ARM has officially announced the launch of their new ARM Development Studio 5 Community Edition. This is a suite of Eclipse-based tools that are designed to help Android app developers who use the NDK to write native code. The tools will simplify the debugging of native ARM code in apps and help performance of the [...]
Intel has released some more information about the next-gen processors at its Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco. Due out in the second quarter of 2012 is the Ivy Bridge, which is a 22nm die-shrink “tick” to Sandy Bridge’s “toick.” Ivy Bridge will include Intel’s new 3D tri-gate transistor technology, which offers a 37% power [...]
Have you ever been walking out in the middle of nowhere, or somewhere, and had your cell phone give you that god awful report of the battery dying? Well, “in-shoe” technology may be coming soon in order to charge batteries. The technology was invented at the University of Wisconsin – Madison by Tom Krupenkin and [...]
The game Beards & Beaks was released for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform last week. The object of the game is this: a group of gnomes are fighting crows that have invaded their home town of Gnomeville; the cows try to steal the gnomes’ diamonds; the gnomes must kill the thieving birds and defend their [...]
Just over 33% of American adults own a smartphone, according to the Pew Internet Project. But even more surprising is that many prefer to use it as their primary Internet source. The Pew Internet Project is the first standalone measure of smartphone ownership and usage in the US, so the details are quite impressive. After [...]
Remember the good ole days of playing Brickbreaker with your Blackberry? How many hours in a month did you play? That was back when Blackberry’s were considered good phones. I may be being biased, but I don’t consider them true contenders to the Android and iOS smartphones. That aside, it has been studied by Nielsen [...]
Windows Phone 7 can now get their hands on Angry Birds. This comes after a long wait and demand from the users, but Microsoft finally pulled through. However, it doesn’t come free. Unlike iOS and Android, Angry Birds will take $2.99 to put Angry Birds on your Windows Phone 7. There is a free trial, [...]
That’s right. I said, “3-D.” The third dimension has just arrived to the mobile industry, and LG is the company to bring it. What better name for the device than “Optimus 3D?” Well, you can probably think of hundreds, but that’s getting beside the point. More about this technology. Do 3-D glasses hurt your eyes [...]
As you may have heard, Nokia has partnered with Microsoft in mobile technology. The new Nokia phones will now contain Windows Phone 7 as the primary platform, as well as additional Microsoft services such as the Bing search engine. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has told the media and industry that Microsoft will be giving Nokia [...]
A while back, Trend Micro published an article I thought was interesting. I wish I saw it earlier. It talks about the security issues you open yourself to when you jailbreak your iPhone. They say that apps on Cydia aren’t monitored for security and could potentially open you up to issues. This is true, but [...]
