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Oracle Deletes Blog Post Showing CEO’s Approval of Java in Android

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Jul, 2011

While I'm not going to jump into this story too deep I'll start with linking to our Oracle Portal. You will find all the stories and background you need. Basically Oracle is suing Google for the use of Java code in the Android OS. We reported on this a while back and little bits and pieces have slowly appeared over the past few months.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Running Ubuntu Linux

By Cory Gunther
on 29 Jun, 2011

We have seen our fair share of Android devices running Ubuntu already, like the Nexus S or the NOOKcolor but to see it running on that large beautiful 10" display on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and pushed by that dual-core CPU makes this a little more interesting.

Powerful Nokia OMAP4 Android Device Possibly in the Works

By Chris Burns
on 9 Jan, 2011

Take a look, if you'd like, at the portal -lxr.free-electrons.com for a Linux file automatically generated from the OMAP hardware databases, one with some spicy previews for what's to come early this year. In the first few lines you'll notice some lovely bits that could add up to a spicy new device from two of the biggest names in tech: Texas Instruments and Nokia. A device with an OMAP4 processor - is this the same processor announced back in December 2010 by TI, one with dual-core, 1.5GHz, support for 1080p video playback and conferencing, gesture recognition, two 12 megapixel cameras, and more? I'd bank on yes.

Android Notifier bringing incoming calls and alerts to your desktop

By Dylan Bailey
on 10 Sep, 2010

When working, many people are distracted from and pay little attention to their phones. sometimes missing incoming calls or messages. Now there is a way to get those notifications on your desktop over WiFi or Bluetooth from your mobile Android device.

World’s first $99 laptop goes Android, Cherrypal drops Linux in favor of Android (still Linux)

By David Junior
on 11 May, 2010

Everyone is jumping on the Android bandwagon as of late. And that’s great news for us, we will get a bunch of new different devices from almost every sector of the tech world. The Cherrypal Asia will be a $99 android laptop. It will ship with Android 1.6 and will feature a 7inch screen. There will also be an option to upgrade to a wide screen 10.1 inch version.