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Sprint Offers HTC Hero Owners Android 2.1 Update, with Warning

Sprint released a firmware update to Android 2.1, code-named ??½clair, to HTC Hero owners May 19. Before updating the Google OS, however, users will...

Google Android 2.2 Launches with More Speed, Support for Flash, Remote Wipe

Google May 20 launched Android 2.2 at its Google I/O developer conference, bringing Adobe Flash 10.1, greater performance and enterprise capabilities to a mobile...

Android, RIM, Apple Pushed Best Smartphone Quarter Since 2006

Smartphone-focused phone vendors such as BlackBerry-maker RIM and iPhone-maker Apple helped to drive up worldwide mobile phone sales, and smartphone sales in particular, Gartner...

OnStar to Demo on Android App for Chevy Volt at Google I/O

General Motors May 18 said it is adding navigation features for its Chevrolet Volt application that help users track their vehicles using cars on...

Kindle for Android Coming, Says Amazon

Amazon.com may emphasize-in every venue it can-the popularity of its Kindle e-reader device. But with the May 18 announcement that free Kindle e-reader software...

HTC Unveils Wildfire Android 2.1 Smartphone for Teens

With the May 17 introduction of the Wildfire, popular mobile device maker HTC announced it will be pitching its Android-based smartphone experience to younger...

HP Labs Touts Gloe Location App for Android, BlackBerry

Hewlett-Packard won't be mistaken for a bastion of cutting-edge Web 2.0 applications, but researchers at HP Labs are working to change that position.HP's Social...

Android 2.2, Google TV Expected at Google I/O

The Google I/O conference launches May 19 and, years later, industry watchers may look back on this instance of this increasingly popular event as...

Google, Flush with Android Success, Plans New Computing Platform

More than 65,000 smartphones running Google's Android OS are being shipped each day, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during an annual shareholders meeting May...

Google Android Tablet on Verizon Is a Logical Response to Apple’s iPad

If the latest rumors of a tablet tie-up with Google are true, Verizon Wireless seems to be looking to be to Google's Android platform...