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HTC Touch HD 2 to get Android

September 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment

htc-touch-hdHTC are creating the Touch HD 2 and in a surprising move, they are going to be launching it running the Android OS rather than Windows Mobile 6.5.

The original Touch HD was first released running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and it was expected that the second version of the phone would follow. Although a surprising move it’s not overly surprising as HTC have been using Android on a number of phones over the last year or so. Other phones running Android have been the original G1, the Magic and the Hero. [Read more…]

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Nebudroid Controller for Android Phones

September 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment

nebudorid-nes-controller-android-appA great application for Android based phones has been created. It is called Nebudroid and it turns your Android phone in to an NES controller that works with NES emulators and also racing games on the PC.

As well as having the standard D pad and a couple of buttons it also makes use of the accelerometers built in to the phone and can then be used as a steering wheel allowing you to more realistically drive around a track in a game. [Read more…]

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Mysterious Android MID – Rockchip Concept

August 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment

rockchip_android_midEarlier this week we thought that the Wallet MID was the mystery Android device. However, it turns out that this is not the case and in fact, the mystery Android device is actually a concept device built by Rockchip.

Rockchip were using the device to demonstrate a Chinese chip makers new 720p decoding chipset. The device you saw was using the RK2808 chipset to see how it functions while using the Android OS. [Read more…]

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Wallet MID – The Mystery Android Device?

August 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment

eviGroup_wallet_midRecently we have been seeing various pictures of a MID that runs the Android OS. Today, eviGroup released some pictures of the Wallet MID that look very similar, if not the same, to the mysterious device we mentioned last week.

The Walled MID was first heard of back in May and was described as a device that is halfway between a cellphone and a tablet PC. It has a 5-inch screen and 7+ hours of battery life. As of now, it is unknown what processor powers the device. [Read more…]

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Cloud Telecomputers Glass Android OS Phone

August 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment

pandroidThis phone is an android powered desktop phone. It’s build by Cloud Telecomputers and is named Glass. It features an 8 inch touchscreen that allows you to manage incoming calls.

With the Glass being android based it can pack in a bunch of apps such as visual voicemail, a calendar, SMS as well as email. You are not just restricted to those apps though as there are custom apps appearing especially for this phone. [Read more…]

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HTC Click Demo – Android Donut in the Wild

August 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment

htc_click_leaked_videoThe HTC Click is an entry level android based smartphone that should be arriving next month. The Click will run Donut which is the latest update of Android.

A video of the HTC Click being used has leaked on to the web and shows the Click Vs the Magic and the differences between them. [Read more…]

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Archos Android Tablet Coming Soon

August 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Archos-Android-TabletArchos have confirmed that September 15th is the day they are officially announcing their new Android powered Tablet.

Along with the launch, Archos have now launched AppsLib that is an application store for high-end Android devices such as the tablet mentioned here and other potential netbooks that will run the Android OS. [Read more…]

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Android MID Leaked Pics – Still an Unknown

August 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment

android_midA mystery Android MID was spotted last week. The creators of this MID are unknown but yet, there are more photos to see of this nice looking android based device.

The design looks similar to that of an Apple product in that it has a smooth front face with a screen quite close to the edges giving a very thin bezel around the edge. A chrome edging can also be seen around the edges on to the back cover. [Read more…]

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Dell Android Photos and Specs

August 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment

504x_DelloPhoneBGR’s ninjas found out some more details about the Dell Android phone. The specs could be as follows…

It will probably have a 3.5 inch display with a resolution of 640×360 pixels. GPS will be built in, a MicroSD slot for expanding storage capacity and a 3 megapixel camera.

The phone will be a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and the phone will measure 58 x 122 x 11.7mm. Full list of known details after the jump. [Read more…]

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Acer Delays the Android Netbook

July 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment

android-acerA few months ago Acer announced that they were introducing a new netbook that would dual boot in to either Windows XP or Android. If launched it would have been the first Android powered netbook to be launched. Unfortunately Acer have delayed this a few months due to not being able to find a market for a netbook of this specification.

The worry about finding the right market is that they don’t want an almost brand-new operating system landing in the hands of those who do not know how to use it. It was to be aimed at the less tech savvy but out of those, many wouldn’t really see a need or understand why the netbook dual boots. [Read more…]

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Android Donut Code Drop

July 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Android-DonutAndroid developer Jean-Baptiste Quero has done a code drop for the Android OS. The new update is called Donut and although not quite ready for release, it shows some good things are coming.

The ROM is actually available to download if you want to test out the progress of it so far (grab it here) although I’d recommend not downloading and installing just yet as most of the stuff doesn’t work yet. [Read more…]

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Archos 9PCTablet Runs Windows 7 and Possibly Android

July 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment

The Archos 9PCTablet is an Internet Media Tablet. It is already known that the 9 will run Windows 7, but TG Daily mentioned today that it could possibly come with Android OS installed. [Read more…]

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