The ASUS Transformer line of tablets comes in both Android and Windows flavours. According to FCC certification documents, ASUS may be planning a new model (or even a completely new family of devices) that will come with the ability to boot in both. According to the filing, the ASUS M8xT series will come in at least three flavours: The M80T […]
Android
Jelly Bean now on 54.5% of Android devices with KitKat staking out 1.1%
The latest installment of the Android Platform Versions report is out. As usual, it tracks the devices that accessed the Google Play Store in the prior 7 days and provides a summary of the Android versions seen over the previous seven days. Designed to help developers decide which versions to support in their apps, it also continues to give us […]
FIFA launches Android and iOS app to cover 2014 World Cup
If you’re a football (better known as soccer in some parts of the world) fan, chances are that you’ve already booked off June 2014 to watch the World Cup set to take place in Brazil. The qualifiers are done and we know which 32 countries will be competing for the glory and the trophy. Ahead of next week’s World Cup […]
Updated BBM for iPhone adds iPad and iPod touch support
As promised, BlackBerry has pushed out an updated version of BBM for Android and iPhone to their respective app stores. It adds a number of new features and enhancements (as well as bug fixes) including, in the iPhone version, support for the Wi-Fi-only iPad and iPod touch. According to BlackBerry, BBM for iPhone version 1.0.4.133 comes with Support for iPod […]
SwiftKey 4.3 with “Layouts for Living” now available
SwiftKey today announced the official launch of the latest version of its software keyboard app. As we saw in the beta, SwiftKey 4.3 not only merges its smartphone and tablets versions into a single app but also introduces some significant new features. The new version introduces three keyboard layouts, all of which can be resized, and undocked and positioned where […]
Disabling the BBM notification in BBM for Android
If you’ve installed BBM for Android, you’ve no doubt spotted the new BBM notification. You’ve also discovered that it cannot be dismissed. Or can it? It can but with a catch. First, let’s turn it off and then we’ll cover why doing so might not be such a good idea. Step 1. Open up BBM for Android and go into […]
SwiftKey 4.3 to merge smartphone and tablet versions into single one
SwiftKey this week announced a new beta release of its very popular Android virtual keyboard SwiftKey. Despite being a point release, SwiftKey 4.3 promises some major new features. Billed as “a complete rethink on how you present your keyboard,” it promises far more flexibility as the variety of Android devices grows to cover a wide range of sizes and shapes. […]
Jelly Bean finally on nearly half of Android devices
Android Jelly Bean (4.1.x through to 4.3.x ) finally overtook Gingerbread back in July. It is now about to make its way onto more than half of Android devices. The latest numbers on the Android Platform Versions Dashboard show that Jelly Bean now accounts for 48.6 percent of Android devices, up 3.5 percent from 45.1 percent only a month ago. The […]