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Early Android 4.0 port for x86 tablets and laptops released
- Google is working with Intel to release a version of Android designed to run on tablets, laptops and other computers with x86 chips. They've made some progress on that front, enabling Android 2.3 to run on embedded systems powered by…
Largest domain seizure yet affects counterfeiters, pirates
- Keeping with recent tradition, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice have initiated a sweeping crackdown on websites accused of selling counterfeit goods and pirated software. ICE had performed a similar operation last year, as…
Verizon Wireless holiday ad shows Galaxy Nexus priced at $199.99
- A series of Verizon Wireless holiday ads appearing on various sites across the Internet show the phone will be available for $199.99 with a two year service agreement. The ads were first spotted by Android Police and have since shown…
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime listed on Amazon
- The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet has found its way to Amazon. The listing looks to be a placeholder as there isn’t any option to pre-order, although some of the comments in the reviews section seem to indicate the…
Rumor: 2.5GHz quad core powered HTC Zeta breaks cover
- Details have begun to emerge of what could be an upcoming handset from HTC, named the Zeta. The imagery and specifications were leaked to Engadget, which reported on it yesterday. It is still unclear whether the details of the smartphone…
Source code for Android 3.0 and 4.0 released
- Google has released the source code for its tastily titled Ice Cream Sandwich release of Android 4.0, enabling manufacturers to begin to customize it for their handsets. This is also the first version released that is optimized for both tablets…
Lenovo readies 10.1" Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with Tegra 3
- So far Asus remains the only company to officially announce a Tegra 3 based tablet but it looks like Lenovo will be joining the fray soon. According to a report on Engadget, the Chinese manufacturer is readying a new 10.1-inch…
Ice Cream Sandwich supports game controllers and HDMI
- Google Android engineer Romain Guy announced via Twitter that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will support USB game pads and HDMI. The 140 character limit message points out that users can essentially turn their Galaxy Nexus into a video game console.
Android's face unlock feature could be fooled by photo
- Face Unlock, one of the flagship features of the newly released Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" mobile operating system, enables users to unlock their phones via facial recognition rather than a PIN code or by using other security credentials. But…
Samsung Galaxy Nexus unveiled, first to run Ice Cream Sandwich
- Samsung and Google have unveiled the Galaxy Nexus smartphone at a press event in Hong Kong. The flagship handset is the first in the world to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s new mobile operating system that unifies Gingerbread…
Google and Samsung postpone release of Nexus Prime smartphone
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Google and Samsung have postponed their product launch at next week’s CTIA Fall event. Most analysts expected the duo to unveil the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime, codenamed “Nexus Prime” at the San Diego event. Neither issued a specific reason for the delay, although some in the media are suggesting...
Google guiding developers to prep for Ice Cream Sandwich
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A post on the Android developer’s blog yesterday outlines some steps that developers can take to prepare their Honeycomb tablet apps for Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The post is authored by Scott Main, lead tech writer for the developer...
Rumor: Ice Cream Sandwich coming in October
- The Android faithful may be getting their hands on the company’s next mobile operating system sooner than anticipated. If true, we should expect to see the launch of Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich as early as October.
Android 4.0 to be codenamed Ice Cream
- Android 4.0 will be codenamed Ice Cream, ARM President Tudor Brown has revealed to Forbes. Google's partners tend to have access to the Android roadmap but the codename is likely all we're going to hear about the fourth version of…
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