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Matt Hershenson and Joe Britt, two of the three brains behind the Sidekick and, less illustriously, the Microsoft Kin at Danger have reunited with their former party, Android boss Andy Rubin. The pair are now working within a new Google group called Android Hardware.

They pair have been at Google for the past 12 months, reunited with Rubin who left Danger in 2003 to create Android, 5 years before Microsoft acquired Danger, killed off the Sidekick and then, in turn, the Kin. After its failure, Brit and Hershenson left Microsoft on the same day. So what are they working on now?

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Keeping Android Honeycomb back for tweaking has got Google a lot of harsh press recently and that seems to have cheesed off Google’s Android head honcho, Andy Rubin. He’s taken to the official Android Developers Blog to slam the press for spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) about the OS…

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We’ve barely had time to digest news about Android Honeycomb, and already chatter is starting about the next version of Android. A leak, straight from the mouth of Android chief Andy Rubin, reveals that the next iteration of Android will be called Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

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Andy Rubin previews Android 3.0 Honeycomb in detailThe tablet craze is sweeping the floors of CES 2011 and our team is on the scene covering the breaking news. Android’s VP of Engineering, Andy Rubin, has just posted some insight to the Android 3.0 Honeycomb update scheduled to land in a few short months. There’s also a fresh video that walks you through the features coming to the first Android tablet OS.

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Yes, Android Gingerbread has only just appeared but we’re already on to craving Android Honeycomb. Google Android boss Andy Rubin showed off an Android Honeycomb Motorola Tablet at the All Things D Dive Into Mobile conference promising a release “next year”. The Android tablet OS offers up a new desktop to take advantage of the extra space a Gmail app seemingly riffing on the Gmail iPad interface and features more onscreen ways to launch search and apps. The Motorola Android tablet features no buttons, an NVIDIA chip and a “dual core 3D processor”. We’re already feeling hungry for Android Honeycomb. Are you? Hit the headline to get to the comments and let us know.

Out 2011 | £TBC | Google (via Engadget)

That Steve Jobs Android slam from Apple’s earnings call. Well, Google has swung into action with…a tweet. Andy Rubin, Google’s Android chief has put his dormant Twitter account into action to send his first tweet. So what brutal putdown did he offer to Steve Jobs, master of communication? ??Well to the untrained eye, a load of gibberish…
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