Android Central Podcast Episode 2

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Phil and Mickey are back for another round of the latest Android news, including the Motorola Droid, Devour and Backflip, and the Google Nexus One.

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Hardware news

• Inventor of the cell phone gave up his iPhone for a Motorola Droid
• Hands-on with the Motorola Devour, with Android 1.6 and Motoblur
• Android sees huge growth through Jan. (what phone could have caused that?)
• Memory card, not Vodafone Magic itself, responsible for Android botnet strike
• Dell Mini 5 'Streak' shown in promo flyer, including Kindle support
• HTC Incredible rumored to soon be replacing HTC Droid Eris on Verizon
• Who says Google failed with the Nexus One retail strategy?
• Verizon already training employees on the Nexus One? What for?
• AT&T locks down its first Android phone, the Backflip [and so what?]

Software news

• Swype for Android now officially in beta
• Opera Mini 5 beta released for Android (and our video hands-on)
• Hands-on with Google Gesture Search
• DoubleTwist for Windows releases major update, adds podcast support
• Tether(Berry) in beta for Android
• Android Quick App: Photoshop Mobile
• Android 2.1 leaked for Droid Eris, appears to be the real McCoy [updated]

Site features

• Android Central Editors' Apps of the Week
• AndroidCentral asks: What's your favorite Android Twitter client? [Contest]

Community

Thanks to Sue for the great intro, and Andre for the e-mail!

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Who we are

Phil Nickinson

Mickey Papillon

Jerry Hildenbrand

Alex Dobie

Cory Streater

Credits

The AndroidCentral Podcast is sponsored by the AndroidCentral Store. And thanks to these great artists for providing their music under the Creative Commons license:

• Pure Attitude, by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech.
• Summertime Instrumental by cdk, ccmixter.org