The Android fashion accessory
Android is expected to have strong growth in 2011. Is that a permanent trend, or a transitory shift in fashion trends?
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Android is gaining on IOS
THE INQUIRER THE OPEN SOURCE mobile operating system Android is about to overtake Apple’s IOS in popularlity.
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Android Phones Targeted By Trojan
A new Android Trojan that displays some botnet characteristics has emerged from China, Lookout Mobile Security warns. Called Geinimi, the malware can compromise a significant amount of information on a user’s Android smartphone and send it to remote servers, the security developer said in a blog. Once installed on the phone, it could allow the server’s owner to control the mobile device, says …
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Nielsen: Android tops iPhone among recent buyers
Apple maintains slim lead over Android in US smartphone ownership Although Apple’s share of the US smartphone market remains slightly ahead of Google’s, more buyers in the last six months picked a device powered by the latter’s Android OS, Nielsen said today.
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Android’s Biggest Worry: Fragmentation
Linux and Open Source Blog: “It can get messy. On top of this, there’s multiple current versions of Android out and supported at any given moment on the same hardware.”
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Android Favored Mobile OS of Recent Buyers
New survey from Nielsen finds that recent smartphone buyers have gravitated to Android over rival mobile platforms, such as Apple’s iOS and RIM’s BlackBerry.
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Android 3.0 Honeycomb to require dual-core CPUs, might be tablet only
It appears that Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS might require dual-core processors and tablet sized displays, if Korean electronics firm Enspert is to be believed. Read the full story here.
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Android Wades Into Apple’s Patent Minefield to Capture Wireless Credit Card Payments
It looks like Google is taking on credit card business by adding in wireless payment tech to Android smartphones. It’s arguably a response to Apple’s bold iPhone plans, but Google will have to navigate Apple’s numerous patents in this area. According to the usual people “familiar with the plan,” speaking under condition of anonymity, Google is working hard to bring NFC payment tech to its …
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Android Tablet Market Already Facing A Big Fragmentation Issue
Before it even starts to take off, the Android tablet market is already facing a serious fragmentation issue. The newest version of the operating system, Honeycomb, will require powerful chips , which means the few older devices running Android won’t be able to upgrade to the newest software.
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Android Tablet For 0? Buyer Beware
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer AOC is unveiling a $ 200 Android tablet this week at CES, but you’ll probably get what you pay for.
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Android tablets, smartphones to rule at CES
Android is set to “explode” at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, with smartphones and tablet computers including a newly revealed HTC Shift 4G phone for Sprint and a four-inch smartphone/tablet hybrid from ViewSonic.
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Android to get a newsstand too? D’oh!
According to a report last night, Google is building a virtual newsstand for Android phones and tablets. Why not just push HTML5?
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Android Wins New Customers, Apple Still a Market Leader
A recent Nielson report informs us of the increasing popularity of Android among recent smartphone buyers. It reported that almost 40 percent of recent customers have purchased Android phones in the last six months. On the other hand, figures for the same period show Apple’s share as 26.9 percent and RIM Blackberry as 19.2 percent. [...] Android Wins New Customers, Apple Still a Market Leader is …
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Android Bug Sending Texts To The Wrong Person
Digitizor: “A bug in Android’s text messaging app has been found which sometime sends texts to the wrong person. It seems like the bug has been present since June 2010 and has not been fixed yet. This is a pretty embarrassing bug for Android.”
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Android Named Leading OS Among Recent Acquirers
People who purchased smartphones in the past six months were more likely to buy an Android device than an Apple product by a ratio of about 1.5 to 1, according to a new report from Nielsen.  This led the data research firm to give Android the enviable title “leading OS among recent acquirers” this morning. The graph below should make the basis for the title clear.  More and more consumers …
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Pandigital Android Tablet, e-Reader Includes Contract-Free ATandT Coverage
Pandigital Novel 9-inch Android tablet and color e-reader is the company’s first e-reader with WiFi and integrated connectivity through AT&T.
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Android Honeycomb Update Rumored to Bring Hardware Restrictions
Rumors about Google’s next version of Android are certainly picking up the pace. Unfortunately, this latest bit of information may or may not be good news. For those who have been waiting to get a tablet for something “better” than what’s available now, then the idea of Google enforcing hardware restrictions probably wouldn’t be a [...]
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Android Nipping at iOS’ Heels in Market Share [STATS ]
Apple’s iOS might be top smartphone OS in the U.S. in terms of marketshare, but Android is gaining, especially among new smartphone buyers.
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Android knocking on iPhone’s door
While the iPhone is still the most popular smartphone operating system in the United States, Android is hot on its trail and closing in fast.
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Android favourite OS among recent smartphone buyers
(Telecompaper) The popularity of the Android OS among those who purchased a smartphone in the last six months (40%) makes it the leading OS among recent acquirers, according to a report by The Nielsen Company. However, despite its surge among recent acquirers, when it comes to overall consumer market share, Android OS (25.8%) still lags behind Apple iOS (28.6%). RIM’s Blackberry has a market …
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Survey: Android, Apple vie for top spot in U.S. smartphone market, while RIM fades
Google’s Android OS is showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to U.S. smartphone market share, with a new survey showing Android climbing within striking distance of Apple’s iOS mobile platform. Meanwhile, RIM’s slice of the U.S. smartphone …
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Android “Newsstand” Said To Be In The Works
Android users might soon be presented with a more convenient way of finding content from their favorite publications.  Rumor has it that Google’s trying to put together a “digital newsstand” through which people would be able to purchase magazine- or newspaper-specific apps. Russell Adams and Jessica E. Vascellaro reported, “The e-newsstand would include apps from media companies offering …
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Android Users Angry About 6-month-old Texting Bug
There’s a bug in Android’s text messaging application that sends text messages to the wrong recipient, and it’s been there for at least six months. The bug was reported way back in June 2010, and it’s still not fixed. Android users aren’t happy.
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Android Gains On iPhone, As Verizon-iPhone Deal Looms
Google’s Android smart phone operating system is the top choice among those who have purchased a sma
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Android’s Biggest Worry: Fragmentation
Android’s biggest worry isn’t the iPhone, the Blackberry, or Windows Phone 7; it’s that it will fragment into multiple incompatible, brand-specific versions.
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Android malware Geinimi spotted in the wild
Lookout discovers first Android virus capable of acting as a botnet If you’ve read any number of 2011 security prediction lists, you’ve no doubt noticed that mobile malware ranked near the top of each. Not that mobile security predictions took much of a crystal ball or stretch of the imagination to make, but the world didn’t even have to wait for the clock to strike midnight on January 1 to see …
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Android tablets at CES: Four big questions still need to be answered
The Android tablet news coming out of CES 2011 could turn into a big letdown if four big questions aren’t adequately answered.
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Android Popular Among Recent Buys, But Apple iOS Still Tops
Android is the leading mobile operating system among people who recently purchased a smartphone, but Apple’s iOS still holds a slight lead over the Google-developed OS.
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Android Tablets: Five Ways to Catch up to the iPad
Sales of Android tablets are well behind the iPad’s, so these moves could help close the gap.
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Android, Samsung, grab more U.S. smartphone share
Android powered 40.8 percent of smartphones purchased in the U.S. in the last six months compared to 27 percent for Apple iOS, although Apple still led in overall share at 28.6 percent, according to the Nielsen Company.
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