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Google’s Nexus tablet to launch in July, report claims

May 24, 2012
Google’s Nexus tablet will reportedly ship in June with an initial volume of 600,000 units per month, according to Digitimes. The slate, which is being co-developed by ASUS, is set to be released in July according to the report. The publications claims that Google originally planned to release its 7-inch ...

Android, iOS gain share in Q1 as Symbian, BlackBerry plummet

May 24, 2012
Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iOS platform showed big market share gains in the first quarter of 2012 as Symbian and BlackBerry shipments plummeted. Market research firm IDC on Thursday published its global smartphone market share report for the first quarter of this year, and Google’s Android was far ...

LG LS860 Leaks: LTE Phone with 5 Row Sliding QWERTY Keyboard

May 24, 2012
BriefMobile has just received a very interesting picture from a tipster, showing a brand new LG phone dubbed LG LS860 Cayenne. This is supposed to be a LTE phone on Sprint, featuring a 5 row QWERTY keyboard, with a sliding mechanism. You can see a blurry shot of the device ...

NVIDIA’s Kai strategy aims to make $199 quad-core Android tablets a reality

May 24, 2012
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang previously mentioned that more Tegra 3-powered tablets would be coming to the market this summer, starting at the low price of $199. At the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting last week, vice president Rob Csonger revealed Kai, a plan to democratize its quad-core Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip. NVIDIA ...

Samsung’s Galaxy S III smashes preorder records in U.K.

May 24, 2012
Samsung’s Galaxy S III hasn’t even launched yet and it’s already setting records. News of the high demand among carriers for the upcoming flagship Samsung smartphone emerged last week, and now U.K. carrier Vodafone has confirmed that it has received a record number of end-user preorders for the Galaxy S ...

HTC Android 4.0 Full Update List Available

May 24, 2012
After Motorola published a detailed list of the devices prone for Android 4.0 updates and the dates they’re getting the software, it’s HTC’s turn to do so. They’ve just posted an update list for the masses and you can see it below in full detail. Seventeen devices have been privileged ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 redesigned with S Pen in mind

May 24, 2012
As previously reported, after a less than stellar unveiling at Mobile World Congress in February, Samsung delayed the launch of its Galaxy Note 10.1 in order to make revisions. The original Galaxy Note 10.1 featured a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800-pixel display, a dual-core Exynos processor clocked at 1.4GHz, 1GB of RAM ...

Google did not infringe Oracle’s patents with Android

May 23, 2012
In the widely publicized patent infringement case between Google and Oracle, a San Francisco jury on Wednesday found that Google’s Android operating system does not infringe Oracle’s patents. Jurors have been dismissed and Judge William Aslup of the U.S. District court of Northern California exonerated the Internet giant of any ...

KickStarter projects looks to transform Android tablets from boring to gorgeous [video]

May 23, 2012
Google has focused a great deal of effort over the years on making its Android operating system more attractive. Android partners’ first attempts at tablets were lackluster to say the least, and while Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich have revamped the user interface, they still leave much to be desired for ...

Microsoft set to release Office for iOS and Android tablets in November

May 23, 2012
BGR has learned from a reliable source that Microsoft is currently planning to release the company’s full Office suite for not only Apple’s iPad, but for Android tablets as well. The company is targeting November of this year for both launches. Additionally, our source has seen Microsoft Office running on ...

Verizon says global capabilities coming to select Android handsets this summer

May 23, 2012
Verizon Wireless on Monday confirmed that the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX, HTC Rezound, and DROID 4 will receive global roaming capabilities later this summer, enabling the handsets to access voice and data services in more than 200 countries, Droid-Life reported. “Customers will see a notification on their device when the ...

Amazon Appstore now allows Android users to Test Drive apps

May 23, 2012
The Amazon Appstore was updated on Monday to include the company’s popular Test Drive feature on Android devices. The retail giant previously allowed users to test apps using desktop browsers prior to purchasing them, but now trials can be tested on devices. “Today we begin the beta rollout of Test ...