Friday, August 10, 2012

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News30 new results for Android
 
HTC One X gets Android ICS 4.04, with Jelly Bean promised
ZDNet
"The primary update will include an upgrade to Android version 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), in addition to an improved Sense experience which will enable the ability to map menu functions to the 'recent app' key — improving visual presentation in non-ICS ...
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ZDNet
Google Translate Android app now interprets text from photos
Los Angeles Times
Google Translate for Android Gingerbread will now translate text from photos. The app was updated Thursday by Google to include the new feature, which should be helpful when it comes to restaurant menus and road signs, as well as books and magazines.
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Android, iOS Power 85 Percent of Smartphones Shipped in Q2
HispanicBusiness.com
Latest research results released on Wednesday showed that 85 percent of all smartphones shipped worldwide during the second quarter of 2012 were powered by Google's Android and Apple's iOS operating systems. The Android mobile system amassed a ...
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Nvidia touts ascendancy in Android, Windows 8 tablets
CNET
Nvidia's emergence as a leading player in both the Android and Windows 8 tablet markets was driven home today when the chip supplier's CEO discussed second-quarter results in an earnings conference call. Revenue rose to $1.04 billion from $1.01 billion ...
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Android tightens grip on smartphone market in second quarter of 2012
The Guardian (blog)
Overall, the smartphone market grew at 42.2%, meaning that Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone were the only platforms which grew faster than the overall market. Shipments of Apple's iPhone grew by 27.5% to 26m, not enough to maintain its share ...
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The Guardian (blog)
How Google's stealth support is buoying Samsung in Apple fight
CNET (blog)
Apple's various lawsuits represent an attempt to slow the momentum that Android has enjoyed over the last few years. While the iPhone 4S remains a phenomenally successful single device, there are scores of Android phones constantly flooding the market, ...
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Google Translate for Android Updates, Now Translates Text from Your Photos
Lifehacker
Google Translate for Android Updates, Now Translates Text from Your Photos Android: The Google Translate app for Android got a huge update yesterday: now if you take a photo of a sign, menu, or any other text in another language using your Android ...
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Nvidia: Android tablets have arrived
EE Times
SAN FRANCISCO—Google Inc.'s Nexus 7 tablet is not a less expensive alternative to Apple Inc.'s iPad, but the best realization yet of a tablet with the potential to tap the millions of Android users worldwide, according to Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of ...
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EE Times
HTC Reaffirms Android 4.0 Updates Are Coming This Month
TechCrunch
If HTC follows through with this plan, Android 4.0 should hit devices like the Droid Incredible 2, Thunderbolt, Rhyme and Desire S. This is especially good news for the latter two, which HTC previously stated would have ICS by the end of July. Relative to iOS ...
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Android 4.1, JellyBean Comes to First Ever Android Smartphone, T-Mobile G1 ...
Christian Post
The new Google software seems to be making its rounds with many of the Android devices of the past, however, the G1 that launched back in 2008 is the furthest back one could go and normally runs the first-ever build of the software. The new JellyBean ...
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HTC One X gets Android 4.0.4 update today: enhances camera app, adds menu ...
Engadget
If you thought the One X's capacitive button layout jarred with the Ice Cream Sandwich experience you saw on the Galaxy Nexus, you'll like what HTC's just told us. An update to version 4.0.4, launching today, will allow users to map menu functionality to the ...
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Nvidia pins hopes for tablet success primarily on Nexus 7
ZDNet (blog)
Huang posited that this has really become possible with latest Android OS releases (Ice Cream Sandwich and Jellybean) because these versions -- compared to Honeycomb -- produced a unified platform with smartphones, making the user experience all the ...
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Android, iOS dominate global smartphones segment: IDC
Technology Bloom News
Research and Analytics firm IDC has in its latest report revealed details about the state of the global smartphones market. The story, as you might have already guessed by now, remains unchanged. Google's Android and Apple's iOS platforms dominate ...
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Technology Bloom News
First ever Android phone gets upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Inquirer
As you'd expect, not all of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean features work on the ageing handset, which has a 528MHz processor, 192MB of RAM, a 3.2in 320x480 screen and a 3MP rear-facing camera. However, the hacker has managed to port features such as ...
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Android HIFI Streams Music to Your Android Device from iTunes and Other ...
Lifehacker
Android: Apple's media-streaming technology, AirPlay, is designed to stream only to "Apple approved"devices, but Android users can get around this by restriction with Android HIFI. The free app turns your Android device into a receiver for streaming music ...
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Threats to Ouya - Developers Win
Gamasutra (blog)
There is a new Android based game console on the horizon called Ouya. There are plenty of people excited about it and plenty of people saying that it will fail. I had some thoughts while commuting on my scooter (seems that's where most of my thoughts occur ...
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Add Quick Launch shortcuts to your Android lock screen
CNET
You may be familiar with the TouchWiz shortcuts on Samsung Android devices -- well Quick Launch is similar in how it works, but not how it looks. Instead, this lock-screen replacement is bit more modern than TouchWiz, which means it pairs nicely with the Ice ...
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[Review] Does the Samsung Galaxy S III Live Up to Its Hype?
ReadWriteWeb
Not all Android smartphones are created equal. That is evident just from taking a look at Samsung's own Galaxy series. But when a company aims for the top of the market, it better come armed with its best hardware and software specifications. Smartphone ...
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ReadWriteWeb
4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook makes iOS and Android devices feel about as ...
BetaNews
I love underdogs. Whether it's David vs. Goliath, Rocky vs. Apollo Creed or Microsoft (circa 1992) vs. IBM, I enjoy rooting for the plucky upstart. Which is why I find the resurgence of interest surrounding Research in Motion's beleaguered PlayBook tablet all the ...
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BetaNews
Ouya Android-powered game console now up for pre-order
GMA News
Announced a few months ago and priming itself for retail in April 2013, the Ouya is a new video game console that's primed at introducing Android-based software and games to the video game industry. As a console that came into fruition via a Kickstarter ...
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Google Translate for Android Now Works With Photos
Mashable
The Google Translate app for Android got a major update allowing you to take a photo of a sign or even a menu, and translate it into another language. Now you never have to sit in a café unable to read the menu and wonder "what is it I just ordered?" ...
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Sony Xperia Android Tablet Press Shot Leaks
Christian Post
The high-res leaks were first spotted by Android Guys, who found them in the XDA Developers Forum. The forum's contributor listed some of the specifications for the device that included a Tegra3 CPU, 1-megapixel front-facing camera, 8-megapixel ...
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HTC Promises ICS Updates by Month's End
PC Magazine
HTC expects to complete the rollout of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its devices later this month, according to a Facebook post from the phone manufacturer. In response to a question from Facebook user Jamie Chan, HTC said it is still working on ...
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Android reigns supreme
ITWeb
In the second quarter, Android took a 68% market share of all smartphones shipped worldwide. This is according to data released by the International Data Corporation (IDC) in its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report. IDC attributes Android's ...
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ITWeb
HTC vows Android Ice Cream Sandwich updates are still on track
Fiercemobilecontent
HTC reiterated that smartphones including the Desire S, Droid Incredible 2 and Thunderbolt remain on schedule to upgrade to Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 4.0 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) by the end of August, despite the handset maker's recent ...
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Android Jelly Bean ported to the first ever 'droid phone
HEXUS
The T-Mobile G1, which was the world's first Android phone, can now run Jelly Bean. The age and low specifications of this phone were no deterrent to xda-developers hacking group SoCal Devs. The group published a video of the T-Mobile G1 (AKA HTC ...
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HEXUS
Android OS Strengthens Smart Phone Domination
Campus Technology
Apple's iOS may be the dominant operating system in the tablet market; but among smart phones, Android is the reigning powerhouse. And its lead is growing. In the second quarter, shipments of Android-based smart phones worldwide more than doubled ...
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Apple, Android rule smartphone world
Bangkok Post
Smartphones powered by Android or Apple software accounted for an unprecedented 85 percent of the global market in the second quarter of this year, industry tracker IDC reported on Wednesday. A logo for the Google Android iOS Jelly Bean 4.1.
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Bangkok Post
HTC updates global One X to Android 4.0.4, promises ICS for other phones later ...
Mobile Burn
HTC is still committed to providing Android 4.0 updates to phones that are capable of handling the new firmware. In response to a question on Facebook, HTC reiterated that the company is still on track to deliver Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to all devices ...
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Mobile Burn
Google Android app translates photos
BetaNews
Google Translate for Android, today available as v2.5, packs some smoking new features: voice-to-text and text-to-voice translation in more than 64 languages and -- get this -- photos. New features to this version include live/instant language translation ...
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Blogs14 new results for Android
 
WatchESPN Android app update finally brings access for Comcast ...
By Richard Lawler
While the WatchESPN app for iOS got an update that opened up mobile streams for Comcast cable customers back in May, it's taken until now for Android.
Engadget
Samsung Galaxy Beam Review | Android Community
By Cory Gunther
Today we have the one and only Samsung Galaxy Beam smartphone to show everyone. This isn't actually the one and only, as Samsung's released a phone with the.
Android Community
Android Authority Developer Interviews: Moborobo
By Bogdan Petrovan
We've sat down with Frank Chen, the CEO of Moborobo Inc, and discussed about Android in general and developing for Android in particular. Check out our latest developer interview below.
Android Authority
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean source code released for MIPS-powered ...
By Edwin Kee
We know Intel, we also know of NVIDIA and AMD, but MIPS? Well, this low power chip designer has just announced that they have rolled out the source code for a version of Google's Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean operating system, [...]
Ubergizmo
Will the Motorola RAZR (international) receive Android 4.0 today?
By Quentyn Kennemer
It seems like August is the month that most will finally be getting Android 4.0, and if new rumors are correct it looks like Motorola RAZR owners could soon be joining the party. An unconfirmed report by GSMArena suggests the device will be ...
Android Phone Fans
Review: Chameleon launcher for Android – Cell Phones & Mobile ...
By Russell Holly
Aug. 10, 2012 - There are many apps out there that can offer you options for how things look and feel on your Android device. The most common of these are the homescreen.
Geek.com
6 Ways to Customize Android that iOS Users Can Only Dream About ...
By Chris Hoffman
Android is very customizable – many of its features are just defaults and can be swapped out for third-party alternatives without any rooting required. Some of these things are possible on a jailbroken iOS device, while some remain impossible.
How-To Geek
HTC One X Android 4.0.4 update now rolling out in Europe | The ...
By Andrew Webster
At the beginning of the month HTC One X owners on AT&T received a new update for their devices, and now a similar update is coming to users in Europe as well. It brings the device up to Android...
The Verge - All Posts
Google Translate for Android now lets you translate by taking a ...
By Ricardo Bilton
Snatching some of the functionality from the Google Goggles app, Google Translate became a lot more useful today.
VentureBeat
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Download the app. This is your guide to Charlotte and the Democratic National Convention 2012. Visitor Guide and Insider Tips, Breaking News, Photos, Weather and more. This is your best source for all things DNC from The Charlotte ...
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13 Essential Android Apps for Business
Here are our top picks for Android apps to better manage your work life and complete that mountain of work on a daily basis.
LAPTOP Mag Main Feed
Google Translate For Android Updated With Image Translation ...
By Roland Hutchinson
Google has released a new version of their Google Translate app for their Android platform, and as well as a range of bug fixes, the new version of Google Translate for Android also comes with some interesting new features. One of the main ...
Geeky-Gadgets
Emerging popular Android apps: Dark Summoner, Angry Birds and ...
By Emanuel Maiberg
The top of the Android charts were once again dominated by apps we've seen in previous weeks, namely DeNA's card-battle game Rage of Bahamut, which refuses to budge from the No. 1 spot in the top grossing chart. This week we also saw ...
Inside Mobile Apps
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for MIPS processors now available - Liliputing
By Brad Linder
Email. Low power chip designer MIPS has released the source code for a version of Google Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean optimized for devices with MIPS processors. Right now most Android phones and tablets feature ARM-based processors, but ...
Liliputing

Web1 new result for Android
 
Custom Android ROM Developers Get OTA Update Capabilities Like ...
hypnosec writes "A new service dubbed OTA Update Center has been launched that enables Android ROM developers to provide over-the-air (OTA) updates of ...
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