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If you were hoping to get that Android 3.0 Honeycomb goodness on your smartphone, you’re out of luck. Google said that version will be tablet-only for now but features should trickle down to smartphones. Can you say, “fragmentation?” A Google spokesperson told PC Mag that Android 3.0 Honeycomb won’t be coming to smartphones but that…
If you can’t wait until Feb. 13 to get your hands on the HTC Inspire 4G you’ll be happy to know that The Shack has your back. You can preorder the Android device tomorrow from Radio Shack and you’ll even get a $30 accessory credit. The HTC Inspire 4G is a solid Android smartphone that…
When we first saw the Motorola Atrix 4G at CES 2011, we definitely wanted the Android superphone to be ours. Well, it looks like we won’t have to wait too long, as AT&T said the smartphone will hit the streets March 6 for $199 with a new, two-year contract. The Motorola Atrix 4G is being…
When it comes to Samsung Galaxy Tab sales and returns, it’s back and forth between analysts, reporters and Samsung. For those of you who are just casual observers of this particular issue, it must be getting annoying. In December, reports said Samsung sold one million Galaxy Tab Android tablets, quickly followed by another million by…
The iPhone is no longer an AT&T exclusive toy hence the carrier decided to dedicate some of its resources to the other elephant in the room – Android. As a result, those of you with smartphones running Google’s mobile OS will be able to keep up with the latest news from the world of college…
Good news for our German readers – Google Nexus S is heading your way. Vodafone will apparently be the first carrier in the country to offer the Android 2.3 Gingerbread-powered smartphone which is made Samsung. The Nexus S has reportedly showed up on Vodafone’s “Coming Soon” page, though I couldn’t verify that because of my…
With the first press conferences from Mobile World Congress scheduled to take place in just 10 days, the amount of leaks that are going to start cropping up on the internet will be too numerous to count. Many of the smartphones that will be announced in Spain will most likely find their way to European…
Samsung is the master of creating an infinite amount of product variants based off of one sole hardware platform. Take the Galaxy S for example. It’s available from all four of America’s largest operators, each of them tweaking it slightly in attempt to show some form of differentiation. Their strategy is paying off too since…
At Google’s Android Honeycomb event today, CNN showed off their tablet-optimized app, and we got some time to try it out. As you might expect, you can peruse various categories of breaking news, like politics, health, and entertainment, including rich graphics and live international video feeds. Up to 350 stories can be seen in the…
Yet another app shown off at the Android Honeycomb event today was Google’s own Body, made to run on tablets. Using the same “layers” mechanic as Google Maps, you can peel back the parts of the human body like a big, gross onion and see what’s inside. Tapping on bones or muscles will pop up…