Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets priced in Germany and France, could start at €479

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets priced in Germany and France, could start at €479:

Though everyone expected it to be officially unveiled on August 15 in yet another grand event, Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 10.1 arrived a bit earlier, undercutting our predictions by more than a week.

IDC: Android jumps to 68.1% global market share, iOS slips to 16.9%

IDC: Android jumps to 68.1% global market share, iOS slips to 16.9%:

According to IDC, Android and iOS now represent 85% of the 152 million smartphones sold in Q2 2012, globally. But while the iPhone kept growing in raw numbers, it couldn’t keep up with Android, and its market share slipped from 18.8% to 16.9%.  The iPhone has always been around 20% market share or lower

HTC’s rumored 5-inch phone gets its name

HTC’s rumored 5-inch phone gets its name:

When you’re fighting for your life, it’s worth giving it your all and a little bit more. That’s apparently what HTC is doing, as it tries to pull out all the stops for the successor to its last flagship phone, the One X. We’ve seen reports that the phone may come with a 5-inch display, which should put it almost at mini-tablet

iPad vs Kindle Fire: Apple tablet wins by a small margin in customer satisfaction survey

iPad vs Kindle Fire: Apple tablet wins by a small margin in customer satisfaction survey:

We have another comparison between tablets coming out from the folks over at comScore, a customer satisfaction survey performed on a 3-month rolling sample of 6,000 U.S. tablet owners (slates measuring 7

Google Maps expands live traffic reports to over 130 new U.S. cities

Google Maps expands live traffic reports to over 130 new U.S. cities:

There was a time when going out the door and planning which route you were going to take was a bit of a guessing game. In those days of old, you were clueless about whether the route you planned on taking would

Who will win the Apple vs Samsung patent war? And what’s next?

Who will win the Apple vs Samsung patent war? And what’s next?:

Where did it all go wrong? Apple and Samsung were once the perfect couple, but it seems theirs was a marriage of convenience. A long, drawn-out, and deeply bitter divorce has seen the gloves come off, as

Overclocked 1.64GHz Nexus 7 dwarfs all competitors in Quadrant benchmark

Overclocked 1.64GHz Nexus 7 dwarfs all competitors in Quadrant benchmark:

The Nexus 7 got a slightly weaker version of the Tegra 3 SoC, clocked at 1.2 GHz, compared to say the one in the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, which reaches 1.6 GHz, or the one in the HTC One X, which

Android to expand to digicams with Nikon Coolpix S800

Android to expand to digicams with Nikon Coolpix S800:

I’ve always thought that cameras in mobile phones are an interesting evolution. But what if it were the other way around: mobile phone features in cameras? It seems digital cameras are already mutating into mobile phones, too. Or at least with Nikon using Android to power their upcoming Coolpix S800, the platform is starting to go beyond smartphones and tablets.

T-Mobile starts selling Galaxy Note and myTouch phones today

T-Mobile starts selling Galaxy Note and myTouch phones today:

History buffs probably know that August 8 was the date that the famous Great Train Robbery took place back in 1963. Fast forward to the present time, today should go down in history as the day that, umm, the Samsung Galaxy Note, along with two myTouch phones, finally goes on sale on T-Mobile.
As the world’s first phablet, a term that was coined especially for the device, the Galaxy Note still hasn’t lost much of its shine – despite the fact that a sequel is coming out soon. If you’ve been waiting for the GSM version of the Galaxy Note, here’s your chance to snag one from T-Mobile. It will cost you $250 with two-year contracts and after $50 mail-in rebate.
Here are the specs of the Galaxy Note:

• 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor
• 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED
• 1GB RAM
• 16GB onboard storage
• microSD card slot
• 8MP rear camera and 2mp front-facing camera
• 2,500mAh battery
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

The other two new offerings from T-Mobile today are the myTouch and myTouch Q. Both phones are similar in specs, except for the physical QWERTY keyboard you’ll find the myTouch Q is sporting. The myTouch phone is being sold for $50 with the standard two-year contract and after a mail-in rebate.
As for the specs of myTouch, here they are once more:

• Single-core 1.4GHz processor
• 4-inch WVGA display
• 5MP rear camera with a dedicated shutter button
• Front-facing camera
• 4G connectivity
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Are you interested in getting any of the three devices?

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I can’t believe it’s not Jelly Bean, says Apex Launcher beta user

I can’t believe it’s not Jelly Bean, says Apex Launcher beta user:

Let’s add another one to the list of home screen launchers that have incorporated elements of Android 4.1

Namco Bandai may be joining the party, Ouya partnership in active discussion

Namco Bandai may be joining the party, Ouya partnership in active discussion:

In a world full of major gaming players like Sony and Microsoft, it’s hard to think that a little Rubik’s-Cube-shaped $99 Android gaming system could have even the slightest chance. Against the odds, Ouya has

Kaspersky Labs warns new wave of ZitMo Android attacks might be imminent

Kaspersky Labs warns new wave of ZitMo Android attacks might be imminent:

While Android may be a great platform when it comes to its open nature and flexibility, it does have one area where it doesn’t shine so brightly, malware. No mobile platform is truly safe from malware and spyware, but it’s Android and Blackberry devices that have been mostly targeted by several security problems over the

Motorola Photon Q might be released on August 19

Motorola Photon Q might be released on August 19:

Folks, we may have hit a breakthrough on the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE’s release date. Thanks to Phone Dog’s trusted source, you can now circle August 19 on your non-digital calendar as the launch date of the Photon Q on Sprint. While it’s not official yet and Sprint has yet to confirm, it’s better than the “coming very soon” information that we’ve been hearing about for the past weeks.

Ringbow – a wearable D-Pad solution for Android devices

Ringbow – a wearable D-Pad solution for Android devices:

When it comes to mobile gaming, many feel that touchscreen controls are the one thing holding the experience back. With quad-core ARM processors and higher-end graphics, mobile games are starting to look every bit as capable as many console games, but controlling your character with touch alone just doesn’t seem to get the job done right.

Smartphone Santa, here’s our Samsung Galaxy Note 2 wishlist

Smartphone Santa, here’s our Samsung Galaxy Note 2 wishlist:

I can’t speak for others, but the way I see things, one dark side to daily covering Android news is that you often feel somewhat disappointed when new devices are officially announced, especially if the device in