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The PlayBook runs Android apps perfectly fine

By Ewan on May 3, 2011 in News

I’m delighted that Myriam over at Engadget was thinking straight during this morning’s keynote at BlackBerry World. I was too engrossed in watching what was going on to think, ‘Oh, you know what, I should be videoing this.’ Thankfully Myriam did. This is a video of the Android segment of the keynote. The RIM team [...]

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Extreme Unboxing of the Samsung Galaxy SII at 100mph+

By Ewan on April 21, 2011 in Devices

Now then, it’s not every day that you get to see leading mobile device blogger, Chris Davies, strapped into a rally car and thrown around a dirt track as he does his level best to unbox Samsung’s latest device. The phone in question is the Samsung Galaxy SII running Android. Some bright spark at (I [...]

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Why BlackBerry PlayBook running Android Apps is brilliant

By Ewan on March 24, 2011 in Applications, Devices

It’s getting late in the UK but I just had to get a quick opinion on the BlackBerry Playbook/Android news out. It’s been long rumoured — but it’s now official: The PlayBook will run Android applications. Anything written to support Android 2.3 will be compatible using the run-time environment included with the PlayBook. So if [...]

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RIM’s PlayBook will support Android applications!

By Ewan on March 24, 2011 in Applications, Devices

Here’s the release — 45 seconds ago… Developers wanting to bring their new and existing apps to the highly anticipated BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet will soon have additional tools and options to enhance and expand their commercial opportunities. Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced plans to greatly expand the application ecosystem for [...]

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The Metro newspaper highlights Android’s security problem

By Ewan on March 9, 2011 in News

I did a quick podcast talking about the UK’s Metro newspaper frontpage this morning. It reads “Hacking alert on Google phones“. In the audio embed above, I argue that if the rest of the mainstream media picks up the story and runs with it, this could be very bad news for the Android platform in [...]

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Leading mobile developer: “No more free apps” – a sign of things to come?

By Ewan on February 7, 2011 in Applications, Opinion

I’ve written and tweeted about the phenomenal work that Simon Maddox has done over the years. His name will be familiar to many mobile developers given that Simon was amongst the first in the United Kingdom to get stuck into the mobile development scene. His CV, therefore, reads like a Who’s Who in mobile. He’s [...]

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY phone comes into view (“The PlayStation Phone”)

By Ewan on February 6, 2011 in Devices

Long rumoured, it’s nice to finally get a bit of a look at the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The advertisement for the phone hit Youtube moments ago and I’m pretty sure it’s going to get a lot of attention. What you see above is an Android handset that is ‘PlayStation Certified’ — along with the [...]

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Finally Nokia is getting attention from the West

By Ewan on February 2, 2011 in Devices, Opinion, Services

It’s nice to see Nokia sentiment from the Western media temporarily switched to positive. Or at least almost-positive. You’ll have no doubt been tracking the various different opinions zooming around the marketplace (Nokia must do Android, Nokia must do Microsoft, Nokia must hold fast with Symbian & MeeGo). It’s good to see the company getting [...]

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14 Questions with Kim di Centa of Woomark

By Momchil on February 2, 2011 in News

Kim di Centa, founder of mobile developer Woomark, agreed to answer some questions in a brief interview with MIR. Here’s what he had to say: 1. Introduce yourself — who are you, what is it you do? My name is Kim di Centa and I am a developer by profession and have always been passionate [...]

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A fascinating example of the importance of market perception

By Ewan on January 30, 2011 in Devices, Opinion, Services

Have a read of this text from MSN Money: Moody’s Investors Services is considering Nokia Corp. for a possible downgrade as the Finland-based cell phone maker steadily loses market share to Apple Inc. and other companies. Although Nokia is the world’s top cell phone maker, with particularly strong brand recognition outside the U.S., it has [...]

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Video: What will Android 3.0 look like on your next tablet?

By Ewan on January 6, 2011 in Devices, Services

Quite a few people have been raving over Android 3.0 which has been designed ‘from the ground up for devices with larger screens’. There’s a bit of confusion in the marketplace as to whether we should be referring to Android 3.0 as the ‘Tablet Edition’ of Android. The confusion, however, is nothing to the widespread [...]

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Sony Ericsson set to ‘blow the doors off’ Droidcon

By Ewan on October 25, 2010 in News

I asked Dominic Travers, one of the organisers of this week’s Droidcon android conference, to give us a preview of one of the event’s keynotes. If you haven’t got your ticket yet, there are still a few left so be quick. I’m looking forward to it! Over to Dominic: – – – – – Traditionally [...]

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