Android, the software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications has rocketed to the top of smartphone platforms in the U.S., according to a new report. According to latest reports from ComScore and Nielsen, Google’s mobile operating system Android has now surpassed RIM‘s BlackBerry OS to become the most popular smartphone...

Till date, the absence of firm multimedia support on Android platform has been undeniable. Good news is, not any more. The lack of creditable media support in Android platform will soon come to an end. Porting of the maiden version of VLC (VideoLan Client) to Android is nearing its completion. Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the lead developer of the project says that VLC will be...

According to a new report from ABC News, Apple’s iPad may gain some significant upgrades early next year, including dual cameras, a better screen, and sleeker form factors. One source said a revamped model would be made in the first quarter of 2011, which would feature cameras on the front and rear. Another source said the new model would be slimmer, lighter and...

Google has launched a location-sharing Latitude app for the iPhone, Google Latitude app for iPhone, which lets you share your location with friends. Google Latitude lets a user share his or her physical location with friends, and locate friends on a map, the company said in their official blog. Though Latitude first launched in early 2009 via smartphones and a desktop...

Even as Apple’s iPhones are scouring for ways to sustain its mammoth market share in smartphones segment, Google’s vice president of engineering, Andy Rubin, updated his Twitter for the second time this week to make a milestone announcement. “There are over 300,000 Android phones activated each day,” he tweeted. It’s not an out of the world news...

Opera, the Norwegian mobile web browser maker has brought one of the most used mobile browsers Opera Mini to the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, the latest Android-platform smartphone from Samsung Electronics. According to an Opera Software announcement, the Opera Mini mobile browser will now come preloaded on Galaxy S smartphones. The browser will be pre installed on the...

Apple revolutionised the App-scene by introducing a business-model that directly benefits developers as well as itself. The iTunes App Store, which is said to house more than a massive 300,000 apps, is much larger than that of any other competiting smartphone’s online app marketplace. So the big question now is, which App struck a special chord with the crowd and...

Skype has just released an update to their Symbian app that adds support for new Symbian phones, including the Nokia N8, C7 and E5. This is the new version of the operating system running on Nokia’s current forerunners like the N8. Over the last decade, Skype has grown to be one of the leading online applications for people connectivity through which  millions...

Viewsonic, the US based company of visual display products, has unveiled the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10 touchscreen Android tablets for the growing Indian market, incorporating mobile phone functionality, computing and gaming capabilities. ViewSonic is the latest manufacturer to announce an Android-powered tablet that will compete with the popular Apple iPad. The ViewSonic...