Let's get back to that original question: why bother having Android on a camera?
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Today, there are at least five different versions of Android on the market.
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Android proves that OEMs should NOT be software makers (as Android on most handsets is a BIG giant mess).
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The 16-megapixel Coolpix S800c camera, announced Wednesday, will be the first camera running Android on the market when it hits shelves in September.
These daily deals can be accessed via the Amazon Appstore for Android on the Kindle Fire, mobile devices, Android tablets or PCs.
Hit the source links for all of the details and expect more info on how the Echo puts Android on your HDTV soon.
Since for now the Zii EGG is aimed at developers and OEMs, it runs fairly vanilla Android on top of Creative's ZMS-05 chip.
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That sentiment has put Android on top in the United States.
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The service, which is currently only on iOS and Android on mobile games, pops up a screen with a promotion when a gamer moves up a level or achieves something else in a game.
Alcatel's cost-conscious offerings At the budget end of the smartphone spectrum, the Alcatel One Touch Ultra 995 leads the charge with a 4.3-inch display but running the older Gingerbread version of Android on a 1.4GHz processor.
The build of Android on the device is still Ice Cream Sandwich with a light skin, but we were assured an upgrade to Jelly Bean is forthcoming and, given the company's track record, we're inclined to believe it.
Consumers prefer Windows to Android on tablets by a wide margin: 46% of US consumers considering buying a tablet prefer Windows on that tablet, compared with 9% who prefer Android, according to a Forrester study conducted in January 2011.
Jelly Bean finally puts Android on a par with Apple's iOS operating system, which drives the iPhone and iPad, in two key respects: responsiveness (when the hardware is potent enough) and elimination of the constant need to resort to menus, which plagued most prior versions of Android.
Although all of the Google TV launch devices have their differences, at their core they're all running Android on an Intel CE4100 media processor, which is essentially a 1.2GHz Atom core that's been beefed up with some extra graphics hardware capable of capturing and decoding 1080p video.
Libon for Android works on Android version : 2.2 or higher and needs a minimum HVGA screen size.
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Is it any wonder that only 25% of Android handsets are on Android v 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean) given the fractured nature of the Android marketplace?
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Information which a user wants to protect is stored in a folder which is not on the Android platform but on the Linux OS, and the folder is disclosed to Android platform under a certified condition only.
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You see, rather than letting the device stay on standby like most other Android devices, Nikon uses a shut-down timer that activates once Android goes on standby.
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As for movie-watching, the experience is meant to be seamless: users can start a movie on an Android tablet, pick it up again on their TV with the Nexus Q, and then stop and pick it up again on an Android smartphone.
We had two iPhones and two Android phones between us, allowing me to test Google Maps on both the iPhone and Android and Apple's own mapping app for the iPhone. (There's no Apple app on Android.) These apps all have turn-by-turn voice navigation and will nag you with new directions if you make a wrong turn or try to go off-course.
He goes on to say how there's nothing he's seen that isn't more beautiful (than iOS and Android) on the Windows system, before claiming Android is "no contest" when it comes to the interface.
Last year, a similar survey found 47% also developing on Android, 36% on BlackBerry and 13% on Windows.
Munster notes that of the iOS developers surveyed, 55% also develop on Android, 14% on Windows and 9% on BlackBerry.
The policy spells out the fact that Google is assembling users' activity on all of its products -- from search to Gmail to phones running its Android system on smartphones.
As nice as the Nexus One is -- and in my opinion it's the nicest Android device on the market -- it makes me wonder what Google's up to with Android and why it's even in the mobile OS business, let alone selling phones directly to consumers.
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For those using Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google has also built a Keep widget, which can be placed on your Android homescreen, or on your phone or tablet's lock screen, which would enable users to add a reminder without even having to unlock their device.
Currently available on the latest version of its iPad app (and listed as "coming soon" for Android tablets on the official page an in the demo video embedded after the break), Syfy Sync will work with certain shows to pull up interactive content on your mobile device along with whatever is playing on TV.
Earlier today, we wrote about a rumor that was kicking up on a few Android blogs that Bing would be the default search engine on ALL Android smartphones for Verizon in the future.
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Additionally, we have separate, purpose-built apps for specific user segments like renters (on iPhone, Android, and Android Tablet), mortgage shoppers (on iPad and iPhone), and real estate agents (on iPhone and Android).
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