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Should you avoid AT&T Dell Aero? Here Are Three Reasons Why

Should you avoid AT&T Dell Aero? Here Are Three Reasons Why

August 27, 2010 | Comments (0)

On Tuesday, Dell introduced the entry-level Dell Aero on AT&T’s network. With a two-year contract, you can have this phone for $99. It’s clear that Dell wants to appeal to people on a budget, but when considering the specs of the phone, you might want to think twice about getting it. According to PCWorld, there [...]

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The Motorola Charm: Charms It’s Way to the T-Mobile Aug. 25th

The Motorola Charm: Charms It’s Way to the T-Mobile Aug. 25th

August 19, 2010 | Comments (1)

Recently T-Mobile sent out a tweet confirming the launch of the Motorola Charm for August 25th for only $75.00 after 2-Year Contract and Rebate. It may be a phone that brings a snap dragon to the table, but if does provide the necessary android smartphone features like:  Access to the Android Market and a 3 Mega-pixel camera. This [...]

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Android World Round Up: BBC Apps – New Orange Handset – $35 Tablet for India – Cliq for Taiwan – Galaxy S Given Away

Android World Round Up: BBC Apps – New Orange Handset – $35 Tablet for India – Cliq for Taiwan – Galaxy S Given Away

July 26, 2010 | Comments (1)

BBC On The Move Its not an exaggeration to say that one of the biggest stumbling blocks to Rupert Murdoch’s evil pay-wall scheme has been the BBC. The quality and quantity of their free coverage makes paying for news a rather silly exercise. The BBC Trust, an executive group straight from the pages of a [...]

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40 percent of Android users stuck in early OS versions

40 percent of Android users stuck in early OS versions

July 23, 2010 | Comments (1)

Unless you’re an Android developer deciding your next strategic programming move, chances are your brain isn’t attuned to the distribution of operating systems among all Android smartphone owners. However, Google’s periodic pie charts and stacked line graphs reveal some interesting data nuggets, at least for Android fanatics. According to data collected from July 1 to [...]

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Android 2.1 Eclair now has 55% of Android Share

Android 2.1 Eclair now has 55% of Android Share

July 21, 2010 | Comments (2)

I found this information on the Android Developer website. The pie graph shows that Android 2.1 is on 55% of the Android phones out there, Donut, or 1.6, is taking up 22.1% and 1.5 (Cupcake) is on 18.9% of Android devices. Froyo (Android 2.2) is taking up only 3.3%. The latest update shifted the numbers [...]

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50% of Android users are stuck on old versions

50% of Android users are stuck on old versions

June 18, 2010 | Comments (0)

FIGURES that are being bandied about by Google show that almost 50 per cent of Android users are stuck with smartphones that are running old versions of the operating system. The good news for developers is that out of the six versions of Android only three, 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 have widespread use. The figures [...]

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Samsung Behold II will not be Upgraded Past 1.6 says Samsung?

Samsung Behold II will not be Upgraded Past 1.6 says Samsung?

May 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

In a response to the community of Behold II owners who have been fighting to get the Android 2.1 update they were promised last year, Samsung Mobile USA has issued their “official” statement. In their official tweet they provided a link to a post they created “detailing” the upgrade for the BH II. The post [...]

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Update May 27: Samsung Behold II not Getting 2.x – Legal Action Being Considered

Update May 27: Samsung Behold II not Getting 2.x – Legal Action Being Considered

May 25, 2010 | Comments (113)

In a video orginaly released to youtube on November 7, 2009 but was since removed by samsung, Samsung promises Behold II owners that they will get upgraded to Android 2.x when it arrived. These same users are still sitting at 1.5. They have waited patiently as updates rolled out hoping they would be next. Well [...]

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