Tag: AndroidOS

📅 February 13, 2012

Apple Goes After Samsung in U.S Patent Case

A preliminary injunction has been filed against Samsung over how the Galaxy Nexus utilises four patents currently held by Apple.
All four patents are software-based, meaning that the Cupertino outfit are being as coy as they can in pursuing Android, not Samsung.

This is obvious due to the fact that the Galaxy Nexus, currently the flagship Android device, has had none of the usual Samsung alterations to the OS which, happens 99% of the time where Andriod is concerned. This is one court battle which will be very exciting to watch.

📅 October 12, 2011

Browser Wars: iPhone4S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 [video]

Slashgear ran the browser on the dual core 800MHz A5 iPhone 4S against the latest and greatest Galaxy S2 with dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor.

Slashgear ran the browser on the dual core 800MHz A5 iPhone 4S against the latest and greatest Galaxy S2 with dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor. The results? Check out the video after the jump…

 

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📅 August 23, 2011

MagicLocker: Get The iPhone Lockscreen on Your Android Device

As you might know, Android OS was successfully ported to the iPhone. It all started with Planetbeing about a year and some change ago and continued with iPhoDroid and Bootlace. Thanks to all this guys, we can have a dual-boot iPhone ( iOS and Android OS ) in minutes. But, what about Android users?

As you might know, Android OS was successfully ported to the iPhone. It all started with Planetbeing about a year and some change ago and continued with iPhoDroid and Bootlace. Thanks to all this guys, we can have a dual-boot iPhone ( iOS and Android OS ) in minutes. But, what about Android users? They can get an almost identical clone of the iPhone lockscreen, using a free app called MagicLocker – exciting!

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📅 September 19, 2010

Sunday Fun: How To Make The Droid Sound On Your Mac [video]

If you’ve got a Mac, the “droid” sound that Android phones make, can be produced in the following manner….

If you’ve got a Mac, the “droid” sound that Android phones make — yep, the one from the commercials ( see after the jump ) — can be produced in the following manner:

1. Go To System Preferences > Speech > Text to Speech > Voice: Cellos

2. `say droid`

OR…

1. Open Terminal.app
2. Type say -v “Cellos” “droid” at the prompt

See the commercial after the jump…

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