May 30
We’ve had a lot of news this week in the Android world. We’ve narrowed it down to a few of the big topics such as: Google’s rumored upcoming Nexus portfolio, the Google and Motorola Mobility acquisition, and lastly mobile patent wars – the blocking of Android devices this past week via Apple patents. S-Voice gets leaked, it’s just Vlingo, sadly.
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Apr 16
Google tablet rumors after Google’s Q1 2012 earnings report. Larry Page – Google “focused on” low end tablet market. Android news including this weeks software and device updates. Galaxy Tab 2 and Toshiba Excite trio. Jellybean rumor via app crash report. Google Currents goes worldwide and gets a performance increase. Facebook buys Instagram after massively successful Android launch.
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Mar 31
Sprint nixes releasing WiMax devices. Google is rumored to be open their own online store to sell tablets from Samsung and ASUS. Could one of these devices be the rumored Nexus tablet? Could this be the Jellybean reference device? Android 4.0.4 is officially out for a number devices and AOSP. Galaxy Nexus LTE not updated. Google Drive rumors. Amazon Appstore updates. Samsung sells 5 million Galaxy Note phones in 5 months. Franco Kernel and and application review.
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Mar 25
This week marks the one year anniversary for the very successful Amazon Appstore. They celebrated with savings on apps and games. HTC released their list of devices slated to get Android 4.0 ICS. More Google Nexus Tablet rumors, now down to as low as $149? CyanogenMod 9 to ship with root disabled for security purposes. PayPal plans to join the mobile payment game. The Sprint Galaxy Nexus passes through the FCC. We flash MIUI live with review the ROM with MIUI.us developer Todd Leech.
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Mar 08
> Image credit: CNET ASUS announced their $249 MeMo 370T tablet at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, which ended up winning several awards. Since then, we have not heard much from ASUS regarding their show stealing tablet. Sources around the Internet state that Google was extremely impressed with their cost effective tablet and approached ASUS …
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