August 18, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Advertising companies often release metrics data showing how platforms are performing. While ad impressions aren’t exactly the most ideal way to measure OS strength, they have been useful in gauging…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Better late than never I suppose. It looks like Oracle has finally completed some copyright research and found out that Google’s Android operating system uses a little language called Java that they pi…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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The voice recognition on Android has been a real added benefit to the Android user. Today, Google announced at their press event they are taking their voice recognition one step further with the app Voice Actio…
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August 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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OK, so the headline may not be exactly true, but what do you expect? This is an Android-centric blog. What the Gartner data that is coming out does show is that Android is definitely on the rise in a serious way. So,…
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August 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Android device owners who have become fond of task killers have recently discovered that those apps are no longer working since their phones have been updated to Android 2.2. (Froyo). Though users have attemp…
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July 12, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Even though many big name manufacturers including Sony and Logitech got behind the announcement of Google TV back in May, it appears that the number two LCD maker in the world just isn’t completely con…
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July 5, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google set out to push the envelope and show people what Android could do when challenged. It’s fair to say that “Mission Accomplished” is the best way to describe that goal when it comes to the Nexus One. H…
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July 3, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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If you have been following the melodrama that is the Adobe/Android vs. Apple/anything that they want, you may be a non-believer that the Flash or AIR platform will ever make it to Android in a real way. Well, if yo…
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June 29, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Looks like last night and the wee hours of the morning some AT&T and T-Mobile Nexus One owners got a little Froyo update treat. This time Android 2.2 Froyo is official as Google themselves have acknowledged…
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June 24, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google has announced that the company has used its little-known remote kill function that allows it to uninstall apps from Android devices. On the Google developer blog, Rich Cannings explained that Google h…
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June 23, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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It seems like every time an executive from Google opens his mouth, Android’s growth numbers increase. In February, CEO Eric Schmidt said that Android ships 60,000 phones each day. Then last month at Goo…
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June 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Another day, another upgrade from Google. The latest service treated to new features is Google Maps on Android 1.6 or higher, which has added upcoming schedules at transit stations, more integration with Lat…
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June 8, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Some interesting statistics were released the other day about smart phone market share that left some Android fanboys in a bit of denial. According to Nielson research, the iPhone has taken a healthy 28% of the…
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May 22, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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When Google announced the release of Android 2.2 into the wild, they made mention of the fact that it would be coming to the Nexus One and Moto DROID in “a matter of weeks” (sometime in June). We also a…
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May 21, 2010 | by Robert Nelson
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As we learned yesterday, Android 2.2 will officially include support for Internet tethering. That part was the good news, but it does come with a catch — that support will be left in the hands of the carrie…
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May 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Google today announced that the Android Market website will undergo a massive overhaul. No, we aren’t talking about the minor update that appeared on Monday; Google is making the Android Market browse…
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