The Week in Android News

With Canada Day behind us, and the Fourth of July winding down, us we hope that everyone has enjoyed their week (plus a day). While many of you were busy cramming five days worth of work into four to enjoy a long weekend, we were hard at work delivering you tons of Android news. Odds are you missed something along the way, so take a look below at some of our news from this past week.

General News

•  A half-million Android devices activated every day, Andy Rubin says
• Google goes social with Google+

Hardware News

• Samsung slider spied running Android, headed to Verizon?
• MyTouch 4G Slide officially announced, touting HDR camera
• HTC Status gets official on AT&T
• Verizon Droid 3 specs revealed, show a 4-inch Gingerbread world phone

Tablet News

• Toshiba shows off the Thrive, and gives us all a chance to win one
• Hands-on with the Archos G9 tablets (Update: Video!)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G for Verizon now available for pre-order
• Gingerbread update for the Sprint Galaxy Tab coming July 5
• Vizio 8-inch Android tablet now available for pre-order