Apple is updating its Apple Store app for iOS, doing its best to “gently” make you spend the maximum amount possible this holiday season. As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple Store adds Siri support, where it’s nice to be able to quickly look up the price of a new MacBook Pro. The implementation has however shown a few hiccups. You can’t...
Windows Phone 8 has finally been launched today, and there is no one better than Joe Belfiore, the Manager of the whole Windows Phone program at Microsoft, to walk us through all the neat little features the new platform offers. Which he does in the video here. While most of the innovation in WP8 comes under the hood with the...
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean will be presented in November Android has evolved a lot since its early days. From a raw platform making its debut in October 2008 on the T-Mobile G1, it has since then developed rapidly to the world’s most popular platform. What’s more important, it no longer feels as if Android is catching up – rather it...
When you take a look at a Windows Phone device you instantly notice – this thing is really different. And it’s different mostly because of the Modern UI (or what Microsoft used to call Metro interface). What is the Modern UI? Two things, mostly: Live Tiles and big typography. The Windows Phone so far has generated little “wow”-effect, despite the...
Sprint is releasing the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update to its Galaxy S III. The update is carried out to consumers over the air, and each device that receives it will be able to download it automatically. The update bring to the users Project Butter (for a buttery-smooth UI), Google Now, expandable and actionable notifications in the Notification Area, improved...
Following its recent ‘boom’ now RIM is pretty much in free fall. The savior has long been the BlackBerry 10 platform, but this one has obviously taken longer to develop than expected. Information on the web speaks of it being introduced only in March 2013. “We had hoped for a January launch but now see a March launch as more...
Microsoft is to hold a media event on October 29th in San Francisco, dedicated to their Windows 8 and Surface tablet. Finally, the world shall learn all details about the “mysterious” Windows Phone 8, so carefully kept in secret so far. Microsoft has also been very secretive of the latest iteration of its mobile OS, so it’s going to be...
BlackBerry 10 as well as the other devices to be running on the new platform are approaching their launch in early 2013. Naturally, more and more information about the new operating system by RIM becomes also available. So far we have witnessed a very fluid and capable interface, a huge departure from the existing BlackBerry 7. On the other hand,...
According to the web tracking company Chitika, iOS 6, the newest version of Apple’s mobile platform, is now on nearly 60% of iPhones, just days after it was launched on September 19th. In addition, the new iOS has been adopted by more than 45% of iPad users, too, and iPod touch users are also quickly bumping up their devices to...
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by Phones Review · Published 10/03/2012 · Last modified 01/31/2014
HTC One S and HTC One X will join the JB family very soon HTC have confirmed that following the HTC One X+ already running the JB, the HTC One X and the HTC One S will now also be getting their due Jelly Bean update before the end of October. In addition to the smoothness and fluidity that Project...
