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The Highs And Lows Of Installing Android On A UMPC
12:10AM Danny Allen | Those Android-powered tablets from Archos are pretty neat, but if you’ve got a UMPC (like Samsung’s Q1UP) lying around, you can try Android thanks to the Android-x86 project. The catch: despite great performance, there are still a few major limitations. More »
Gadgets
Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Where’s The Flash?
3:30AM Joanna Stern | The new Archos 5 Internet Tablet is indeed powered by Android, and improves all around over its predecessor, with more storage and a better interface. But something’s still missing. More »
Phones
LG GW620, Its First Android Phone, Gets Official
9:03PM Danny Allen | LG may have over 10 WinMo phones planned for the next year, but that hasn’t stopped it testing out the Android waters. This QWERTY-slider (previously known as “Etna”) has a 3-inch touchscreen, 5MP autofocus camera, Wi-Fi and GPS. More »
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Google’s Andy Rubin On Android, The Motorola Cliq And App Dev
6:20AM Jason Chen | Google’s VP of Mobile Platforms, Andy Rubin, just told me some interesting things about the Motorola Cliq and how it relates to Android as a whole. The most interesting? Google wants some of those social features in the OS. More »
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Cloud Telecomputer’s Glass Platform Puts Android In Desktop Phone
3:20AM Joanna Stern | This isn’t the first Android desktop phone we have seen, but Cloud Telecomputer’s 8-inch touchscreen Android Glass phone keeps the old corded handset intact and bakes in a load of communications functions. More »
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Motorola’s Verizon Android Phone Looks Like We Thought
2:13AM Jason Chen | The first leaked photo of Verizon’s Motorola Android phone looks exactly like the renders. The “Sholes” has a keyboard, a weird D-Pad deal and an HTC-like chin. Sup with that? [Phonearena] More »
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T-Mobile UK’s Calling The HTC Hero The G2
11:30AM Jason Chen | T-Mobile US’s decision not to launch the HTC Hero isn’t going to stop T-Mobile UK, which is going to go ahead and release the updated Android phone under the G2 label. More »
Software
Two More Android Updates This Year
5:43AM Jason Chen | In addition to the one minor and one major (Cupcake) update Google rolled out, there’s going to be two more updates for the 2009 year. One’s minor and one’s major (Donut). [Mobile Crunch]
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