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Look, I know Google gets a lot of good will for the open source nature of Android OS but don’t try and think the company isn’t focusing on its bottom line. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal that its mobile platform could soon generate as much as $10 billion for the company…
Looks like the first time we saw Froyo running on the Droid X wasn’t fake, as now we’re seeing more pictures with the Android 2.2 running the latest and greatest Android phone from Motorola. Not only are we seeing the 2.2 version in the settings, but now we’ve got a picture of the update notification.…
Well it sure didn’t take very long for the new Samsung Galaxy S to get rooted, and now we’re already seeing the official Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 test ROM leaking out from Samsung Mobile. The smartphone maker seems to not be wasting any time getting the latest version of the Android OS, known by…
As Android handsets grow from 4.3-inch displays up to 5-inches, Modu is taking two steps back. Maybe even more. After all, the company itself says that it’s the lightest cell phone in the world, and it would be pretty tough to do that without being so tiny. This miniature Droid look-a-like is running Android 1.6,…
Google is trying to make Android a more lucrative platform for developers and it is implementing features which could make it more difficult to pirate Android apps – namely, the Android Market License Server should go a long way to thwart app pirates. In its developer blog, the search giant said devs can now utilize…
LG Electronics saw its profits tumble for the second quarter thanks to poor performances by its TV and handset divisions. It looks like smartphones like the LG Ally just aren’t going to cut it in a market filled with Android superphones the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S, Motorola Droid X, HTC EVO 4G and…
Rumors that T-Mobile is getting ready to launch the MyTouch 3G HD as a high-end Android phone are starting to make their rounds in the blogosphere. The new device could mark T-Mobile‘s first serious move into launching handsets with support for the carrier’s 4G-like HSPA+ network, which has the potential to trump 4G offerings from…
Apple has brought on another load of drama onto itself after seriously mishandling the iPhone 4 antenna issue – partly by posting the Motorola Droid X on their antennagate webpage showing wireless reception problems similar to the iPhone 4. Now, Motorola is firing back at Apple and the iPhone 4 with its new full-page Droid…
Thanks in large part to the success of the Android-powered HTC EVO 4G superphone, Sprint was able to add 111,000 net customers for the second quarter of 2010. This could be considered a tipping point for the third-largest carrier because this is the first net addition of subscribers in three years! Sprint has been bleeding…
Samsung is well on its way to hit the 10 million Galaxy S units sold this year. In its own backyard, the company managed to move half a million devices in just over a month — 33 days to be more precise. The news comes on the heels of our previous posts when we talked…