to keep itself relevant in the fast changing tech scene. If present gen e-book readers prefer a LCD … [Read more...] about A New eInk Based eBook Reader for Your Smartphone
Google Now Accessible On Some Rooted ICS Devices
Google's Google Now is perhaps making as much noise as the Jelly Bean update that it is part of. What this means is that you need to have Jelly Bean on your device first to have a taste of Google Now. However, that is the ideal case and there always are ways to get around such scenarios. As the folks at XDA Developers forum have hit upon, having Google Now up and running on … [Read more...] about Google Now Accessible On Some Rooted ICS Devices
Amazon May Compete in the Smartphone Segment
With its excellent capabilities in the field of mobile applications and media delivery, it's natural for Amazon to express interest in developing a smartphone device as well. Amazon has kept its strategy simple: first offer a content consumption device, such as the Kindle Fire at cheap rates to rake in buyers in droves and then sell them content (movies, songs, news, and of … [Read more...] about Amazon May Compete in the Smartphone Segment
The Asus Padfone Now On Pre-Order
The world's only tablet and smartphone combo device is now ready for its stint in the real world after spending more than a year in development. We first saw this device when it was unveiled at Computex 2011 and thought it was one of the most unique gadgets ever. The Padfone from Asus is all set to debut in the Taiwanese market on April 20 but the great news is that pre-orders … [Read more...] about The Asus Padfone Now On Pre-Order
LG to upgrade to Android 4.0 in Q2 and Q3
LG has revealed how they plan to jump on board the Android ICS bandwagon. However, what is not so encouraging is that the earliest we can see the transition to ICS taking place is the second and third quarters of 2012. What this conforms to is the transition which they have termed 'global upgrade schedule' while the 'global roll out' is to be followed soon after. "LG would … [Read more...] about LG to upgrade to Android 4.0 in Q2 and Q3
US court Rules out Ban of Samsung Tablet Sales in the USA
Contrary to the court ruling in Australia which banned the sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country, a US court has ruled against the law suit filed by Apple and has held that Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is quite right to be sold in the US. Apple has been going after Samsung seeking a ban on the sale of its smartphones and tablet devices with cases currently underway in 10 … [Read more...] about US court Rules out Ban of Samsung Tablet Sales in the USA