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LG launches first-timers’ Android smartphone with capacitive screen

Korean electronics giant LG continues the torrent of Android smartphone releases of late with a new compact model aimed at first-time users. The new Optimus Me features Google’s Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system, along with a 2.8-inch capacitive-touchscreen LCD panel and 600MHz processor. The phone features a 3MP image sensor, 1280mAh Lithium-ion battery and comes [...]

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Why Android is good – and bad – for smartphones and tablets

Google is probably the one brand Apple is keeping more than just a weather-eye on at the moment. Despite basking in the glory of its latest iPad release, is it possible the iconic brand is just keeping the home fires burning long enough to make Google cosy in the top chair? Google’s meteoric rise in [...]

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Blackberry expands PlayBook with Android apps

Smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has moved to plug up the gap in PlayBook’s application roster by bringing Android to its iPad tablet rival. The company announced this morning that it will be providing its upcoming Tablet devices with what it calls “app players”, in effect, run-time environments that enable the PlayBook to run [...]

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HTC launches Incredible S smartphone in India

Smartphone maker HTC has announced the availability of the Incredible S in India. The Android phone features a four-inch capacitive touchscreen LCD panel, powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm single-core MSM8255 processor and runs Google’s Android 2.2 operating system but expects to be upgraded to Honeycomb (Android 3.0). HTC has announced the phone will sell for [...]

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HTC to launch Flyer tablet in US April: report

Smartphone maker HTC is expected to launch its first Android tablet into the US market in April, according to a Taiwanese news source. The HTC Flyer is a seven-inch Android 2.3 tablet and is expected to launch in small numbers in the US no later than early April. According to the report in Digitimes.com, problems [...]

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