Phone-stuff

Apple may be a little worried by this latest report which shows that Google’s Android has actually caught up to Apple’s iOS in ad network impressions on Millennial Media, the largest US smartphone ad platform. This is an attractive mark for developers who are looking to put apps out on different platforms, as we know [...]

Reports are coming in that Canadian wireless provider Rogers may be facing a $10 million fine for making misleading statements about their competitors. The CCB (Canadian Competition Bureau) is charging that Rogers’ pre-paid wireless division, Chatr Wireless, was running ads stating that their network has fewer dropped calls than newer carriers, such as Wind Mobile. [...]

We’ve had a bit of feedback about the utterly addictive Angry Birds. Most of you love it, but there’s a lot of you who are a little annoyed because it has a few performance issues on your particular phone. Now Rovio have publlished a list of phones which are not supported by Rovio, the people [...]

Up until recently there were still a few ways to watch BBC iPlayer content on your Android. Now myPlayer has, in a software update, had the BBC iPlayer content disabled. It seems that the only option now is to use the Flash-based iPlayer site on your Android .. if your phone can do the necessary [...]

According to research group Chitika, The Motorola Droid is the top Android device based on traffic coming through their network. Next up is the EVO, followed by the Droid X and the Incredible. 16% of the traffic comes from 4G devices, which shows that 4G is surging in popularity. As more and more 4G devices [...]