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Viewsonic’s dual booting ViewPad 100 confounds with Windows 7 and Android 1.6

September 3rd, 2010 12:37pm Lee J. No comments

Viewsonic's dual booting ViewPad 100 confounds with Windows 7 and Android 1.6

The tsunami of tablets continues, as another Android-powered challenger looks to take on Apple’s iPad, this time a shiny 10″ number from Viewsonic, christened the ViewPad 100.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab – 7″ Android-powered iPad rival gets official

September 2nd, 2010 11:46am Pete Railton No comments

Samsung Galaxy Tab - 7 inch Android-powered iPad rival gets official

Everyone knows it’s been coming, but Samsung has now officially ripped away the velvet curtain surrounding its iPad rival,  the 7-inch Android based Samsung Galaxy Tab.

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Handbags as Apple call out Google’s Android figures

September 2nd, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Handbags as Apple call out Google's Android figures

During Apple’s press launch event yesterday, Steve Jobs was doing his usual ‘big-up’ routine and bragging about the zillions of iOS devices being activated every day, adding what appeared to be a dig at their main smartphone rival, Google’s Android OS.

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Motorola Android Milestone 2 handset ready to blast out of Basingstoke

September 1st, 2010 5:13pm mike s No comments

Motorola Android Milestone 2 handset ready to blast out of Basingstoke

Hot out of buzzin’ Basingstoke, England UK is the news that Motorola’s new MILESTONE 2 Android handset is set to be unleashed on the rolling hills and beer-can cluttered urban landscapes of Blighty.

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Viewsonic Android ViewPad 7 tablet heading to the UK for £350

August 31st, 2010 12:32pm Lee J. 1 comment

Viewsonic Android ViewPad 7 tablet heading to the UK for £350

Viewsonic has grabbed a megaphone, jumped up on its soapbox made from old monitors and barked out the news to the denizens of Blighty, “Hear Ye! The ViewPad 7 is coming your way!”

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Samsung shifts one million Galaxy S Android smartphones in the US

August 30th, 2010 10:30am mike s No comments

Samsung shifts one million Galaxy S Android smartphones in the US

Samsung has announced that consumers are feeling the love for their Android Galaxy S smartphones in a big way, with the company shifting no less than one million of ‘em since July 15th.
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Orange HTC Desire – Froyo delayed until mid-Sept, less junk included

August 27th, 2010 6:09pm mike s No comments

Orange HTC Desire - Froyo update delayed until mid-September

HTC Desire owners on the UK Orange network are likely to be disappointed at the news that they’re not going to get the eagerly anticipated Android OS update until the middle of September.

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Dell disappoints with duff Aero Android US smartphone

August 25th, 2010 10:54am mike s No comments

Dell disappoints with Aero Android smartphone US release

Dell has released its first Android-powered smartphone in the US, following on from the recent release of its Streak Android tablet.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet gets teaser video

August 24th, 2010 9:04pm mike s No comments

Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet gets teaser video

Hurtling along so fast that if you blink you’ll miss a detail or two, this new new teaser video from Samsung gives a fleeting glimpse into their new Galaxy Tab Android powered tablet.

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Mobile phone photo tips and tricks using HTC Desire and Vignette app

August 23rd, 2010 10:30am mike s 1 comment

Android Vignette app + HTC Desire = awesome photo shooting combo

After enthusing wildly about the photographic capabilities of the HTC Desire’s built in camera combined with the superb Vignette photo processing app, we thought we’d show you some more results – and hand over a few tips.

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Virgin – Android 2.2 coming to HTC Desire and Wildfire in September

August 18th, 2010 4:09pm mike s No comments

Virgin: Android 2.2 on HTC Desire and Wildfire in SeptemberLike a lot of UK Android HTC Desire users, we’re busting a gut to get our hands on the latest ‘Froyo’ update and upgrade our handsets to the latest v2.2 Android operating system.

Although users of unbranded HTC Desire handsets have been able to update their phones already, folks with branded phones have to wait for the the official versions to be released from their prospective networks.

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Philips GoGear Connect media player rocks into the UK with Android, Wi-Fi, GPS

August 17th, 2010 10:40am mike s No comments

Philips GoGear Connect media player rocks into the UK with Android, Wi-Fi, GPS

Just spotted strutting into the UK Argos catalogue is Philips’ new GoGear Connect portable media player, a fully-featured Android-powered device available in 8GB and 16GB flavours.

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Improve the battery life of your Android phone – info and guides

August 16th, 2010 10:00am mike s 5 comments

Improve the battery life of your Android phone - info and guides

The problem with having a cool smartphone that can do lots of cool things is the temptation to immediately install lots of cool apps – and then stand back in horror as the battery level heads for zero in double quick time.

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Evernote declares fresh love for Android, offers homescreen widget

August 13th, 2010 2:00pm mike s No comments

Evernote declares fresh love for Android, offers homescreen widget

Admitting that they’ve been serving up, “a certain lack of love and attention,” the team at Evernote are hoping that Android users are the forgiving kind as they attempt to woo them with a series of gift wrapped updates.

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Android sales go ballistic as the world goes smartphone crazy

August 13th, 2010 9:45am Tony Fletcher No comments

Android sales go ballistic as the world goes smartphone crazy

Android emerged the big winner as global worldwide smartphone sales soared 50 per cent during the second quarter, according to the bean counters at Gartner.

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