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Android Tablets Gain on IPad, Google Says

October 21, 2011 Android Apps

Android head Andy Rubin said six million tablets are running Google’s OS, making the case that Android is gaining a small foothold in an iPad-dominated market. “It’s not 30 million, but it’s a healthy start,” said Rubin, Google’s vice president of mobi…

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich: Everything you need to know

October 20, 2011 Android Apps

At 10pm last night, Google and Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). We’ve been hearing about the new operating system since it was announced at Google’s I/O conference some months ago as t…

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Android Atlas Weekly 69: Discussing the Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 (Podcast)

October 20, 2011 Android Apps

The future of Android is here with the unveiling of the Ice Cream Sandwich powered Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola debuts the razor-thin Droid RAZR, and guest hosts Jessica Dolcourt and JT Tabencki help Antuan to answer your calls and emails. Ep. 69: Di…

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IPhone 4S Raises the Bar for Google Android Event

October 18, 2011 Android Apps

The iPhone 4S launched Oct. 14, just a week and a half after it was unveiled. Now, on Wednesday, Samsung and Google are expected to unveil the Nexus Prime smartphone and Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android. (As Mashable’s Ben Parr put it,…

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Will Android Ice Cream Sandwich Arrive With a Photo Editor?

October 18, 2011 Android Apps

Google watchers at Android Police say that the next version of Android due out this week has a native photo editor, probably built on IP from Google’s Picnik acquisition.

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Amazon Fire Developer and Others Pay Android Royalties to Microsoft

October 17, 2011 Android Apps

Quanta Computer, the manufacturer that helped create the PlayBook and the Amazon Kindle Fire, signed an agreement with Microsoft stating it would pay license fees to use the Android operating system. While it seems incredulous that any company must pay…

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Firefox for Android Plans to Go Native

October 17, 2011 Android Apps

Mozilla is planning a makeover for Firefox on Android. The company has announced it plans to abandon the usual Firefox look on Android mobile devices and will instead use Android’s native user interface widgets.

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New Firefox interface to speed up Firefox on Android

October 15, 2011 Android Apps

A native Android interface should make Firefox faster and use less memory–but Mozilla is sacrificing add-on compatibility for the performance boost. Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Dear Android: This is your last chance

October 15, 2011 Android Apps

Fragmentation, buggy upgrades, and a seeming lack of interest (or at least tech support) from Google have me ready to dump Android for good. The iPhone 4S is just weak enough to leave a tiny opening, and this may be Android’s last chance to keep me, at…

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The unstoppable Android army

October 14, 2011 Android Apps

Android is the ultimate competition in the smartphone space. It has captured huge market share without consumer awareness of the platform, and it is going to keep growing for a while.

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