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Archos: five Android tablets and media players

Published on: 2nd September, 2010

Archos has almost entirely modernized its device line by bringing five new Android-based models. They will all ship with the version 2.2 of Android and Flash 10.1 and will support tethering as well as hotspot sharing on the 3G devices. They have minimum specifications in common like the use of an ARM Cortex A8 processor [...]

Android brought to MP3 players through Philips GoGear Connect

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Philips has unveiled the possibly first full-fledged and globally available, Android-based media player. Providing full Android and access to Android Market and Google Maps, the GoGear Connect focuses on media applications. Some phone-like features are also built-in, by using a camera and the option of synchronizing wireless media over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
The Dutch company aims [...]

Orange France may be working on an Android-powered tablet

Published on: 1st September, 2010

According to a Twitter post, the French wireless provider Orange, is currently working on launching a new Android-powered tablet, which will also benefit from a 3G data connection. Orange’s device will most probably be priced at the equivalent of $318 if purchased without a data plan, or almost $127 if on contract. Even if who [...]

Is Google’s tablet strategy clear enough?

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Debating the importance of the tablet space is probably not necessary nowadays. Arguments that can be brought in its favor would be as notorious as is Apple itself. But it is important to know that it is not enough at all to only have a new device and simply throwing it on the market. And [...]

App Store being dominated by paid apps, while Android Market offers more free titles

Published on: 1st September, 2010

The Android Market seems to be continuing on a trend towards free applications, while the opposite scenario holds true on Apple’s iOS App Store. According to the latest numbers gathered by 148Apps.biz and AndroLib, the Android portal appears to be dominated by free titles, which means almost 64 percent of all their content. On the [...]

Dell commits to open-source Streak code

Published on: 27th August, 2010

Lionel Menchaca, Dell’s official blogger, has recently promised that the Streak’s approach to be Android would probably be open-sourced. As there have been critics that the company hasn’t given out source code for the tablet’s device drivers, Menchaca said that Dell would adapt to all applicable requirements and would even post details. Even if a [...]

South Korean companies trying to combat Apple’s iPad

Published on: 27th August, 2010

According to “Agence France-Presse”, South Korean companies have promised to launch several tablet offerings to combat Apple’s iPad, which is expected to ship to the country soon enough. SK Telecom, South Korea’s top wireless carrier, is currently hedging much of its bets on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is a 7-inch Android-powered tablet. Kim Dae-Woong, [...]

Android’s new anti-piracy system can easily be cracked

Published on: 27th August, 2010

Justin Case, white hat hacker has just discovered that the recently implemented Google anti-piracy system for developers seems to be largely ineffective. Even if it was supposed to give tighter reins over applications, Android License Verification Library (ALVL) has been quickly cracked only by making a simple code patch which tricks Android, making it believe [...]

Five Archos Android tablets teased for IFA

Published on: 27th August, 2010

Archos, the portable media player manufacturer, has recently announced that it will soon unveil five new Android-based tablets; the event will take place in early September, at the IFA show in Berlin. The new tablets will most likely include the 2.8-inch Archos 28, as well as the 3.2-inch Archos 32 (the latter has been recently [...]

$50 Android tablet may be produced by Allgo for India

Published on: 26th August, 2010

Allgo, a private company in India, is currently showing off a prototype Android tablet which only costs $50 to build. The device called Stamp is a seven-inch tablet and has spent over 18 months in development; now, it can wirelessly browse the Internet, run basic applications and even playback video and audio files. It benefits [...]

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