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Broadcom outs new Android platform for mass-market smartphones

By Shane McGlaun
on 15 Dec, 2010

Broadcom has been around for a long time and the company is huge in the electronics market with all manner of chips and components that go inside of a vast array of electronic devices. Broadcom announced this week that it has developed a new dual-core processor platform for Android that can offer 3G HSDPA connectivity and applications processing at the same time.

SuperShuttle app hits Android to get you a ride to the airport

By Shane McGlaun
on 14 Dec, 2010

One of the things that I hate most about traveling is finding a way to the airport and back. I don't like parking my car in the parking lot not to mention how expensive long term parking can get. If you travel, a lot you are probably know the SuperShuttle name.

Darth Vader is Android spokesman in Japan…umm..k

By Shane McGlaun
on 26 Nov, 2010

Star Wars has already tied up with Android in the past with R2-D2 on one of the Droid smartphones. That was a cool mash up of my childhood heroes and tech. A strange one has surfaced now in Japan.

600K Galaxy Tabs sold so far

By Shane McGlaun
on 22 Nov, 2010

The Galaxy Tab from Samsung is off to a good start as far as sales go. According to Samsung, so far it has moved 600,000 of the Android-powered tablet. The company has already stated that it plans to sell about a million of the devices this year.

4.8 Inch Clamshell Android MID Prototype by Dion

By Chris Burns
on 26 Oct, 2010

Here's a rather fat hybrid machine for you to place your eyeballs on. This machine is being worked on by Chinese brand Dion and is generally thought to be still in the prototype stage. It has no name, no number, and basically appears to be very similar to a mini notebook when closed. When open, it runs Android 2.1 and has a Samsung-sourced 4.8 inch WVGA capacitive LCD touchscreen with LED backlighting, support fo rmulti-touch, and has a full QWERTY keyboard clearly made for thumb typing. There's also a tiny 1.3MP webcam and mic for all your video calling needs.

SeenEarly for Android keeps track of your phone activity

By Shane McGlaun
on 26 Oct, 2010

If you want to be able to archive your activity on your phone for some reason or keep a close eye on a child when they are using the phone a new app called SeenEarly is available for you. The app runs on Android and records all mobile activity including SMS, MMS, calls, web browsing, and GPS data.