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by Phil Nickinson
May 21, 2010
Good news, everyone! We found our first giveaway item for this week's podcast. (Here's another contender.) But you'll have to be there live to win. Join us at 7 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. PDT at androidce...
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by Jared DiPane
May 21, 2010
Google I/O started off a little slow on Wednesday, but boy did Thursday take over, with the announcement of Android 2.2 -- Froyo -- and Google TV. Here's what we've posted thus far. And while we're h...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
I'm pretty sure I could probably fly myself home after spending a few minutes with Laminar Research's X-Plane Android flight simulator (this is no mere "app"), which we toyed around wi...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
So what, exactly, killed off the Google phone store? We had a couple really good questions during this afternoon's Q&A regarding the death of the web distribution model, and what happened with the...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
First question out of the gate today for the Android leadership at Google IO was about everybody's favorite subject: fragmentation. And VP of engineering Andy Rubin put things in ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
A small programming note, people: Due to our regularly scheduled Android Central Podcast falling smack in the middle of Google IO/cross-country travel, we're going to push it back a day this wee...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
You guys keep asking, and here's the official answer: Android 2.2 -- Froyo -- is trickling out in the SDK now, but it's going to be a few weeks before we see it on phones en masse. That doesn't m...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
We first showed you the official Froyo sculpture a week ago, and here it is, finally on the Google campus. Yummy, eh? [Twitpic via @billnapier]...
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by Jared DiPane
May 20, 2010
The Google Voice app for Android received a nice update today, so for all those looking for Froyo from Google I/O but were bummed it didn't get pushed to you today, at least you can check out this upd...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
We obviously have plenty of Froyo features to do deep dives on in the coming days and weeks, but there's one new feature that we want to point out that has us particularly excited: voice dialin...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
We heard a bit of talk about Hulu this morning in all the Google TV hooplah. And it was reiterated later that the usual rule applies: Google TV has all the Flash it needs to watch Hulu. The...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
Today at Google IO, Google has announced the Google TV platform. It will start right up in Television instead of into a specific interface. It can change channels, access your DVR, and ev...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
Adobe has released a lengthy piece about Flash 10.1 coming on Froyo. Here are the highlights: Battery and power: We added a new capability called instance management to intelligently load ...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
`Logitech has gone ahead and put out a few details on their "companion box" for the just announced Google TV. They plan on 'leveraging [their] Harmony remote technology," which will mea...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
Flash is coming big on Android, and it's coming big on Google TV. And Adobe's singing from the rooftops:With support for Flash Player 10.1, Google TV customers have access to the full web. This includ...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
Google is showing off the next version of Android right now - Android 2.2, aka Froyo. We're liveblogging it right now, but you can watch this post to get the key bullet points of the new version as w...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
Like many of you, we are already wondering if and when our favorite Android phones will get the Froyo Android 2.2 upgrade. By "favorite Android phones" we naturally mean the hotness ma...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
The Froyo craziness continues - Google as already released the Software Development Kit for Android 2.2.If you're an Android developer, go on over to the Android Developer site to get your downlo...
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by Dieter Bohn
May 20, 2010
Google is currently showing off some amazing Android Marketplace improvements right now. You can now browse the Android Market from your desktop and send apps and music directly to your device o...
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by Cory Streater
May 20, 2010
Google isn't taking Apple's iAds initiative sitting down (actually at Google IO, they are having all kinds of fun tweaking Apple), they're showing off more interactive ads right now - ads that a...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
We're back for Day 2 of Google IO at Moscone West in San Francisco. And today's the day, folks. We should see Froyo. We should see Flash. And we're bringing it all to you after the break.
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by Casey Chan
May 20, 2010
T-Mobile just announced that the myTouch 3G Slide will be available on June 2 for $179.99 (after $50 mail in rebate) with new 2-year contract. Like we expected, the myTouch 3G Slide will be avai...
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by Cory Streater
May 20, 2010
Google is showing off some numbers today: 100,000 devices sold a day, the number two smartphone in the US after BlackBerry, over 1 billion miles navigated with Google Navigator, 28 OEMs, 48 cou...
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by Cory Streater
May 20, 2010
We are liveblogging Google's announcement of Froyo right and and while the new features have us very excited, what has us most intrigued is the rate of potshots taken at the iPhone: it's nearly one e...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
We're going to get the skinny on the Froyo version of Android here in a few short hours. But news about Gingerbread (actual version number is yet unknown) is already trickling out. During Wednesday's ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 20, 2010
Hot on the heels of the news this week that the Chevy Volt is getting Google Maps support comes our hands-on with the upgraded Android app. You'll remember much of this from our hands-on at CES ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
Take a glass case. Fill it with a boatload of Android phones, tablets and MIDs. Stick it in the middle of a conference full of Android faithful. What do you get? A neon-green siren that beckoned even...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
The Android Amazon Kindle app: Coming this summer. The Android Amazon Kindle hands-on video: Coming right now, after the break. It's not a bad little app. Download and read ebooks righ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
What!?!?!?! No Froyo? No Android 2.2? No Flash? Sorry, folks, the first day of Google I/O is a slight snoozer as far as hard Android news is concerned. (Don't worry, it's coming on Thursday....
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by Phil Nickinson
May 19, 2010
Sure, HTML5 is important and all -- but let's face it, most of us are more concerned with the end result. And one of the more impressive things we saw at this morning's keynote was Sports Illustrated'...
