Google and Android

Key Facts:

• Taptu, the fastest way to search the touch-friendly web, has launched an Android app, providing users with search results that are optimized for viewing on Android phones.
• Android users now have the ability to quickly and easily discover new touch-friendly content in an easy-to-use interface, including web content, images and the freshest, most buzzed-about realtime content delivered through OneRiot’s API. 
• Taptu returns touch-friendly results, eliminating the frustrations caused by using a search engine designed for the desktop on an Android phone, which can provide results that take upwards of a minute to load over cellular networks.
• This is the first release of Taptu’s Android app and a light application utilizing the platform’s browser; additional capabilities such as sharing onto Twitter and Facebook and market app searching will be available in the next version along with improved app functionality

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EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, a member of the ARM® Connected Community™, today announced it is participating in the ARM Solution Center for Android (SCA).

SCA is a collaborative resource for designers and developers of ARM technology-based products running on Android, the open source platform from the Open Handset Alliance™. EVE joined the center to make its ZeBu-Server, a scalable emulation system capable of handling up to one-billion application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) gates, more accessible to ARM-based wireless mobile designers and developers.

As the market for smartphones, other connected mobile and home devices grows, so too do consumers’ expectations for these devices. The ARM Solution Center for Android provides designers and developers of Android-based devices, the assurance that the components used to develop these next-generation consumer electronic devices are up to the task.

“We applaud ARM for opening the Solution Center for Android and believe that it will drive innovation and accelerate the opportunities for wireless mobile devices,” remarks Lauro Rizzatti, EVE’s vice president of worldwide marketing. “We are pleased to be an inaugural partner.”

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HTC Hero and Samsung Moment each reduced to $99, including instant rebates, with new two-year activation

 

Special offers on two Sprint smartphones, the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment. Both devices run on Google’s Android operating platform and retail for $99.99, including instant rebates, with new two-year activation. Both phones were $179. The special offers, which run through December, help Best Buy Mobile deliver the advantages of the popular Android operating platform to more customers.

This holiday, Best Buy Mobile will serve as a one-stop-shop for consumers with smartphones and accessories on their holiday shopping list. Their vast assortment of smartphones, accompanied by advice and guidance from highly-trained Best Buy Mobile associates, will ensure holiday shoppers have all the information they need as they shop for themselves or for gifts loved ones.

“Best Buy Mobile is committed to offering a great shopping experience and helping holiday consumers get the most out of mobile technology, whether it’s for them or as a gift,” said Shawn Score, president of Best Buy Mobile. “This fall has brought an unprecedented amount of highly-anticipated mobile devices to the market. We are excited to offer customers great selection, value and support to help them make sense of it all.”

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