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Dell Streak available factory unlocked for £449

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Posted by Dallin Hampton on 29 Jun 2010 8:24 am
Everybody loves the option of choosing their own carrier. And the Dell Streak is now available for purchase factory unlocked. The half-tablet-computer-half-phone Dell Streak packs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-inch display capable of taking quite a beating, along with a number of other goodies. The Streak shipped with Android 1.6 but will be updated to 2.2, as promised by Dell, sometime this...

The Samsung Behold II is getting updated

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Posted by Dallin Hampton on 22 Jun 2010 3:48 pm
Tired of Cupcake on your Behold II? T-Mobile is rolling out an OTA update to Donut (Android version 1.6), which is supposed to be the final version add for the phone. Sure, Android 1.6 may not have been the version you were all hoping for, but it comes with a number of bug fixes, Google Apps (Google Voice Search, Google Maps, etc.) and support for Swype. Do you wish the Behold II had more of a...

Half of all Android phones now on Eclair

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 16 Jun 2010 10:07 pm
It's been a couple of weeks, and that means it's time for an update as to who's running which version of Android. (See the previous breakdown here.) Fifty percent of Android devices are now running Android 2.1 (and if you count all of Eclair -- 2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.1 -- it's 50.4 percent. Android 1.6 is down to 25 percent even, and Android 1.5 is at 24.6 percent.It would be interesting to see Android...

Samsung Behold II gets updated to Donut (Android 1.6), but the sweets stop there

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 28 May 2010 8:29 am
The Samsung Behold II is finally getting updated from cupcake (Android 1.5), but it's not exactly what you'd expect.  It's a big drawn out mess of pulled youtube videos, supposed broken promises, random forum posts, and even threat of some sort of legal action. Thankfully the good folks over at Phone Scoop reached out for the official word from Samsung and Kim Titus, the Director of PR for...

Android's Andy Rubin: It's 'legacy,' not 'fragmentation' [#io2010]

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 20 May 2010 6:55 pm
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 perspective:  Some of the press has called this "fragmentation," and that's probably the wrong word for this. The better word for it is "legacy." These phones and devices ... the iteration ... is incredibly fast. And...

Android devices on Eclair inch up as Cupcake, Donut wither ever so slightly

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 17 May 2010 7:50 pm
The latest numbers are in showing how many devices are using a given version of Android, and we're slowly but surely getting more and more on Android 2.1. Devices on the latest version of Android ticked up to 37.2 percent, from 23.4 percent for the two weeks ending May 3. Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and 1.6 (Donut) were down to 34.1 percent and 28 percent, respectively. That's about a 3-percentage-...

Froyo statue at Google HQ, but still under wraps

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 13 May 2010 4:03 pm
Everyone is looking forward to the release of Android 2.2.  So when the editors over at TechCrunch got a tip that a giant frozen yogurt sculpture was delivered, they sent a staffer over to check it out.  Sure enough, there it sits in all its plastic wrapped glory, beside its older brothers Cupcake, Donut and Eclair.It sounds like Google has stepped up its secrecy a bit though, as the Tech Crunch...

Number of Android phones on Eclair increases in April

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 3 May 2010 9:40 pm
It's been a little less than a month since the Android developer site released its last version numbers, and we already have another update. As of the two weeks ending May 3, some 32.4 percent of Android phones were running Android 2.1, up from 27.3 percent for the two weeks ending April 12.Phones running Android 1.6 fell from 31.6 percent to 29.4 percent, and Android 1.5 devices fell from 38...

Spring Design Alex e-reader gets rooted

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 26 Apr 2010 5:52 pm
With the onslaught of e-readers in the works, and the tablet device craze gaining steam, life has to be tough for the Alex.  It clearly has slipped off the radar recently, even the announcement that it's started shipping already didn't find much coverage.  I've not had a chance to fiddle with it, but I can see why some of the competition gets more favorable press.  It's big.  It's still running...

Motorola Opus One now the Motorola i1

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Posted by ericatomars06 on 8 Mar 2010 10:39 am
We've seen leaked pictures of the Motorola Opus One, and now we know it as the Motorola i1.  Wish we could give you more about the specs, other then it's an iDEN device (get the name now?) running on Android 1.5 (is this a bad joke?) and a 3-megapixal camera, and will most likely have Motoblur.For those not familiar with Motoblur, it's Motorola bringing all your social Web sites like Facebook,...

Next (next) Android version is Gingerbread?

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 9 Feb 2010 12:50 pm
It seems like it's a bit early to start hearing rumblings of the "H" nickname for Android. After all, it was just a few short weeks ago that we learned "F" was for Froyo -- frozen yougurt -- which follows Eclair, Donut and Cupcake.But that didn't stop Google's Brian Swetland, who works on the Linux kernel for the Big G, from just dropping the following on the LWN.net boards:We maintain a set of...

Another Moto Zeppelin appears in Brazil

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 3 Feb 2010 2:31 pm
What's this? Another Motorola Zeppelin? That's apparently the case, according to Gizmodo Brazil. They scored what they says is basically a Moto Backflip (see our hands-on) sans keyboard (which is what makes it a "backflip," but whatever).This guy is said to be running Android 1.5 with MotoBLUR. Other than that, no real specs, and no idea if this will be a South American special or if we'll see it...

Hands-on with the PCD MID650

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 8 Jan 2010 11:47 am
Another day, another Android MID. At least, that's kind of what it feels like. And here's the MID650 from PCD (PCDphones.com), whom we mainly know as the keeper of Verizon software upgrades. This is just a prototype, so you can't buy it anywhere, and it had a power issue at the time, so we didn't actually get to see Android running on it. But what we have here is a 5-inch TFT touchscreen at...

HTC tells Magic, Dream owners on Rogers: No Donut for you!

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 19 Dec 2009 12:24 pm
Bad news for those of you with the HTC Magic and Dream on Canada's Rogers network: Looks like you'll be stuck with Android 1.5 for the forseeable future. On HTC's Web site, under "Can I upgrade my Rogers Magic device to Android 1.6, it says ..."HTC is not currently planning any Android 1.6 upgrades for Rogers Dream or Magic. Android 1.6 was only made available for “Google”-branded devices such as...

What do you do if you 'find' a Motorola Opus One? Video review it!

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 15 Dec 2009 10:08 am
The Motorola Opus One -- not to be confused with the Nexus One, Spaceship One or Obi Wan -- has finally been caught on video after being pulled. And a week ago we would have said our Oooo's and Ahhh's. Now? With other fare on the horizon? It's a little tougher. It's pretty much confirmed now that the Opus One is destined for Nextel, and it's taking a 5-megapixel camera, Android 1.5 and a LOUD...

Camangi to Launch Android Powered WebStation MID

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Posted by Casey Chan on 30 Nov 2009 5:29 am
 Camangi, a company focusing on Internet Communication, just announced their plans to launch the WebStation, which is basically an Android-powered MID. The WebStation will pack a 7-inch glass touchscreen (WVGA 800x480 resolution), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, and USB port. The WebStation also has a front-facing camera and back-facing camera. The Android-powered MID will run Android 1.5 on a Marvell...

Sprint HTC Hero News: Update Coming, Now $99 at Best Buy ?

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Posted by Casey Chan on 16 Nov 2009 5:32 am
 Though we're sure all you Sprint HTC Hero users would really appreciate an Android 2.0 software update right about now, it looks like HTC isn't ready to deliver Eclair to you just yet. Instead, Sprint is ramping up a 'maintenance release' that'll presumably fix well-known bugs and software issues with the HTC Hero. You should receive the update in the next few weeks. [sprint]BGR is whispering...

Samsung Behold II News: Runs Android 1.5, Touchwiz Demo

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Posted by Casey Chan on 9 Nov 2009 3:57 am
  Let's get you guys caught up with the latest Samsung Behold II news! The Samsung Behold II is Samsung's first official Android handset available in the US and packs a AMOLED screen, 5 megapixel camera, and runs Samsung's own Touchwiz UI. Samsung Behold II to Launch with Android 1.5 In a mind boggling decision, the Samsung Behold II will launch with Android 1.5 and eventually update to Android 2...

More Droid News: Droid Eris Specs Leak, Verizon Training Employees on Droid Eris, Droid & Droid Eris Releasing Nov 6th

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Posted by Casey Chan on 28 Oct 2009 3:42 am
 The big Verizon Droid Event is today and before we all find out what Big Red's official plans are for their much hyped device(s), we have the latest rumors and speculation to get you up to date:Droid Eris Specs LeakIt looks like the Droid Eris (what many believe to be Verizon's version of the HTC Hero) will run Android 1.5 on a 528 MHz processor. The 528 MHz processor isn't surprising...

After Android 2.0 'Eclair' Comes Flan, After Flan Comes Gingerbread ?

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Posted by Casey Chan on 27 Oct 2009 9:06 pm
 With the Android 2.0 'Eclair' SDK officially available and the Droid launching with 2.0, it's only a matter of time before 2.0 hits our Android handsets. So it's a great time to jump the gun with speculation on what comes after Eclair. As we all know, Android builds are creatively named after desserts in alphabetical order--Android 1.5 was Cupcake, 1.6 was Donut, 2.0 is Eclair and the next build...

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