With Android 3.0 Gingerbread set to drop in October, we’ve moved on to speculation about what sweet-toothed codename will be applied to the next Android update. Today’s rumour: Google’s going to call the Gingerbread successor, Android Honeycomb. Does that sound like a sweet idea or a saccharine step too far?
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Remember that Google announcement? The one we were hoping would feature Eric Schmidt in a suit of armour? It was to reveal Google voice actions, a new set of features for Google Voice Search that supercharges Android 2.2 Froyo with new voice commands that will leave lots of iPhone owners spitting pips. Head through to see Google voice actions at work…
The Dell Thunder, a more pocketable take on the Dell Streak, has been popped up online again. It showed up on a leaked Dell roadmap earlier this year but this time it’s in the form of an honest-to-goodness snap of the Android phone. If the size made you stop short of snapping up the Dell Streak, this slimmed down slate could be the one you’ve been waiting for…
The Motorola Droid 2, the successor to the Motorola Droid (aka Motorola Milestone), has officially broken cover on Verizon in the US after teasing us for months in shaky-handed rumour pics. With Android 2.2 Froyo onboard, the Motorola Droid 2 packs in a 3.7in touchscreen and sliding qwerty keyboard. But what else can we expect from the next generation Droid? Read more
The HTC Desire Froyo update is almost ready to touch down on Vodafone and its good news if you were left fuming by last week’s largely-unwanted Vodafone 360 update. Vodafone has just announced that its HTC Desire Froyo update will be free of Vodafone 360-branding and will remove the apps added last week…
The HP Zeen: that’s the slightly alien named slapped on the latest tablet rumoured to be on the cards from the PC and printer making powerhouse. The word is it’s not packing Windows 7 like the enterprise-bound HP Slate or one of the first webOS tablets but an Android tablet paired with a printer called Zeus. Will this Olympian effort a godly offering or a mortal error?
The HTC Desire Froyo update train hasn’t reached Vodafone yet but the arrival of a hefty download today got owners hopes up. Rather than an early Android 2.2-shaped present, it was a Vodafone firmware update with customisation from the network, bookmarks and several new apps. Cue furious HTC Desire owners…
The HTC Desire Froyo update bandwagon rolls on. Orange has offered up a time frame for delivery of the frozen OS treat to HTC Desire owners on its network. While its rivals are promising the HTC Desire Froyo update within the next few weeks, Orange has been a little more definite…