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Sneak peak at Android Honeycomb [Video] We confirmed yesterday that Android Honeycomb was indeed Android 3.0. Now, just hours later Google themselves have officially confirmed this at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and have released further details and a sneak peak video of their latest version of the Android OS. Darren McCarra 2 responses 6th January 2011
Honeycomb is officially Android 3.0 There have been varying opinions of late as to whether Android Honeycomb would in fact become Android version 2.4 or 3.0. Now Asus, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer, has put all our minds at ease and confirmed Honeycomb will officially be Android 3.0. Darren McCarra No responses 5th January 2011
Toshiba joins Android tablet gold rush Recently it would seem that electronic manufacturers worldwide are queuing up to announce plans to launch their own Android-powered tablet devices. Yesterday we wrote about Vizio’s new 8 inch tablet, now Toshiba plan to launch their own 10.1 inch tablet that will become available when Android Honeycomb is officially released. Darren McCarra No responses 4th January 2011
Vizio announces Android powered smartphone and tablet Vizio, the TV manufacturer giant, have announced plans to launch their own Android powered smartphone and tablet devices. The devices are expected to be known as the VIA Phone and the VIA Tablet. Darren McCarra One response 3rd January 2011
Android surpasses Symbian to become Ireland’s second largest mobile OS According to StatCounter GlobalStats, Android OS has surpassed SymbianOS to become Ireland’s second most popular mobile operating system. iOS, the operating system found on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, is still by far the most popular mobile OS in Ireland. Darren McCarra No responses 1st January 2011
Has the Android Market surpassed 200,000 apps? Has the Android Market surpassed 200,000 apps? According to AndroLib, an Android app search directory, the number of apps available to download for the Android platform has reached 200,000. Darren McCarra No responses 29th December 2010
Android’s new Music app [Video] Leaked video footage [0:50] of the new Android Music app has emerged, offering a glimpse of some of the user interface features we can expect in Android 3.0. The video demos some of the new Music app features already revealed at this year’s Google I/O Darren McCarra No responses 28th December 2010
VLC media player coming to Android soon According to tech blog GigaOM, the team behind the popular media player VLC will release a VLC Android app in “a matter of weeks”. This follows from the release of a dedicated VLC iPad app in September of this year, with iPhone support arriving in October. Darren McCarra No responses 26th December 2010
Swype for Android available in limited beta Swype for Android is one of those killer apps that few people know about. The app replaces your default Android keyboard with a Swype keyboard and an alternative method of inputting text. Darren McCarra No responses 23rd December 2010
Zynga launches first mobile browser-based game Zynga, one of the best known social games developers, have launched a mobile browser-based version of their existing title Mafia Wars Atlantic City. The game currently has over 20 million players. Darren McCarra No responses 20th December 2010