http://www.phonearena.com/ PhoneArena.com - Cell Phone Reviews, News, Specs and Info. en-us Copyright 2001-2006 PhoneArena. All rights reserved. phonearena@phonearena.com http://www.phonearena.com/img/logo-en.gif http://www.phonearena.com/ 107 80 http://www.phonearena.com/news/Infographic-gives-us-all-the-stats-youd-ever-want-to-see-about-smartphones_id43375A new infographic from Glow New Media reveals some interesting stats such as the 1.4 billion smartphones that will be sold globally this year on a planet with a total population of 7 billion; according to the infographic, mobile internet use rises 66% each year. That explains why the carriers are complaining about clogged pipes...]]>NewsSat, 25 May 2013 14:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Infographic-gives-us-all-the-stats-youd-ever-want-to-see-about-smartphones_id43375/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Argentine-Android-developers-no-longer-getting-paid-from-Google-starting-June-27th_id43372Starting June 27th, Android app developers living in Argentina will no longer be getting paid by Google when someone makes a purchase of one of their paid apps, or makes an in-app purchase that they used to get paid for; a letter from Google to developers confirmed that the payments will stop after the final checks go out on July 22nd...]]>NewsSat, 25 May 2013 11:35:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Argentine-Android-developers-no-longer-getting-paid-from-Google-starting-June-27th_id43372/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Itsdagram-grabs-50000-downloads_id43367In a tweet sent out on Friday, Itsdagram developer Daniel Gary thanked the 50,000 people who downloaded his full-service Instagram client for Windows Phone 8; despite a free version being available, Itsdagram has been the best selling paid app on the Windows Phone Store since last Monday. So far 32,000 have decided to shell out the $1.49 for the cost of the paid version of the app...]]>NewsSat, 25 May 2013 05:46:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Itsdagram-grabs-50000-downloads_id43367/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Finally-Microsoft-and-Google-to-work-together-on-an-official-YouTube-Windows-Phone-app_id43364Well it looks like Microsoft was able to make a move that finally got Google’s attention. Now in the...]]>NewsSat, 25 May 2013 01:25:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Finally-Microsoft-and-Google-to-work-together-on-an-official-YouTube-Windows-Phone-app_id43364/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Gmail-for-Android-soon-to-get-update_id43355A leaked slide from Google I/O appears to show off a redesigned version of Gmail for Android; the slide was displayed during a session called "Structure in Android App Design," which showed a new navigation drawer. There is the three line button in the top left that has been added and instead of having to go to All Labels to get to the Priority Inbox, the option now appears on the top-level of the app...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 16:04:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Gmail-for-Android-soon-to-get-update_id43355/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Splashtop-2-remote-desktop-control-app-arrives-for-Windows-Phone-8-free-for-the-summer_id43349Splashtop is a serious power in remote desktop streaming, with achievements like bringing the full Windows experience to the iPad, and with a handy $4.99 app in the Play Store that does the same...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 08:28:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Splashtop-2-remote-desktop-control-app-arrives-for-Windows-Phone-8-free-for-the-summer_id43349/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Tizens-app-store-gets-demoed-on-video_id43350It seems to be Tizen day today as after we got to see that leaked Samsung Tizen phone, we've now gotten introduced to the upcoming platform's app store as well. The application storefront has been demoed at the Tizen Developer Conference...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 07:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tizens-app-store-gets-demoed-on-video_id43350/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-Cloud-comes-to-iOS-500-MB-for-free_id43347The Verizon Cloud application which was released in beta for Android last month has now been published to the Apple App Store as well, enabling iOS users to take advantage of Verizon's Cloud-based services...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 06:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-Cloud-comes-to-iOS-500-MB-for-free_id43347/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Androids-BBC-iPlayer-gets-support-for-10-tablets-and-an-improved-UI_id43344Until now, Android BBC iPlayer users with big tablets had to go to the service's web site in order to watch their favorite content. Well, not anymore, as the application has been updated and it now supports tablets with large, 10" canvases...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 04:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Androids-BBC-iPlayer-gets-support-for-10-tablets-and-an-improved-UI_id43344/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/170-countries-now-offer-the-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-HD-200-countries-support-the-Amazon-Appstore_id43334The Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 are both now available in more than 170 countries for pre-order through Amazon.com; those areas where the slates are new will see them shipped starting on June 13th. The 7 inch Amazon Kindle Fire HD is priced at $199. The screen sports a resolution of 1280 x 800 with a dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP4460 processor under the hood...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 00:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/170-countries-now-offer-the-Amazon-Kindle-Fire-HD-200-countries-support-the-Amazon-Appstore_id43334/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Instagraph-gets-integrated-with-Metrogram-for-that-whole-Instagram-experience-on-Windows-Phone-8_id43333Last month, we told you about the plan that Instagraph and Metrogram had to open up a "bi-directional integration" between the two sites; it sounds fancy, but all it really means is that Instagraph users would be able to seamlessly use Metrogram and vice versa. And the reason that this is important is that for a Instagram client for Windows Phone 8, Instagraph is really limited...]]>NewsFri, 24 May 2013 00:21:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Instagraph-gets-integrated-with-Metrogram-for-that-whole-Instagram-experience-on-Windows-Phone-8_id43333/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-ready-to-battle-Facebook-over-Waze_id43326A big time takeover battle reminiscent of the 1980's LBO fueled deals could be coming to tech; a couple of weeks ago, speculation started up that social networking site Facebook was going to purchase crowdsourced navigation site Waze for $1 billion. But a report on Thursday night suggests that another company, Google, is about to join the battle...]]>NewsThu, 23 May 2013 21:49:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-ready-to-battle-Facebook-over-Waze_id43326/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Whats-on-Ashton-Kutchers-phone_id43320Just because Ashton Kutcher is playing Steve Jobs in a major theatrical release doesn't mean that he knows a lot about smartphones; and just because he plays internet billionaire Walden Schmidt on CBS' Two and a Half Men doesn't mean he knows a lot about smartphones. Actually, the reason that Ashton Kutcher knows a lot about smartphones has to do with his native intelligence...]]>NewsThu, 23 May 2013 18:35:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Whats-on-Ashton-Kutchers-phone_id43320/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Banned-from-Apple-AppGratis-recommendation-tool-finds-the-promised-land-on-Android_id43314AppGratis is one of those few apps that are bound to be popular - it brings you apps discounted to the sweet price of zero every single day…]]>NewsThu, 23 May 2013 08:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Banned-from-Apple-AppGratis-recommendation-tool-finds-the-promised-land-on-Android_id43314/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Shazam-launches-overhauled-iPad-app_id43311Shazam has overhauled its music recognition application for the Apple iPad that is completely redesigned and improved with a ton of new features…]]>NewsThu, 23 May 2013 07:50:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Shazam-launches-overhauled-iPad-app_id43311/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsofts-updated-Windows-Phone-YouTube-app-wont-address-all-of-Googles-concerns_id43300Earlier this month, Windows Phone users were the recipient of a new YouTube app that instantly made moot all of those third party YouTube apps like MetroTube; but the new app did violate three Google regulations. One, it blocked ads from appearing on the videos, and two, it allowed users to download videos onto their devices...]]>NewsWed, 22 May 2013 18:32:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsofts-updated-Windows-Phone-YouTube-app-wont-address-all-of-Googles-concerns_id43300/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Dubbler-launches-today-for-iOS-and-Android-app-records-your-voice-and-sends-it-to-social-networks_id43295While signing up 500,000 users during its open testing since the beginning of the year, Dubbler officially launches today for iOS and Android; what is Dubbler? Think of it as being Vine for your voice. Users record a message for up to 60 seconds, filter it if they want, and zap it off to a social network like Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr...]]>NewsWed, 22 May 2013 14:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Dubbler-launches-today-for-iOS-and-Android-app-records-your-voice-and-sends-it-to-social-networks_id43295/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-cofounder-Mike-Lazaridis-is-confident-users-will-switch-to-BBM-when-it-goes-cross-platform_id43297There has been very little information released so far about the upcoming release of a BlackBerry Messenger app for both Android and iOS, but someone with some inside information (not to mention quite a large bias) is bullish on the prospects for BBM. BlackBerry cofounder and ex-coCEO Mike Lazaridis is confident that users will switch to BBM when the app goes cross-platform...]]>NewsWed, 22 May 2013 14:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-cofounder-Mike-Lazaridis-is-confident-users-will-switch-to-BBM-when-it-goes-cross-platform_id43297/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Magazines-gets-UI-update-to-match-Music-and-Books_id43289After the Google Play Music app was updated with its new UI (not to mention All Access features), and the Google Play Books app was updated with a matching UI (not to mention EPUB and PDF uploading and storage), we knew that it was only a matter of time before the UI changes made it out to the Google Play Magazines app, and today is the day those changes arrived...]]>NewsWed, 22 May 2013 13:35:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Magazines-gets-UI-update-to-match-Music-and-Books_id43289/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Drive-for-Android-gets-new-card-view-and-OCR-scanning_id43288Google Drive for Android has gotten a small, but solid update today. The update brings a number of small changes to a lot of different aspects of the app including the UI, new OCR scan support, better editing tools, and of course the standard performance boosts and bug fixes that you would expect from every app update that has ever hit the Play Store...]]>NewsWed, 22 May 2013 12:21:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Drive-for-Android-gets-new-card-view-and-OCR-scanning_id43288/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Spotify-Charts-now-live-globally-see-which-tune-is-number-one-with-a-bullet_id43271If you've been around for a while, you might remember listening every weekend to American Top Forty; this was a syndicated countdown show hosted by the voice of Shaggy himself, Casey Kasem. Now, music streaming service Spotify has a new embeddable widget available called Spotify Charts which reveals the most listened to tracks during the week...]]>NewsTue, 21 May 2013 23:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Spotify-Charts-now-live-globally-see-which-tune-is-number-one-with-a-bullet_id43271/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Waze-hits-Windows-Phone-Store-but-you-cant-get-it-yet_id43267Crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app Waze has hit the Windows Phone Store but even if you have the platform running your phone, you cannot download it right now; the app is undergoing a private beta test. The Israeli based Waze actually got its start on Windows Mobile, but did not follow Microsoft to Windows Phone 7...]]>NewsTue, 21 May 2013 20:17:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Waze-hits-Windows-Phone-Store-but-you-cant-get-it-yet_id43267/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Netflix-BlackBerry-does-not-have-the-volume_id43262For those loyal BlackBerry fans that are hoping against hope, waiting with baited breath, or downright...]]>NewsTue, 21 May 2013 17:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Netflix-BlackBerry-does-not-have-the-volume_id43262/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Opera-browser-goes-out-of-beta-now-available-on-Android_id43241Opera has been on mobile devices almost since the dawn of the Internet and now Opera has finalized its WebKit-based Android browser…]]>NewsTue, 21 May 2013 03:40:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Opera-browser-goes-out-of-beta-now-available-on-Android_id43241/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-has-been-thinking-about-more-granular-permissions-control-on-Android_id43238While it is very nice that Android allows you to see everything on your device that an app will have access to in the permissions, it can get annoying that it is an all-or-nothing choice. For example, you may love the Amazon app, but you don't see any reason why the app should need to access your WiFi/GPS location data. Unfortunately, there is no way to deny that one permission and still use the app, but Google may be thinking about changing that...]]>NewsTue, 21 May 2013 00:58:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-has-been-thinking-about-more-granular-permissions-control-on-Android_id43238/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/By-the-end-of-2013-any-mobile-video-chat-app-will-work-over-cellular-on-AT-T_id43235You got to admit, AT&T has managed to allow this issue to remain a festering sore spot with its...]]>NewsMon, 20 May 2013 23:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/By-the-end-of-2013-any-mobile-video-chat-app-will-work-over-cellular-on-AT-T_id43235/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Flickr-now-offering-1-terabyte-of-free-storage-and-an-updated-Android-app_id43228Yahoo has been working extremely hard to not just make Flickr relevant in the age of photo competition from all sides, but to make it the best photo storage service of the bunch. Today was a pretty big step in the right direction, because not only did Yahoo update the Android app with a more visual pop, and even better, Flickr is now offering all users 1 terabyte of space for free...]]>NewsMon, 20 May 2013 19:46:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Flickr-now-offering-1-terabyte-of-free-storage-and-an-updated-Android-app_id43228/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apps-are-the-solution-to-aid-emerging-economies-in-Asia_id43223Very often, when we think of Asia we think of high-technology. After all, Asia is home to where cutting...]]>NewsMon, 20 May 2013 16:19:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apps-are-the-solution-to-aid-emerging-economies-in-Asia_id43223/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-expands-Digital-Life-automation-service-to-7-new-markets_id43221Some of you have probably heard of AT&T home automation service, Digital Life. Well, apparently the carrier is managing to find clients willing to connect some of the appliances and devices in their homes, as the service will be made available in seven new markets starting this Friday, May 24...]]>NewsMon, 20 May 2013 12:42:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-expands-Digital-Life-automation-service-to-7-new-markets_id43221/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Already-sounding-cooler-Yahoo-promises-not-to-screw-up-Tumblr_id43217CEO Marissa Mayer's plan to make Yahoo cool, hip and relevant again, has started with the latter's $1.1 billion cash acquisition of Tumblr; already trying to sound irreverent, the press release announcing the transaction explains that Yahoo will keep its hands off of the hosting site, promising "not to screw it up." Tumblr CEO David Karp has been given a lot of autonomy, and truthfully, the site has earned it despite the big liquidity event...]]>NewsMon, 20 May 2013 09:58:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Already-sounding-cooler-Yahoo-promises-not-to-screw-up-Tumblr_id43217/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoos-board-agrees-to-1.1-billion-acquisition-of-Tumblr_id43193As expected, Yahoo's board has agreed to purchase hosting site Tumblr for $1.1 billion; the deal makes Tumblr a major part of a new plan by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to make Yahoo hip and relevant to those who are, well, hip and relevant. Despite rumors that Microsoft and Facebook were interested in Tumblr, there were no competing bids for the board to consider...]]>NewsSun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoos-board-agrees-to-1.1-billion-acquisition-of-Tumblr_id43193/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Tumblr-backing-away-from-Yahoo-Microsoft-and-Facebook-are-waiting-in-the-wings_id43188With Yahoo's board meeting later today to discuss buying hosting site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, sources with knowledge of what both sides are thinking are saying that Tumblr is beginning to get "cold feet" about the acquisition; Tumblr executives are believed to be wondering whether the price is too low even though a recent funding was done at an $800 million valuation...]]>NewsSun, 19 May 2013 02:02:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Tumblr-backing-away-from-Yahoo-Microsoft-and-Facebook-are-waiting-in-the-wings_id43188/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mobile-says-no-to-Google-Wallet-yes-to-ISIS_id43184Some owners of the T-Mobile branded Samsung GALAXY Note II are getting upset at the carrier's decision to block Google Wallet; but the decision not to allow Google's mobile payment service to run on T-Mobile models has to do with the operator's inclusion as a founding member of ISIS. This is a competing mobile payment service that was put together by Verizon, AT&T and yes, T-Mobile...]]>NewsSat, 18 May 2013 16:17:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/T-Mobile-says-no-to-Google-Wallet-yes-to-ISIS_id43184/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoos-Board-to-meet-Sunday-to-discuss-1.1-billion-all-cash-deal-for-Tumblr-press-event-set-for-Monday_id43173On Thursday, we told you that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is fixated on buying hosting site Tumblr for $1 billion and according to people close to the situation, Yahoo's board is going to get together on Sunday (that's why they earn the big bucks) to discuss an all-cash $1.1 billion offer for Tumblr; sources in tune with Mayer's thinking say that Tumblr will be the property that Yahoo will use as the base for the company going forward...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 23:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoos-Board-to-meet-Sunday-to-discuss-1.1-billion-all-cash-deal-for-Tumblr-press-event-set-for-Monday_id43173/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-has-some-fun-Easter-eggs_id43167We all know that Google loves Easter eggs. The company puts them in many of its products, and the newly released Google+ Hangouts is no exception. There are actually six different Easter eggs for Hangouts users, but unfortunately, they aren't available on mobile, only in either the Chrome app or inside Google+ itself...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 21:53:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-has-some-fun-Easter-eggs_id43167/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Fitbit-now-supports-Galaxy-S4-syncing-but-not-with-S-Health_id43162One of the thousands of features that Samsung has packed into the Galaxy S4 is S Health, which promises to track all sorts of things (assuming you have the right accessories). The Fitbit is an established player in the personal health tracking game, and the app has just been updated to support syncing on the Galaxy S4, but unfortunately it doesn't work with S Health...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 20:44:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Fitbit-now-supports-Galaxy-S4-syncing-but-not-with-S-Health_id43162/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Itsdagram-is-back-in-Windows-Phone-Store-includes-filters-for-full-Instagram-experience_id43170The closest thing that Windows Phone users have to Instagram these days is Itsdagram; originally launched without photo filters, the app was published last Friday before it was quickly pulled to fix some bugs and add some new features. We are happy to report that the app has returned to the Windows Phone Store with a new UI that allows users to "like" and add comments from the feed view...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Itsdagram-is-back-in-Windows-Phone-Store-includes-filters-for-full-Instagram-experience_id43170/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-demo-of-Epson-Moverio-glasses-and-YouTube-functionality_id43169Epson and APX Labs are at Google I/O showing off the development which will allow YouTube viewing and...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 16:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-demo-of-Epson-Moverio-glasses-and-YouTube-functionality_id43169/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-talks-and-does-Braille_id43154One of the interesting sessions held at Google I/O was the “Enabling Blind and Low-Vision Accessibility on Android...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 14:49:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-talks-and-does-Braille_id43154/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-gets-first-update-seems-to-add-Nexus-7-support_id43157Last night, Google+ Hangouts received its first update through Google Play in its short life. Unfortunately, Google didn't see fit to include a changelog with the update, so we don't know exactly what changes were made. But, we've asked around and it looks as though the update has added support for the Nexus 7 at the very least...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 07:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Hangouts-gets-first-update-seems-to-add-Nexus-7-support_id43157/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-introduces-its-Xpress-Now-app-for-personalized-browser-recommendations_id43150Nokia has introduced its Nokia Xpress Now app for its Asha line; available in India where it currently is in beta, the app works together with the Nokia Xpress Browser, relying on the wisdom of 80 million monthly users of the Nokia Xpress Browser together with a user's personal browsing preferences, to make real-time personalized recommendations of what is hot on the internet...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 03:15:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-introduces-its-Xpress-Now-app-for-personalized-browser-recommendations_id43150/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoo-rumored-to-be-buying-Tumblr-for-1-billion_id43147With Yahoo trying to make itself relevant once again to the young and hip, the company is rumored to be on the verge of shelling out $1 billion for hosting site Tumblr; this could easily be a win-win deal as Yahoo needs the infusion of young blood while Tumblr is looking for liquidity. There is speculation that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has had her eye on the company for a while and has already met with its executives including Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp...]]>NewsFri, 17 May 2013 00:39:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Yahoo-rumored-to-be-buying-Tumblr-for-1-billion_id43147/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BBM-will-be-smartphones-only-when-it-first-comes-to-Android-and-iOS_id43144A couple days ago, BlackBerry announced that BlackBerry Messenger will finally be released on Android and iOS this summer, but today BlackBerry is managing expectations a bit. It seems that the company will be focusing its efforts and only bring the app to smartphones when it is first released...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 20:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BBM-will-be-smartphones-only-when-it-first-comes-to-Android-and-iOS_id43144/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-look-at-the-new-Google-Maps_id43140Google Maps was featured during the Google I/O keynote with some significant upgrades for mobile...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 19:26:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Up-close-look-at-the-new-Google-Maps_id43140/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-All-Access-hands-on_id43139Among the many announcements made at yesterday’s keynote event, perhaps the most consumer-centric...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 18:43:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-All-Access-hands-on_id43139/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Glassware-available-for-Google-Glass-includes-apps-from-CNN-Twitter-and-Facebook_id43137The second day of Google I/O has brought a number of new apps to Google Glass from some household names like CNN, Twitter and Facebook; other updates are being offered from fashion site Elle, microblogger Tumblr and reminder note app Evernote. Google has been trying to get developers to write apps, which it calls Glasswear, for the specs...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 18:00:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Glassware-available-for-Google-Glass-includes-apps-from-CNN-Twitter-and-Facebook_id43137/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Downloads-vs-installs-how-Apple-and-Google-count-app-numbers_id43135Yesterday was a big day of news. Moreso for Google than Apple, but Apple did get in one interesting piece of information. Just a few hours after Google had announced that the Google Play Store had reached 48 billion app downloads, Apple announced that its iTunes App Store had reached the 50 billion app marker. At the time, we noted that it was unclear how each company counts app installs, so we weren't totally sure how to compare the numbers, but now we have that answer...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 17:23:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Downloads-vs-installs-how-Apple-and-Google-count-app-numbers_id43135/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Field-Trip-for-Android-gets-updated-with-support-for-more-than-80-countries_id43134Field Trip is exactly what the name suggests, an app that will help guide you on a field trip to find interesting places and learn something new about your surroundings. The app was made by Niantic Labs, the same division of Google that made Ingress, and it just received a pretty huge update today. The app has just added support for more than 80 countries...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 15:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Field-Trip-for-Android-gets-updated-with-support-for-more-than-80-countries_id43134/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Confirmed-Google-Hangouts-will-get-SMS-and-outbound-calling-support-soon_id43129As you would (sadly) expect when a new product is released, people tend to move past the good points fairly quickly and focus on what is missing. When Google announced its new Google+ Hangouts integrated messaging system yesterday, there was a few minutes of people saying "Cool!" before the outcry became, "Where is SMS support?" Well, good news is that Google has confirmed that SMS support is coming "soon"...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 14:30:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Confirmed-Google-Hangouts-will-get-SMS-and-outbound-calling-support-soon_id43129/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Update-available-for-eBays-iOS-app-brings-new-features_id43130Auction site eBay has updated its iOS app, adding some features that make it easier to bid for items on the go; a new UI simplifies the auction process while the new eBay shopping cart allows you to check out multiple items at the same time in the U.S. or the U.K. If your iPhone or iPad is running iOS 6, you can tap on the top of the grid when you receive search results, and you will see larger pictures of the items up for bid...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 13:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Update-available-for-eBays-iOS-app-brings-new-features_id43130/commentsPhone Arena