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- Andy Rubin now Senior Vice President of Google
- Xperia Play exclusively lands Dungeon Defenders
- Motorola Atrix coming to Orange in the UK
- IOIO for Android detailed: Project samples from USB breakout board [Video]
- Acer Iconia Tab A500 Honeycomb Tablet Officially Announced
- HTC Incredible 2 press shots surface
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo delays confirmed
- HTC hosting London Pyramid Party… and you’re invited!
- AMD looking for Android talent, Fusion chips for Android anyone?
- Android courts Enterprise with remote-tracking, encryption & more
- Google I/O Live: Free streaming of sell-out conference
- Motorola Xoom and all Androids Video Encoding tips and guide
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Software Update EC02 Pushing Now
- Asus Transformer Source code released already, shows HTC how it’s done
- Pandora is sending user GPS, gender, birthday and more to ad servers
- NOOK Color Developer Program Ramps Up Vital Connections
- Andy Rubin Responds to Android Closed Source Rumors
- Packard Bell Liberty Tab is a 10″ Android 3.0 Tablet like most
- Alltel Wireless said check out all of our Android Phones
- Motorola Droid X2 Pictures leak, looks the same
| Andy Rubin now Senior Vice President of Google Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:48 AM PDT A few of our main Google super-computers are switching places as of late, one of them you may well know about – the Larry Page, co-founder of Google switching up with Eric Schmidt, also co-founder of Google, leaving Schmidt to do all the dirty work (traveling about the earth talking about the awesomeness of Google, for example.) Meanwhile Page has been doing some more inter-company promoting. One of these promotions, the one we’ll be keeping the closest eye on, is Andy Rubin, who until this time was of course known as the father of Android and Vice President of Engineering at Google, is now one of six Senior Vice Presidents.
This move makes it clear that Google is dedicated to what’s very clearly one of its most successful ventures in their short history, Android, and that Rubin’s role in making Google a better place for the world to interact is secured. Rubin’s new role means that he’ll be reporting directly to Page in what’s being called an effort to streamline Google’s executive structure as well as an effort to provide “better company focus” in the near future. We’ve got an entire portal dedicated to our main homie Andy Rubin, that which you can take a peek at over [over here]. The most explosive thing this fellow has done as of late was to respond to rumors that Google was tightening its grip on open-sourcedness with words on how he and they are dedicated to the open source project forever! Rubin’s Rabblers! That’s what his fans are called. They’ll be happy with this newest news. [via Wall Street Journal] )
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| Xperia Play exclusively lands Dungeon Defenders Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:45 AM PDT Game developer Trendy Entertainment has announced that the sequel to Dungeon Defender First Wave is launching exclusively on the Sony-Ericsson Xperia Play. The sequel, entitled Dungeon Defender Second Wave, will have 30 hours of new game play, as well as all the levels of the original game. In addition, there’s a new player vs. player online game mode which users can enjoy either over WiFi or 3G. That means that gamers from all over the world can challenge each other no matter where they are. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Originally conceived for console gaming platforms like the Sony Playstation, Dungeon Defenders was moved to the mobile platform when Android caught fire around the world. But according to developers, it’s the Xperia Play’s gaming controls that places Second Wave into its element. With a 1 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Adreno GPU, and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS running out of the box, the Xperia Play really unlocked the potential of the game. And Sony-Ericsson couldn’t be happier, calling Dungeon Defenders the ideal ambassador for the Xperia Play platform. In addition to it’s Snapdragon processor and Ardeno graphics package, the Xperia Play has a 4″ capacitive multi-touch, 854 x 480 pixel FWVGA, a complete set of Playstation controls, and a 5MP rear facing camera which takes VGA video, a bummer but it is a gaming platform. There’s also a forward facing camera for video chat and all the usual connection points. Still, users are primarily going to use the Play for gaming, where it really shines. Check out Slash Gear’s review by Chris Davies here. )
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| Motorola Atrix coming to Orange in the UK Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:43 AM PDT Motorola Mobile and Orange UK has announced that the Motorola Atrix is coming to the United Kingdom. The Atrix offers the ability to become the bridge between desktop and mobile computing thanks to the optional Motorola Laptop Dock, which sports an 11.6-inch LCD, full keyboard, track pad and integrated battery. Users simply slide the Atrix into the port in back, and it becomes a notebook, booting into Motorola’s Webtop OS. Users can take calls while working, and can disengage the Atrix from the dock to talk without dropping a call. Pretty slick.
It certainly is a trailblazing design which offers a solution for business travelers who don’t want to juggle between multiple platforms to do their work. And thanks to it’s 1 Ghz dual core Tegra 2 processor and 1GB of RAM, Atrix users have plenty of punch to create and edit documents, media and other content. The goal of the design, has been to make it a users primary “digital hub.” There’s also integration with several commercial desktop applications and Google Docs the Citrix Receiver Application, making it a viable business solution. And the Atrix can also handle Flash, with a full version of Adobe Firefox 3.6, not a hobbled mobile variant. But the Atrix isn’t all work and no play. Thanks to it’s qHD display, the Atrix can display 24 bit color. Users can connect to an HDTV via HDMI or the optional HD media dock, and show off their photos and videos with no loss in clarity. Other features include dual front and rear cameras with a 5MP rear facing capable of shooting 720p HD video and stills thanks to it’s dual LED flash which also doubles as a video light. And there’s talk of a firmware update which will unlock 1080p video recording that the Tegra 2 can really handle. And it’s dual microphone noise canceling feature helps keep call clarity even in a noisy restaurant. Look for it to come to the UK by early summer. Meanwhile, you can check out our review here. )
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| IOIO for Android detailed: Project samples from USB breakout board [Video] Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:11 AM PDT We mentioned SparkFun’s brilliant new IOIO for Android earlier this week, a USB I/O breakout board for Android smartphones which turns your handset into a super-Arduino of sorts. Now the brains behind the board, Ytai, has spilled the beans on the project, including some sample code and a handful of ideas that you can use IOIO to create.
For instance, there’s the Retroid, a smart alarm clock which can be told to make different ringing patterns and show various LEDs depending on incoming calls, messages and other events on the handset. Or the Visual Charger, a huge multi-segment LED power indicator which gives an at-a-glance idea of what percentage the smartphone’s battery is at. We prefer the Wall Printer, though, which uses seven Sharpie-style market pens hooked up to servos for an old-school printer effect controlled by an Android phone. Definitely worth considering if you’re into Android and electronics; you can pre-order the IOIO for Android here, for $49.95. [via Twitter] )
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| Acer Iconia Tab A500 Honeycomb Tablet Officially Announced Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT Our good friends at Acer have let us in on the official release of the Acer Iconia Tab A500, a 10.1-inch 1280×800 TFT WXGA tablet running Android 3.0 Honeycomb that’s available exclusively at Best Buy NOW for the price of $449.99. We got to peek at an early build of this wild device by chance back at a jumpin’ AT&T party during CTIA 2011, and it wasn’t really all that ready to go software-wise, but the hardware was silvery tight and fresh. Now we’ve got the full lowdown and it’s ready to be shared with the whole world.
This tablet has an “ultra” high-res widescreen that’ll be blowing your eyeballs out at HD 720p on the display or 1080p via it’s HDMI out port. Flash is fully supported out of the box. You’ll be ready to play at least the two full games that come with it, those being the lovley “Let’s Golf” and the sweet and sensitive “Need for Speed: Shift,” both of which are pictured below on the tablet. Certainly the entire suite of fantastically delicious HD games Android has to offer will be working on this monster as well as it features a NVIDIA Tegra 250 Cortex A9 1GHz dual-core processor and integrated GeForce™ GPU. Inside you’ll also find 16GB of flash storage, 1GB of RAM, and support for 32GB storage “planned for future models.” The Micro-SD card on this tablet also supports up to 32GB cards for your 3rd party app pleasure.
The Iconia Tab A500 has two cameras, one of them being a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with flash and auto-focus for both video and photo, the other being a 2-megapixel front-facing camera that, like most front-facing cameras, is made for chatting. The entire unit weighs in at 1.69-lbs, and with it’s 3260 mAh Li-polymer battery is said to be giving you no less than “eight hours of playback for casual games, eight hours of HD video playback and 10 hours of WiFi Internet browsing.”
This tablet is 0.52-inches thin, making it sit in close contention with some of the thinner tablets on the market, and certainly no fatter than those already released (save the iPad 2, which is slightly smaller.) You’re able to purchase several accessories that’ll allow you to rock further, those bieng a full-sized Bluetooth keyboard for MSRP is $69.99 and a dock with IR remote for MSRP is $79.99.           Take a peek at the full details in the press release below: )
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| HTC Incredible 2 press shots surface Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:42 AM PDT We mentioned late last month that het Verizon roadmap had leaked and one of the smartphones on it that looked interesting was the Incredible 2. The first press photos of the smartphone have tipped up online and the thing looks pretty cool. Naturally, the device runs the Android OS.
Since the device isn't officially official at this point, we don't have the full specs with launch date and pricing. The launch has been previously rumored to be on April 28 and we have a few weeks until then to see if that is accurate. With the press shots turning up the launch has to be close so perhaps we will get an official announcement soon to confirm pricing and launch date. The Incredible 2 is a rebranded Incredible S smartphone. Naturally, the red robot eye is prominently featured in the press shots and the name will be Droid Incredible 2 to fit into the previous offerings from Verizon in the Droid family.    [via PocketNow] )
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| Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo delays confirmed Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:51 AM PDT Sony Ericsson’s interesting Xperia Neo Android smartphone has been expected to land this month. We reported a few days ago that the launch date had been fingered as April 19. Apparently, that will not happen after all and the device won't land until July according to reports.
The revised launch date comes from UK retailer of smartphones Clove. Apparently, the reason for the change in the launch date has to do with shortages of components coming out of Japan due to infrastructure problems resulting from the massive earthquake and resulting tsunami. Clove says that July is the earliest date that Sony Ericsson will commit to for supplies of the smartphone. The Neo isn't the only device that might face shortages and delays. The Xperia Arc and Play smartphones might be affected as well with supply issues. [via DialtoSave] )
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| HTC hosting London Pyramid Party… and you’re invited! Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT HTC’s last meet-up gave Android fans a chance for an early play with the Desire HD and Desire Z, and it went so well the company is planning another gathering next week. Open to all – as long as you’re able to get to London – the HTC get-together is straight after the company’s mysterious press event next Tuesday, April 12.
That’s when we’re expecting to see the HTC Sensation – aka the HTC Pyramid – make its official debut; HTC even teases that with a mention of the event being “a sensory experience”. If so, it’ll be a chance to get hands-on with the new dual-core Android smartphone well in advance of it arriving in stores. There’s everything we know and expect from the Pyramid in our rumor roundup to whet your appetite, and more information at HTC’s Facebook page. Let us know if you’ll be headed over in the comments! )
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| AMD looking for Android talent, Fusion chips for Android anyone? Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:50 AM PDT
The new talent AMD is on the hunt for is specifically for Android driver software development. That opens the very interesting prospect of Fusion chips inside tablets and other gear like notebooks or netbooks that can run Android. More competition in any market is always a good thing for Android fans. As it stands now there is no hint that Android tablets using AMD hardware might be surfacing at the show. DigiTimes does say that with the strength of the iPad it expects Intel and AMD will have a hard time fighting Apple in the tablet market for at least six months. Perhaps later this year we will see AMD offering hardware with driver support for Android. That will be nice indeed. [via DigiTimes] )
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| Android courts Enterprise with remote-tracking, encryption & more Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:10 AM PDT Google has announced a renewed focus on enterprise use of Android devices, with a range of new features centered around security and collaborative working. Available to all Google Apps for Business and Google Apps for Education customers, the functionality includes remote tracking and locking support via the My Devices dashboard.
It’s now possible to locating a lost Android 2.2+ handset on a map, ring the device, and reset its PIN or password remotely. There’s also a new “Encrypt Data on Device” feature, which will now include requiring encrypted storage on Android 3.0 tablets. Finally, there’s a new Google Apps Lookup feature which promises to make locating enterprise business details more straightforward. More information on the changes here. )
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| Google I/O Live: Free streaming of sell-out conference Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:09 AM PDT
There’ll be cameras in the two largest session rooms covering the full 9am PST to 6pm PST keynotes on both full days of Google I/O, covering not only keynotes but Android and Chrome developer sessions too. Google is also aiming to get HD video available of any session not streamed up in under 24hrs. All the feeds will be captioned (including machine-translated foreign language support) and virtual participants will be able to ask questions and those with the most votes will get answered. Google I/O kicks off on May 10 2011, and Android Community will be there to bring back all the juicy details from the opening keynote. )
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| Motorola Xoom and all Androids Video Encoding tips and guide Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT The Motorola Xoom, for those that have one, you love it right. I know I do. I’m always showing people how fancy it is and all the cool things I can do. How amazingly easy Multi-tasking is with the panel chooser on the bottom. Even my iPad friends were like, wow that was easy. (One shouldn’t have many iPad owning friends, they are bad for you). The other thing I’m always showing is just how amazing movies and tv shows look on the Xoom. Full 16:10 aspect ratio for a Full-screen movie sure is nice.
Let me start by saying both of these will work with ALL Android phones, and DVD Cat has a huge selection of pre-settings already for you. If you are like me and are a purist with your videos and don’t want them grainy, or choppy. Then I have a solution or two for you. The next little bit of information will be very helpful for those out there that would just love to watch their brand new, just bought Tron Legacy on the Motorola Xoom. I have two programs that are really popular that most choose for this type of project. One is DVD Catalyst 4, and the other is the widely popular Handbrake. Not only has handbrake been around a while, but it is completely free and open source. The only issue there is it may take someone with slightly more knowledge to get the job done right. For those that want an easy, all-in-one solution for all your movie encoding needs. I’ll start with DVD Catalyst 4 first. It is a very easy to use and operate video encoding tool that basically has android completely covered. Basically every android device there is a preset for it that will give you the best results. So I’d highly suggest you get it now while it’s on sale for only $9.99 DVD Catalyst 4+ has almost every android device covered in presets. The first picture in this post is Tron Legacy in pretty close to 720p playing butter smooth on my Motorola Xoom. The developers have put a lot of work into android, but even more so into the Xoom itself. They have 5 presets for the Xoom. From regular DVD to Xoom all the way up to HQ, HQ2, and even HQ 1080 settings for those that want an even higher quality video that plan to stream it over HDMI to a TV. I have found that the average settings look great over HDMI though. The steps are basically very simple 1. Add the DVD/Video file you want It really is that easy. He has done all the guess work, it automatically removes any black bars on the top or the sides. It is extremely easy. I will mention the higher the bitrate the larger the output file will be, but the quality should also be slightly better. I use a higher bitrate on action-packed movies. Next up is Handbrake. It is also very popular and many people love to use it. Handbrake is a free program that is also open source. It is used by many to convert movies and videos for all shapes and sizes. I’ve got a little preset file for you all to import that will produce high quality, perfect 720p files for your Xoom to use every time. They are slightly larger encode files, but they look amazing on the Xoom and equally good when using HDMI to your TV. Handbrake is a little more technical, that is a good thing for some, and a bad for others. It will allow you to adjust basically everything under the sun. It is a very powerful tool that will confuse many at first. For general use it has the same steps as above, you import your video, set the settings you want, and encode it. Make sure you select where you want it to output the file or you may not be able to find it after. For those that want just outright beautiful, full 720p movies for the Motorola Xoom. Use handbrake and the plist file I’ll be mentioning in a second. It will basically do all the settings for you, download my file, import it to handbrake and then just encode your movies and enjoy they. I will skip over all the technical information as most that use handbrake already know it, and those that don’t should either use my custom pre-set file, or just use DVD Catalyst. Here is my current handbrake setup for encoding any HD movies for my Xoom. Download: Handbrake Xoom 720p plist In closing I’d like to mention that encoding movies for any device can be a challenge, some wide-screen movies will give you black bars, some wont. Some will have higher audio levels and some will be so quiet it is useless on your portable device. There is a little trial and error, both these suggestions I have gave today should make the trial and error be much less. Hopefully you all will be watching movies on your Xoom in no time. I will also mention that DVD Catalyst 4 has something built in called Volume Maximizer so every movie will have loud and clear volume. Everything encoded with it will have same levels instead of highs and lows. I have found it to be far superior to the audio and volume in handbrake, but I will leave you all with this and let you decide for yourself what works best. Enjoy! )
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab Software Update EC02 Pushing Now Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:57 PM PDT Grab yourself a big fat update for your beloved Samsung Galaxy Tab today with the instructions and knowhow provided in this post you’re inside, right now! This isn’t an update to Android (aka you’re not going Gingerbread here,) but you will experience some small updates that’ll make your life a whole lot neater. A few items for Web Browsing and Data Access, a few items for Email and Messaging, and a short list of additional device features.
What you’ll be getting for web browsing is enhanced performance and speed plus, supposing you knew this before, searching for Wifi hotspots no longer negatively affects battery life. Wild! Then for email and messaging you’ll be able to access hyperlinks directly inside your emails, the time displayed on the status bar will ACCURATELY reflect when the latest email was recieved, and easily manage and download 2002-2003 Word documents (this is also quite weird, if I do say so myself.) In addition, you can now select multiple name cards with a new “select all” feature, open 5MB video attachments in email, and all font size changes in emails remain while your replying to messages. What an odd assortment of items. Additionally, this update updates Adobe Flash Player to 10.1.95.2. The Time Zone setting on your calendar events has been fixed so that it reflects whichever time zone you happen to be in. The alarm now allows you to use 2 alarms successfully in that when you silence the first alarm, the second one will still sound. Blasted! As always, you can access the full instructions on how to grasp this upload by jamming around the gallery below – check it out!     )
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| Asus Transformer Source code released already, shows HTC how it’s done Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:49 PM PDT Whoa, what do we have here. It looks like Asus has already released the source code for the yet-to-be released Asus Transformer Tablet/Laptop. Check out the fancy Transformer in our very own Hands-On. Asus recently released a website all about the Transformer, and now things just got even better.
In case you were wondering, the Asus EEE Pad Transformer is basically a top of the line Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet with some very nice specs. 10″ IPS Display is a nice one, the usual Tegra 2 dual-core beast, along with all those other treats you’d expect in a good, quality tablet. But like the Motorola Atrix it plugs into a keyboardish device making it a full blown tablet and a laptop. Neato! Recently just the tablet showed up at Best Buy for $400 just for the device making it a great price compared to the Xoom, other than it only having 16GB of storage vs the 32GB on the Xoom, but for $400 I’d be saying goodbye to the iPad 2 (if I’d even get one in the first place). Let me remind you all that the Transformer is not even on store shelves (in the states at least), so this is pretty fast for them to release the source code. Some manufactures I wont mention *cough* thunderbolt *cough* should take notice of how fast Asus has done this. I wish everyone else would do the same. The source seems to be struggling so follow here, go to downloads, android and then expand the source code entry. – thanks for the tip, Jack! )
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| Pandora is sending user GPS, gender, birthday and more to ad servers Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:17 PM PDT Looks like Pandora Radio for Android has been under fire as of late. If you guys didn’t hear they were issued a Subpoena recently over a few different issues, mainly regarding privacy and user data. Apparently there has now been even more information revealed from our friends over at Ars Technica that might have you all even more worried.
I know you all love Pandora Radio, as do I. So please don’t get to upset as I only share the news as I see it. I use Pandora very often, but I’ve yet to turn it on today after reading this. Veracode then wrote on its blog.
I don’t like the idea of them accessing many of those things, one in particular being my IP Address and my gender, that is not any of their business. Pandora has mentioned in the past that they require a certain level of access to user information so that it can continue delivering personalized music streams that we all know and love. Then again, according to Veracode, they aren’t just using that data for themselves, but rather for advertising purposes as well. There is no proof of this next comment, but the thought of them selling my personal information would make me not have a happy face. Ars Technica goes on to mention, “If the grand jury ends up coming to the same conclusion, Pandora (and other app makers) could be facing legal difficulties.” What do you all think, and will you be dumping your favorite music streaming app over this? Did you just uninstall Pandora like I did? What about Amazon MP3 and the new cloud player, does it just cross reference the music you already have for the music suggestions it sends you, or are they also taking more information than we would like, or they need? Only time will tell. Stay tuned. [via Ars Technica] )
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| NOOK Color Developer Program Ramps Up Vital Connections Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:57 PM PDT The fine folks at Barnes & Noble have just updated us on how their Developer Program is shaping up, a whole new phase of said program starting very soon. This second phase will include a brand NEW suite of tools and services that’ll allow developers to create lovely reading-related apps for the NOOK Color specifically. This update also includes a new open door for “qualified third-party developers and content providers.” What that means we’re soon to find out!
The information we’ve recieved in press-release form (included below) also shows that there’ll be a major firmware update for the reading tablet coming up soon as well, this one set to “offer customers the first new apps to discover and enjoy,” this including perhaps most importantly an email app for your emailing enjoyment. This update will be coming in Spring, which as you know is fast approaching, it also including the ability to download apps that will be releasing “regularly” and will be both paid and free. Included in the developer update are several items developers may very possibly be encouraged by: Access to “Developer Mode” services that’ll will let ADB access NOOK Color for sweet, sweet app creating in an environment developers are already accustomed to. Public and private interaction with NOOK App Developer tech experts. “Early” access to development tools, APIs, resources, and services. And best of all: an app review/acceptance process – HOORAY! This acceptance process will decide whether or not your app will fit Barnes & Noble’s acceptance policies (as with books) “to ensure the content is appropriate for Barnes & Noble customers.” The sweet thing about this is that there’s no fee for participating in the program, and once you’ve got an accepted app, you’ll get 70% of the cut. This and it appears that they’re going to have a way for you to submit your app for trials with NOOK Color customers the same way people Beta test apps now. Having that sort of thing inside a safe system might very well be fabulous for developers, fabulous indeed. Check out the full press release below: )
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| Andy Rubin Responds to Android Closed Source Rumors Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:56 PM PDT Today on Android’s Developers news feed, Andy Rubin has responded to all the wild closed-source talk that’s been circulating, essentailly taking what yours truly wrote up in Android Remains Open, Android Remains Powerful and rehashing it. That’s not to say that Andy read what I wrote over there and decided he ought to write one too, but you never know!
Rubin, also known as the VP or Engineering, aka known as the Great OG Father of Android. What he begins by saying is that he’d like to set the record straight and that although Android has grown a lot since its 2008 inception, it remains comitted to fostering the development of a completely open platform. He goes on to say that Android, of course, isn’t a “one size fits all” type of production, and that device makers are free to do anything they like to customize using Android’s wide range of features. However, as we noted in Android Community 101: Android Lisencing, Rubin notes that in order for a device to have “Android-compatible” printed on or anywhere around it or any Google applications packaged with it (Android Market, for example,) they’ll need to conform to some “basic compatibility requirements.” These requirements are all listed at source.android.com, and anyone can peek at them if they wish. That said, Rubin notes that since Android 1.0 there’s been an "anti-fragmentation" program in place, all of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance [which you can discuss here] “agreed not to fragment” back in 2007, and they stick to their words today. Rubin notes specifically:
He goes on to assure everyone:
He finalizes his text with an assurance that the Android team of developers in-house are hard at work aiming to “bring all the new Honeycomb features to phones.” As soon as they’re finished, he says, they’ll publish the code. Whether this means the Honeycomb code or the Ice Cream code or what, he does not specify. And the most important bit of his entire speech here is the title of the text: “I think I’m having a Gene Amdahl moment http://goo.gl/7v4kf” – this link leading to a Wikipedia entry entitiled “Fear, uncertainty and doubt.” This is a term also known as FUD, and is used to describe a method of marketing mayhem as described by its originator former IBM emplployee Gene Amdahl as he formed his own company, Amdahl Corp.: “FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds of potential customers who might be considering Amdahl products.” Scary! What Rubin believes, and we’re inclined to agree, is that the information disassembled by this post: Android Remains Open, Android Remains Powerful, was assembled in the first place by brands hoping to make people distrust Android enough to not purchase or invest in them. Evil! [via Android Developers] )
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| Packard Bell Liberty Tab is a 10″ Android 3.0 Tablet like most Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:46 PM PDT Well it looks like Packard Bell has decided to try their hand at the tablet flood that we all have been seeing. They have decided to use the ever popular specs we are seeing more and more. A 1280×800 10″ Slate running on the heard about daily Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core CPU and the usual specs for a Android 3.0 Honeycomb device.
Along with the usual bells and whistles it also has a 5 MP camera on the rear and a 2 MP up front for any and all video calling, or GTalk. We do see what looks to be a aluminum bezel on the top and bottom as well as a slew of ports, and possible an HDMI port or dock connector on the bottom. Should be interesting to see as time comes closer. I’d love the see the back. If you look closely on the pictures most of the buttons and volume control are all on the top of the device. This is probably not a final design by any means, but interesting either way. Be sure to check out the source link below for more pictures and information. Oh and Google Translate might help with the source. [via NotebookItalia] )
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| Alltel Wireless said check out all of our Android Phones Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:31 PM PDT Alltel Wireless has not been forgotten, they just aren’t one of the big boys on campus. They’ve recently reached out and mentioned they have a great lineup of Android phone and they want everyone to take note. From the low end LG Axis, all the way up to the Motorola Milestone X (Droid X).
If you were wondering what phones from that list I’d be rocking, I’d have to say the Milestone X, and for those that enjoy a keyboard the HTC Merge is no slouch either. Its like an EVO and the G2 combined. I do want to mention that most of those phones have already been for sale a while, this is just Alltel reaching out and hoping for more friends to join the network. For more information and specs on these devices feel free to check out the Press Release below. )
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| Motorola Droid X2 Pictures leak, looks the same Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:07 PM PDT Uh Oh, looks like the guys over at Android Central have scored a few pictures of the upcoming yet-unannounced Motorola Droid X2. It looks basically the same as little brother, or big little brother I should say. Since they are both very similar and basically the same size. The original X has the wisdom because he is older and wiser, but the new Droid X2 has the heart, and that heart is the fast pumping Tegra 2 dual-core CPU inside. That is the tie breaker here.
From looking at the pictures provided the X2 is running on Android 2.2.2 for now, but we are hoping it will ship with Android 2.3. It would also be wise to have the device be a 4G LTE phone. This news all comes fresh off a leak yesterday that confirmed all the specs we have previously heard. The Droid X was a popular phone, other than that stupid locked bootloader that took forever to figure out. I can only imagine the X2 will do just as well or better with those big boy specs it has coming with it. Just as I mentioned above, it needs some 4G LTE to be able to compete with the Thunderbolt, or is that what the Droid Bionic is for? [via Android Central] )
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With Computex 2011 coming up soon you can bet we will be seeing a bunch of new tablets, computers, and other gear land at the show. DigiTimes has caught an interesting tidbit of information to go along with some AMD Brazos tablets that are inbound at the show from MSI and other vendors. Apparently, AMD is looking for some new talent.
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