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Gartner Says Android Grew 888% in 2010; Ate Mostly From Symbian’s Pie
According to the latest report by Gartner, Android OS grew 888% last year to gain the second position with 22.7% share in Smartphone Operating Systems. Nokia’s Symbian went down from 46.9% market share to 37.6% but still stayed on top.
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LG Releases A Weird Video To Show Off Optimus 2X
LG has released this 3 minute video to show of the power of their dual core Android based Optimus 2X phone. Something about it is just not right. It could be the music, or the video with a weird game concept with weird missions like finding the butterfly on HD screen and executing multiple apps…
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Tata Docomo launches HTC desire Smartphone in India
Tata Docomo has launched the HTC Desire Smartphone in India at a price tag of INR 28,900. The company, in a press conference held in Delhi on 16-Aug-2010 announced a partnership with HTC to launch the highly anticipated Android powered Smartphone in India.
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Tata Docomo launches first Android powered handset in India
Looks like Tata Docomo is all set to compete with the big players in India. After starting the per second billing war, they are now getting into the Smartphone market in India with the launch of Android powered Samsung Galaxy (I7500) handset. Here is a run down of the features:
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New version of Gmail for iPhone
Google has launched a new slicker and faster gmail interface for iPhone and Android devices.
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Best bug ever?
Turns out Google did a bit too much while designing Android. From what we hear Android behaves as a linux shell 24×7. So if you type any linux command it gets executed as sudo. Sounds cool, eh? Well, guess what happens when you type “reboot”? It reboots itself! The bug (feature?) affects version 1.0 TC4-RC29…
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Android Source Code now Available
The much hyped source code for the android mobile platform is now available at http://source.android.com/. Here is an intro video to the Android open source project: If you are interested in developing apps for android, visit http://code.google.com/android/.
