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T-Mobile and Google try to prevent Android hardware ban by ITC

Published on: 8th November, 2011

T-Mobile and Google attempted to prevent a possible ITC ban on HTC Android hardware with answers to ITC’s (International Trade Commission) requests for input on the win of Apple in the trade controversy before the hearing on the 6th of December. T-Mobile intended to deny an eventual ban regardless of whether the ruling upheld infringement [...]

Android 3.1 live much faster on Motorola Xoom

Published on: 16th May, 2011

As promised, Google and Motorola have pushed out the new Android 3.1 to Motorola’s Xoom. The operating system has been only superficially intended to bring new features, but now it is said to be significantly faster. As CrunchGear showed after an early check, the operating system allows applications to load faster, transitions are faster, while [...]

Android 3.0 tablet of Toshiba to be delayed to summer

Published on: 16th May, 2011

The forthcoming Android 3.0 tablet of Toshiba presented at CES and scheduled to be delivered for shipping in June seems to have been delayed. Ken Chan, business notebooks chief of Toshiba UK, told RegHardware that the company’s 10-inch tablet would come during the summer. Chan did not give any reasons for this delay, even if [...]

Developer interest still high for iOS, in decline for Android

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

According to an IDC and Appcelerator survey on the mobile application industry, while interest in iOS-based development continues to remain high, Android has already lost some ground. A large number of developers, 91 percent, are very interested in iPod/iPhone development and other 86 percent claim they are very interested in iPad development. Meanwhile, attraction to [...]

Nielsen shows Android has 37 percent in the US and iPhone is steady at 27

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

According to Nielsen, Android has reached a new peak in the United States market share and almost entirely at the expense of BlackBerry. It has grown from 29 percent share last fall up to 37 now. All the growth is attributed to RIM clients deserting the platform, BlackBerry falling five points to 22 percent. The [...]

Lenovo to launch 7-inch Android 3.0 tablet in fall

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

It is believed that Lenovo plans more than its ThinkPad tablet for this year. Apart from the existing ThinkPad model, which is badged as “Think Slate”, and the already known LePad, it seems that a seven-inch tablet would appear in the fall. Although the This is my next description obtained was brief enough, it suggested [...]

Sony Ericsson creates controversy with own channel in Android Market

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

Sony Ericsson recently created some controversy by launching its own Android Market brand-specific channel. It contains official applications, recommended titles and also occasional exclusives. The channel will also serve as a sales pitch area and is expected to become a “highlighted market space” for selected developers’ applications. The move will finally limit the functionality of [...]

Sony unveils new Android 3.0 rivals of iPad

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

Sony has presented two of its new tablets running Honeycomb (Android 3.0) and meant to take on the iPad. The first one is only a formal unveiling of a previously leaked device, the 9.4-inch Sony S1, which features a distinctive curved top, with a shape reminding the shape of a folded open magazine. Powered by [...]

Analysts indicate 100,000 Motorola Xoom shipped by now

Published on: 13th April, 2011

Deutsche Bank analysts have indicated Xoom sales were possibly slow. They estimated about 100,000 Motorola Xoom tablets shipped between the debut on the 24th of February and the end of March, based on extrapolation from information found in Google’s Platform Versions chart. Hacked installations on other devices were also included, although in a small number. [...]

Dell: 10-inch Android tablet to be shown in mid-June

Published on: 13th April, 2011

Dell’s plans related to tablets may soon become reality as the company would launch an Android tablet, likely named the Streak 10, ahead of the Windows-based equivalent. A recent leak revealed that Dell’s talk of a launch in 2012 was conservative and that there were chances for the Android slate to be ready by mid-June, [...]

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