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US Cellular has just launched their first Android-powered Galaxy S device, the Samsung Mesmerize. You can grab this phone now for $199 on a new two-year contract, a standard price for the Galaxy S line of Android smartphones. The Mesmerize joins the HTC Desire and Samsung Acclaim in the US Cellular line up, and is…
Acer is ready for the tablet wars, and is readying multiple tablets to launch on November 23rd at a press event in New York. Last we heard, the company was going to release three Gingerbread tablets, but that could have changed, or the company could simply have increased the number of devices available at launch.…
The just officially released HTC Desire HD has just received its first OTA update to help iron out some of those first run-time bugs. It’s a minor update, yet the file is rather large, so you’ll likely want to be on WiFi when downloading the thing. While we don’t know exactly what the update does,…
Looking to get an Android phone soon, but aren’t sure exactly which one you want? The Google Phone Gallery has just gotten an update to reflect the current state of Android-dom. A number of new handsets have been added so that you get a little more info about which Google powered handset might be right…
Sony Ericsson looks like they’re on the verge of finally releasing Android 2.1 for the Xperia X10. Following-up on some simple feature demos by their resident blogger, they’ve posted a fresh video that has all the marketing magic infused in it. All of the usual Android 2.1 stuff is there, like extra home screens, unified…
Android is huge. There is no doubt that it will cement itself as the most prolific mobile operating system out there, even if for no other reason than its availablity on innumerable handsets and carriers. Not surprisingly, David Lawee, vice president of corporate development says that picking up Android Inc. was the “best deal ever.”…
A blog post inadvertently confirmed that PayPal will be extending its payment option to the Android market. Similar to iTunes and the BlackBerry App World, Android users will be able to setup their PayPal account and use it make app purchases from the Android Market. The announcement debuted on PayPal’s blog yesterday and was promptly…
Android has been a double-edged sword for Sprint over the summer. As the carrier picked up 644,000 new subscribers thanks largely to devices like the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Epic 4G, it also managed to lose a good chunk of change due to the Android platform and its upgrade costs. More than half of…
T-Mobile, along with all of the other major U.S. carriers, were confirmed to be launching the Samsung Galaxy Tab back at the announcement, and today T-Mo is going official with its release date and pricing. The 7″ Android 2.2 tablet will be available for $399 on a two-year contract after rebates starting November 10. The…
NAVIGON launched the Android version of its MobileNavigator app today. The popular navigation app for iOS includes free Traffic Live and the new Reality Scanner, an augmented reality feature that identifies points of interest using your camera. Other features include: on-device maps for usage when you do not have cellular signal RealityView Pro- 3D views…