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HTC ready to negotiate with Apple
As a follow up to our earlier story of the patent suit between HTC and Apple, Bloomberg News is reporting HTC is ready to do business. This comes after the ITC ruled in favor of Apple in a recent lawsuit case. It would seem that HTC is ready to negotiate and settle this patent dispute [...]
Mozilla developing Android like OS
Mozilla….internet browser…mobile phone OS manufacturer. Yes, that’s right and your ears do not deceive you, the wildly popular browser company is currently developing an Android Overlay OS with an Android base. This will not simply be a functional skin overlay like sense or touchwiz, but rather a completely re-designed UI with an android base for [...]
Lenovo Breaking through the Tablet Market
Boy everyone is getting in on the Android tablet revolution…including Lenovo! Lenovo just announced The K1 which is aimed at the normal folks and the ThinkPad Tablet which will be aimed at business users. Both tablets will be 10.1” and feature NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processors also, the tablets will ship with Honeycomb 3.1 The [...]
New HTC Phone for Women
HTC is targeting women for a new smart phone called the HTC Bliss. HTC has designed a phone specifically for women that will grace Big Red (Verizon) with its presence. The phone is based on research in which HTC conducted with women in their 20’s – 30’s. The bliss as the phone has been codenamed, [...]
Puccini…HTC’s new 10.1′ Tablet
Apparently, the HTC Flyer was only a mini indication of things to come from the Hardware manufacturing machine. HTC has announced its first 10.1” (10.1 seems to be becoming the industry standard) codenamed the Puccini. Specs are light at the moment but BGR is reporting that it will feature an 8 megapixel camera, and possibly [...]
All AT&T Android Phones Getting Gingerbread
AT&T customers will finally be joining the up to Android family with Gingerbread updates promised for all of AT&T’s Android devices. For those AT&T users who are not already rooted and running some form of Gingerbread currently, this is a welcome addition to the Android family on AT&T. Samsung’s ever fearless Captivate is among those [...]
Root the Toshiba Thrive
So, you just bought a Toshiba Thrive tablet and now you want to root it. What else is new, in this Android filled world rooting enables features that were previously on lock down within the Android system. Like anything else rooting does come with its fair share of risk involved, to which we or any [...]
HTC Germany: Free Flights for Phone Purchases
HTC Germany has announced one hell of a promotion for all of those who purchase an HTC Salsa (better known in the states as the Status) or a HTC Salsa (which is the larger fully touch screen version of the status, still with a dedicated Facebook button, not currently available in the US). What is [...]
Fox Movies Coming to Android
Android is receiving a nice healthy dose of Fox it would seem. The 20th century Fox Company is getting set to being offering movies on the Android platform. However, there is a catch, these movies will only be available as a complimentary feature when you actually purchase a Blu Ray movie. You will be given [...]
HTC Released Gingerbread source Code for Flyer, Desire Z, and Incredible S
HTC continues to lay the foundation for opening up Android. In addition to promising the unlocking of boot loaders for future phones (EVO 3D and Sensation owners are eagerly waiting for this) they have now released additional source code for the Flyer (7-inch tablet) Incredible S and desire Z. While the source code for these [...]