I wrote a little piece about Google’s latest Android app Goggles Translate for the magazine, which you can read about here. That’s all well and good, but you’re better off watching this video instead.
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Prototype Android Tablets Run Full Flash and Adobe AIR
If the iPad’s lack of Flash support has kept you from shelling out the $500+ to join the whole tablet movement but you’re still intrigued by the idea nonetheless, you may want to check out the prototype Android tablets that Adobe has been showing off at the Web 2.0 Expo recently.
Perhaps most impressive, aside from being able to …
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Will Get Android 2.1, UI Overhaul
During my meeting with T-Mobile last week, Andrew Sherrard, the VP of Production Innovation, informed me that first generation myTouch 3G owners will soon get an update that modifies the vanilla Android UI to match the updated UI that T-Mobile has built for the myTouch 3G Slide including key features like the Genius Button sans hard …
Hands-on With the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
I hinted at the myTouch 3G Slide the other week and earlier today in our Mother’s Day Gift Guide and now it’s finally official.
(More on Techland: Unboxing the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide)
It won’t be available until June, but the myTouch 3G Slide is the perfect (and I’m not joking about this) smartphone for every member of …
A Practical Guide To Android [Update]
When Google’s mobile operating system Android launched in 2008 you could only get one device and it remained that way for some time. That’s definitely not the case in 2010 with all major US carriers snatching up Android devices left and right. Here’s a rather lengthy but concise guide on every Android device that’s currently available or …
Asus Eee Pad Coming in July?
Netbook trailblazer Asus is apparently planning to officially reveal its own tablet in early June at the Computex trade show in Taipei. According to DigiTimes, the actual launch will come sometime in the third quarter, “which sources from component makers revealed will be late July.”
The tablet will supposedly run Android and …
Google’s Free GPS Navigation Coming to Non-Android Phones
Google recently revealed that its free GPS navigation software that currently runs on newer Android devices will someday be available on other smartphone platforms such as the iPhone. No timetable’s been given but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it made available for BlackBerry and perhaps Palm devices, at the very least. Maybe …
Dell Phones Leak: Lightning, Thunder, Smoke, and Flash
You want Dell phones? You got ‘em. Engadget’s managed to get its hands on information pertaining to the Windows Phone 7 Lightning, and Android Thunder, Smoke, and Flash. Elemental, no?
First, the Lightning. Dell doesn’t seem to be pulling many punches with this one. It’s got a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, gigantic 4.1-inch OLED
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Android Running On The iPhone
Android phone or iPhone? That is the question. And it now appears that you can have both. Sort of. An enterprising individual has managed to get Google’s Android operating system up and running on a second-generation iPhone. He says that getting the same result on an iPhone 3G “should be pretty simple,” though the 3GS may provide …
Compaq AirLife 100 Android Smartbook Headed To The US?
All these smartbooks that are due to show up this year may very well be what everyone had in mind for netbooks originally. Case in point: the Compaq AirLife 100, which was announced in Spain earlier this year, has now shown up on HP’s US website.
There’s no word on pricing or availability yet, but specs include a customized Android
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What Happens When Garmin and Android Get Together?
You get the T-Mobile Garminfone.
There aren’t very many details on the just announced Garminfone from T-Mobile. Other than it running Android (no mention of which version, BTW), having a 3.5-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi, a 3-megapixel camera with AF and built-in Garmin nav software, we know nothing about this device. No wait. There’s …
HTC Incredible Review: Flavor of the Month
It wasn’t that long ago when your choice of Android-based devices was limited to two or three models. Nowadays each carrier has at least two (AT&T: 2, T-Mobile: 6, Sprint: 3, Verizon: 5). And HTC is leading the charge with the likes of the Nexus One, Hero, Evo and now, the Droid Incredible for Verizon. I’ve had one for the last few …
