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Oct

25

2010

HTC releases Desire HD Froyo Source Code!

by Jesse Bauer
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HTC has released the Froyo source code for its Desire HD! Developers are encouraged to visit the HTC Developer Center site to download the kernel source code 2.6.32, or feel free to download from here. We should start seeing some great applications designed specifically for the HTC Desire HD soon! [via HTC Developer Center]

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Oct

24

2010

Gratious Slide 0.8 leaked out for Froyo and HTC Sense!

by Jesse Bauer
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HTC Sense has a new ROM for Android 2.2. The Gratious Slide 0.8 has been leaked out from a Chinese source! Unfortunately, the language is in Chinese as well, so you’ll need to change that once you’ve got it running. To do that, When it’s done booting, go to settings then scroll down to the [...]

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Oct

23

2010

Samsung Galaxy Tab lands in Middle East

by Jesse Bauer
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There’s been a lot of news regarding the Samsung Galaxy tab hitting different markets throughout the world as of late, and this isn’t any different other than the fact that its landing in the Middle East through Etisalat. Interested parties can sign up to grab the Galaxy Tab when visiting the Gitex Dubai expo for [...]

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Oct

23

2010

LG Optimus T demo units arrive at T-Mobile stores

by Tyler Cunningham
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The LG Optimus T is certainly not as high profile a device as the myTouch HD, but as a mid-range Android phone, it cerrtainly does the trick. This phone is expected to launch in the first couple weeks of November, but at this time it would appear without the hotly anticipated Wi-Fi calling feature (see [...]

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Oct

22

2010

Europe: HTC Desire HD ‘free’ with £25 monthly fee

by Mikka Burrell
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Online retailer E2Save Mobiles is offering the HTC Desire HD for ‘free’ on a T-Mobile contract with a £25 monthly fee after discounts. For this low cost, you get: Brilliant 4.3″ display Android 2.2 600 minutes of calling time 500 text messages Unlimited data European Android users, let us know in the comments if you’ll [...]

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Oct

21

2010

Android 2.2 update for Galaxy S devices delayed til November in UK

by Mikka Burrell
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Ah, more Froyo woes are in store for UK Samsung Galaxy S users. The above tweet by SamsungUKMobile has announced that the Android 2.2 upgrade will not be available until early November while all operator versions will be available the end of November. While this only effects UK users, it isn’t a good sign for [...]

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Oct

20

2010

VPlayer for Android Plays Almost Any Format

by Jesse Bauer
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So you’re a former iPhone lover with a bunch of .mp4 and .mov videos backed up. You do the right thing and buy an Android, but have no way to play those videos of your best friend making a fool of himself at the local pub. Although your friend may be thankful for that, he’ll [...]

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Oct

20

2010

Latest Swype beta having problems

by Jesse Bauer
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Looks like the latest beta for Swype on Android has lit up the Swype forums from unhappy, frustrated users begging for the old beta back until more work is done to the latest build. The main problem seems to be “rogue” words popping up even after deleting them from Swype memory. Words such as “day” [...]

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Oct

20

2010

Lenovo announces they will not release an Android tablet in the US until Honeycomb

by Tyler Cunningham
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Last month, we brought you a story about the 10-inch Lenovo LePad Android tablet headed to China in December. We were cautiously optimistic that a US release would be soon to follow, but Lenovo has announced that they will not be releasing an Android tablet in the US until Android 3.5, codename Honeycomb, is released [...]

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Oct

19

2010

Samsung Galaxy Tab for Multitasking Mothers

by Jesse Bauer
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Samsung is doing a great job at showing how people of all kinds can benefit from using the new Galaxy Tab. In this latest article, Samsung focuses on some of the busiest people of all…Moms! They make several good points on how mothers can integrate the Galaxy Tab into daily life including facebook with Social [...]

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