Tag Archives: Android
The Jury Voted 9-3 In Favor Of Google Against Oracle
Yesterday we reported that the jury voted in favor of Google. As part of a follow-up to that article, I just wanted to add that the jury was split 9-3 in favor of Google. Jury foreman Greg Thompson spent time answering questions for reporters while Oracle’s lawyers had listened quietly. It turns out that Oracle did not have a chance to win all along. Oracle had to convince the jury that some portions of their Java APIs can be classified as protected. Google uses these APIs as the foundation for the Android operating system. Judge William Alsup even prompted to consider Java APIs as being copyrighted.
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The VIA Android PC Is Only $49
VIA is a Taiwanese hardware company that has announced a new device called the Android PC System (APC). The APC is a seven-inch ARM board that ships a custom version of the Android mobile operating system. The device will be available starting this July. Below is a list of the specs for the APC:
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Categories Android, Google Android, VIA, VIA APC
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HTC Attempting To Get Around Apple Patents By Shipping Custom Android Builds
The HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE got stuck at the border due to a delay at the U.S. Customs pending an Apple patent investigation. The HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE are now shipping with a custom version of Android to avoid infringing upon an Apple patent. The ITC is investigating whether the two phones are still in violation of Apple’s “data tapping” feature. HTC designed a U.S. only settings screen that is not present on the international version of the HTC One X.
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Categories Android, Google Android, HTC, HTC EVO 4G, HTC One X
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Samsung Galaxy S III Confirmed As Official Olympic Phone
Last month, it was rumored that the Samsung Galaxy S III would be the official smartphone of the 2012 summer Olympics. Visa announced has officially announced that the S III would be the official London 2012 Olympic Games smartphone. Visa will provide NFC payments to athletes while they are competing in the city. The S III is Samsung’s flagship Android smartphone.
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Categories Android, Google Android, London 2012 Olympics, Samsung Galaxy S III, Visa
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Flipboard For Android Leaks
Flipboard for Android has been leaked for all Android users to download. Flipboard launched for the Samsung Galaxy S III late last week. Now it is unofficially available for everyone. The app was supposed to be exclusive for the S III for a set amount of time, but the 2.32MB APK went on XDA-Dev this morning, which can be installed on any Android device. If you go to XDA, you will see that forum user Valcho uploaded the APK. If you visit this website from your phone’s browser, you can download the file and it should prompt you to install the app. If you visit the forum from a desktop browser, then you can download the file and get it to your phone by e-mailing it to yourself or putting it on Dropbox and accessing the file from your phone.
Categories Android, Flipboard, Google Android
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Jury Finds Google Android Infringes Oracle’s Java Copyrights
A U.S. jury has found that Google Android is infringing on Oracle’s Java API copyrights. This gives Oracle a partial victory in the first part of a three-part trial against Google. The jury at a U.S. District Court in San Francisco was asked four questions about copyrights in Java code that is being used in Android.
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Categories Android, Google, Google Android, Judge William Alsup, Oracle Corporation
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson May Not Know How Android Gets Updated
How and when does Android phones get updated? When AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was speaking at a conference in Los Angeles, he said that “Google determines what platform gets the newest releases and when. A lot of times, that’s a negotiated arrangement and that’s something we work at hard.” Google was clearly surprised by the answer AT&T gave because they make the latest Android updates available to anyone who wants it on their website.
Categories Android, AT&T, AT&T Inc., Google, Google Android, Randall Stephenson
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Former Sun CEO Says Google Did Not Need Licenses To Use Java APIs For Android
Two former Sun Microsystems CEOs were witnesses in the lawsuit between Google and Oracle Corporation. The two had opposing views about how Sun saw the Java language being used by Google. Sun’s last CEO Jonathan Schwartz believed that Google was free to use parts of Java when building Android.
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Categories Android, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc.
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First Google Phone Prototype Looked Like A BlackBerry
The court battle between Oracle and Google has caused some documents to be opened up containing photos of the first Android prototype from 2006. This phone was a prototype for a “Google Mass Market Phone” and it shows a portrait QWERTY keypad with a landscape screen on top. The 2006 prototype would have had a 200MHz ARM Cortex v9 processor, 64MB RAM, 3G connection, USB connectivity, Bluetooth 1.2, miniSD memory expansion, and 2 megapixel camera on the back. “At Google, we believe we can be successful in transforming the mobile experience-in the same way we have revolutionised the fixed internet experience,” stated Google in a document from back in 2006. Google never released this prototype, but they did approach T-Mobile USA with this device and was considering releasing it for $9.99 per month with an unlimited data plan.
Categories Android, Google, Oracle Corporation, T-Mobile
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Instagram For Android Surpasses 10 Million Downloads
On April 10th, we reported that Instagram surpassed 5 million downloads on Android. Today if you check out the Instagram app on Google Play, you will notice that Instagram has passed 10 million downloads. Not bad considering that Instagram launched for Android about 22 days ago. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion six days after it launched on Android.
Categories Android, Facebook, Google Android, Instagram
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