Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking, Web Apps, Websites  While there have been many third party apps for the popular social networking service, Twitter hasn’t produced their own native app until today. For several years now, our cell phones have become an integral part of our lives and we use it for nearly everything making it imperative to be connected to social networking sites.
After downloading the free Twitter for Android app from the marketplace, you have the option to share news, images, locations via Twitter on many other apps. In addition, in your contact list, people who also have Twitter will show their latest status update. The Twitter API will be released to developers to allow them to incorporate Twitter into new apps. Unfortunately, the Twitter for Android app will only work on Android phones running version 2.1. Other users will have to use third party apps or use the mobile website version of Twitter. Read [Twitter] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Haven’t caught all of the Gadgetell news this week? Here's your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles! - Android Market reaches 50,000 total apps
” The Android market, notable rival to the App Store, has finally reached over 50,000 apps, a milestone reached because of the countless Android enthusiasts. AndroLib is a website that calculates the amount of apps in ten different Android Markets, but it…” MORE » - iPad gobbling data: 2.5x more than iPhone
“According to Bytemobile, iPads are consuming more than double the data than iPhones performing the same tasks, based on the companies testing. Thankfully for AT&T (and it’s customers) the iPad is consuming all this data via WiFi and not on the wireless network. That is set to change…” MORE » - Google Nexus One no longer coming to Verizon Wireless?
” It looks as if the Nexus One is not coming to Verizon Wireless. If you head on over to the most recent addition on the News and Update page for the Nexus One, the…” MORE » - AT&T releases Palm Pre Plus commercial, availability expected shortly
” Unfortunately we are not yet privy to a release date, however it is looking like AT&T is getting closer to making the Palm Pre Plus available. But release date aside, AT&T has released a commercial…” MORE » - Android crowned King of Web traffic in U.S.
” AdMob, one of the largest mobile advertising companies in the world, has been openly sharing data from their network to… “...help shed light on the trends occurring in the mobile ecosystem.” Well this week they have something very interesting for us to observe.…” MORE » - Sony announces the end of an era - pulls plug on floppy disc production
” I still remember the days of using a floppy disc to save my word documents and whatever else I needed to save. For a computer that could barely store more than a few megabytes, a 1.44MB floppy disc seemed to do…” MORE » - Leaks: BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G show their faces
” It looks like we have a BlackBerry leak that has revealed the Bold 9650 as well as the Pearl 3G. Overall, we are still waiting on some more of the details, but…” MORE » - Barnes & Noble Nook outsells Amazon Kindle in March
” Digital books have become a fad in their own right. The Kindle, Nook, and even the iPad have all dedicated their services to consuming these goods. Up until now, the Kindle has dominated the space due to the fact that there were…” MORE » - BlackBerry 9670 clamshell leaked again, verdict—still funky looking
” This fine Tuesday morning has brought us all a few more images of the clamshell styled BlackBerry 9670 and I have to say—it still looks funky. But like anything…” MORE » - Palm Pixi now free (on contract) with Sprint
” Those on Sprint that may have been holding out for the Palm Pixi to go cheaper will have see a little happiness in this latest Palm related news—the Pixi is now free with Sprint. Of…” MORE »
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Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks  When Apple introduced the iPad as a ebook reader, it had most of the major book publishers sign on to put their books into the iBooks store. As a result, many of those same companies tried to pressure Amazon into using the “agency model” for ebook prices. The publishers wanted Amazon to let them set their own prices or else they’d leave for Apple. Now we’re seeing another way for Amazon to fight back against the publishers.
Penguin’s contract with Amazon ended on April 1, which meant that Penguin started to argue for the agency model. The negotiations are still ongoing, and Amazon has decided to play rough with Penguin. Amazon today has lowered the price of many newly-published Penguin hardcover books to the bestseller ebook price of $9.99. Most of the books aren’t even bestsellers, which would likely make them have a higher ebook price normally. The major book publishers don’t like the $9.99 because they feel like it’s devaluing books. That was just for ebooks, though, $9.99 for a new non-bestseller hardcover book could really cheapen the value of new books, which is probably what Amazon is going for. Or, it’s just trying to prove to Penguin that it can just as easily lose money on hardcovers to offer books at better prices. Hopefully this could help negotiations along between the two companies to agree on pricing for ebooks that work well for everyone. In the meantime, cheap hardcover books are certainly a good thing. Read [Wall Street Journal] Via [Gizmodo] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
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