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Prices for the HTC HD2 and Motorola Cliq XT Leak Out
PUBLISHED: 3/2/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
T-Mobile USA is expected to launch two more smartphones in the near future, and though it hasn't officially announced what it is going to charge for the HTC HD2 and the Motorola Cliq XT, an unofficial report reveals these prices.
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Teksoft BlueInput Lets Android OS Smartphones Use Bluetooth Keyboards
PUBLISHED: 3/1/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Teksoft has released a Bluetooth driver that allows users to connect a Bluetooth Keyboard to their Android-powered device. BlueInput is relatively inexpensive and works with a variety of smartphones and keyboards.
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Verizon Could Launch the Google Nexus One in Only a Few Weeks
PUBLISHED: 2/27/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Last month, Google promised that the Nexus One will be released by Verizon sometime this spring. An unconfirmed report may have revealed the exact day the flagship Android OS smartphone will hit store shelves... and it's just around the corner.
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Future Android-Based Tablets from Dell Will Have Larger Displays
PUBLISHED: 2/26/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Dell's first tablet computer running Google's Android OS, the Mini 5, will be only the starting point -- the company plans to introduce tablets with larger touchscreens that will be more direct competitors for the Apple iPad.
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Verizon's Android-Powered Motorola Devour Debuts Exclusively at Best Buy Stores
PUBLISHED: 2/25/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
The Motorola Devour, Verizon's third smartphone running Google's Android OS, is being released today. At launch, the only brick-and-mortar store offering this mid-range device with a sliding keyboard is Best Buy, but a few other online retailers have it as well.
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iPhone Beat Out Windows Mobile in 2009, but Both Trailed Symbian and BlackBerry
PUBLISHED: 2/23/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
The global smartphone market last year grew around 24% last year, and virtually all the smartphone platforms saw increased sales. The notable exception was Microsoft's Windows Mobile, which dropped below Apple's iPhone OS for the first time.
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Google Earth Now Available for the Android OS
PUBLISHED: 2/23/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
A version of Google Earth has been released for smartphones running Google's own Android OS. This free app acts as a sort of "virtual globe", allowing users to look at satellite images from around the world.
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Dell's Android-Powered Mini-Tablet Could Be a Serious Rival for the iPad
PUBLISHED: 2/22/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
The Apple iPad has garnered a great deal of attention, but Dell is working on a device that will offer many of the same features in a more pocketable design. The Mini 5 will run Google's Android OS on a 1 GHz processor and sport a 5-inch touchscreen.
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T-Mobile myTouch Slide Might Not Debut Until Mid May
PUBLISHED: 2/22/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Details of T-Mobile's third Android OS-based smartphone with a sliding keyboard and HVGA touchscreen have been slipping out for some time now, but this model -- which may be called the my Touch Slide -- reportedly won't be introduced for several more months.
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Skyfire Accelerates Developing Web Browser for the Android OS
PUBLISHED: 2/22/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Skyfire has been working on a version of its high-end web browser for Android OS, and to facilitate this process has recently acquired kolbysoft, maker of the Steel browser for Google operating system.
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Motorola Droid Available for $50 to New Verizon Customers
PUBLISHED: 2/21/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
The Motorola Droid is one of the most popular Android OS devices available. This high-end smartphone normally sells for $200 with a two-year contract, but new Verizon customers can get it for a quarter of that.
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Mobile World Congress 2010 Wrap Up: New Operating Systems and Smartphones
PUBLISHED: 2/19/2010  BY: Dragan Petric
In addition to the premiers of numerous smartphones, this year's enormous telecommunications tradeshow in Barcelona was marked by the launches of new operating systems, expansion in mobile application production, and speeches from industry luminaries.
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