The Windows Phone Marketplace is gaining steam, the last time we checked it was little over 30,000 apps strong, now we are hearing that it has reached the 50,000 apps milestone. We can’t say we are that excited since from what we have been seeing from new apps added daily, there ate more RSS Feeds than anything else.
We’ve been longing to see what Intel can offer the smartphone market in terms of x86 dual core chipsets, now, it appears our prayers will soon be answered. The Korea Times is reporting today that the first Intel Medfield based Android smartphone will be unveiled by LG at CES 2012 in January, with a launch date set for March of the same year.
It seems everyone is in the mood of giving away their stuff for free or dirt cheap, because now we have EA selling all its titles in the Amazon App store for a staggering $0.99 a piece. These titles are only available for the Amazon Kindle Fire, and other devices that has access to the store, so sucks for you other Android fanboys.
Celebrate fellow Windows Phone users, tis the month to be happy because free stuff is being given away. There’s a game on the Windows Phone platform called Orb, usually, it would be a premium title but not today. Orb is being offered for free until Santa knows when, so you should get going before the developers re-attach the price.
Tis the season to be jolly, and GameLoft is definitely in the jolly mood with this offering that is planned to go on until January 5th, 2012. Beginning on December 29th, all GameLoft games in the Android Market will be sold for $0.99, yes, you read correctly, the company is all but giving away these games for free.
One of the top applications for the iPhone and iPad will be available for free today; the folks who enjoy accessing files on their home computer from anywhere are going to go crazy for this. LogMeIn, an app that can be found on Android, iOS, and Windows computers, is now free to use on your iDevice.
Despite the slow adoption of Acer branded tablets and tablets in general that are not iPads, Acer is committed to stick it out and launch new tablets in 2012. Honestly though, the tablet market is very lucrative if you can get it right, Acer doesn’t have a choice but to soldier it through these difficult times or else risk being left behind.
I’m no big fan of the BlackBerry line of smartphones, heck, I’m downright not a fan in every meaning of the word, but if I could get my hands on this particular Berry, I’d be a happy camper.
Sony is showing itself to be supportive by announcing that it will update the first two tablets from the company to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. Not only that, but every Xperia named smartphones released in 2011 will also get the update, how awesome is that? Unlike other companies, Sony is not out to force consumers to upgrade to new hardware to get the best of what Android has to offer.
