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Samsung Galaxy Tab: Meet a True iPad Challenger
We have known for a while that Samsung Galaxy Tab has been in the works. Samsung may have kept the details on this device under wraps for a while but it is finally ready to introduce the device to the public. The device, which is expected to hit the European markets in mid-September, has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with 1024×600 resolution. As reported earlier, Galaxy Tab will run Android Froyo from the get go.
Here is what you can expect to get in Galaxy Tab:
- ARM Cortex A8 1GHz Processor
- 3.2 megapixel camera
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ViewSonic’s Android Tablet Spotted?
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Dell, HTC, and Motorola are all planning Android tablets for the upcoming months. You can count ViewSonic among those companies. A 7 inch ViewSonic tablet has been in the works and is expected to make its debut in the near future. ViewPad 7 will feature 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS capability. At this point, we don’t know which version of Android will this device ship with.
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Facebook Developer Slams Android
Leave it to the good folks at Facebook to let it known how they really feel about Android. Apparently, developers are finding Android too sloppy to work with (or just blaming Android for their troubles). Joe Hewitt who has been behind Facebook’s mobile application had this gem to say about Android:
The more I work with Android the more it reminds me of Windows… as in, it’s really flexible, agnostic, and developer-friendly, but also really sloppily designed
Read MoreAndroid tools are horrendous, OS is hideous, but the absence of big brother telling me what to do gives it a slight edge,
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Motorola Goes After Android Sites
Leaks happen all the time, especially in the smart-phone industry. We all remember how Apple dealt with Gizmodo after it leaked details about iPhone 4. Apparently, Apple is not the only company that gets tough with bloggers when they leak something they shouldn’t have. Motorola seems to have started sending cease & desist letter to those sites that published details about the company’s Froyo update plans (including Froyo ROM). People give Apple a difficult time for being controlling and closed-source. Motorola devices may be using an open source mobile OS. But the company is doing the best job possible to keep people from anything that is not approved by it.
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Easy Root Removed From Android Market?
Those of you who have been searching for Easy Root have probably realized by now that something has gone awfully wrong with it. Unlike Apple iPhone, Android fans have been rooting their devices for quite some time. Android is an open software system, and these types of capabilities are to be expected. Except, Google is no more fan of rooting than Apple is of iPhone jailbreakers.
Unfortunately, as much as we want to believe that Android is truly an open system, a lot of what’s going on does depend on carriers. Verizon and other Android carriers are simply not going to stand for people getting around their systems and fees, regardless of how open Android is or how “good” Google claims to be.
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