08 October 2012

BBC iPlayer Radio Service and iOS App Launches, Android App Coming Soon

BBC iPlayer Radio Service and iOS App Launches, Android App Coming Soon

Today the BBC has launched a new radio only web service in the form of the new BBC iPlayer Radio website. This will offer users with access to dedicated pages for all the BBC’s radio channels and your favorite shows.

 

The new BBC iPlayer Radio Service includes individual home pages for each radio station with catch-up features for each. The new BBC iPlayer Radio Service also launches with a latest iOS application n tow allowing users to access the BBC Radio stations from their smartphones, over 3G and wireless.

The BBC says that we are creating Android app but this time no Android application available. It will be launching as soon as possible, once a few issues with Adobe Air have been sorted. Together iPad and Windows Phone applications hopefully dedicated at a later date.

[Via:Crave]

Now Samsung releases Galaxy Note ll source code

Now Samsung releases Galaxy Note ll source code

Now Samsung has released the source code for the recent Android smartphone, the new Samsung Galaxy Note ll. The code includes Android 4.1 Jelly Bean plus the latest version of Samsung’s custom Ul, TouchWiz 4.0.
The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean source code for the new Samsung Galaxy Note ll will allow the developers to make custom ROM’s for the new Galaxy Note ll. You can get more details about the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Source code at the Samsung Open Source website.

[Via:Engadget]

Nokia Lumia 920 Headed to Rogers arrive in November for Canada

Nokia Lumia 920 Headed to Rogers arrive in November for Canada

Rogers in Canada have says that they will be the exclusive carrier for the handset in Canada and this device will launch in November. Previous week I heard that the Nokia Lumia 920 would be available in US with AT&T.
As a reminder the Nokia Lumia 920 comes with Windows Phone 8 and its features are 4.5 inch HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels and its processing is provided by a dual core Snapdragon S4 processor. 

More qualifications on the Nokia Lumia 920 include an 8.7 megapixel rear facing camera with a Carl Zeiss Lens and also a front facing 1.2 megapixel camera for video chatting.

[Via:Engadget]

LG Optimus G Nexus Smartphone coming soon At End of October

LG Optimus G Nexus Smartphone coming soon At End of October

Google has apparently handed out some of their new Nexus Smartphone’s for their employees. The device is apparently based on LG’s Optimus G handset and the end of October now it looks like this new Nexus phone will launch.
According to Cnet, the device will come with Android 4.2 and it will be shows the end of the month. It is imagine to their feature very similar to the LG Optimus G.

The Nexus version of the LG Optimus G is expected to quality a quad core Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM , a 1280 x 768 True High Definition IPS display, plus an 8 megapixel camera and a choice of 8GB or 16GB of storage and plus an microSD card slot.

[Via:Cnet]