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/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 Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-says-InstagramWP-is-not-real_id43109As we suspected all along, the @InstagramWP Twitter account was called a fake by none other than Nokia; ironically, it was only because Nokia was following the site that many thought that it could have been genuine. The tweet sent out from the account read "Good things come to those that wait! :)" which was a message alluding to the long wait that Windows Phone owners have endured waiting for an official Instagram app...]]>NewsThu, 16 May 2013 02:10:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-says-InstagramWP-is-not-real_id43109/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprints-HTC-One-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-and-Samsung-GALAXY-Note-II-get-Google-Wallet_id43106Earlier on Wednesday, we told you that Google had added Google Wallet capabilities to Gmail; this puts Mountain View in the highly lucrative business of shuffling OPM around, taking a small slice of the moola as it goes from person to person. It's a great business to be in, especially since Google is already in the business of sending messages via Gmail...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 23:10:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprints-HTC-One-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-and-Samsung-GALAXY-Note-II-get-Google-Wallet_id43106/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-may-be-going-cross-platform-and-may-get-YouTube-integration_id43100Today saw the launch of Google Play Music All Access, Google's new streaming music subscription service and so far it has been pretty solid. The service offers a feature set that isn't currently matched on any competing services, and the launch has gone well. So, obviously that means it's time to start speculating on where the service goes from here...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 21:11:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-may-be-going-cross-platform-and-may-get-YouTube-integration_id43100/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Users-on-AT-T-unable-to-use-Google-Hangouts-video-chat-over-cellular_id43095The new Google+ Hangouts app hasn't been out very long, but already some users are having problems. In the early rush, there were obviously some troubles with signing into the service, but that's not what we're talking about. The real trouble is for users on AT&T, who are finding out that they cannot use Hangouts video chat over their cellular network...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 17:54:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Users-on-AT-T-unable-to-use-Google-Hangouts-video-chat-over-cellular_id43095/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-App-Store-hits-50-billion-downloads_id43093You knew that Apple would be swooping in to steal some of the spotlight from Google today, and the news just dropped. Whereas Google announced earlier today that the Google Play Store has reached 48 billion downloads, Apple has just announced that the iTunes App Store has hit 50 billion downloads. Although, given the headstart that Apple had in mobile, we wonder which number is really more impressive...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 17:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apples-App-Store-hits-50-billion-downloads_id43093/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/As-predicted-Google-asks-Microsoft-to-shut-down-new-YouTube-app_id43091Microsoft recently released a brand new YouTube app for Windows Phone. The app was a huge update and added a ton of features that WP users had been asking for. Unfortunately, it also added some features that Google expressly prohibits in its terms of service. We expected that this would come back to haunt Microsoft and it has. Google has asked that the new YouTube app be shut down...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 17:05:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/As-predicted-Google-asks-Microsoft-to-shut-down-new-YouTube-app_id43091/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Books-gets-updated-with-new-UI-and-book-uploading_id43092We just saw the update for Google Play Music come to the Play Store, and it brought a new UI to the app. Now, Google Play Books has also gotten a new UI, and it looks like Google is using the same design idea here as well. So, don't be surprised if this new UI makes its way to the other Play apps: Movies and Magazines...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 15:56:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Books-gets-updated-with-new-UI-and-book-uploading_id43092/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-update-brings-All-Access-new-UI-and-more_id43090Google Play Music got a big update today. The announcement was made earlier, and now the update has gone live for Android users and those that use Google Play Music on the web as well. The update brings the new "Radio without rules" streaming service, All Access, a brand new UI and a bunch of other improvements to the app...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 15:19:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Music-update-brings-All-Access-new-UI-and-more_id43090/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Hangouts-for-Android-iOS-and-Chrome-is-now-live_id43088The announcement was made just a couple hours ago, and the new integrated chat app from Google called Hangouts has now gone live for Android, iOS, and Chrome...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 14:59:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Hangouts-for-Android-iOS-and-Chrome-is-now-live_id43088/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Maps-for-mobile-to-get-Zagat-integration-dynamic-rerouting-and-more_id43083Well, what do you know - it turns out that not only the desktop version of Google Maps is getting new features. During the Google I/O conference, Google gave everyone a sneak peek preview of some new features coming to Google Maps for mobile...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 13:55:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Maps-for-mobile-to-get-Zagat-integration-dynamic-rerouting-and-more_id43083/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Voice-search-improvements-new-cards-and-reminders-in-Google-Now-update-already-live_id43082A few minutes before the actual announcement, our Nexus 4 popped up a notification of an update to the Google Search app. The "what's new" section didn't have any actual info of what to expect in the update, but the news has been announced in Google's keynote. Conversational search is coming to desktops, but our focus is mobile, and for that Google Now is getting voice search improvements, new cards, and reminders...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 13:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Voice-search-improvements-new-cards-and-reminders-in-Google-Now-update-already-live_id43082/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Poor-Facebook-Home-launch-blamed-on-testers-Apple-iPhone-infatuation_id43074There is no question that the Facebook Home launch has been a flop for the social networking site, and when you're used to having the Midas Touch, a failure of this magnitude usually leads to questions about what went wrong; the idea of a Facebook-centric launcher for Android might have seemed like a good one on paper, but in practice the app has spawned a long list of one-star ratings...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 12:27:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Poor-Facebook-Home-launch-blamed-on-testers-Apple-iPhone-infatuation_id43074/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-announces-Google-Play-Music-All-Access-Radio-without-rules._id43075We've been waiting for this announcement for a while. We had heard bits and pieces of Google signing up Universal, and Warner Music, then just yesterday we got word that the last pieces were in place. Today, we got the full announcement for Google Play Music All Access, which is what Google calls "Radio without rules."...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 12:18:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-announces-Google-Play-Music-All-Access-Radio-without-rules._id43075/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/SwiftKey-gets-update-and-price-cut_id43065Wednesday has been a busy day for third party virtual keyboard app SwiftKey as not only did the Android app receive an update today, the price of the paid version of SwiftKey has also been sliced in half for a limited time; the update has added three new themes, Pitch, Dusk, and Regal, and has fixed some problems that users have been experiencing with personalization on Facebook...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 11:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/SwiftKey-gets-update-and-price-cut_id43065/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Eurovision-2013-official-app-launches-on-Android-and-iOS_id43046The annual Eurovision song contest is about to start in just three days and this year it’s taking place in Malmo, Sweden after Swedish singer Loreen won…]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 05:24:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Eurovision-2013-official-app-launches-on-Android-and-iOS_id43046/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-Twitter-account-goes-live-real-We-say-no_id43041@InstagramWP has managed to spin up a little over 1,500 followers in its first 12-plus hours or so...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 03:53:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Instagram-for-Windows-Phone-Twitter-account-goes-live-real-We-say-no_id43041/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Update-to-Nokias-2InstaWithLove-adds-PureView-filter_id43029Nokia has decided to add a PureView filter to its photo sharing app #2InstaWithLove, and if you're not familiar with this Windows Phone app, what it does is allow you to snap a picture, use one of the filters on the software to enhance the photograph, and post it on a social network like Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #2InstaWithLove...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 03:51:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Update-to-Nokias-2InstaWithLove-adds-PureView-filter_id43029/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-HTC-One-owners-can-now-download-HTC-Backup-via-Google-Play_id43042In case you own an HTC One smartphone from AT&T, let us tell you about a neat app that you should probably check out – HTC Backup. As the name suggests, it lets you make a safe copy of your stuff in case the handset kicks the bucket prematurely. All files are stored securely in the cloud space provided courtesy of Dropbox...]]>NewsWed, 15 May 2013 03:34:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-HTC-One-owners-can-now-download-HTC-Backup-via-Google-Play_id43042/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Store-gets-small-update-with-new-UI-and-mysterious-new-syncing-options_id43025For a while, there were rumors that Google would be releasing a newsstand or News section of the Google Play Store, but those rumors have died away and been replaced with the mysterious new Google Play Games, which is not only said to be part of the big keynote at I/O tomorrow, but it is decidedly the first time the "Google Play" moniker actually makes perfect sense...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 22:45:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Store-gets-small-update-with-new-UI-and-mysterious-new-syncing-options_id43025/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-to-introduce-streaming-music-service-at-Google-IO-on-Wednesday_id43022Speculation is circulating that during the opening day of Google I/O Wednesday, Google is going to introduce a streaming music service; the service was rumored to be in the works as far back as last February, around the same time that the discovery of some hidden icons found on an Apple iPad running iOS 6.1 led to speculation that Apple was close to starting its own streaming music service...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 21:10:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-to-introduce-streaming-music-service-at-Google-IO-on-Wednesday_id43022/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BBM-is-finally-coming-to-iOS-and-Android-now-you-really-have-no-reason-to-buy-BlackBerry_id43017BlackBerry had a pretty big keynote earlier today. The company announced an update to BlackBerry 10, a new device for emerging markets, and CEO Thorsten Heins finally announced what had been rumored for over a year: BlackBerry Messenger will be coming to iOS and Android this summer...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 19:36:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BBM-is-finally-coming-to-iOS-and-Android-now-you-really-have-no-reason-to-buy-BlackBerry_id43017/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Pinterest-app-for-iOS-and-Android-both-receive-update_id43018Social corkboard site Pinterest has received an update to its iOS and Android site which now allows mobile users to get push notifications when someone comments on, likes or re-pins your "stuff"; Android users will find a list of recent activity on their profile page while iOS users will find the same information at the bottom of the screen...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 18:08:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Pinterest-app-for-iOS-and-Android-both-receive-update_id43018/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-World-now-up-to-120000-apps-including-Bloomberg-and-iHeartRadio_id43011One of the things that killed off the Palm Pre before it was given a chance was the lack of a decently stocked applications marketplace; the huge gap between the number of apps available in the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and the Windows Phone Store are a factor for many smartphone buyers when purchasing a brand new handset...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 10:49:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-World-now-up-to-120000-apps-including-Bloomberg-and-iHeartRadio_id43011/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-marketing-head-concedes-missing-Windows-Phone-apps-are-customers-biggest-grievance_id43005Nokia has been slow to pick up Windows Phone steam and it’s definitely getting a lot of customer feedback and evaluating it to see just what is it missing…]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 08:11:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-marketing-head-concedes-missing-Windows-Phone-apps-are-customers-biggest-grievance_id43005/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Hipstamatic-and-Oggl-coming-to-Windows-Phone_id42990Hipstamatic is one of the greatest vintage photo applications on the Apple iPhone, and it is one of the big advantages of Apple's huge ecosystem of apps. Now Hipstamatic expands its reach and is coming to Windows Phone...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 04:33:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Hipstamatic-and-Oggl-coming-to-Windows-Phone_id42990/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/KakaoHome-launcher-for-Android-released-think-Facebook-Home-for-KakaoTalk-users_id42982Facebook Home – the alternative Android launcher that was announced last month to much fanfare, isn't doing particularly well, but all that, apparently, isn't stopping other companies providing social networking services from following suit. The guys behind KakaoTalk – a cross-platform IM application popular in Korea, have announced the launch of KakaoHome launcher for Android...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 02:51:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/KakaoHome-launcher-for-Android-released-think-Facebook-Home-for-KakaoTalk-users_id42982/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/The-forbidden-fruit-here-are-7-great-Android-apps-that-Google-does-not-allow-on-Play-store_id42978Google might have a mind-boggling 700 000 applications in its Android Play store, but you just won’t find certain apps there…]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 02:42:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-forbidden-fruit-here-are-7-great-Android-apps-that-Google-does-not-allow-on-Play-store_id42978/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/ESPN-to-provide-content-for-in-tweet-video-highlights_id42977Sports network ESPN has agreed to expand its partnership with messaging service Twitter to provide in-tweet video highlights; Disney owned ESPN will send off tweets that include highlights of major sporting events from World Cup Soccer matches, NCAA College Football, and the X Games. The highlights will be available shortly after they are seen over television...]]>NewsTue, 14 May 2013 00:48:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/ESPN-to-provide-content-for-in-tweet-video-highlights_id42977/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Glass-gets-facial-recognition-via-health-care-related-app_id42976With apps being made available to Google Glass, the specs now have the ability to perform facial recognition tasks thanks to a health care related app; MedRef for Glass was designed to help health care professionals access patient records using facial recognition. Programmer Lance Nanek came up with the app after hearing that hospitals are full of employees trying to get information with their hands full...]]>NewsMon, 13 May 2013 23:37:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Glass-gets-facial-recognition-via-health-care-related-app_id42976/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Store-now-allows-all-developers-to-reply-to-user-reviews_id42964Bad user reviews are the bane of every developer's existence. There is always a solid number of negative reviews that are completely reasonable, but there are also always a fair number of bad reviews that are simply misplaced tech support issues, or just plain trolling. Now, whatever the reason, all developers can reply to reviews in the Play Store...]]>NewsMon, 13 May 2013 12:38:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Play-Store-now-allows-all-developers-to-reply-to-user-reviews_id42964/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/Hungry-Now-app-for-Windows-Phone-will-gently-guide-you-to-the-nearest-food-joint_id42957Hungry and bearing a Lumia or another Windows Phone on yourself? If you don't mind fast food joints, and when you are hungry you usually don't, the Hungry Now app, available at the Windows Store, will show you to the nearest one...]]>NewsMon, 13 May 2013 08:50:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/Hungry-Now-app-for-Windows-Phone-will-gently-guide-you-to-the-nearest-food-joint_id42957/commentsPhone Arenahttp://www.phonearena.com/news/10-great-personalization-apps-for-Android_id42939Bored of the stock look of your Android smartphone or tablet? Want to make it truly yours by adapting its interface to your liking? Well, you've landed at the right web page! There are tons of customization apps at the Google Play store and here we've listed ten of the coolest ones that are available. We're talking about pretty live wallpapers, useful widgets, custom launchers, apps for editing your device's notification settings, and more. Best of all, the apps we've selected are free of charge...]]>NewsMon, 13 May 2013 02:42:00 -0500http://www.phonearena.com/news/10-great-personalization-apps-for-Android_id42939/commentsPhone Arena