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EVO 4G getting Android 2.2 this weekend?
Jul 29th
Engadget is reporting that HTC EVO 4G owners may be getting Android Deuce Deuce as soon as this weekend. The blog received a whole heap of Sprint corporate slides that detail a launch plan; the plan includes an official announcement scheduled for tomorrow and code rollout beginning on August 1st.
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EVO 4G getting Android 2.2 this weekend?
Motorola DROID 2 user guide leaks, cases spotted
Jul 29th
Man, how much longer can Motorola and Verizon Wireless try and keep the lid on the DROID 2? Earlier today, Droid-Life obtained a user guide for the yet-to-be-released DROID 2 as well as an image of DROID 2 cases on sale at Best Buy. The user guide reveals that the device will have Motorola’s UI enhancements — same as the DROID X — and will in all likelihood be launching with Android 2.2; as opposed to Android 2.1.
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Motorola DROID 2 user guide leaks, cases spotted
How to Turn Your Android Phone into a Fully-Automated Superphone [Automation]
Jul 29th
What if your phone automatically went silent when you step into the movie theater?
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How to Turn Your Android Phone into a Fully-Automated Superphone [Automation]
as0gAGoogle on Android: mobile search grew 300%, 160,000 activations daily, 70,000 Market apps
Jul 17th
Google announced its second quarter 2010 earnings on Thursday, and the earnings conference call painted a rosy picture of the current state of Android. According to Google CFO Patrick Pichette, and Senior VP of Product management Jonathan Rosenberg, Android is currently not a huge resource investment for Google but promises a “formidable return” as the “entire ecosystem is exploding.” According to Rosenberg, the web browser is the most popular app on an Android device with search being its primary usage.
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Google on Android: mobile search grew 300%, 160,000 activations daily, 70,000 Market apps
AT&T Samsung Captivate hands on!
Jul 9th
We have just received our very own Samsung Captivate device and have put together some first impressions as well as some great photos. The Samsung Galaxy S is launching in some form or fashion on practically every U.S
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AT&T Samsung Captivate hands on!
A Primer for Setting Up Voice Recognition on Your Computer [UltraNewb]
Jul 9th
Voice recognition is all the rage on mobile devices (particularly Android phones), but if you want similar hands-free action for your desktop, you’ve got plenty of options. Tech how-to blog Hack a Day’s primer can get you started on any platform.
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A Primer for Setting Up Voice Recognition on Your Computer [UltraNewb]
Overbite Project brings Gopher protocol to Android
Jul 5th
The Overbite Project is an open-source effort to produce browser plugins and client applications that enable support for Gopher , an early network protocol that preceded HTML and the contemporary World Wide Web. The lead developer behind the project is retrocomputing enthusiast Cameron Kaiser, one of the few remaining champions of gopherspace.
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Overbite Project brings Gopher protocol to Android
Nexus One sees red, nearly doubles battery life? (video)
Jul 4th
These five Nexus One smartphones may seem to have defects, but there’s actually nothing wrong with their AMOLED screens — the funky colors are an attempt to improve battery life by turning off unnecessary sub-pixel LEDs. Hooking up his handset to an industrial power meter, Android engineer Jeff Sharkey discovered a blood-red screen drew 42 percent less current than full color — the least of any combination by far — purportedly doubling the effective battery life of the phone. While you’re probably not going to be able to test the requisite software patch for yourself unless you’re mildly familiar with Google code, you’ll find a video of the crimson wonder after the break to fuel your dreams of a eyestrain-free astronomy cheat sheet…
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Nexus One sees red, nearly doubles battery life? (video)
Yahoo! launches Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger for Android
Jul 1st
This morning, Yahoo! announced the release of Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger app for Android. Available for download in the Market, the Yahoo! apps provide a tad more functionality to those Android users who aren’t “with Google” like their phone’s OS may be. Hit the jump for the full press release
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Yahoo! launches Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger for Android
Bell Canada to launch Samsung Galaxy S, will use Vibrant moniker
Jun 30th
Bell Canada has announced that it will be launching the Samsung Galaxy S — bearing the name Vibrant — in the coming months. A splash page has been put up at http://galaxys.bell.ca and one of our “Ninjas from the North” was kind enough to shoot us an official Bell memo.
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Bell Canada to launch Samsung Galaxy S, will use Vibrant moniker
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