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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 05, 2011
Cheap Android tablets are nothing new, but Sunyvale, Calif., company MIPS Technologies looks to be one of the first out of the gate with a cheap Ice Cream Sandwich tablet. The first version is launc...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 03, 2011
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has denied Apple's request for a preliminary injunction against Samsung late Friday afternoon, one that would have halted sales of three Galaxy phones and the Galaxy...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2011
Vector Unit, the folks behind Riptide GP (one of the best games for Android ever), has let us know that a new title -- Shine Runner -- will be available tomorrow in the Android Market. Imagine...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 01, 2011
It's the beginning of the month, so that means that the new numbers for just how many phones are running each version of Android have come out. Following the past trends, Gingerbread has s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2011
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Here it is, folks: The Android tablet you've been waiting to lead you out of the dual-core doldrums of 2011 and into ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 01, 2011
Despite a number of recent unsourced stories to the contrary, we unfortunately still don't have a firm sales date for the ASUS Transformer Prime. We do, however have a ballpark window -- ASUS ha...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2011
I'll let you guys in on a little secret -- Phil's not only the Editor of the best damn Android site on the Internet, but he's also a closet Android-geek. By now you know he's h...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2011
If you're using a phone or tablet with a Tegra chip inside it, you'll want to check out Zen Pinball THD, which hit the Android Market today. It's a great game, using advanced physi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 30, 2011
Sonos, the maker of the high-end wireless stereo system, today announced that it's updated its Android application (check out our previous review) to include support for Android tablets. And, ye...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2011
Seems like every time you turn around you'll see corporations using sneaky tricks to gain a competitive advantage over a different, yet equally sneaky corporation. That's usually how m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 29, 2011
If you recall, we told you a few days ago about a new soak-test for the Motorola Xoom, and today new details about what is being updated have come forth. To start with, it's not Ice Cream ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 29, 2011
Time Warner Cable has announced that its TWC app for Honeycomb tablets is now available in the Android Market. Compatible with any set-top box or DVR running the Time Warner "Navigator&qu...
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by Jared DiPane
Nov 29, 2011
Let's start off with this -- no it's not ready, and no we don't know when it will be. Now that we got that out of the way, XDA forums member JackpotCalvin has gotten a build of CM7 to bo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2011
There's more than one way to write Android apps, and if you're working on something intense, you know using the NDK and native code is the way to go. If you're a part-time develope...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 28, 2011
You can't buy it just yet, but ASUS has gone ahead and released the user manual, kernel source, drivers and other software related to its upcoming Transformer Prime Android tablet. You're no...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 27, 2011
Looks like Motorola has another one of its "projects" in the works (the Droid Bionic is in the middle of one), and this time the Xoom tablet is the intended target. The following e-mail...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 26, 2011
As certain as we are that a lot of folks are out there taking advantage of all the sales happening right now on tablets for holidays -- we're also certain some will be keeping their money in the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 25, 2011
MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) first showed up as default on Android devices with Honeycomb. It's a bit of a change from the normal USB Mass Storage (UMS) file transfer that we're used ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 25, 2011
It's that time of year again. The time of year where you spend all of your spare time and most of your spare money shopping for holiday gifts. Shopping is never easy, but for that special ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 25, 2011
If you recall a couple weeks back we mentioned that Mozilla was switching the Firefox for Android application to use native Android UI elements instead of XUL. This was done to create a unifie...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 24, 2011
The clamshell Sony Tablet P has found its way out into the wild in the UK, bringing to market with it a hefty pricetag just a penny under £500.
The Tegra 2, dual 5.5 inch screened devic...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 23, 2011
Everywhere you look you see Ice Cream Sandwich being ported to one phone or another. Anytime there's a version update to AOSP, it's fun to be an Android geek. And every time it h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2011
Lenovo this morning announced a pretty cool option for its Android-based ThinkPad Tablet, adding the Qualcomm Gobi 3000 chipset so you can get online on any network in the world, be it GSM or CDMA. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 22, 2011
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The FCC chariman today recommended the $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile be sent for an official review by an administrative law judge. Federal Communica...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 22, 2011
You might recall that last week we gave away an Amazon Kindle Fire, and it's time to announce the winner. Out of about 3,000 entries, AC member psheppard001 was the lucky winner. We&...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Nov 22, 2011
ARCHOS announced today that it has teamed up with Gameloft to preload its G9 line of tablets with two of the game maker's popular titles. Trail versions of Spider-Man: Total Mayhem and A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 22, 2011
Samsung's just let us know that the Android 3.2 update for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 has begun to push out again. You'll recall how a couple weeks ago the initial update led to Wifi connectivity p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 22, 2011
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One thing Google didn't show us when Ice Cream Sandwich was announced in October was Android 4.0 running on a tablet. NVDIA's taken care of that for us and ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 22, 2011
The ASUS Transformer Prime is coming. When, we don't exactly know -- sometime in early December -- but ASUS has listed it for preorder on Amazon, and is saving you $7.79 in the process. The Tran...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 21, 2011
A quick jaunt across the Internet today and I see that Apple is pushing out working on yet another iOS 5 update to address battery life issues. On behalf of Android users and fans everywhere, ...
