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Power App Race: Current Top 30, April 31 2012

May 11th, 2012 Hornet

Hi guys and gals we have all heard about the Power App Race held by Samsung to encourage developers to create apps for it’s new platform, bada 2.0. For the winning price of $100,000, Samsung attracted many developers, both experienced and amateurs; now it has been quite some time since the race began so the time has come to show you the current standings. Each of the first 10 apps which achieve 100,000 downloads will receive $100,000 cash prize and other exclusive marketing & promotion benefits. (Top 5 Games AND Top 5 Other). GOOD LUCK!


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Samsung’s First Tizen Device Prototype! (VIDEO)

May 8th, 2012 Hornet

Back in January, Samsung announced it was planning to merge its homegrown bada operating system with the open-source Tizen platform, which the Korean company has been developing with Intel. Four months later, we can take a peek at one of the first Tizen powered Samsung devices thanks to this leaked video walk-through.

The “barebones,” prototype handset in this clip, which is apparently being handed out to Tizen developers right now, is packing a 1.2GHz dual-core ARM processor and a 4.3-inch HD (1024 x 720) display.

The Tizen user interface, apps, and functions look a lot like a mash-up between bada and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on Android, presumably thanks to the Korean company’s heavy influence on the platform. All of the core applications are developed with HTML5, according to the video, and the device is designed to use just one physical home button — like the iPhone

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MasterCard Certifies A Bunch of NFC Phones, Wave Y

May 8th, 2012 Kenneth Linn

MasterCard Worldwide has announced several near field communications (NFC) enabled smartphones have been certified for use with MasterCard PayPass technology, providing consumers with devices capable of making fast, secure contactless payments at hundreds of thousands of PayPass merchant locations around the globe. The new MasterCard-certified devices include the BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 / 9380, HTC One X, Intel Smartphone Reference Device, LG Viper 4G LTE, LG Optimus Elite, Nokia 603, Nokia Lumia 610 NFC, Samsung Wave Y, Samsung Galaxy mini 2, Samsung Galaxy S Advance, Samsung Galaxy Nexus (GT-i9250), Sony Xperia S, Sony Xperia P and Sony Xperia sola.

“In the near future, millions of phones will ship with NFC technology embedded within them. The new PayPass Ready identifier will help consumers make informed device purchasing decisions by providing a visual mark that indicates devices are certified to make simple, smart and secure payments via the MasterCard PayPass network,” said Mung Ki Woo, Group Executive, Mobile at MasterCard.

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North American carrier Sprint joins Tizen Association

May 7th, 2012 Kenneth Linn
Sprint announced today that is joinging the Tizen Association, a group focused on both the marketing and education of the Tizen platform in the industry and helping to develop its presence in the market. With that announcement, Sprint has become the first North American carrier to join the Association. Along with the announcement, they also announced that Fared Adib, vice president of product development at Sprint, will be joining the Tizen board of directors. Other carriers already in the Tizen Association are NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SK telecom, Telefónica and Vodafone. In my opinion, it is interesting that Sprint is becoming part of the Tizen Association. Sprint’s announcement of today’s news can be found after the picture and after the break….
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