Samsung fixes the issue that disabled compatibility with third-party accessories for Galaxy Note 3 Few months ago, Samsung started working on a policy that would prevent any non-officially certified third-party accessories to work on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 as well as any future devices. For that matter, the handset works only with accessories that feature the official Samsung identification chip...
Android / Mobile OS / Tablets / ViewSonic / Windows Phone
by Phones Review · Published 02/18/2014 · Last modified 02/19/2014
ViewSonic launched its second dual-booting tablet device for an affordable price Devices running both Android and Windows are certainly starting to expand their influence on the market. So far such hybrids haven’t been as budget-friendly as we would have wanted and it’s high time before cheaper alternatives launched. For that matter, the team between ViewSonic has just launched its second...
The 4.4-RC1 release is based on the Android 4.4.2 Call it a gift for ST Valentine’s Day; the team behind the Android-x86 project released an image for its faithful followers. After long numerous months of development an image for Android-x86 4.4-RC1 surfaced online to reveal the next stable release of the port of the operating system for devices running on...
Android / Apple iOS / BlackBerry OS / Mobile OS / Phone Business & Stocks / Windows Phone
by Phones Review · Published 02/16/2014
Android made it up to 79% of the entire smartphone unit shipments on global scale There’s no surprise that one of the hottest debates amongst users of mobile devices is focusing on which operating system is the best- Google Android or Apple iOS. Fans of any of those can be very passionate about the platform they prefer, but in the...
Nokia goes green – the main Android color Nokia has recently changed the background color of its social profiles such as Facebook and Twitter to green and the main reason for that move could be the ‘X’ – Nokia’s first Android-powered device expected to debut on February 24 at MWC. But why would Nokia launch and Android phone now? Pocket...
Android / Apple iOS / Mobile OS / Phone Business & Stocks / Windows Phone
by Phones Review · Published 02/14/2014
Android activations account for 26%, while Windows Phone is third with a tiny share Good Technology has published a new report about OS, app and device preferences from the FORTUNE 100 companies, leaders in banking, healthcare, retail, defense, insurance and other business sectors. According to the figures, iOS activations accounts for 73% of the market in the last quarter (54%...
Patent Protection Ensured for Google with Motorola Mobility Sale, Cooperation with Samsung Means Tough Competition for Microsoft and Apple Patent protection is an important rule for the leaders on the smartphone market. On January 29 Google announced Motorola Mobility sale to Lenovo. The amount of the sale was $2.91 billion. Those who think that was a loss, considering the original...
Accessories / Android / Mobile OS / Phone Business & Stocks / Phones / Samsung
by Phones Review · Published 01/23/2014
Samsung denies any correlation between the KitKat update and the reported incompatibility of the third-party accessory for Note 3 Yesterday we reported that due to Samsung’s new policy that prevents non-official accessories to work on Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the Spigen S-View cover no longer work with the handset once updated to KitKat. In all, this will happen to all...
Mobile Malware Preferred Android Users Last Year, with 99 Percent of All Mobile Malware Preying on Android Mobile malware is a pesky hassle. Cisco’s annual security report which can be found here gives some statistics on that. According to it, last year 99 percent of all the mobile malware around targeted Android devices. The most vulnerable to it were Android...
The Android 4.4 KitKat update on the phablet seems to disable all third-party cases completely If you remember, recently Samsung initiated a new policy that would allow only officially certified accessories to work on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 as well as future devices. In all, if an accessory doesn’t include the official Samsung identification chip, it won’t work on...
