Today T-Mobile is announcing a new MyTouch Android device featuring HD video recording, video chat, and 4G-like HSPA+ internet speeds. You should also notice some expanded HSPA+ coverage in a number of new Cities! See below for the full press release: …. T-Mobile USA, Inc. will be announcing a new addition to its exclusive line of Android™-powered T-Mobile® myTouch® smartphones and the continued expansion of its new super-fast HSPA+ mobile broadband network. Built with families …
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Microsoft Sues Motorola over their Android Implementation
You might remember a while back when HTC got some flack for violating a number of Microsoft’s patents in their implementation of Google Android on their Android phones. Microsoft and HTC settled the dispute with a deal where HTC would have to pay Microsoft a certain amout of licensing fees for every Android phone that they sold. Now it’s Motorola’s turn, as Microsoft has decided to sue them for patent infringement now. We can probably …
Continue readingSamsung Tab Event (Video)
Thursday night, Vin Rock of Naughty by Nature and I went to the Samsung Experience Store in Columbus Circle, Manhattan, NY to check out the new Samsung Tab 7″ Android-powered Tablet that they were announcing. The device is a nice size. It’s smaller than normal Windows 7 Tablet PCs, and smaller still than the Apple iPad. Yet it’s plenty bigger than the Pocket PCs, and 4.3″ screened monster phones that are so popular today. The …
Continue readingWhen Silent Mode Isn’t Silent
One of the things that may be confusing for newer Android users is the Silent mode. If you’re on the home screen and use the volume buttons to enter silent mode (or use any other possible toggle switch or widget you might have), that may not actually mean “no sounds.” Say you’re at a conference listening to a speaker that really doesn’t apply to you, but you have to be there anyway, so you’re thinking …
Continue readingAndroid Fail: Multitasking (Updated with Apology)
Update: Apology… I sincerely apologize for erroneously portraying what happens when you don’t wait for a phone to boot up as a problem with multitasking, and please allow me to clarify the intentions behind the article in question. Many suggested that I wait for the media scanner to finish before attempting to use the device since clearly that process was not finished and that’s what was slowing the operating system down. In other words: do …
Continue readingSamsung Kies Galaxy S (Video)
You may have recently heard about the secret Galaxy S Android desktop syncing software. It sounds like it could have been a pretty good sync solution. It certainly seems to be more feature-rich than the other sync options, and I especially like the text message archiving/printing features. We took it for a test drive with the Samsung Vibrant, and here’s how it went. Originally published on Pocketnow on July 24, 2010. More Android articles from …
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