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Google's Android App Inventor: DIY Apps for Everyone, From Everyone

Google's new App Inventor for Android brings app creation to the masses. It might not result in any truly amazing apps, but it could definitely result in some new development addicts.READ»

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Android Finally Beats iPhone in U.S. Sales: Variety Wins

Google's Android OS has just passed the iPhone in the race for U.S. market share. Of course, it's still in second place, way behind BlackBerry. But still, it's a major victory for Android.READ»

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Motorola to Inject Life Into Android, With Developer Program

It's becoming clear--the future of the smartphone is intimately tied with app development, and that's something Motorola knows. It's trying to promote app building for the Android platform with a new MOTODEV program. The developer ...READ»

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Android's Apple-Smashing a U.S. Phenomenon

Lies, damned lies and statistics: You can play games with numbers, and recently the game has been to show Android phones are beating the iPhone in the U.S. Now new data proves that in the rest of the world, Google's still chasing ...READ»

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Googlefail: Nexus One's Web Store to Close, Sales to Go Via Normal, Boring Channels

We'd suspected, then heard, that Google's Nexus One phone simply wasn't living up to the hype, and now Google's taking the rareish step of admitting this. It's redirecting N1 sales efforts from its odd online shop experiment to real ...READ»

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Next Version of Android to Offer Tethering and Mobile Hotspot Features

The next version of Google's Android mobile OS, code-named Froyo, looks to bring some welcome new additions. The question is, will the carriers allow them?READ»

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Which Tablet (PC) Will You Swallow--Apple's or Android's?

As speculation increases on the InterWebs about Apple's mythical tablet Mac, spurred by some leaked video, another cool-looking tablet MID has surfaced, and this one's powered by Google's Android. It's the year of the tablet ...READ»

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The Google Phone's Ad Campaign Bites, Here's How to Give It Teeth

Today, T-Mobile rolls out its largest ad campaign ever to tout the new Google phone, the myTouch 3G. The AT&T rival has recruited three public figures to champion the ads: Phil Jackson, former Bulls and Lakers coach, Jesse James, ...READ»

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Is Motorola's Android Phone for Kids?

Today Motorola released its first Android device: the Cliq for T-Mobile. And while most Android comparisons run right to the iPhone, this thing looks more poised to steal teen approval from the Sidekick. Inside, it sports the same ...READ»

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Could Android Mop-Up the Entry Level Smartphone Market?

With news that LG's first Android smartphone is a pretty basic gizmo, and recalling the recent debut of the Motorola Cliq, an interesting thought's just occurred: Could the upstart Google OS corner the whole entry-level-smartphone ...READ»

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Google Maps 4.2 for Android Introduces Bike Directions and Location Sharing

Google updated Maps for Android yesterday with some welcome new features that continue the app's reign as the best maps app on any smartphone, period.READ»

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Google Makes Gesture Creation Tool, Palm Drops Fees to Woo Developers

Nokia may be excited about gesture control on the N900, and Apple may be all over multitouch patents that make multiple gestures possible, but Google's taken the next step, and built a programmable Gestures API into Android 1.6. Of ...READ»

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Advertising Launch: Verizon Android Takes on iPhone

Forrester predicts that Google's Android will overtake Apple's iPhone as the 2nd largest smartphone platform by 2012. That's a bold prediction for Google to topple the hottest, most buzzworthy phone in the world. The first step in the Android attack, an advertising campaign Droid Does, has launched and we like what we see. While Android is off to a good start with a buzzworthy campaign, this is just the first attack. Let's stay tuned for...READ»

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Verizon CEO Confirms a Google Tablet Is Coming to the Network

Verizon's CEO, Lowell McAdam, today announced that Google will be bringing a tablet to Verizon to compete with Apple and AT&T's iPad. Details are scarce, but that won't stop us from speculating on what's to come.READ»

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Samsung Raises Hardware Bar With Super-Fast Android Phone

Smartphones have taught us to get excited over software--apps and OSes--but Samsung's new Android phone, the Moment, is all about hardware. The device is quite possibly the fastest smartphone on the market, with a screaming 800 ...READ»

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Google's Silliest-Named Android Version Yet, Froyo, Brings iPhone-Baiting Features

Froyo, guys? Really? What about Flan, or Fudge, or Fig Newton? But beyond the oh-so-'90s codename, there's a lot happening, including Flash, streaming audio, and speed, speed, speed.READ»

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The Android 2.2 "Froyo" Roundup: Ready to Upgrade?

Android 2.2, Google's mobile operating system which is codenamed Froyo and was unveiled at the company's I/O conference last week, is already rolling out for the Google Nexus One. While only a limited number of people are getting the ...READ»

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Flash 10.1 Seriously Slows Down Google Nexus One in Speed Tests

The infant version of Google's Android mobile OS, 2.2 Froyo, is just rolling out to a single device (the Google Nexus One) now. You can check out more in-depth impressions here, but perhaps the most buzzed-about feature is the ...READ»

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Android Smartphone Sales Predicted to Explode: 900% Growth in '09

It's clear that smartphones are going to pull market share away from dumbphones, and that Google's Android operating system is going to appear on many more handsets in the months ahead. But a new report is predicting 900% growth in ...READ»

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Two Possible Causes for Android's Losing App Store: Spam, Low Quality Apps

Apple's app store may be market-leading, but Google's Android system is fast closing in, thanks to the sheer number of different Android phones on sale. But is Android's app market actually a safe or successful place under Google's ...READ»

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Google I/O: The Next Android OS--Google Donut, Looks Tasty

Today marks the end of Google's I/O developer conference. Just days shy of Apple's own WWDC, which kicks off next week, Google took the opportunity to tell us two things: Android 2 is going to be killer, and Google will pay you ...READ»

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Eric Schmidt: 160,000 Android Phones Activated Each Day. Impressive, or Anti-iPhone PR?

Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has given an interview to the Guardian in which he claims that 160,000 Android mobile devices are being activated each day. That's up 60% in a month. Schmidt also claimed that because Android is free, it ...READ»

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Google vs. Microsoft: Acer's Android Netbook Escalates the Battle

Microsoft is pretty busy stealing search market share from Google with its Bing search engine, but it might do well to keep an eye on its core business. PC maker Acer has announced it will begin shipping a netbook running Google's ...READ»

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Android vs. iPhone: Which Has the Better Google Maps?

Yesterday, Google announced, via the Google Mobile Blog, a host of updates to Google Maps for its Android operating system, bringing some features up to par with Maps for the iPhone while bringing some all-new features to the table ...READ»

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Next Version of Android to Feature User Interface Overhaul: Can Android Be Pretty?

A story's been going around that Google is going to be "laser focused" on improving its user interface for the next version of Android. This has way bigger implications than it seems--especially for HTC and Motorola.READ»