Apple’s app download count has now officially hit numbers that even surpass the population of holy Earth, and they’re thanking you ten billion times. Yes, Apple’s Apple Store has hit the magical ten billion downloads count, and now Apple is probably in the race to the power of ten! God knows when they’ll reach that, but looking back at how the tenth billion download is reached in merely few years, we can expect the even bizarre 100 billion download counter to reach the target is a near distance future, seeing that Apple’s iOS device sales is quite a tremendous one. 10 billion downloads, that’s still a lot of software. The lucky winner is a Gail Davis from Orpington, Kent, UK, who downloaded Paper Glider app. Now, how about that Android? Dare to take up the challenge?
We’ve previously seen the Motorola Xoom being listed with a pricetag of $800 on Verizon which scares away many young tits, but now there’s a new leak from Best Buy document that says the Motorola Xoom will be available for $699.99, some hundred buck shorter than the previous rumoured price. Also, the document pinpoints February 17th as the launch date for Motorola’s much anticipated Honeycomb tablet. There’s a note confirming that the Xoom will come with its promised 32GB of onboard storage too.
There’s still a slight bit of rumour to let loss before the official unveiling of Sony’s PSP2 at the 27th January event. Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reports that the handheld machine will sport a crisp OLED touchscreen and 3G data from NTT DoCoMo when it arrives later this year, with the latter enabling multiplayer action and even full video and game downloads over the Japanese cellular network.
What’s more, the paper confirms that the screen will be physically larger and powered by some potent new silicon. But with 3G data, what makes this any difference than the PlayStation Phone? Apparently this one won’t call your buddies out for a drink, just like how the iPod Touch is to the iPhone.
LG sets to enrage many phone manufacturers with its latest gem the Optimus 2X. Having the dual core processor Tegra 2 at its heart, it has already beaten Motorola’s Bionic to market as the very powerful Android phone is now available in its home turf of South Korea, and we’re expecting availability as early as next week for Europe. It seemed that LG might also be able to beat Apple in the face if it really manages to throw out the white variant of the Optimus 2X on time next month.
Ever wondered how will Apple’s next iOS 4.3 which comes with finger gesture multitasking really works? Well, here’s a video that demonstrated clearly how you will multitask with your iPhone in the very near future. This also further proves that Apple’s next iPhone might not have a home button, as there’s no need for that anymore.
Finally, Sony has made their Android version of the Reader app available in the droid dry market. The free app will allow you to log in with your username and it’ll automatically sync your previously purchased books, and like the e-readers, it also supports ePub and PDF formats.
You’ll also get features like text highlighting, font adjustment, and brightness settings straight at your reading page. However, bad news is that the app will only work with handsets that run Android 2.2 and higher, which is incredibly ironic considering most Sony Ericsson handsets are, you know, still stuck with 2.1. iOS version is still pending Apple’s approval, but should be available very soon, according to Sony.
It seemed that Verizon have just added Minimum Advertised Pricing for the Motorola Xoom to its internal systems, and that price is not very appealing to many. Yes, the price is indeed somewhat similar to the Galaxy Tab, but it’s still very expensive compared to the iPad. Yes, it might have 4G and dual-core, but the $300 premium price doesn’t really justify the tablet, even if Honeycomb is supremacy. Nevertheless, the price is out, so now all’s left is the launch date.
Nexus S owners should be receiving this over-the-air update by now. Apparently Google has updated their Android 2.3 to 2.3.2 due to some SMS misdirect bug on your Gingerbread handset. It’s being rolled out gradually, so just be patient and it‘ll get there eventually.
We’ve seen Samsung selling a “Special Edition” of the Galaxy Tab with a slightly boosted powerplant of some 20-percent speed, but now you can do that to your own Galaxy Tab as well, though that step includes reading a very big warning sigh. User Bauxite at xda-developers forums has posted the method to boost Samsung’s burning Android up to 1.2GHz, and has also written this lovely yet threatening message:
“THIS KERNEL MAY NOT WORK ON YOUR DEVICE, MIGHT DESTROY YOUR DEVICE, MIGHT PUNCH YOUR CHILDREN, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS KERNEL, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK”
Initial user reports are generally positive but, given the risk and the complexity here I do advise potential users to think twice, unless you’re trying very hard to kill your Galaxy Tab so that you have a reason to get the iPad 2, then be my guess, and good luck.
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