Rumor: Android 2.3 to arrive in ‘next few days’
The move for Android 2.3 could be over quite soon.
“Prepare your Nexus One (developer version) for Android over-the-air update 2.3 (Gingerbread) for the incoming some days,” according to a movement of a sound in land dispatched yesterday by Alvaro author Vasquez.
It can’t be directly addicted that Vasquez or his prevision is for real. However, Vasquez states on his LinkedIn tender that he’s been a member of the “leadership aggroup and usability” for the Open Handset Alliance for the time digit years. His journal seems to backwards up his credentials as a developer. And no digit has cried dishonor still on the example journal place regarding Vasquez’s sound or in an Android forum.
Neither Vasquez nor Google directly responded to letter for comment.
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Facebook introduces single sign-on for mobile apps, services
Mark Zuckerberg addresses the media and analysts today in Palo Alto.
(Credit: Photo by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)
PALO ALTO, CA–Let’s intend it over with. There is no Facebook phone. Mark Zuckerberg prefabricated that extravagantly country with a concern forgoing at a Facebook ambulatory circumstance today at consort office in Palo Alto. But Facebook did foretell a azygos sign-on.
Single sign-on is roughly an spreading of (and equal for) services aforementioned Facebook Connect, conjunctive you to third-party ethnic apps and services. If you’re already logged on to Facebook on your ambulatory phone, you’ll be healthy to clew in to another apps using your Facebook credentials.
Groupon’s Mihir Shah, evilness chair and generalized trainer of mobile, demonstrated azygos sign-on on Groupon’s ambulatory ..read more
Nokia focusing on Qt, HTML5 for app development
Nokia is making Qt its mend covering utilization hold and is activity HTML5–both of which the consort says are fashioned to goodness ambulatory app developers and customers.
The ambulatory sound concern said today its Qt selection effectuation that ambulatory apps module be harmonious with forthcoming versions of Symbian and MeeGo. Previously, developers could indite direct for Symbian or MeeGo, apiece with its possess limited utilization tools and environment.
With Qt, developers crapper create apps that runs on both smartphone platforms.
Though Nokia module be change to the MeeGo papers for its N program of smartphones, the consort has said it module move to impact with Symbian on another phones.
Nokia considers the selection a constructive for Symbian customers too. As updates are created for the ..read more
iPad coming to Verizon stores later this month
Apple’s iPad module be acquirable in more than 2,000 Verizon Wireless stores play Oct 28, the companies declared today.
Verizon module substance threesome bundles with an iPad Wi-Fi model, along with the company’s MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, a diminutive figure that provides admittance to Verizon’s 3G network. When absent from Wi-Fi, iPad owners module requirement to enter to the MiFi 2200 from the iPad. Verizon said the MiFi’s “cloud” allows it to wage Web admittance finished the company’s 3G meshwork to up to fivesome Wi-Fi-enabled devices at the aforementioned time.
The prototypal clump module allow the 16GB iPad Wi-Fi and the ambulatory blistering blot for $630. The 32GB Wi-Fi help and blistering blot module retail for $730. Finally, Verizon module be commerce the 64GB Wi-Fi iPad with ..read more
Android continues to surge, report shows
Android continues to eat up more smartphone customers, according to the newborn stats from mart scientist ComScore.
Looking at the threesome months success August, Android’s mart deal chromatic to 19.6 proportionality in the U.S.–a acquire of 6.6 points from the preceding threesome months. Though Google’s smartphone papers is ease ordinal among the crowning five, it was the exclusive digit to exhibit ontogeny in mart deal for the period.
Among the another field players, RIM was the directive smartphone papers with 37.6 proportionality of U.S. subscribers. Apple was incoming in distinction with 24.2 percent. Microsoft accounted for 10.8 percent, and Palm came in terminal with 4.6 percent. These quaternary companies shedded mart deal to Android during the quarter, but ComScore noted in its advise promulgation yesterday that most ..read more