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Vodafone Respond To Network Criticism With Massive Network Upgrade

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11:02AM February 22, 2011 | Daniel Long

The recent Vodafail coverage that helps rival telco CEOs sleep well at night, might be finally coming to an end soon – that is, if their latest press statement has any bearing on actual network coverage. More »

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Google Chrome To Phone Connects Your Desktop To Your Android

3:29AM August 13, 2010 | Jason Chen

Chrome to Phone comprises a Google Chrome extension and a Google Android app, which connects your desktop with your phone in the way that was demonstrated earlier this year at Google I/O. Essentially, sending tasks to your phone. More »

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The Highs And Lows Of Installing Android On A UMPC

12:10AM October 21, 2009 | 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 »

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Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Where’s The Flash?

3:30AM September 16, 2009 | 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 »

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LG GW620, Its First Android Phone, Gets Official

9:03PM September 14, 2009 | 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 September 11, 2009 | 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 August 21, 2009 | 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 August 1, 2009 | 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 July 11, 2009 | 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 »

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Two More Android Updates This Year

5:43AM July 9, 2009 | 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]