Category Archives: Android

Myriad Alien Dalvik 2.0 Borgs Other Platforms Into the Android Collective

Posted on Monday, October 10, 2011 by MegaZone

Resistance is futile! OK, I’ll drop the Star Trek jokes, but I do think this is pretty cool. As you may or may not know the application environment for Android is called Dalvik. To simplify app creators normally write in … Continue reading →

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Woot! – Motorola XOOM 10.1” 32GB Android Tablet with Wi-Fi Just $349.99!

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Today’s Woot! deal was the first Android tablet released running Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and it still measures up to the best of the current crop in features. It is a refurbished Motorola XOOM 10.1” 32GB WiFi for only $349.99 + … Continue reading →

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Amazon Launches Three New Kindles, Including the Kindle Fire ‘Tablet’

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Amazon today launched three new Kindle models, the base Kindle, the Kindle Touch (also in 3G), and the Kindle Fire. The existing Kindle Keyboard (and 3G) and Kindle DX remain available for now. You can compare the different models by … Continue reading →

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Samsung Guns for the iPod Touch with the Samsung Galaxy 4.0 & 5.0

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by MegaZone

Since I relaunched this site in July do you know what the most popular post has been? The Woot! deal on the Samsung Galaxy S 8GB Wi-Fi from just over a week ago. I’ve been getting more hits each day … Continue reading →

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Android Continues To Gain Share

Posted on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 by MegaZone

Nielsen Wire is reporting that Android continues to gain market share in the US in August. While 43% of all US smartphone subscribers use Android, of those who acquired a smartphone in the past three months 56% selected the platform. … Continue reading →

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