Posted by Randy Cooper March - 28 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Android Payments System Could Pit Google Against Groupon
WebProNews
We’ve known for some time that Google would be getting into the NFC-based payment realm – in other words, you will be able to go to a restaurant or store and pay with your Android smartphone by waving or tapping, as opposed to having your credit card
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 24 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Motorola Developing Web-Based OS, Still "Committed to Android"
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
A source tells InformationWeek that Motorola is working on a web-based operating system as a potential alternative to Google’s Android OS. Leading the charge is Gilles Drieu, who led Apple’s rich media and applications group and is now Motorola’s VP of
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 24 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

AT&T & Amazon to Work Together to Bring App Store to Customers
Phandroid.com
Ma Bell has gone as far as creating an entirely new site just for those who want access to the newly-launched alternate market on their Android devices. Amazon’s App Store was launched this week, but much to the dismay of every smartphone owner on AT&T
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 24 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Photo-Sharing Network Color Now Available for Android
Mashable
Shortly after its initial launch on the iPhone, photo-sharing social network Color is now available for Android devices as well. Well funded and ambitious (read our preview here), Color is already making big waves in the social networking world.
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 22 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Cobra unveils Android PhoneLynx at CTIA
Android Community
The first Mobile phone product I mentioned from the company was the iRadar for Android. Cobra has unveiled a new product at CTIA for Android folks that use a mobile phone only called PhoneLynx. PhoneLynx is a Bluetooth device that works in conjunction
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 22 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

T-Mobile’s new Android phone is a dual-core powerhouse
msnbc.com
By Rosa Golijan T-Mobile’s latest Android smartphone — the LG G2x — sounds like a powerhouse. It’s got an NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor with a dual-core CPU, a bright 4-inch display, and some preloaded games such as "Need for Speed SHIFT HD.
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 22 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Amazon’s Appstore for Android is Live
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Mar 22, 2011 5:38 AM Amazon’s Appstore for Android opened for business Tuesday offering a free paid app every day, one-click purchasing, and the ability to test drive apps before you buy making it a formidable challenger to
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 21 - 2011 2 COMMENTS

Android users still favour Froyo
The Guardian (blog)
The latest version of Google’s Android OS is 2.3 – codenamed Gingerbread – but only 1.7% of Android users have it installed on their phones, according to Google’s latest statistics. 61.3% have version 2.2 (Froyo) with another 29% on 2.1 (Eclair).
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 21 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

What if Amazon released Android Kindle tablet? | Tech Gear News
By Joe Wilcox
If you’re not asking the question, you should. It makes sense out of Amazon imminently launching an app store to rival Google’s Android Marketplace, and quite likely during this week’s CTIA Wireless.
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Posted by Randy Cooper March - 17 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

App developers fear that Android Market is pirates’ charter
TechEye
The Guardian has been chatting to Android developer Kevin Baker, who said that the combination of lack of discoverability and ease of copying and republishing is turning the Market toxic. While Apple goes to the other extreme with its pre-approval
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