Source: http://www.cnet.com/news/nokia-branded-android-smartphones-could-launch-this-year/ July 18, 2016 by Lance Whitney @lancewhit Hey, if Pokemon can make a comeback, maybe Nokia can too. A Nokia fan site reports high-end Nokia phones equipped with Android Nougat are set to debut around next winter. The Nokia name may get to live on with at least a couple of high-end phones reportedly set [...]
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/18/google-launches-the-final-android-nougat-developer-preview/ By Lucia Maffei (@maffei_lucia) Google today released the fifth and last preview Android Nougat before the scheduled final release later this summer. According to the company, this preview includes the latest version of the Android Nougat emulator to do apps final testing, the final N APIs, the latest system behaviors and UI and the latest bug fixes and [...]
1.0 Get started with Accessibility Scanner When you design and develop an Android app, Accessibility Scanner can help you identify opportunities to improve your app for users. Accessibility Scanner scans your screen and provides suggestions to improve the accessibility of your app, based on the following: Content labels Touch target size Clickable items Text and [...]
By Zach Epstein Apple has always been a market leader when it comes to mobile accessibility features for people with disabilities. And of course as anyone who follows all of our coverage of cool hidden iPhone features knows, accessibility options also provide useful functionality to people without disabilities. While Apple is still the leader in [...]
By Lyndal Rowlands UNITED NATIONS, Jun 15 2016 (IPS) - Wheelchairs, hearing aids, white canes and braille typewriters are just some of the products that help people with disabilities to participate fully in everyday life. Yet for many people with disabilities in developing countries many of the most useful products are simply beyond reach. To help more [...]
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2016 – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today announced winners of the fifth annual Awards for Advancement in Accessibility (“Chairman’s AAA”). These awards recognize and honor innovative achievements in communications technology that benefit people with disabilities. “We can use today’s technologies to address so many of the communications barriers facing Americans with disabilities,” [...]
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List of 6,758 unique Android smart phone models sorted by: Manufacturer Note: This page is very large and may take a few minutes to display. Model Name/Number Note: This page is very large and may take a few minutes to display. Internal Code Name Note: This page is very large and may take a few [...]
Michael Crider Michael is a native Texan and a former graphic designer. He’s been covering technology in general and Android in particular since 2011. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and salsa verde, in no particular order. He wrote a novel called Good Intentions: A Supervillain Story, and you should read it. [...]
Voice Access is an accessibility service that helps users who have difficulty manipulating a touch screen (e.g. due to paralysis, tremor, or temporary injury) use their Android devices by voice. For help using Voice Access, see Voice Access support. Voice Access provides voice commands in three categories: Basics and navigation from any screen (e.g. “go back”, [...]
By Ewan Spence A long time ago, Microsoft MSFT +0.00% purchased Nokia's Devices and Services division. In the period between the deal being announced and the deal closing, Nokia’s engineers pushed out one last hurrah. The Nokia X range of handsets, powered by Nokia’s own fork of Android, tied into Nokia’s ID system as well [...]
Google’s latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow is exciting in many respects, offering a slew of great features and functionality. The new app permissions are among the highlights, so they deserve a closer look. With the new OS version, Google completely overhauled the way apps and users can handle permissions. With previous versions of Android, if an [...]
Privilege escalation and remote code execution feature in fourth droid patch run. Google has patched two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities as part of a suite of seven fixes in its fourth round of Android patching since August. The over-the-air updates set to hit Nexus, Samsung, and Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devices first for [...]
By Russell Brandom | on November 2, 2015 03:12 pm | Email | @russellbrandom Android is getting a new patch today, fixing a total of 23 vulnerabilities including two critical issues. The most serious of the vulnerabilities allows remote code execution through email, web browsing, and MMS. The patch also fixes a newly discovered vulnerability in [...]
BlackBerry Ltd.’s new Android phone hitting the market this week could be the company’s last attempt at making its devices profitable before ending production. The Canadian company has unveiled several new phones in the two years since Chief Executive Officer John Chen took over, but none has managed to stop hardware sales from falling. Chen [...]
By Tanya Wood Former lawyer, city councillor, court disputes tribunal referee, hospital board chairman and spare-time boat builder Foxton Beach resident Rod Haines has not let the grass grow under his feet. “Being born without arms gave me a slightly different life and it’s been pretty colourful,” he says. “I was getting like The Old [...]
Relative number of devices that support a particular version of OpenGL ES. Note that support for one particular version of OpenGL ES also implies support for any lower version (for example, support for version 2.0 also implies support for 1.1). OpenGL ES Version Distribution 2.0 59.8% 3.0 36.8% 3.1 3.4% Data collected during a 7-day [...]
Relative number of devices that have a particular screen configuration, defined by a combination of screen size and density. ldpi mdpi tvdpi hdpi xhdpi xxhdpi Total Small 3.6% 3.6% Normal 6.9% 0.1% 40.6% 20.4% 15.8% 83.8% Large 0.3% 4.9% 2.3% 0.6% 0.6% 8.7% Xlarge 3.0% 0.3% 0.6% 3.9% Total 3.9% 14.8% 2.4% 41.5% 21.6% [...]
Relative number of devices running a given version of Android Version Codename API Distribution 2.2 Froyo 8 0.3% 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 Gingerbread 10 4.6% 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich 15 4.1% 4.1.x Jelly Bean 16 13.0% 4.2.x 17 15.9% 4.3 18 4.7% 4.4 KitKat 19 39.3% 5.0 Lollipop 21 15.5% 5.1 22 2.6% [...]
By Pete Carey San Jose Mercury News MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Ruben Morales, a blind 59-year-old retired engineer who lives in this Silicon Valley city, has used a specialized screen-reading program for years to write and run spreadsheets on his desktop computer. But recently, he figuratively cut the cord to his desktop and joined the [...]
By Adnan Farooqui on 08/09/2015 It has been rumored for a long time that BlackBerry could launch a handset that’s powered by Android, in fact the company’s first flagship device for 2015 is expected to come with Google’s mobile OS. Recently the BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition was launched and while it runs BB OS 10 [...]
Zee Media Bureau In what could be termed as the single largest security update for mobile phones in history, Google will be patching bugs for Android called ‘Stagefright’. “My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen,” Adrian Ludwig, lead engineer for Android security at Google said. “Hundreds [...]