Unofficial port of Ice-Cream Sandwich for the Huawei Ideos X5

The Ideos X5, that Android device released by Huawei last April in case you forgot, has got a new lease of life, thanks to a port of Android 4.0 released recently.  The hero responsible for this feat, dzo, must be a proud owner himself to dedicate such time to a

VLC Media Player for Android now available in its beta form

There must be very few people who wouldn’t have heard of the VLC Media Player if they have used a PC frequently.  It is by far one of the most popular cross-platform media players and has support for almost every codec and format of video and audio that is popular

Nokia Lumia 900 Exposed Thanks To FCC Teardown Treatment

We can always count on the FCC to provide us with internal teardown images of the latest smartphone. This time it’s Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone, the Lumia 900. The images leave the smartphone’s internal design exposed and provides the public with a glimpse as to how Nokia designed the elusive

Best Buy Planning To Increase Return Policy On All Products To 30 Days?

Reportedly, Best Buy is planning to offer an increased 30-day window for device returns, which is a substantial improvement from its current 14-day policy. The new policy will apply to all products (including Apple products) and covers price matches. It’s an interesting move on Best Buy’s part, as Amazon already offers

Android Market Shows Off New Stats For App Publishers

If you’ve ever published an app on the Android Market, then you’ve used the Application Statistics to manage your app’s development. Well, great news for publishers, as the Android Market has just received a variety of new observable metrics. App publishers can now track their app’s performance by unique users and unique

Apple iPad Launch Event Confirmed For March 7th in San Francisco

We’ve all been subject to the churning rumor mill that coincides with a new Apple product release, but the company has finally confirmed its next iPad launch event. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Naturally, Apple is

Verizon CFO Confirms Shared Family Data Plans For Mid 2012

Earlier this year Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam alluded to the fact that the company would offer shared data plans in the future. Shortly after, leaks of a new back-end system surfaced, but we still didn’t have a confirmation of when to expect the new shared data plans. However, we now have

Beta version of Skype out for Windows Phone-based devices

It is rather surprising to see that, Skype, being Microsoft’s own subsidiary, hasn’t had a proper Windows Phone app until now.  And now that it is announced, it is again surprising to see a beta version instead of one ready for primetime, although going by what has been revealed about

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 official, being shown off at the MWC

The Galaxy Note, that segment-confused Android device from Samsung, has a much more clear-headed sibling and it’s called the Galaxy Note 10.1.  The new tablet was announced by Samsung and is currently on display at the Mobile World Congress if you care to take a gander. For features of course,