So who’s Motorola partnering with to provide search and maps services on its Chinese Android-based smartphones? Apparently Microsoft, with its Bing search tagging along. You can call this a hardly anticipated move, although Motorola did look a bit desperate with Google on the verge to back out of China altogether, along with its search technology.
Dell’s Mini 5 tablet is without a doubt, real, but until now, there hasn’t been much in the way of full-blown advertisements or promotions from the company itself. A leaked promotional flyer of the Dell Mini 5 , or what will evidently be called the “Streak”, has just surfaced, and the tablet’s certainly looking gorgeous [...]
The first week of March has just passed, and Spring Design still has yet to show any presale indications of its Android-powered dual-screen Alex e-reader . The company’s site still reads “keep checking in and by the first week of March you’ll be able to preorder your Alex online”, but we have word that the touchscreen [...]
The third release of the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) is now available for download from the official Android developer site. According to a blog post by Android developer David Turner, applications focused on Android 2.0 or higher now gain the ability to directly access OpenGL ES 2.0 features, which brings the capability to “control [...]
It’s not unheard of that Android smartphones can be used to control other devices, say with the GMote app for remote media playback on your computer. But Tim Heath and Ryan Hickman, a duo of web engineers, are going beyond the “remote control” concept, having built an Android-powered robot with the lofty ambitions of autonomously [...]
There’s another Motorola device passing through the FCC dubbed the i1; turns out that it’s actually the rumored Opus One first seen several months ago, an Android-powered handset that’ll run on iDEN carrier.
Things just keep on getting more interesting, as Microsoft has just announced the launch of its first-ever app for the Android platform. Yes, that’s Google’s Android platform. Dubbed Tag, it’s similar to the Microsoft’s iPhone app of the same name, and lets you use your handset as a mobile barcode reader.
There’s quite a few Verizon Droid Eris owners out there hankering for the features only available to newer Android versions, considering the last alleged update was something of a slip-up. An updated build has been leaked on XDA Developers, and the link to instructions is available after the cut.
The Motorola Cliq XT’s March 10th launch date has all but been confirmed, with this snapshot depicting a “Launch” imminent on 3/10. This will be Motorola’s eighth device to operate on the Android platform.
This is some truly fantastic performance, given by Qualcomm’s 7X30 Snapdragon processor in a demo at Mobile World Congress. Check out these videos of some amazing looking games and 3D acceleration after the break.
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