Google and Android

CM 7.1.0 Packing 2.3.4 About to Hit

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So Google dropped Android 2.3.4 on stock Nexus S owners. Those not fitting that description have been SOL until the fairly near future as I just scored and flashed me a CM 7.1.0 / Android 2.3.4 “kang” nightly floating hereabouts (I didn’t even know what kang was – means super duper unofficial, so a super … Read more

Android 2.3.4–not just bug fixes, GTalk with video call support

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One of the reasons, anyone would prefer Google Nexus S over any other Android phone is definitely because of the “Pure Google Experience” – no third party customization, gets update earlier than any other Android device. Google has just announced that the next firmware update, Android 2.3.4 for Nexus S has got bug fixes along with a surprise – video and voice chat support for Google Talk.

Android OEMs Wage Unnecessary War for Usage

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Microsoft recently has filed a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble (B&N) for the Nook & Nook Color’s usage of Android.  This action came after several attempts by Microsoft to get B&N to sign a licensing deal for 6 patents Microsoft alleges that the Android OS infringes on.  Of course having no clear evidence that the … Read more

Google Docs App Available For Android–Don’t Get Too Excited

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Google has announced the release of a Google Docs application for Android devices. I’ll give you the PR but the initial comments to their post have a common theme: Docs Viewer and Editor are web-similar and very unuseful. There is no zooming for simple documents, only for sheets and images. Then I can’t see docs … Read more

Dog Wars App under fire from PETA asks Google to pull it

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I have been debating on which angle I should cover this and we here at Mobility Digest have had a lengthy discussion on Animal Cruelty, Freedom of Speech, and where to draw the line about what should and should not be available on the Android Marketplace. The App in question has only been released on … Read more

HTC’s Droid Incredible 2 available April 28th from Verizon

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If you love Android and Verizon then you will have another device to choose from Bid Red in two days. Announced today, HTC is dropping some Droid Incredible 2 goodness with some top of the line components built in. Sporting an Android 2.2 operating system, 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash and front-facing camera for … Read more

In The Last 6 Months Interest In WP7 Has Decreased While Android Increased

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Nielson has some new figures about the desirability of various mobile operating systems. Interestingly, when asked what smartphone people were intending to buy, Windows Phones were picked 7% of the time in the initial polling (done from July 2010-September 2010) whereas the most recent polling (from January – March 2011) sets that number at just … Read more

Mobility Digest Review: Clingo Parabolic Sound Sphere

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We rolling old school today… I’ve got a product that does not require batteries or any type of power source to work. That in itself is very odd as everything needs some kind of power today. What I have is a sound amplifier called a parabolic Sound Sphere from a company called Clingo. If you’ve … Read more

Android Gets the Best Hardware.

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Example? Samsung’s Galaxy S II. Dual-core 1.2GHz, formidable GPU (either 8 core GeForce ULP or ARM Mali-400 MP GT-i9100), gig o’ ram, 4.27” Super AMOLED Plus, 2mp front, 8mp rear,1080p recording, MHL/HDMI at 1080, HSPA+/HSUPA, Gingerbread and packs 1650mAh in the tank. Sounds like this monster is thick and heavy as a mother, right? Negative … Read more

We want information… information… information

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Paranoid: Where am I?
Apple: In the Village.
Paranoid: What do you want?
Apple: We want information.
Paranoid: Whose side are you on?
Apple: That would be telling. We want information… information… information.
Paranoid: You won’t get it.
Apple: By hook or by crook, we will.
Paranoid: Who are you?
Apple: The new Number 2.
Paranoid: Who is Number 1?
Apple: You are Number 6.
Paranoid: I am not a number, I am a free man

(The Prisoner, the classic TV series from the 60’s

Oh, you don’t remember? with the funny little car, gigantic balloon and no end…)

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