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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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Android gets an ereader and a phone in the 1Cross Tech MIDHybrid

The army of Android-based ereaders has a new recruit, the 1Cross Tech MIDHybrid. The MIDHybrid is a dual-screen reader with a 6-inch e-ink screen on the left and a 3.2-inch TFT LCD screen and keyboard on the right. The device is designed to resemble a book and can be folded in half for ebook reading, [...]

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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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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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Dell Mini 5: Take that, iPad?

A video posted by TechCrunch on YouTube shows Michael Dell using the Dell Mini 5 Android tablet. He swipes the home screen a few times and says simply that it will be coming out “in a few months.” Notably, the device on the video is extremely responsive, has a 5MP camera, 3G, and of course, [...]

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Hands-on with enTourage eDGe dualbook ereader/netbook

The enTourage eDGe has a strange way of spelling its name but a bit less peculiar set-up than I originally anticipated. The Edge is “the world’s first dualbook” and includes an Android-powered ereader and netbook. Through the use of apps and a few integrated features, it’s also a notepad, audio/video recorder, and media player. The [...]

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Google’s Nexus One: What’s the Plan?

After the unveiling of the first and only Google-sold cell phone yesterday, many of us still have more questions than answers. In reading comments on various forums, I keep seeing the same topic over and over: What does Google gain by offering its own phone? Andy Rubin claims that the Nexus One is an opportunity to [...]

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Hack for rooted phones promises faster 2G/3G speeds

A quick hack posted here on the XDA Android Development forum by “Stimpoff” may allow you to achieve faster download and upload speeds on 2G and 3G networks. I say “may” because it didn’t work for some people, including me up here in Minneapolis. However, there are enough happy users that have reported successes (up [...]

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Video of Dell’s Android MID “Streak” hits the net

Dell has already confirmed that it will bring an Android smartphone to a U.S. carrier, and now we get a look at a Dell mobile internet device (MID) that’s also running Android. The Dell Streak is a MID that has an 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen and multitouch functionality. There’s also a 5 megapixel camera [...]

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