BGR Podcast 001: June 24th
That’s right — we’re here with our first podcast ever (unless you count those one-off BGR Radio shows from back in the day) and we …
Android
Acer cuts 2011 tablet sales forecast in half to 2.5M units, blames poor sell-through, competition
Acer on Friday drastically lowered its 2011 shipment forecast for tablet PCs, Taiwan Economic News reported. The company now anticipates shipping approximately 2.5 million consumer …
Samsung Galaxy S II set to outsell Motorola DROID BIONIC, study finds [infographic]
There are countless methods research firms use in an attempt to amass useful data for their analyses, and perhaps one of the most underutilized sources …
New tool lets devs port Xbox 360 games to iOS, Web and soon Android, OS X
Programmer Andrew Russell is working on a project that will undoubtedly pique the interest of game developers around the world. Dubbed ExEn, Russell’s open source …
Hulu Plus launches for six Android phones as company is put up for sale
Hulu announced on Thursday that its Hulu Plus application is now available on select Android smartphones. The service costs $7.99 per month and allows users …
Electronic Arts may acquire PopCap Games for $1 billion
Electronic Arts is set to purchase PopCap Games for $1 billion, according to TechCrunch. PopCap Games is best known for titles such as Plants vs. …
40% of European smartphone buyers intend to buy an iPhone next
Yankee Group is set to release its European Mobile User Study next month and the research firm has just provided a quick glimpse into its …
LG Thrill 3D hands-on (again)
We spent some more time with AT&T’s first 3D-capable handset — the LG Thrill 4G — yesterday, and we have to say, it might deliver …
HTC EVO 4G + gets official (in South Korea) [video]
Sprint’s flagship EVO 3D hasn’t even made its way out of the womb yet and its successor is already official. HTC on Thursday unveiled the …
Sony Ericsson outs Xperia ray, Xperia active, and txt [video]
During the CommunicAsia trade show in Singapore on Wednesday, Sony Ericsson officially took the wraps off of three new devices: the Xperia ray, the Xperia …
Amazon’s tablets could launch in August-September time frame
According to DigiTimes, Amazon’s rumored Android tablets could launch as soon as this August or September. The online retail giant has a global sales target …
Best Buy takes on Apple, Amazon with new cloud music service
Best Buy announced “Music Cloud” on Wednesday, a new service that will compete directly with other cloud-based music services from Apple, Amazon, and Google. Best …
Rovio launches Angry Birds Seasons: Summer Pignic trailer
Rovio just pumped out the Mine and Dine update for Android, and its developers aren’t sitting still… on Tuesday the game publisher launched a teaser …
Sprint to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on June 24th for $499
Sprint announced on Tuesday that it will offer the Wi-Fi version of Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet for $499 beginning June 24th. The Galaxy …
RIM, Motorola won’t benefit from coming smartphone boom, analyst claims
Smartphone sales will continue to surge in 2011 and through 2012, but RIM and Motorola won’t reap the benefits according to Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder …
Android U.S. market share slides in March quarter as iPhone gains
Google’s share of the U.S. smartphone market dipped for the first time since 2009 according to Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf. Needham says Android’s …
Sony Ericsson Xperia duo leaked
An image of the unannounced Sony Ericsson Xperia duo has been leaked in what appears to be a Sony Ericsson promotional poster. While most of …
T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide leaked in new images
Earlier this month we saw a few pictures of T-Mobile’s supposed upcoming myTouch 4G Slide smartphone. On Monday, clearer pictures and more specs were leaked. …
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in August
Sony Ericsson confirmed in a blog post on Monday that its developers have been working hard on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Xperia …
New Adobe Flash Builder lets devs make iOS, Android, PlayBook apps
Adobe on Monday announced the availability of Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex. 4.5, a pair of tools that let developers easily code applications for iOS, …
Huawei announces 7-inch MediaPad Android Honeycomb tablet
On Monday, Huawei officially announced the MediaPad, a 7-inch tablet powered by Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). The MediaPad sports a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 5-megapixel camera, …
Analyst says iPad will continue to dominate tablet market, minimal impact on PC sales
Sanford Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon on Thursday issued a 49-page paper focused on the current and future markets for consumer tablets. Rasgon credits Apple with …
Smartphone data usage jumps 89% in the U.S., Android users still biggest gluttons
The Nielsen Company on Friday released its latest findings regarding smartphone data usage and as expected, data consumption continued to increase at an explosive pace …
Android tablet makers shifting focus back to cell phones, report claims
Cell phone makers that have entered the emerging consumer tablet market over the past year are now backing off according to a report from DigiTimes …
Angry Birds for Android gets ‘Mine and Dine’ update with 45 new levels
Angry Birds for Android has been updated with a new Mine and Dine episode. Players can now fling birds at pigs across 45 challenging new …
LG’s new dual-screen Android phone for T-Mobile spotted
Sprint’s Kyocera Echo and U.S. Cellular’s LG Genesis are currently the only dual-screen smartphones available in the U.S., but the Echo and Genesis may soon …
Angry Birds downloaded more than one million times per day
During the Mobile 2.0 Europe – openIDEAS conference in Europe this week, Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka said that the smash hit game Angry Birds is now …
‘Critical vulnerability’ fixed in Adobe Flash Player update for Android
Adobe has issued an update for its Adobe Flash Player application on Android smartphones. “A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.23 …
BGR Interview: Verizon Wireless CMO Marni Walden on Android, Apple, tablets and new BlackBerry phones
We recently sat down with Verizon Wireless’ Chief Marketing Officer Marni Walden to discuss a wide range of topics — how Verizon went from smartphone …
Starbucks Android app launches for mobile payments
Are you Android users jealous of all of your friends using their iPhones to buy frappuccinos? Take a sigh of relief — on Wednesday Starbucks …
