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App Review: Angry Birds (Android)
Engadget Mobile - 03/09/2010What does it take to make an addictive game? Not much -- just throw in some super simple controls, cute graphics, and basic physics. Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds is one such game that includes all these elements, and today the studio's just released a ...
Android gains on Apple iPhone in mobile web usage
IntoMobile - 03/09/2010It looks like Android may not be as far behind Apple iPhone (and iOS devices) as it may seem when it comes to mobile web usage, as new research from Quantcast shows the little green robot is gaining on iOS. In a blog post, Quantcast said Android has ...
Android Now Accounts for 25 Percent of Mobile Web Consumption According to Quantcast
Android Phone Fans - 03/09/2010The latest report on mobile web consumption is in from analytics firm Quantcast, and Android is once again up, posting up its biggest gain in market share since November 2009. Now sitting at 25 percent, Android is up 17 percent since this time last y...
WordPress upgrades free app for blogging on the go (Appolicious)
Yahoo! News: Technology News - 03/09/2010Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates include fixes to numerous, annoying bugs like unexpected app crashes, log-in issues and more.Most notable in the recent upgrade is a new com...
Angry Birds. Download. This. Now.
Coolsmartphone News - 03/09/2010Angry Birds is now available in a Beta form on the Android Market. It's a highly addictive game which was only meant to be in "closed beta" this week but, due to massive demand, the developers have put it out today for everyone. I'd love to tell you ...
Google Settles Buzz Privacy Suit
Phone Scoop - Latest News - 03/09/2010Google has settled a lawsuit against it over its Buzz social networking service. When it launched in February, Google automatically used Gmail customers' Google Contacts to build a set of followers. Many complained that this was done without their pe...
WordPress upgrades free app for blogging on the go (Appolicious)
Yahoo! News: Technology News - 03/09/2010Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates include fixes to numerous, annoying bugs like unexpected app crashes, log-in issues and more.Most notable in the recent upgrade is a new com...
Firefox Pushes Ahead on Android with Fennec Alpha Browser (PC World)
Yahoo! News: Technology News - 03/09/2010PC World - Even as Mozilla's Firefox recently garnered the No. 2 spot in the worldwide Web browser market overall, the software has taken a step closer to staking its claim on the Android platform as well.
Samsung Android slider ?I5500? spotted in IFA
Android Blog - 03/09/2010An upcoming Android slider was spotted at the Vodafone booth in ongoing IFA trade fair. Named as I5500, this mid-range device runs Android 2.2 OS, will cost around 200 euros and features a 5MP camera, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, UMTS, microSD card slot. No...
Huawei Ideos coming on T-Mobile USA?
Android Blog - 03/09/2010Huawei unveiled the cheapest Android 2.2 phone yesterday, now we are hearing that T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute the phone – Huawei Ideos this holiday season, WSJ reported. Huawei Ideos will have a recommended retail price of $100 to $200 w...
Samsung launches Android PMP ? ?Galaxy 50?
Android Blog - 03/09/2010While all of us were busy covering Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, Samsung launched another Android device. It is a Android 2.1 powered portable media player. Named as Galaxy 50, this PMP comes with a 3.2-inch screen, Android 2.1 OS, 2MP camera, DLNA, Wi-Fi,...
AndroidSWAG.com Announces New Goodies!
AndroidGuys - 03/09/2010Our friends over at androidswag.com have released some new must have Android items, including a deck of Cyanogen Mod cards pictured to the left! Along with the Cyanogen cards, there is an Android wall clock, mouse pad, business card holder and a hom...
U.S. Mobile Web Usage a Win-Win for Google
GigaOM - 03/09/2010Google Android continues to gain mobile browser share in the U.S. as all other platforms, including Apple's iOS, are declining. Thanks to smart partnerships on other platforms, Google has had the mobile search market sewn up for years. And with Andro...
Rumor: Galaxy Tab Might Also Be On Sprint As 4G and 3G Device [Rumor]
Gizmodo - 03/09/2010Boy Genius hears that the Galaxy Tab, Samsung's Android tablet already rumored to be on Verizon is heading to Sprint too. And, it'll have both 4G WiMax and 3G. Nice! [BGR] More »
WordPress upgrades free app for blogging on the go (Appolicious)
Yahoo! News: Technology News - 03/09/2010Appolicious - The free WordPress for Android app was upgraded thanks to feedback from faithful users. Updates include fixes to numerous, annoying bugs like unexpected app crashes, log-in issues and more.Most notable in the recent upgrade is a new com...
Samsung tablet makes Euro debut (Appolicious)
Yahoo! News: Technology News - 03/09/2010Appolicious - The Samsung Galaxy tablet arrived at a Berlin trade show this week (pricing and availability to follow soon) and the early buzz by people who handled the gadget was positive. Several other Android-based tablets will follow soon, as this...
O2 Dell Streak owners receiving Android 2.1 update now
IntoMobile - 03/09/2010Well, we were hoping that the Dell Streak in the United States would skip right to Froyo as we heard before, but we can’t be upset about an upgrade. That still may be true, as O2 users are said to be receiving the Android 2.1 update at the moment, ...
Motorola mocks Apple for not having Flash
IntoMobile - 03/09/2010Motorola is not messing around with its latest full-page advertisements, as the company is going after the Apple iPhone (and iOS devices) for not supporting Adobe Flash. In its latest Droid 2 ad, Motorola says, “Flash websites? There’s a phone fo...
Apple iOS browsing tops Android, Linux
IntoMobile - 03/09/2010The Apple iOS operating system, which powers the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, is really gaining traction among web users and it has surpassed the traffic of Linux and Android users, according to data from Net Applications. It probably shouldn’t be ...
Google Would Like Their Music Service Up and Running by the End of the Year, but yet to Sign any Record Label Deals
Android Phone Fans - 03/09/2010Google Music — or a version of what Google plans for Music to be — was shown off way back at I/O along with the debut of Android 2.2. It has since then been assumed that the launch of Music would most likely coincide with the launch of Android 3....
IFA Hands-On Round Up With Toshiba and Huawei Tablets Plus More
Android Phone Fans - 03/09/2010While Phandroid wasn’t able to make an appearance at IFA and personally shmooze with device manufacturer’s as we fondled their goods, plenty of pals from around the Android community made their way to Berlin for the event and did a bang-up job of...
Toshiba Joins IFA Tablet Race With Folio 100
MobileTechNews - 03/09/2010Toshiba introduces the Android 2.2 version Folio 100 tablet at the IFA trade show in Berlin.
Mobile Phone Winner: Android
dailywireless.org - 03/09/2010Quantcast says the share of mobile Web consumption is moving towards the Android Quantcast says Android now has a 25 percent share of total mobile Web consumption in the US. Apple?s iOS, meanwhile, is seeing its share decline, from approximately 67 p...
Here's How Apple Is Beginning To Destroy Google's Core Search Business (GOOG, AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider - 03/09/2010Earlier we pointed out that thousands of iPad owners have been paying money for third-party Facebook apps -- bootlegs, basically -- instead of just using Facebook's iPad-tailored website, which is free and does many of the same things as those apps. ...
APP OF THE DAY: Antigen (Android)
Pocket-lint.co.uk : Latest News - 03/09/2010Arkanoid meets Tetris meets the human body Ever wondered what it was like to be an antibody? No, we don't suppose anyone has but if you've ever felt like trying to visualise the fight your little microscopic guys were ...