Ebook reader apps for Android have been in the Android Market for some time now, but we’ve yet to see a production ebook device that uses Google’s open-source platform. That could change imminently, however, with the unveiling of the Spring Design Alex ebook reader, a dual-display slate that has a standard 6-inch E Ink panel [...]
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LG GW620 Android smartphone gets official
LG’s first Android handset has made its official debut, in the shape of the LG GW620. A slider device with a pull-out QWERTY keyboard and 3-inch touchscreen, LG’s press information for the GW620 doesn’t confirm many of the exact specifications; however, they do make clear that they will be supporting Android as well as – [...]
Motorola DEXT hits Orange UK from early October
Motorola UK have confirmed that their new Motorola DEXT – the name for the Motorola CLIQ outside of the US – will go on sale through carrier Orange from early October. Pre-orders for the handset will begin on September 22nd, though pricing is yet to be announced. At the launch event yesterday, Motorola themselves only said [...]
Motorola CLIQ (aka DEXT) hands-on video demo
After being, frankly, very impressed at the announcement of Motorola’s first Android smartphone yesterday, we caught up with the CLIQ (aka Motorola DEXT) afterwards for a hands-on demo. Motorola were being coy with the handset, preferring to run through its capabilities themselves rather than allow a free-for-all in our own hands, but we did get [...]
FCC report tips Archos A5S Android Internet Tablet
Archos’ Android-based Internet Tablet has been prematurely revealed, courtesy of the company’s FCC report. The device – which resembles their existing Archos 5 PMP, but uses Google’s mobile OS – has been confirmed as the Archos A5S (7501), as well as having an untested sibling device, the A5H (7501). The Archos A5S has WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth [...]
iriver developing Android rival to iPod touch?
iriver are reportedly considering using Android as the basis for an iPod touch rival, the iriver K2, which would use a 3.5-inch touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth and integrated digital TV tuner. The news comes from an Australian distributor, C.R. Kennedy, whose iriver product manager Danny Bejanoff has been discussing the Korean company’s upcoming product range. While the device has [...]
Our HTC Hero review goes live at SlashGear
Our review of the HTC Hero is finally ready, and it’s no understatement to say that this Android smartphone impressed us greatly. Back in our unboxing video and HTC Sense demo we suggested that the Hero could be the best Android device to date, and the time we’ve spent with the handset has left us [...]
Google-G0 concept Android smartphone with wireless dock
It seems like a long time since we’ve seen a good Android concept device, or at least one that isn’t an obvious derivative of an existing handset. Thankfully designer Tryi Yeh has stepped forward with his Google-G0 concept, a touchscreen-dominated slider with a wireless charging cradle. Yeh is short on description for his concept, but going [...]
HIGHSCREEN PP5420 dual-touchscreen Android phone for Russia
Russian Android enthusiasts will apparently get a new smartphone option from next week, as Vobis Computer pledges to launch their dual-display HIGHSCREEN PP5420. The 900/2100MHz HSPA handset has a 3-inch WQVGA LCD touchscreen together with a secondary OLED navigation pad beneath it. The HIGHSCREEN PP5420 itself is seemingly an Android 1.5 version of the Mobinnova Ice, [...]
GeeksPhone One Android smartphone with TV Tuner
Spanish firm GeeksPhone have unveiled their first Android smartphone, and if you weren’t looking closely you could easily think they’d been taking part in the Andromnia project. The GeeksPhone One is a Samsung-lookalike with a 3.2-inch touchscreen, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and A-GPS. There’s also a 3.2-megapixel camera and – something HTC inexplicably left off of the [...]
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