Android 2.0

Computing

Hands On With Compal’s Tegra 2 Android Tablet

2:02PM January 8, 2010 | John Herrman

No major companies are quite ready to bring a proper Android tablet to market, but they’re edging closer. When they do, they could do worse than turn out something like this 7-inch, Tegra 2 design from Compal. More »


Mobile

Sholes Tablet Gets Specs And Press Shots: It’s Still Lumpy

8:00AM December 20, 2009 | Chris Jacob

That weirdly shaped Sholes Tablet we saw a while ago has an official Chinese press page up. There’s also details on the XT800, the much less lumpy handset of the two. More »


Mobile

Sprint Confirms Android 2.0 For HTC Hero

8:55AM December 12, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

From Sprint’s official Twitter feed: “Happy to announce Android 2.0 is coming to Sprint’s Hero & Moment. Date TBD, but roughly 1H 2010.” More »


Mobile

HTC Suffers Redface With Its First Android 2.0 Phone, Passion, Delayed

10:02PM December 7, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

Our dreams of an HTC-shaped Android 2.0 device launching before Christmas now lie in tatters, with Digitimes reporting that the oft-leaked, much-hyped Passion has been delayed by several months to an early 2010 on-sale date. More »


Computing

Dell Streak MID With Android 2.0 On AT&T Next Year?

2:30AM November 18, 2009 | Danny Allen

That 5-inch Dell mini-tablet we saw in a leaked video last month looked like it had US spec 3G, and now a Chinese-language Commercial Times report suggests the touchscreen device will be part of a new series headed to AT&T. More »


Computing

Vega Tablet With Android 2.0, Touchscreen And 3G Arrives 2010

11:36PM November 13, 2009 | Danny Allen

I’m psyched to see Android moving into tablets. Some of the first will be from Innovative Converged Devices (ICD), who say their Tegra-powered 7-inch, 11-inch and 15-inch tablets will arrive through “tier one” carriers in the first half of next year. More »


How To Hack Google Maps Navigation Onto Your G1

1:42AM November 12, 2009 | John Herrman

It’s basically a ritual now: Fresh feature debuts on new Android phone; hack-happy HTC Dream owners see new feature, develop seething jealousy; said owners work tirelessly to steal new feature. Last week, Google Maps Navigation hit the Droid. Today, the G1. More »


Software

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need To Know

7:40AM November 7, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

You’ve had it. Maybe with your mobile phone service provider. Maybe with Apple’s crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you’re going to Android: Land of freedom and the great Google. Here’s what you need to know. More »


Software

Giz Explains: Android, And How It Will Take Over The World

2:00AM November 6, 2009 | John Herrman

This week we met Motorola’s Droid, the first handset with Android 2.0. To an outsider, it just looks like another Google smartphone, but 2.0 is more than that: it’s proof that Android is finally going to take over the world. More »


Mobile

Motorola Droid Review

6:20AM November 4, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

It’s this simple: If you don’t buy an iPhone, buy a Droid. More »