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Facebook app Facebook users on Android platform may not have to  envy the much slicker and more friendly Facebook app for iPhone any longer. Facebook app for Android  got updated to version 1.3.0 yesterday and the latest Android version is absolutely improving and fast catching up with the Facebook version on iPhone. Version 1.3.0 adds some key new features like Events (like birthdays) , friend [...]

Smartphone Market share Q2 2010 Apple’s iPhone may be  hitting the headlines for right or wrong reasons and getting more than adequate  attention, but, that does not guarantee better market share, likewise, the erstwhile Finnish mobile czar Nokia may be not making as much noise (barring few digs at Apple) as it use to,nevertheless, that hasnt stopped it from retaining a substantial lead in [...]

Google Maps Google had launched a new version of its Maps app for Google’s Android platform. Google has given half-a-dozen upgrades to Google Maps on Android in as many months. The update gets Google Maps a new logo, and   the Navigation features got more stronger and powerful with  a dedicated ‘Places’ icon which  allows users to quickly look up nearby places and is clearly [...]

Samsung Galaxy S ad Not content with the  marketing gimmick of  announcing free Samsung Galaxy S devices to disgruntled iPhone users,  in the latest ad for its Galaxy S smartphone, Samsung simply says “Hello,”  but, it  features bars of network characters making up the Ls in the word Hello and but everyone who has seen  and heard (who  hasnt) about  the signal issues on the iPhone 4  [...]

Antennagate has seen Apple sparring with its rivals which started when the new iPhone 4 reception problems began. Nokia took a dig by releasing a tongue-in-cheek ‘How do you hold your Nokia?’ feature , Steve Jobs retaliated during the iPhone 4 press conference and presented data that showed that its competitors phones, including Samsung Omnia II faced the issues which was quickly rebutted by [...]

According to an online dashboard Google provides to developers, nearly 60 percent of all Google Android devices that recently accessed the Android Market are running Android Froyo  or Android  Eclair. It took nearly nine months since Android 2.0 was introduced, but more than half of those frequenting the Android Market have the most recent and polished versions of Google’s mobile platform. 55.5 [...]

Google has announced last week  that it will close its Web store once the latest  shipment of Nexus One phones are sold out and sell only through its carrier partners, including Vodafone in U.K. and that day has arrived, and that was fast, we did not anticipate that it would be sold out so  soon. As shown in the image above, Google’s official online store for the phone now just shows an ominous [...]

Nexus One Google has announced that it will close its Web store once the latest  shipment of Nexus One phones are sold out. this may be the  end of  Google’s attempt to sell phones itself, and weaken the control phone carriers have over the distribution of mobile phones. If you’ve ever wanted to get the Nexus One directly , then this is your last chance. Google says Nexus One will [...]

Android Market Android is growing fast, we knew that, but, this fast – Android Market is now home to more than 100,000 apps and has surpassed 1 Billion downloads. Simply superb. Google has not officially confirmed this but AndroLib has revealed that the Android Market is now stores  more than 100,000 apps.They also claim that more than 1 billion apps have been downloaded from the store. [...]

Android If you always wanted to create your ideal Android app for yourself , but were limited by your coding skills, here is your chance. Google has unvieled a new software tool that lets just about anyone make apps for mobile phones that use its Android software. With App Inventor, you can build just about any app you do not need to be a developer for that. App Inventor requires zilch programming [...]