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Verizon finally announces a date for the Samsung… Illusion

By Michael Crider
on 22 Nov, 2011

Stop the presses! Verizon has finally made a formal announcement for the Samsung smartphone you've been waiting for! The "environmentally friendly" Samsung Illusion will be available from the carrier starting on November 23rd. Please refrain from throwing wads of cash until then.

Cotton Candy is a tiny Android desktop computer… on a stick

By Michael Crider
on 18 Nov, 2011

People have been building integrated Linux thin clients that can fit in the palm of your hand for years, but now there's a more modern approach. Startup company FXI Technologies has applied the same idea to Android, putting a fully functional build of Gingerbread on a flash-drive sized device with easy connection to HDMI displays and input devices. The gadget is at the prototype stage now, but the company hopes to sell it for $200 by this time next year.

Huawei Honor ships to Asia in December, other markets to follow

By Michael Crider
on 17 Nov, 2011

Chinese manufacturer Huawei's got big plans for the smartphone sector, and a lot of them hinge on the Honor. And why not: it's a 4-inch Gingerbread phone with a zippy 1.4Ghz processor, and the last time we saw it, it was going for the equivalent of $300 without a contract. That's about half the price of similar unlocked phones. In a press release, Huawei said that the phone will be launching next month in Russia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and China, with other markets following after. In addition to Gingerbread, Huawei is including their differentiation skin, the "Huawei Android Platform 5.1". Multiple colors will be available, including Glossy Black, Textured Black, Elegant White, Vibrant Yellow, Cherry Blossom Pink and Burgundy, though the company notes that not all colors may be available in all markets. Huawei is marketing this under their own name, unlike a lot of their products that eventually make it to the United States and other markets, like the "T-Mobile" Springboard. Huawei is making some impressive in-roads into the smartphone market. According to the latest Gartner numbers, Huawei is in 9th place for total (smartphone and featurephone) shipments worldwide at 10.6 million phones shipped last quarter alone. With the smartphone market growing in leaps and bounds, Huawei is resting its hopes on Android, and they're expanding their efforts to include more mid-range phones, and extending to the high end. Customers and competitors would do well to keep an eye on their progress.

Archos Arnova 9 G2 budget-friendly tablet revealed

By Michael Crider
on 17 Nov, 2011

Honeycomb may be all the rage with Archos' top of the line tablets, but they never miss an opportunity to make good with the low end as well. Behold the Arnova 9 G2, a Gingerbread 9.7-inch affair with tablet-friendly modifications to Android. Even so, the tablet packs in some respectable hardware with a 1Ghz ARM processor and 8 gigabytes of built-in storage.

Team Xron’s CM7 dresses up your TouchPad in Honeycomb

By Michael Crider
on 7 Nov, 2011

Just like the rest of us, the CyanogenMod team doesn't have access to the Honeycomb source code, so for now the best they can do for custom ROMS and the HP TouchPad is Gingerbread. But themers are a crafty bunch, and since CyanogenMod is open sourced, a group calling themselves Team Xron has released a skinned version to at least make you feel like you're using a tablet OS. Users won't have access to Honeycomb apps, but the various customizations do make Gingerbread look pretty slick.

Android distribution numbers hold steady, Honeycomb still under 2%

By Michael Crider
on 4 Nov, 2011

When last we saw the distribution of the various Android versions, Gingerbread had nearly cracked 40% of the worldwide Android platform. This month it's passed it, taking 43.9% and inching closer to the still-dominant Froyo. Android 2.2 is still running on just over half of all Android devices, nearly eleven months after Gingerbread's release. Android's tablet OS Honeycomb barely increased to 1.9%, up just two tenths of a percent in a month.

Kobo Vox available now, beats Kindle Fire and Nook Color 2 to market

By Michael Crider
on 3 Nov, 2011

The e-reader tablet market that the original Nook Color opened up last year is about to explode, and dark horse Kobo doesn't intend to linger around the starting gate. The company's Kobo Vox reader, with a form factor and specs that fall roughly in line with Barnes & Noble and Amazon's offerings, is available online at retailers across the U.S. and Canada. The Android Gingerbread based tablet is tied into the Kobo bookstore, and costs $199.99 - almost exactly the same price as the upcoming Kindle Fire.

ZTE Vivacity bound for T-Mobile in Europe

By Michael Crider
on 1 Nov, 2011

ZTE is making strides in its move into the mid-market, and the latest entry is the "T-Mobile Vivacity". This little Gingerbread phone was spotted chilling at the Bluetooth SIG, though unfortunately there isn't any hard info on it other than a standard 3G radio. However, if you look closely, you can see something that's altogether too rare: vanilla Android.

Verizon rolls out Gingerbread OTA update for the LG Revolution

By Michael Crider
on 1 Nov, 2011

The LG Revolution hit Verizon back in May, and contrary to the manufacturer's suggestion, life was not good for Android fans eager for a taste of Gingerbread. Verizon is now pushing out the Android 2.3 update across its network with the standard upgrades and bug fixes. For the record, the Revolution is getting the update a mere 10 months after the Gingerbread source code was released, and five months after it hit the market with Froyo.

LG Optimus series Android 2.3 updates rolling out now

By Shane McGlaun
on 1 Nov, 2011

If you are a user of the LG Optimus series of smartphones the Android Gingerbread 2.3 update is ready to head your way right now in Europe. There are several models in the Optimus range and the models will get the update in a staggered launch. According to the LG Facebook page, the first to get the update will be the Optimus 2X.