Google and Android

Why does everyone keep insisting that Microsoft is sueing HTC?

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So if you’ve been reading news pretty much anywhere, you know Microsoft is licensing its Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio to HTC.  For some reason every news site I read for the majority of the day seems to think this is some attempt by Microsoft to get money.  I think this is totally off-base.  Yeah Microsoft is going to make some sweet cheddar on this deal, especially if they can pull licensing agreements across the Android board (Samsung, Motorola, etc.) but they’re the last group that really needs it.  I’m seeing Microsoft trying to swoop in and save their primary handset maker in the wake of two major lawsuits.  Here’s why…

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Wifi Penetration [Android]

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Diogo Ferreira, known on XDA as deovferreira, has cooked up Penetrate for Android, available if you can believe it on the market, which “maps Thomson, SpeedTouch and D-Link SSIDs and MAC addresses into their respective default keys” (officially meaning if you own one of those routers and want to make sure your network is secure … Read more

Google Google Google! :P

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Only a year and a half or so (?) in, as of a little while ago Google’s Android market has over fifty thousand applications available, a 250% bump give or take since January-ish. Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile‘s application count is tearing it up somewhere in the hundreds and may or may not be projected … Read more

Preorder The Verizon HTC Droid Incredible, Official Release April 29th

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I just posted the review that Kristofer did over at TestFreaks.com but I also wanted to post the ad now running at Verizon advertising the Droid Incredible for pre-order and officially available April 29th. (Pre-orders placed online before 4pm local time on 4/28 will be delivered 4/29.)

As you can see in the ad, Big Red is going to let you enjoy the Android goodness of the Droid Incredible for $199.99 after a $100.00 rebate. Early Termination Fee is $350 (1 yr/2 yr contracts).

So head on over to Verizon and pre-order yours today! I posted the full specifications after the break for you to enjoy as well. And yes you read right, it has a 8 megapixel Camera!!

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SIRIUS XM Radio Coming Soon to Android-Powered Smartphones

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The headline of this Press Release is a bit misleading, Yes, it’s a free app but it’s coming to the DROID and Nexus One only in May… and well it’s free app yes, but you’ve got to subscribe for the premium content, but you’ll get a 7 day free trial…. The whole PR is rather confusing really, it starts off with saying that the app will be available for free in May for Android powered smart phones, but then finished the paragraph by saying it’s only for the DROID and Nexus one… I was getting excited as I’ve got the Moto Backflip Android phone, but I got excited for nothing as the PR was just misleading and yes the app is free, but the service isn’t?! (I seem to be repeating myself don’t I?)

…anyway read this thing and you tell me what you think when you first start to read it:

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that a free application for Android-powered smartphones will be available in May, giving consumers access to over 120 channels of sports, talk, entertainment, news, comedy and commercial-free music on the DROID by Motorola and the Google Nexus One.

Maybe it’s me, maybe I’m just being overly sensitive here but why not for any other Android devices?

Oh well, read on for the full PR:

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Two New Smartphone Apps for Anglers and Outdoorsmen from DataSport, Inc

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Just in time for spring and summer fishing, DataSport, Inc. announces two new Smartphone apps to help anglers outdoorsmen find the times of peak activity. For over 37 years, sportsmen around the world have trusted DataSport Inc’s reliable and accurate Fish & Game Forecast to tell the best times to catch fish, see birds and … Read more