Monthly Archives: January 2011

Things We Missed, You Shouldn’t Jan. 31

More Android news we just couldn’t quite get around to. Bang it below for the goods on Notion Ink shipment delays, LG’s NFC payment plans, and Google’s search for in-house app developers. Droid-Life: HTC Droid Incredible running Honeycomb port , Verizon drops protection plan prices , and list of all rebate vs no rebate devices . Continue reading

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Could this be Google’s Super Bowl Ad?

Super Bowl XLV is less than a week away, and while the the big show will feature the Green Bay Packers facing off against the Pittsburg Steelers, there is another event we always seem to watch for. No, I’m not talking about the as-of-lately ho-hum halftime shows, either. For whatever reason, the Super Bowl is the one day of the year people actually get amped up about commercials, and while you can expect many companies to spend their millions of dollars for 30 seconds of ad space on exciting spots that go pop, bang, boom, if this little video that was recently discovered happens to be Google’s pitch they are going for a slightly more subdued approach. Continue reading

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Gingerbread web browser security flaw exposed, and explained (us, worry?)

Back before Thanksgiving, we reported about an Android security flaw in the stock web browser that allowed an attacker to get contents of your SD card if he or she knew the full path to the files. That flaw was fixed in Gingerbread, and all was well with the world blogosphere. But, lo and behold, someone has found a way to work around the new patch, and the Gingerbread browser is just as vulnerable (with a different method) as before the patch. And we’re still not worried. Yes, this needs to be addressed. Yes, you’re likely going to have issues getting any patch because your carrier and manufacturer will be involved to help slow down the process. But let’s put things in perspective a bit. The Android browser allows for file downloads and javascript execution — it wouldn’t be much of a browser without those features. Android also gives us an unsecure place to store files — the SD card (or equivalent). If you go to a website, and click a link, some code can be run that looks for files by name and can pull them from your card. If it doesn’t know the name, it doesn’t find the files Continue reading

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Sony Ericsson ‘Vivaz 2′ to be Xperia Neo? Launching Alongside Xperia Arc and Play

The next generation of Sony’s Vivaz handsets most likely won’t be carrying the name any farther than some fading rumors, as new whispers from inside SE are suggesting the device first leaked not long ago will launch under the name Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. This shouldn’t be too surprising. Continue reading

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DYZPlastic Previews Android Mini Collectible Series 02

The first round of these little suckers were real fan favorites, so DYZPlastic is back with Series 02 of their Android Mini Collectibles. The small vinyl toys feature various designs and decos from contributing artists, and this year’s bunch even includes a figure drawn up by Google themselves. That would be the above Greeneon, a translucent version of our favorite robot Andy Continue reading

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Use Chrome? Love Android? Look Here.

If you’ve got all your gadgets Googled out, chances are you’re rockin’ an Android Phone and browsing the web with Google Chrome. Some of you may not know that your Android obsession can transcend mobile and land directly on your browser… and in your GMAIL! The folks over at ChromeSpot are helping you get your Android on within the confines of Chrome. If you want to go for pure aesthetics, look no further than Android Theme for Chrome and the Android Theme for GMail Continue reading

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Long Tweets are Long: TweetDeck Introduces Deck.ly, Updates Android App

Twitter was designed to allow you to communicate your thoughts, feelings, and current status in 140 characters. That’s the whole point of Twitter, right? Short, succinct communication. Continue reading

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2 Million Galaxy Tabs Sold? Not Quite, Consumer Purchases Much Lower

Samsung has been known to fudge the reality of their sales figures a bit, quoting units shipped to retailers as units “sold.” This is nothing new or all that suspicious; the implication is that if retailers are buying up items like the Samsung Galaxy Tab at a rate of 2 million units in the first four months after launch the Android tablet must be moving quite well from shelves. Continue reading

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That NOOKcolor Honeycomb Port Shown Off on Video

Late last week we brought you word of a pretty non-functional version of Honeycomb user deeperblue of the xda-developers forums had ported over to the NOOKcolor. While even more progress has been made, it still needs some work. And don’t expect to put this on your NOOK just yet Continue reading

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