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Long-awaited Skype for Android has been released

Published on: 12th October, 2010

Skype has recently announced the release of the long-awaited Skype for Android. It is possible now for phones running Android 2.1 to download the free application which makes available free Skype-to-Skype calls through Wi-Fi for users in the United States only. European users as well as those from other continents will be able to make [...]

AT&T motivates banning of non-Market Android applications is for security

Published on: 7th July, 2010

Banning of non-Market Android applications has been defended by AT&T on the Android promo page of the company. The carrier’s argument was that the policy would make developers accountable and this way the applications proved to be malicious or presenting other risks could be easily pulled. It argued that the environment dedicated to development was [...]

AT&T and T-Mobile Nexus Ones get the final version of Android 2.2

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

On June 28, 2010, Google started releasing the promised Android 2.2 final version to all the American Nexus One models, available at AT&T and T-Mobile. The FRF85B build seems to be the first version to reach phones before the early test releases; moreover, it will be the first widely available variant able to handle Flash [...]

Google claims that the Android 2.2 is not yet a final build

Published on: 27th June, 2010

Nexus One users found out from Google that the Android 2.2 version reaching this type of smartphone is not a complete build. FRF72 seems to be a test version and the final variant will most likely start shipping at the time a near-final build meeting the quality criteria will be released to other devices. Even [...]

Sirius XM applications blocked on AT&T’s Android handsets

Published on: 21st June, 2010

AT&T is supposed to block Sirius XM applications on its Android devices, according to some sources. The new Motorola Backflip and HTC Aria already prohibit downloading of Sirius XM related files. They are known to have a ban imposed by the career with respect to downloading any applications which are not inside the Android Market, [...]

Graphics artificially limited to 30FPS in HTC’s Evo 4G

Published on: 14th June, 2010

According to Android developers, an artificial restriction has been imposed on the Evo 4G’s screen refresh rate. It seems that its performance is now restricted to 30FPS for 2D and 3D content, even if reasons are yet to be clear. This issue hasn’t been noticed on the Nexus One, even if the two phones share [...]

Android 2.2 slowed down by Flash 10.1 according to tests

Published on: 29th May, 2010

The launch of Flash 10.1 for Android seems to be solely responsible for slowing down the experience of the browser and the Android phone as well, as a test confirms. When Flash is installed, the browser running on a Nexus One becomes slower than on an iPhone or an HTC HD2 to load content. Android [...]

Sprint abandons Nexus One, favors Evo 4G

Published on: 16th May, 2010

Sprint has announced it had abandoned the plans for its own model of Nexus One. It explained that it would no longer need Google’s Android flagship as it would be eclipsed by the Evo 4G. The latter has the advantage of a larger screen, a front video chat camera and an 8-megapixel camera on its [...]

Nexus One to get Android 2.2 and 802.11n Wi-Fi

Published on: 1st May, 2010

The Nexus One may be upgraded to 802.11n Wi-Fi when Android 2.2 will ship, as Broadcom and Google have discretely released new drivers for the Wi-Fi chipset of the smartphone. These drivers would enable 802.11n. Although the drivers are not yet part of the operating system, they were compiled for Android 2.1 and were successfully [...]

Android Market – more than 38,000 applications

Published on: 21st April, 2010

Google has announced its financial results for the first quarter of this year, mentioning $5 billion in net revenue. This means a 19 percent increase over last year. Net profits have shown similar tendencies. Google also marked a real success in the mobile market, which includes the Nexus One and the Android Market. Executives of [...]

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