Tag Archives: Google Android
Fake Siri App Gets Added To Android
A company called Official App has added an app to the Android Market called Siri for Android. The funny thing about this app is that it simply opens the “Google Voice Actions” app within Android. Clearly this is a gag app and fortunately it is free. This app has been installed on between 1,000-5,000 phones. I doubt Google will remove the app since this is the type of thing an Android owner can use to show off if an iPhone 4S owner says “Look my phone has Siri!” [The Next Web]
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List Of LG Phones That Will Receive Android 4.0 Update
LG updated their Facebook page to announced which of their phones will receive an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system update. “LG will be offering the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) OS upgrade for a range of LG smart-phones which were introduced this year. The global upgrade schedule will begin in the second and third quarters of 2012, which will be followed by a global rollout.” This is the list of phones that will be receiving the update:
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Oracle’s Patent Claims Gets Rejected By USPTO
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has rejected Oracle’s patent claims against Google. On December 20th, the U.S. Patent office issued a rejection in the reexamination of Oracle’s U.S. Patent number 6,192,476. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had rejected 17 out of the 21 claims about the patent in discussion including 7 of the patent’s independent claims. Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google in 2010 over patents and copyright infringement within Java over the Android operating system.
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Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone and 7-Inch Galaxy Tab Will Not Be Getting Android 4.0 Update
Samsung has just announced some bad news for the people that own the Galaxy S and the Galaxy Tab tablet. These devices will not be getting Android 4.0. Although the numbers sold of the Galaxy Tab are unknown, we know that the Galaxy S has sold about 10 million units. The Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab are not getting Android 4.0 because it does not have enough RAM and ROM to run alongside TouchWiz. Many people bought the devices with the expectation that they came equipped with powerful enough hardware to receive some of the latest Android updates including Ice Cream Sandwich. This news is relevant to an article I wrote earlier about the Google Android Update Alliance with telecommunication companies starting to fizzle.
This Is An Intel Smartphone Prototype
In a world where Apple, BlackBerry, Samsung, HTC, and Motorola have been reigning supreme in the smartphone market, Intel is the latest challenger. In the past, Intel has sat on the sidelines only to provide the internal parts to these smartphone manufacturers. Above is a photo of a smartphone prototype that has been developed by Intel and runs on the Android operating system. This concept phone currently has the code-name “Medfield” and we may even see it at CES.
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Google Activating 700,000 New Android Devices Per Day
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) SVP of Mobile Andy Rubin has announced that “there are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day.” They count each device only once and they do not count re-sold devices. An activation means that you go into a store, buy the device, and put it on the network. To put that number into further perspective, it means that about 5 million Android devices are being activated per week, 21 million per month, and about 250 million per year. [9to5Google]
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British Telecom Suing Google Over 6 Patents
Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, and eBay are all suing Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) over patent infringement against Android. Now British Telecommunications plc have filed a lawsuit against Google over patent infringement against Android.
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Facebook Releases Timeline For iPhone and Android Daily Active Users Grows At A Rapid Pace
The Facebook for Android mobile application has finally surpassed iOS, which clearly indicates how fast Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is closing on the iPhone’s domination. The Android app launched in September 2009, which is more than a year after the iPhone Facebook app was released.
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Microsoft To Continuously Release Software On Other Mobile Platforms
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been putting a lot of their software on non-Microsoft mobile platforms. For example, Microsoft recently released SkyDrive for the iPhone, OneNote for the iPad, Kinectimals for iOS, Lync for Android, and Hotmail for Android. Microsoft Senior Director of Office 365 Tom Rizzo said that they plan to submit more software on various mobile platforms in 2012.
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Google Android Update Alliance With Telecommunication Companies Starts To Fizzle
This past May Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced a partnership at the I/O conference that they have made a deal so that any new Android phone would receive OS updates for at least 18 months following the launch. The partnership is called the Google Update Alliance. Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sony Ericsson are a part of the Update Alliance. Sony Ericsson is the only company that has kept up with the partnership. In fact Sony Ericsson released new versions of Android to all phones that are less than 18 months.
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