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Android Boom at MWC 2012

03/01/2012 By Branden Leave a Comment

As the annual World Mobile Congress is almost over in Barcelona, here are our picks for the top Android stories from MWC 2012:

HTC One Series: 4 phones, Android 4.0, 25GB Dropbox, Beats Audio
There’s only so many names you can come up with, so HTC has decided to take a different approach going forward. At the Mobile World Congress, which kicked off today in Barcelona, a new range of smartphones have been announced that will all carry the name HTC One. Although phones released under the HTC One name will vary in size and spec, they will all have common features. They include Android 4.0, HTC Sense 4, and a focus on taking great pictures and hearing an “authentic sound experience.” [Read more...]

Top Android News from CES 2012

01/13/2012 By Branden Leave a Comment

As the annual consumer electronics mega show draws to a close in Vegas, here are our picks for the top Android stories from CES 2012:

Google’s Matias Duarte Reveals Design Standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012
Android Design is a online repository for the UI guidelines and blueprints for version 4.0, which we learned would unify smartphones and tablets back at Google I/O. This set of information should make things all neat and tidy for ICS devices, keeping user interface characteristics a bit more cohesive from app to app. Here, devs will find all the basic info and elements that are native to platform in order to make the best applications possible for the OS.
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100,000 Icons and Counting! An Interview with Android Icon Designer ‘PHLASH’

07/06/2011 By Branden Leave a Comment

Today we have the pleasure of talking with "PHLASH", a Montreal-based urban artist and founder of Tha Icon, one of the Web's largest catalogs of Android icons. PHLASH started as an Android icon designer in January 2010 when his search for … [Read more...]

Top Smartphone eBook and Book Apps for Android

05/01/2011 By Andro 13 Comments

eBooks logically started with the PC before migrating to laptops and then netbooks. Soon after, dedicated ebook readers such as Amazon.com’s Kindle and the Sony Reader came onto the scene. Now, however, consumers are looking to get more out of the … [Read more...]

Google stops investigating into Nexus One bug [Spotty 3G]

04/22/2010 By Andro 8 Comments

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Google Support on the NexusOne bug: "...we are no longer investigating further engineering improvements" Image taken via Gizmodo post You also should check out this Google Support Forum thread "Spotty 3G Part 2?" … [Read more...]

Google Android 2.2 plus automatic-app-updates spotted in the wild

04/22/2010 By Andro 6 Comments

Exactly Google Android 2.2 has been spotted in analytics data on a HTC Magic. Rumors could be right that the latest Android OS version will have 'automatic app updates' Image via Mobiflip Also interesting is that Android 2.2 could be on the … [Read more...]

Top Smartphone eBook and Book Apps for iPhone

03/30/2010 By Andro 15 Comments

It would seem as though smartphones are becoming the next biggest e-book platform. Recent news of ebook apps now exceeding the number of games on platforms like Apple's iPhone and iPod. According to Mobclix, there are more than 27,000 … [Read more...]

Android 2.1 Snapdragon HTC Desire Coming in Late April

03/29/2010 By Andro 15 Comments

Softbank, Japan's largest broadband provider announced the launch of "HTC Desire (X06HT)" for the late April 2010. Softbank's first Android smart phone will come along with Android 2.1 HTC Desire X06HT (SoftBank / HTC): via Weekly ASCII … [Read more...]

New Trailer Gran Turismo 5 “Nights”

03/11/2010 By Andro 3 Comments

Polyphony Digital, GT5's developer, promised over 1k vehicles to race. There will be around 20 main tracks available in it and the variation of such tracks will bring the total number to 70. Already in development for about 5 years, Gran-Turismo-5 … [Read more...]

GBA & Quake III on ODROID with Android 2.1 [Video]

03/11/2010 By Andro 8 Comments

ODROID handheld game console is an Android powered entertainment device. The Korea-based company HardKernel debuts its ODROID device in September 2009, and by late October, SlashGear was reporting that the first run of developer units have … [Read more...]