January 27, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
The menu button has lost its space among the elite conventions of Android UI design. What once was Menu, Back, Home, Search has become Back, Home, App Tray, and Google wants Android developers to get used to it. But should they?
Following Scott Main’s blog post on the Android Developer blog yesterday, Android fans are wondering if Google made the right decision to encourage developers to downplay t…
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January 27, 2012 | by Adrian Diaconescu
The Samsung Galaxy S II has clearly been of the most popular Android-based smartphones ever, if not the best, so it’s only natural to crave for a Galaxy S III release as soon as possible. However, even though th…
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January 27, 2012 | by Adrian Diaconescu
If you failed to pick up an HP TouchPad a few months ago when it was available for 100 bucks (granted, only for a couple of hours), you can today take advantage of a special deal and get the 10-inch tablet for……
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January 26, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
Remember all those times where we tried to play the guessing games about how many Motorola Xoom’s were shipped? Well, we don’t have to guess anymore because Motorola has finally told us – ab…
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January 26, 2012 | by Natesh Sood
If you’re looking to start a new account with Verizon Wireless, then you will definitely want to take a close look at the promotion Amazon Wireless is currently running. While supplies last, Amazon Wi…
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January 26, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
Bigger is better. Well, unless we’re talking about the Toshiba Thrive. While we had a mostly favorable review of the “Honeycomb Hulk,” certain elements of the design were a bit awkward. Mo…
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January 26, 2012 | by Jamie Maltman
I’m not the only one here at Androinica who loves Evernote, and I use it many times every day, as well as my trusty Dolphin browser. Well this week these two good friends have started working together on And…
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January 26, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
Mobile apps are already a huge industry, but there’s still plenty of room for growth. That means companies will have a need of skilled programmers and designers to develop those apps in the future. Lenov…
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January 26, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
We’ve been in the habit of reporting so much about Android’s incredible sales that it’s sometimes jarring to hear when the green bot isn’t racing towards the top. On at least one U.S.…
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January 26, 2012 | by Adrian Diaconescu
After registering what was the first profit drop in two years in the fourth quarter of 2011, HTC bosses have announced that they are planning to rethink their strategy for 2012.
Peter Chou, the HTC CEO, has state…
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January 26, 2012 | by Adrian Diaconescu
While it’s nothing out of ordinary to see a bunch of gadgets unveiled or released in Asia and especially in Japan, today seems like a special day, with not one, but two Android devices that I myself would like to…
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January 26, 2012 | by Adrian Diaconescu
Tablet prices have dropped significantly during the past few months and one of the consequences has been the e-Book readers’ decreasing popularity. However, when Toshiba is introducing an e-reader runni…
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January 25, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
SEGA is hedging its bets on Android and delivering the a new-ish game Sonic the Hedgehog. No longer just an iOS affair, Sonic 4: Episode 1 is available now in the Android Market for anyone with an urge to race throu…
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January 25, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
Lytro is a company that is gearing up to deliver a light field camera that can capture an image and then choose what to focus on later. The “shoot first, focus later” technology allows users to captu…
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January 25, 2012 | by Natesh Sood
LG’s current flagship device has made quite a name for itself over the past several months. The Optimus LTE, according to LG, has been sold over a million times in the markets in which it is available.
Th…
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