Google today made the source code of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available to developers. This build of Android is the specific version that will ship on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, and is numbered 4.0.1. Google said that the code contains the entire Android family tree, including 3.2 Honeycomb, but Google prefers that developers ignore Honeycomb and focus all efforts on Ice Cream Sandwich instead. The source code is free to download. Tweet Vote on ...
AT&T Expanding LTE to 6 More Markets on Nov. 20
AT&T today announced that it is boosting the footprint of its Long Term Evolution 4G network on November 20. The handful of new markets include Charlotte, N.C.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. These six markets bring the total number of markets covered by LTE to 15, increasing AT&T’s LTE coverage to 70 million Americans — which was its goal for 2011. For a limited time, customers who purchase the new LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will also receive a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket or Samsung ...
RIM Adds Voice Guidance to Traffic 3.0
Research In Motion today announced the beta availability of Traffic 3.0. This new version of RIM’s navigation software adds voice guidance for hands-free navigation over either Bluetooth or via the car’s speaker system. Traffic 3.0 also adds more up-to-date information about roads, such as on-going construction projects and details about toll roads. Traffic 3.0 is available to registered members of RIM’s Beta Zone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Sony Ericsson Picks Ingram Micro
Sony Ericsson today announced that it has partnered with Ingram Micro to help distribute its unlocked smartphones to retail points in the U.S. Ingram Micro ships devices to retailers world wide, and has a number of U.S.-based reseller partners, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Buy.com, and Newegg.com. When Ingram Micro starts shipping Sony Ericsson’s smartphones later this month, they will become available to U.S. buyers from the aforementioned retailers. The agreement covers a number of devices in Sony Ericsson’s Xperia line of Android smartphones. ...
Google Updates Android 4.0 NDK, Adds APIs
Google today provided a new release of the Android 4.0 native developer kit so that application writers can access new native APIs (application programming interfaces). The first new native API is called low-level streaming multimedia. This API allows applications to assert total control over media as it is passed from the source to the handset. Google notes an example could be a media application that retrieves data, applies proprietary encryption/decryption, and then delivers it to the handset. The other API added to NDK r7 is called audio decoding into PCM. This API lets native apps ...
CTIA to Appeal San Francisco Radiation Ruling
The CTIA Wireless Association has indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling in its lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over a law that requires retail stores to display warning signs about radiation from cell phones. The ruling, handed down on October 28, severely limited the original intent of the law, but the CTIA believes that even the narrowed ordinance is unacceptable. It is asking the federal appeals court to block the ordinance from going into effect on November 30. The city of San Francisco, meanwhile, is also appealing the ruling in hopes of reversing the judge’s ...
Cincinnati Bell Lands BlackBerry Bold and Torch
Cincinnati Bell today announced that it has added the BlackBerry 9900 Bold and 9860 Torch to its smartphone roster. The Bold 9900 sells for $299.99 and the Torch 9860 sells for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year agreement. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1
Apple today released iOS version 5.0.1 to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The new system software primarily fixes a bug plaguing iPhone battery life, but also adds multitasking gesture support to the original iPad, resolves iCloud Document bugs, and improves voice recognition for Australian users. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Verizon Planning Next LTE Expansion on December 15
Verizon Wireless has indicated that December 15 will be the next date on which its Long Term Evolution 4G network sees another significant expansion. The first handful of markets named by Verizon to go live on December 15 in Ohio include Youngstown, Warren, Campbell, Struthers, Poland, Boardman, Canfield, Austintown, McDonald, Niles, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Arcadia East, and Carey. In Indiana, White Twp., Homer City, and Blairsville will receive LTE, as well. Tweet Vote on ...
Nokia Suite 3.2 Graduates from Beta
Nokia Suite 3.2 has graduated from the Nokia Beta Labs and is now available for all to download. The revised (and renamed) desktop software for Windows PCs adds a number of features, including a brand new user interface. Other changes include a new Support view that provides more information about the user’s handset and control over its memory/storage; an improved sync log; and more reliable system and app update performance. Nokia Suite 3.2 officially replaces the Ovi Suite desktop software. ...