18
May
Official Amazon Kindle Application Coming "Soon" To Android, Has Us Excited

Official Amazon Kindle Application Coming "Soon" To Android, Has Us Excited

Posted by in Applications, News

May 18th is starting with some great news for book lovers. Amazon has just announced that it would be releasing the official Kindle application for Android, available "soon".

The Kindle app is already available on the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, PC, Mac, and BlackBerry, so Android is quite late to the party. Better late than never though - there is no WinMo app anywhere in sight.

Official Amazon Kindle Application Coming "Soon" To Android, Has Us Excited

Main Features

The Android application is, surprisingly, not going to be shy on features. In fact, some of them will one-up its counterparts on other platforms:

  • access all of your Kindle books without your Kindle
  • buy books right from within the Kindle app from a special Android optimized store and get them auto-delivered wirelessly - a feature that is not available on all devices
  • synchronize last page read and annotations between all devices using Amazon's "Whispersync" technology
  • preview books by reading their beginnings for free before buying

In order to use the app, you will need to use Android 1.6+ and have an SD card (Droid Incredible users, take note - your phone doesn't come with an SD card by default).

02
May
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Google Acquires BumpTop, Will The Ingenious UI Make It To Android?

Posted by in News

It was announced today that BumpTop has just been purchased by Google, following a statement made on April 30th that the application was being discontinued.

Dear BumpTop fans,

More than three years ago, we set out to completely change the way people use their desktops. We're very grateful for all your support over that time — not just financially but also through all the encouraging messages from people who found BumpTop inspiring, useful, and just downright fun.

Today, we have a big announcement to make: we're excited to announce that we've been acquired by Google! This means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will no longer be available for sale.

28
Apr
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HTC Droid Incredible Exclusive Price Drop For Both New Contracts And Upgrades (We Can't Say How Much But It's CHEAP)!

Posted by in HTC, Incredible, News
Last Updated: December 30th, 2011

Guys, we have incredible news (didn't expect me to start this post so originally, did you?).

Update: VZW.com is currently sold out of the Incredible but you can still get it from Wirefly.

Buy It With A Discount

Starting immediately, Wirefly.com, one of the biggest online mobile phone retailers, is opening up the sale of the HTC Droid Incredible for a low, low price of … well, unfortunately we can't tell you due to certain restrictions but here what we can tell you:

  • It's low.
  • It's lower than Verizon's.
  • It's lower than Best Buy's.
  • It's instant - no rebates.
  • It includes free shipping.

06
Apr
HTC financial report

HTC Announces Q1 Financial Results, Blows Past Everyone's Expectations

Posted by in HTC, News

HTC, an increasingly popular smartphone maker and the single biggest player in the Android business, just announced its financial results for the first quarter of this year, and they simply couldn't be any better.

Q1 2010 Financial Results

Revenues rose 19.3% year-over-year to NT$37.7 billion (US$1.2 billion) from NT$31.59, blowing way past the analysts' forecasts of NT$32-34 billion and even HTC's own expectations.

Net profits rose 3% year-over-year to NT$5.03 billion (US$158 million) from NT$4.88 billion.

Sales rose 33% compared to the same quarter a year ago.

HTC's shares are trading at NT$401.50 this morning, +5.38% from last night's close of NT$381 (morning Taiwanese time that is, it's 8PM Pacific here).

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