Items tagged with Android
Verizon Wireless will be joining AT&T as the second of the big 4 U.S. wireless carriers to offer a tiered data plan, on Oct. 28th, a report indicates. Unlike AT&T, however, Verizon Wireless will continue to offer an unlimited data...
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Never one to shy away from a bit of a bit of hyperbole, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who usually eschews Apple post-earnings' analyst calls, dropped in yesterday to participate in, he said, Apple's first $20 billion quarter earnings call. He also took the time to go off on a 5 minute...
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In terms of Google's names for its Android releases, we didn't expect a change, and we're not getting one. Reportedly, the name for the next unnamed version of Android will be "Ice Cream." Hopefully you are not lactose-intolerant. We already knew that Android 3.0, the next major release...
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An earlier leak on the release date for the T-Mobile Galaxy Tab has been joined by another leak for its siblings, the Verizon and Sprint Galaxy Tabs. These 7" Android tablets are set to launch on the 4 major US carriers, but so far official details have been scarce. Our source...
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It's hard to explain why, but for some reason, Angry Birds has taken over the mobile gaming world. It's easily the most popular game out at the moment for mobile platforms, but up until a few months ago, it wasn't available on Android...
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The pricing info and date for the Samsung Galaxy Tab on Sprint's network has leaked, as has the pricing info for T-Mobile. So far, the only date we've seen was Nov. 14th for Sprint, but we have some pretty reliable info that points to the T-Mobile Galaxy Tab being launched on Nov. 10...
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The Verizon Samsung Continuum, also known as the i400, is scheduled to launch on Oct 28, according to a report we received from an anonymous source. The source did not have pricing info, however, he confirmed that the device is indeed carrying Android 2.1 Update 1 (naturally, this could...
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If Verizon's latest iPad offering doesn't fill your need for an eReader, perhaps an Android smartphone preloaded with Amazon's Kindle will. The wireless carrier and Amazon recently announced plans to preload the Kindle for Android app on the Motorola DROID 2, Motorola DROID X, and the Samsung...
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Opera has confirmed plans to release a beta version of Opera Mobile for Android phones within a month. At this point, the software company hasn't given us a ton of details about what the new browser will offer, but it has confirmed that the beta version of Opera Mobile for Android will support...
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Apple has won a patent for the coveted pinch-to-zoom feature. The patent application was filed in December of 2006 (patent #7,812,826). However, the patent issued does not give Apple complete control over the pinch-to-zoom functionality, which now exists on just about every current-generation...
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Handset makers take note. If you want to cook up quarterly profits, the recipe is easy: Stock up on Google's not so "secret sauce" (as iSuppli calls it) Android platform and serve hot. According to iSuppli, this is exactly what's been...
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The most popular and powerful Android phones currently available are quite possibly members of the Samsung Galaxy S line. Powered by Samsung’s very own 1GHz Cortex A8-based Hummingbird processor and featuring a four-inch Super-AMOLED (active matrix organic light-emitting diode)...
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The most popular and powerful Android phones currently available are quite possibly members of the Samsung Galaxy S line. Powered by Samsung’s very own 1GHz Cortex A8-based Hummingbird processor and featuring a four-inch Super-AMOLED (active matrix organic light-emitting diode)...
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It was just a couple of days ago that Skype introduced its Skype for Android app, and there was much rejoicing. But U.S. users were singularly blocked from using Skype over 3G networks, except Verizon users. American Android users could only use it via Wi-Fi even though folks in other nations...
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You could argue that the browsers on the iPhone and Android saved mobile browsing. Before those, mobile browsing was usually limited. Very limited. Few desktop websites could be viewed on mobile browsers, and for years people begged and...
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Despite Sony Ericsson's troubles last year, the company is still deeply invested in the mobile phone market. They're still lagging behind some of the other major smartphone players in terms of market dominance, but their style has never...
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has announced it recently received a $5.6 million investment from Marvell. The two organizations plan to collaborate on an Android-powered tablet that's similar, at least conceptually, to OLPC's...
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Cheap? Alright! Tablet? Alright! Cheap tablet? Double alright! Cherrypal has just introduced what may actually be the cheapest Android 2.1 tablet to ship in the U.S., with the 7" CherryPad costing only $188. It's a bit smaller than the iPad, and runs a Samsung ARM11 CPU (800MHz) with Android...
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There was a time in AT&T's history where the carrier had no Android phones to speak of. They carried the iPhone, a few BlackBerry phones and a few Symbian phones. Android was nowhere to be found. It all started a few months back, and...
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The "DROID Does" campaign continues. And this Droid may be the most interesting of them all. Motorola has just revealed their newest smartphone, the Droid Pro, and it looks to be a hybrid of Droid and BlackBerry. For the past two years...
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You have to hand it to HTC for not only recognizing a potentially good business opportunity when it arrives, but successfully capitalizing on it. We're of course talking about Google's Android platform, and HTC has been riding that green gravy train ever since it left the station. Now the...
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Verizon Wireless and Motorola announced the Motorola CITRUS smartphone. This handset runs on Android 2.1 and targets new smartphone users. One of the more unique features of the CITRUS is called BACKTRACK, which provides a touch...
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