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According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the company’s Android mobile platform and their newly-announced Google Chrome OS have “a great deal of commonality.”  In fact, according to the executive, the two OSes “may merge even closer” in the future. Speaking at a press conference this week, ostensibly to discuss the new netbook platform but which covered various [...]

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Google have announced their latest project, Google Chrome OS, an open-source platform for x86 and ARM based netbooks, notebooks and computers.  Building on their existing Chrome browser, Google Chrome OS is tipped to load and be internet-ready in seconds, be inherently secure from viruses and malware, and present no issues with hardware or software updates.  [...]

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If Bsquare have their way, it won’t just be the HTC Hero that gets Flash playback capabilities: all Android devices will.  The company has announced its Flash browser plugin for ARM-based Android devices, such as the HTC Magic and T-Mobile G1, running Cupcake 1.5. Bsquare had announced back in March that they were working on a [...]

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Bad news for anybody hoping to get HTC’s latest Sense UI on their existing G1 or Magic.  As we suggested might be the case yesterday, HTC have confirmed that due to the licensing terms of providing “with Google” branded smartphones they’re not allowed to offer Sense UI as an upgrade. The confirmation most directly affects those [...]

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The launch of the HTC Hero and seeing how well the company’s new UI works has left many existing Android device owners looking at their smartphones with no small amount of disappointment.  So news that HTC CEO Peter Chou has confirmed that “HTC Sense will be available on some other existing devices” has understandably stoked [...]

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It’s not the first handwriting-recognition solution we’ve seen for the Android platform, but Vision Objects’ MyScript system still finds itself with little company.  MyScript recognizes all manner of individual characters, hand-printed and cursive handwriting in around sixteen different languages, and is happy with you using a finger rather than a stylus to trace out letters [...]

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Fresh to the Android Market and set to take on Google’s Latitude is Glympse, another way of sharing your location with friends, colleagues and family.  Glympse attempts to tackle the problem of ongoing privacy present in many location-based apps; that is, you may want to let someone know where you are for a certain period, [...]

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T-Mobile USA have delayed the roll-out of the Android OS 1.5 Cupcake build to their US users, claiming the software update is still being “optimized”.  US-based forum members here at Android Community had flagged up the absence of any sign of Cupcake’s arrival over the past week, despite the carrier’s assertion that they would begin [...]

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Game developers orangepixel have released their latest title for Android handsets, Mechanics Touch.  Seemingly a blend of Lemmings and classic 2D platform games, Mechanics Touch requires you to guide the roaming mechanic sprites through the levels using different tools to bridge crevices and avoid traps. Of course, it’s never so simple as just to create a [...]

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Android Community is giving users the opportunity to sign up to My Global Talk’s VoIP service, for low-cost international calls, and we’re throwing in some free credit to get you started.  Since we know our readers love getting something for nothing, if you sign up via the widget on the AC frontpage you’ll get $5 credit straight [...]

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