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[9 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
Ever-Popular iPhone Named Top Smartphone. Again

The Verizon iPhone 4 allowed the iPhone to act like a phone again. Photo: Jonathan Snyder/Wired.com The iPhone undoubtedly is among the most popular phones ever, and yet another survey shows it continues resonating with consumers. In J.D.

[2 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
Amazon tablet revealed; forks older Android and replaces Google marketplace

MG Siegler has beheld the legendary Amazon tablet . It is 7″ big and has multitouch, a full-color backlit screen, Android, and a $250 price tag. Hardware-wise, then, it’s rather like the Nook Color.

[2 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
Android 2.3.6 begins rolling out to Samsung Nexus S, fixes voice search concerns

If you’ve been one of the unlucky folks who’ve been experiencing issues with the voice search on your Samsung Nexus S , fortune may be coming your way this weekend in the form of an OTA update . Android 2.3.6, which aims to fix the voice search bug (other improvements haven’t been detailed yet, aside from “security patches”), has officially begun rolling out to the device.

[1 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]
HTC Reveals New AT&T-Exclusive Tablet

The HTC Jetstream will cost $699, plus a contract data plan through AT&T. Image courtesy of AT&T. HTC debuted its new tablet product on Wednesday, the Jetstream 4G. It will be available September 4 for $700, exclusive to AT&T’s wireless network .

[29 Aug 2011 | No Comment | ]
Modders Slap Popular Android Hack on HP’s TouchPad

It was only a matter of time before the hacks for HP’s now defunct tablet started to roll in. Android-modding group CyanogenMod released a video of its popular aftermarket software running on HP’s TouchPad tablet, a product which normally runs webOS — not Android — as its primary operating system. “Our ultimate vision is to create a multiboot solution where the end user will be able to boot into WebOS, Cyanogenmod, and/or other OSes,” the CyanogenMod team said in a statement to Android-enthusiast blog RootzWiki . Essentially, the team wants the TouchPad to be a blank slate, so to speak, able to run multiple operating systems indiscriminately.