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It will be so good they won’t do it again
By Rob Coppinger

ANDROID LOVERS can cheer because from 20 December they can hold in their hands a Google Nexus S running the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system that they can pre-order from today.

Care of Carphone Warehouse you can be the proud owner of a product Google’s CEO Read the rest of this entry »

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Okay So here it is.

I recently moved from a blackberry javelin 8900 to a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. Let me tell you about what happened and how I figured it out.

After ordering my device ( I live in Toronto, after a long call with Rogers customer retention they agreed to match other current competitors pricing like mobilycity or windmobile ) it came the next morning in a shiny black box. Read the rest of this entry »

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Inside, the Droid 2 has some striking similarities to the Droid X–which isn’t a bad thing.

Motorola’s Droid 2 will be in stores Thursday for $199.99 with a two-year contract, after a $100 mail-in rebate (like the Droid X). The phone packs the Android 2.2 operating system, which has support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1. (The Droid X shipped with Android 2.1.)

Though the two phones differ physically–the Droid 2 is a slider smartphone, the Droid X eschews the physical keyboard–there’s a lot inside that’s the same, if not identical. (And note that the Droid 2 is quite similar to the original Droid physically, with the exception of relatively minor tweaks such as changes to the keyboard, as this animation shows.)

Processor: So, what’s inside the newest high-end offering from Motorola and Verizon? Like the Droid X, it uses Texas Instruments’ OMAP 3630 1GHz processor. This is a step up from TI’s OMAP 3430 processor inside the original Droid, which ran at 550MHz.

Wi-Fi hot spot: And the Droid 2 sports the TI chip that supports a built-in Wi-Fi hot spot, a nifty feature also on the Droid X. TI’s WiLink chip allows a user to create a hot spot similar to the access point in a Starbucks. Except, of course, that it’s not as fast as a typical hot spot since it’s 3G–not a DSL, cable, or T1 connection–and limited to five devices. (The hot spot costs an extra $20 per month.)

Digital Living Network Alliance: The similarities don’t stop there. Both phones support DLNA, or Digital Living Network Alliance, which enables them to stream video to a home consumer electronics device, such as a TV. This is also integrated into TI chips.

RAM and flash: The Droid 2 also comes with 512MB of RAM, like the Droid X. As to flash memory-based storage, on the Droid 2, a 32 GB microSD option is listed. Like the Droid X, it comes with 8GB on board.

Despite all of these chip-based similarities, there are some differences. The Droid X is spec’d with an 8-megapixel camera, while the Droid 2 has a 5-megapixel camera. And the Droid 2′s display is smaller at 3.7 inches versus 4.3 inches on the Droid X.

What’s next for high-end smartphones like the Droid 2 and Droid X? Dual-core processors, which would boost multitasking capabilities (not to mention performance) are coming in 2011. TI, for its part, plans to begin shipping a dual-core OMAP 4430 chip in the fourth quarter, which should make its way into phones in the first half of 2011.

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Does an Android device with a 3.2-inch screen still qualify as a “tablet”? That was the first question that popped into my head when I saw images of the Archos 32 Android tablet that were published Tuesday by the FCC.

Maybe I’m still feeling the effects of my time with the Dell Streak, but aren’t tablets supposed to stretch beyond the confines of the pocket? Maybe not. It seems manufacturers have decided anything with a smartphone OS and a touch screen is a tablet–a tactic that may come back to bite them if Apple starts including the iPod Touch in their assessment of tablet computer market share.

Pontificating aside, the Archos 32 looks like fun. Along with details leaked from a short-lived product page on J&R, we now know the Archos 32 includes an 800MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, with 8GB of storage, running a custom version of Android 2.1 on a 400×240 resolution touch-screen display. Oddly, a touch-sensitive direction pad is also included beneath the display, along with more typical buttons for home, back, enter, and menu.

Further details reveal specs such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, composite video output, and a rear-facing camera capable of 640×480 resolution MPEG-4 video recording.

If the J&R leak is any indication, pricing should come in around $150, and the FCC filing has us thinking we won’t need to wait much longer.

Source : cnet

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A computer virus attacks smartphones using Google’s Android operating system, triggering alarms over security. There are more than 3 million smartphone users in Korea and 1.13 million of them own Android phones.

The New York Times on Tuesday said a “Trojan” virus was discovered in Russia that specifically targets smartphones using Android. Kaspersky Lab, a Russian antivirus software company, said the worm takes advantage of Android phones after users install what appears to be a “harmless media player.”

Infected users unwittingly sign up for pay sites “resulting in money passing from a user’s account to that of the cybercriminals,” the newspaper reported. Lee Chang-hoon at Kaspersky Lab Korea said, “In addition to the New York Times report, Trojan horses have been discovered in about a dozen countries in the U.S. and Europe, and there’s a strong chance of infections being discovered in Korea soon.”

Android phones are more vulnerable to hacking than Apple’s iPhones. Google’s Android software allows anyone to upload and download programs, making it easy for hackers to spread malicious codes. “Korean manufacturers of Android phones such as Samsung and LG need to develop software programs that can inspect applications for viruses,” said Cho Hyun-sook of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute.

The government plans to announce a set of measures next month aimed at bolstering mobile Internet security.

Source : chosun.com

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Starting this Thursday, popular social media management tool TweetDeck will be available as an Android app. The company is opening its beta program in the morning, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on a copy tonight.

We’ve tried other Android () apps that have promised varying degrees of functionality and features for social media work and play; we’ve experienced varying degrees of satisfaction so far with all of them.

The TweetDeck app for Android is still “very beta,” a.k.a. lacking the polish you’d expect from a completely finished application. We tried playing around with it a bit tonight; while we’ll be delighted when more mature builds are available, we still think the app has breathtaking potential.

It integrates Facebook (), Twitter (), Buzz and Foursquare () accounts into a single application. Updates are color-coded and presented in a single, blended column. There’s also a “Me” column for reviewing all your Twitter @replies and comments and like for your Facebook posts.

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