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3 years ago

Android Market unofficially passes 50,000 apps

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Androlib unofficially has the Android Market surpassing 50,000 applications, quite a leap from the 38,000 figure Google used last week during its first-quarter earnings call. In fact, when we asked Google for an official figure, we were told:

"We're sticking to 38,000 for now. We'll announce when we do our next formal count."

That said, 50,000 items in the Market is a real possibility, but let's be honest here: How many of those "applications" are (a) actual "applications" and (b) something you'd actually want to download? We still think Steve Jobs is being overly childish when he tells people to go to Android if they want porn, but we still think there's a lot about the Android Market that needs to be fixed.

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3 years ago

Your Droid Incredible questions

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Verizon Droid Incredible 

Despite our seemingly endless coverage of the Verizon Droid Incredible, you guys and gals have had plenty of questions. And most of them were pretty good. After the break, we answer a smattering of them.

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3 years ago

Another one bites the dust ...

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Kevin Rose - Android owner

Kevin Rose. Digg founder. Android convert. [via Twitter] Thanks, bdizzel1982

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3 years ago

Verizon Droid Incredible vs. Nexus One - graphics benchmark test

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A few of you have asked about graphics benchmarking on the Verizon Droid Incredible, so here you go. It's right up there with the Google Nexus One, and it should be. In other news, that Gundam's pretty darn cool.

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3 years ago

More details on the Lenovo LePhone

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Lenovo LePhone in China.

More details have become available for the Lenovo LePhone, and not all of them are pretty. Previously thought to be running Android 2.1, it now appears to be running a highly-customized version of Android 1.6 that is being called LEOS (LEnovo OS?).

Despite some quirks such as a proprietary data cable and a back with "striped texture feels like a touch rusty iron in the same chip," the reviewer seems to like the phone quite a bit. The source is all in Chinese, but it's worth a look even with a poor translation. [CNbeta.com]

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3 years ago

Snaptic Developer conference open for registration

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Snaptic Developers Conference

Calling all developers: The Snaptic Developer Conference is looking for a few good coders for a May 27 event in San Francisco. The agenda includes:

  • Interactive sessions with amazing speakers
  • Android: Intents, tools, stats, users, tips and happiness
  • Hands-on help from the Snaptic Team and other experts
  • Meet innovators in tech and cool developers like you!

Register now and get more info at Snaptic.com.

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3 years ago

LiSeng Vbook Emerges as ... another Android E-Reader

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We all know that E-Readers have grown in popularity over the past couple of months, and we have seen a wide variety of them, most of them rather non pocket friendly, much like that iPad thing. The LiSeng Vbook offers you two 5-inch screens, one E-ink and one 800x600 touchscreen that will be running Android 1.6. While still on the small side in form factor, the device will offer 128MB of RAM, 2GB of flash storage, and even offer Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, pricing and a timeframe of release of this unit still remain unknown, but hopefully now that we have seen this much, we will continue to see more about this unit. [Engadget via Engadget Chinese]

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3 years ago

Quick poll: Sense or no Sense?

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Sense on the Droid Incredible

So I'm going through all of your questions about the Verizon Droid Incredible, and a good number of you are asking about being able to disable Sense on the phone. Quick show of hands: Who prefers what? (And have you even used the new Sense yet?)

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3 years ago

Sirius XM working on an Android app

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Sirius|XM Android app

Oh, happy day. Almost. Sirius XM is working on an Android application for its satellite radio service. And while I enjoy Internet radio as much as the next guy, I needs me some satellite radio, too. Sirius XM has a signup page to alert you when the app's ready. Yep, they've got my e-mail now. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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3 years ago

Android-powered Barnes & Noble Nook gets browser, games, 'Read in Store'

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Barnes & Noble Nook

Barnes & Noble's Nook Android-powered e-reader just got itself another update. Here's what's new in version 1.3:

  • Read in Store: Just like it sounds, it gives you access to entire books while you're at a Barnes & Noble store.
  • Sudoku and chess.
  • The Daily: Kind of a daily BN news hub, letting you know about new content.
  • Browser: Still in beta, but it gives you basic web access (sans Flash and Java).
  • Better WiFi hotspot access.

A decent update, indeed. Check out more at Barnes & Noble, as well as manual download instructions. [Barnes & Noble]

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