Archive for November, 2010
Acer’s Lanci Predicting Victory in Tablet War in Two Years
I believe the quote that I am looking for comes from Top Gun, "Son, you're ego is writing checks your body can't cash" in reference to the news that Acer's CEO Gianfranco Lanci is predicting that Acer's tablet division, which makes both Android and Windows tablets are going to go take over Apple's early lead in the tablet market. The [...]
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Acer beTouch E140 Going to Italy for 199 Euros
Acer’s beTouch series isn’t the most widely-known of the bunch, but they’re still cheap phones that pack decent punches. The E140 is a phone which Acer hopes will compete with the low-end offerings currently being dangled about by LG, Motorola, and HTC, but if it’s truly up to that task remains to be seen. It’s only [...]
New PlayStation Phone Details Trickle In
So we’re all pretty much convinced that the device is real, but what exactly is it? When will we see it? What will we be able to do with it? None of these questions can be answered with 100% certainty, but MobileCrunch was fortunate enough to receive an informing phone call from their “much-trusted tipster” who shares with them [...]
LG Optimus S Gets a Custom ROM
Who says every phone doesn’t get some after-market love? A pair of developers over at AC have whipped up one of the first custom ROMs for Sprint’s LG Optimus S, and while it doesn’t add much to the experience, there’s nothing like freeing yourself from the carrier-induced chains that normally come with Android phones these [...]
Acer beTouch E140 coming soon, 2.2 equipped and will cost €199
As Acer continues to step up its presence in the smartphone market, it’s releasing more and more low and high end devices to compete with the best. Continuing this push, Acer is taking aim at the LG Optimus One, and is releasing its own low-end Android 2.2 device. The beTouch E140 will feature a 2.8-inch QVGA display, 600MHz processor, [...]
Android on Track to Pass iOS and Symbian in Europe
Just as we heard of impressive sales of Android compared to Windows Phone 7, we are now hearing our favorite OS is poised to pass both Apple’s iOS and Nokia Symbian OS in Europe. IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo told Bloomberg that Android will likely pass the two competitors sometime next year. His reasoning behind the expectation is that [...]
Sharp IS03 get’s some Japanese air time with new Lady GaGa Promotion
The Sharp IS03 is known for it’s “Retina-like” display (960 x 640 resolution), but now it can be known for something entirely different, Lady Gaga. Android au has just released a series of ads for the device to be aired on Japanese TVs and with it comes a whole lot of Poker Face. The three ads, featured below, feature a [...]
Android Outselling Windows Phone 7 handsets 15 to 1
Microsoft is keeping quiet about sales figures of Windows Phone 7 devices, so we have to look to retailers for some actual numbers. UK retailer MobilesPlease has released data that shows early WP7 phone sales were “unusually disappointing,” going on to state that only 3-percent of the company’s sales were from Microsoft’s [...]
Another Exploit Found in Android’s Web Browser
Another Android browser exploit (via PC World) has been revealed. Reported by Thomas Cannon, security expert, the exploit allows malicious web pages to download SD card content and various system files to an online server. Android users, in particular, are vulnerable to this malicious hacker exploit. The flaw arises because of Android’s [...]
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