Neowin News Feed for: Android

HTC One sees "pretty good" sales of 5 million, far less than the Galaxy S4

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:56:03 +0100

HTC have revealed that their new flagship device, the One, has sold "around 5 million" handsets in four months, far behind sales of the Samsung Galaxy S4, which sold 10 million in one month. Read more...

Outlook.com Android app updated based on your feedback

Brad Sams — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:59 +0100

Microsoft's Outlook.com team has pushed out an update to the Outlook.com Android app that has a few bug fixes that will likely appease those of you who use the app on your Android phone. Read more...

iOS 7 will integrate Flickr and Vimeo, reports suggest

Ben Buffone — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:39:57 +0100

A report claims that Apple plans to comprehensively integrate Flickr and Vimeo support into the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 7, when it arrives later this year. Read more...

Unity game engine goes free for iOS and Android developers, Windows Phone to follow soon

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:03 +0100

The Unity game engine, used by many popular apps across different platform, has now become free of charge for Android and iOS developers. Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry 10 will follow soon. Read more...

Dell's Project Ophelia could be in your pocket in July

Paul Ferson — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:10:51 +0100

According to a new report, Dell's Ophelia mini-computer could be on the market as soon as July. There's no word on price or specifications, but Dell is keen to market the product towards businesses. Read more...

New Italian Python S3 tablet can boot Windows 8, Linux and Android

John Callaham — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:08:40 +0100

The Italy-based Python S3 tablet launched this week and company claims the 11.6 inch device can boot three operating systems: Windows 8, Ubuntu Linux, and Android. Read more...

NVIDIA SHIELD pre-orders open to the public three days early

John Callaham — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:09:57 +0100

NVIDIA has launched the public pre-orders for its Android portable game console SHIELD today, three days earlier than planned, with shipments expected to start by the end of June. Read more...

Samsung co-CEO: Galaxy S4 sales to reach 10 million next week

John Callaham — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:39:57 +0100

Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun has stated the company is "confident" that sales of its Galaxy S4 smartphone will reach the 10 million mark next week, adding it is selling much faster than the Galaxy S3 Read more...

Samsung acknowledges S4 storage complaints; says it's "reviewing" options

Andy Weir — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:42:04 +0100

After complaints that its 16GB Galaxy S4 offers just 8.82GB of space for users, Samsung has publicly acknowledged the issue, suggesting that more space could be freed up by a future software update. Read more...

Windows Phone now the third place smartphone ecosystem as BlackBerry sinks further

Andy Weir — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:12:04 +0100

The latest figures from IDC show that growth in Windows Phone helped Microsoft's mobile OS to jump to third place in global smartphone shipments, as BlackBerry market share fell from 6.4% to 2.9%. Read more...

Google: 900 million Android activations, 48 billion app installs

Brad Sams — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:22:49 +0100

Google has announced that they have activated 900 million Android devices since the launch of the platform - a massive achievement for Google, who came into the arena as a small player. Read more...

HP announces two hybrids: the Windows 8 Split x2 and Android SlateBook x2

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:38:40 +0100

HP has announced two new tablet-laptop convertibles: the HP Split x2 that runs Windows 8 on an Ivy Bridge CPU for $800, and the HP SlateBook x2 that runs Android on a Tegra 4 chipset for $480 Read more...

BlackBerry to launch BBM on iOS and Android; no word on Windows Phone

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:05:26 +0100

BlackBerry has announced that it will launch apps for iOS and Android that will connect to the company's BBM service, but there's no word on plans to extend this functionality to Windows Phone. Read more...

NVIDIA's Project SHIELD now just SHIELD; coming in June for $349

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:35:26 +0100

NVIDIA has renamed its Android game console Project SHIELD to just SHIELD. The console, which will also stream PC games on Steam, will go on sale this June for $349, with pre-orders starting May 20. Read more...

Windows Phone doubles global marketshare, but still far behind

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:41:37 +0100

Garner has published their report on global handset sales for the first quarter of 2013. Android owns the market with 75% while Windows Phone accounts for 3%. Apple is still in second place at 18%. Read more...

Camden is the first London Borough to get free Wi-Fi

Ben Buffone — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:01 +0100

Camden has become the first London Borough to receive a special treatment of free Wi-Fi for its 212,000 residents, businesses and visitors. The service can be enjoyed for 30 minutes for free. Read more...

Unboxing: Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9500)

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:23:32 +0100

A Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500, complete with an Exynos 5 Octa processor, arrived on my doorstep this morning, and that means an unboxing video is in-bound with some quick hands-on opinions Read more...

Google's Xbox Live competitor for Android discovered in new update

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 12 May 2013 08:45:28 +0100

An Android competitor to Microsoft's Xbox Live service has surfaced in information discovered in a recent update of an APK used for the operating system's Google Play service. Read more...

Rumor: 3D smartphone in development at Amazon?

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:10:59 +0100

A Wall Street Journal report claims Amazon is working on a smartphone device that will include some kind of 3D display that can be seen without glasses, but it's possible the project could be shelved. Read more...

Microsoft will make $3.4 billion from Android in 2013

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:40:59 +0100

Through a royalties deal with Samsung, HTC, LG and more, Microsoft are making an estimated $8 from every Android device sold, putting revenue in 2013 at $3.4b. This could increase to $9b in 2017. Read more...