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Apple and Google’s spat: Some points you may have missed

The New York Times Technology section recently posted this article, “Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal”, which discusses the feud between Google and Apple and their places in the mobile computing market. It’s a great article, and I highly recommend reading it. There are a few points that I think are worth highlighting here [...]

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Android Entelligence: A Rebuttal

An iPhone-owner friend of mine recently sent me an article by Michael Gartenberg, author of the Entelligence column on Engadget. Mr. Gartenberg’s article, “Entelligence: Will Android fragmentation destroy the platform?”, presents some interesting things to consider, but is surprisingly inaccurate on a number of critical details. I thought it would be useful to summarize his [...]

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Review: Door 6’s “Vacuum: The Global Competition”

Door 6, developers of “The Training Mission,” an Android game that finished in the TOP 20 games in ADC2, will soon have something new for Android gamers to try out. “Vacuum: The Global Competition” is scheduled for release on March 20, and offers more incentives for winning than your typical high score entry. Apparently, Door [...]

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Look out, Android fans: Apple sues HTC for patent infringements

If you assume that the level of a response roughly equates to the level of a threat, the folks at Apple Inc. must feel pretty threatened. In an article released today in the New York Times, Apple confirms that it has filed lawsuits against HTC for 20 patent infringements relating to the iPhone. HTC, [...]

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Dell Mini 5: Awesome new details emerge

A few weeks ago, Androinica had a short post about the Dell Mini 5 tablet. We speculated that the machine would be a competitor to the iPad, but details were scarce and Michael Dell only confirmed a few features in the brief video shot by Tech Crunch. These included the fact that the machine would [...]

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Nexus One: To root or not to root…

That is the question. Having just replaced my G1, I immediately reviewed the process to achieve root on my new Nexus One, and checked out some of the custom ROMs available at the Nexus section of the xda forums. But I also kept using my new phone and marveling at how amazing it was–how quickly [...]

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Google Rumor Roundup for the week of 2/12 – 2/19

Just a handful of news and rumors collected from around the web about our favorite non-evil company. Google will not buy T-Mobile and give us all Nexus Ones, but they will make Star Trek fans happy Source: CEO Eric Schmidt at the 2010 MWC Too bad for us. CEO Eric Schmidt put an end (maybe) to rampant internet [...]

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Review: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether for non-rooted phones

Good news for owners of non-rooted phones: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether app, already available for Palm, Blackberry, and WinMo users, is now available on the Android Market as a free beta. EasyTether allows you to use your phone’s data connection to provide internet connectivity for your laptop or other device via a USB cable. Because the app [...]

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Tip: How to fix your Android’s battery issues (rooted devices)

Here’s a quick tip I found on the cyanogenmod wiki for people with rooted phones and battery life issues. Many users report increases in their battery life meters after using this fix, but please note that this method does NOT provide any benefits for those with healthy batteries battery meters. How do you know if you [...]

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Watch out Android tablets: iPad may have a secret…

A recent Apple Insider post states that a repair company has discovered that the default iPad housing contains a space for a front-facing camera that has exactly the same dimensions as the iSight found on many Apple laptops. Pictures and the story can be found here. This is big news for Android tablet fans. My co-writers [...]

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