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Amazon sending out press invites, I sense an Android tablet

By Cory Gunther
on 23 Sep, 2011

Just hitting the wires this morning is the long awaited press invite from Amazon. In what appears to be nothing but an invite and a tease for an upcoming press conference being held by Amazon we can only expect this to be the long awaited and much rumored Android Kindle Tablet.

Isis, Google Wallet competitor, to run on Android

By Nicholas Ahn
on 23 Sep, 2011

In the midst of the recent flurry of Google Wallet news, Isis has announced that they will release an Android application when the payment system is released next year. While this announcement would be more significant if the application were released today, it still gives the application a fighting chance against recently launched Google Wallet.

LG Esteem Leaks – Brings Gingerbread and LTE to MetroPCS

By Nicholas Ahn
on 22 Sep, 2011

Found on a LG Partner portal, the LG Esteem has been confirmed for MetroPCS. The device will run on MetroPCS' 3G/LTE network. It will also be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board as well. Though MetroPCS doesn't sell its devices on discount with contracts, it is also reported that the device will sell for $349 with a $100 mail-in-rebate.

Oracle claims $1.16 billion in damages from Google

By Nicholas Ahn
on 22 Sep, 2011

Just when we thought it was over, Oracle has reiterated in a court filing today that the patent infringement by Google's upon Java patents held by Oracle totals $202 million. They also claimed up to $960 million on the terms of copyright infringement by the internet search giant.

AT&T 4G LTE Network in the wild September 18th

By Cory Gunther
on 15 Sep, 2011

We've heard plenty about AT&T's 4G LTE market and seen plenty of leaked phones for it too, now it seems they are finally making it official and will be launching their 4G LTE next-gen wireless network starting September 18th. They've already launched their first 4G LTE tablet the HTC Jetstream so whoever bought it might finally have 4G coverage soon, although only in a few markets at first.

Google and Intel show off Medfield-based Android phone

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Sep, 2011

Today Google's Andy Rubin took to the stage at IDF along with Intel CEO Paul Otellini who was nice enough to show everyone a little peak at a new Intel Medfield-based Android phone. The phone was running a version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread and this goes nicely with what we reported yesterday regarding Intel Atom processors and more getting Android Gingerbread support.

Samsung may also be seeking their own OS alternative to Android

By Cory Gunther
on 12 Sep, 2011

Samsung has a lot on their plates. With the recent failings of HP's WebOS many have speculated the possibilities of Samsung or even HTC buying up the failed OS by HP. We have seen plenty of reports regarding this exact situation and now with the Apple vs Samsung lawsuits and Google buying Motorola the time for Samsung to make a move might be closer than we think.

HTC considering the purchase of its own Android OS alternative

By Cory Gunther
on 12 Sep, 2011

While HTC has been extremely successful in both Android and Windows Mobile OS platforms we have been hearing a bit of chatter about the possibility of HTC acquiring and designing their own Android OS alternative to call their own. Obviously this can be speculated when a company as big as HTC is so successful with smartphones but we are getting details that they've even been discussing this "internally" according to sources.

Baidu and Dell building Android-based OS for phones and tablets

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Sep, 2011

While Google is huge in America and many other places around the world, Baidu is the biggest in China and are planning to get their own slice of the Android and mobile market. Google operates a big operation in China but is still behind Baidu in that region. China has a massive mobile market and it's only getting bigger, they are aiming to build their own OS using Android at the center but call it "Yi".

HP TouchPad Android 2.2.1 System Dump Files Now Available

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Aug, 2011

The HP TouchPad has been getting a lot of attention as of late from the entire developer and Android communities. Once the TouchPad price dropped to $99 everyone started running wild with the hopes and dreams of one day soon running Android on said device. Just a day or two later we learned that Android ports were already under way and a few days later one was spotted running Android 2.2.1 out of the box, right from Best Buy.