That sentiment has put Android on top in the United States.
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To get around this, researchers Tilo Muller, Michael Spreitzenbarth and Felix Freiling from FAU put Android phones in a freezer for an hour until the device had cooled to below -10C.
But considering that this is positioned to put Android into the hands of those who aren't exactly champing at the bit to spend a month's wages on a phone, we'd say it's a huge step in the right direction.
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But there are a number of reasons why Apple is unlikely to ever put iTunes onto Android devices.
Strong focus on marketing the Android ecosystem will put the right emphasis on solving key problems, like the mess in the Android update process.
This tactic has put a price on Android, which Google gives away free.
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Regardless of what happens, we wouldn't put it past hackers Android programming aficionados to come up with a way of taking advantage of this.
Is it just another Android handset put out so there's something with the Sony name available at a lower price point than the Z?
Meanwhile, we applaud SE for the work it's put in to make Android usable and run smoothly on this small package, albeit the occasional slow wake up.
The perils of that mobile operating system are well-known -- namely, inconsistent UI skins -- but that's all the more reason for manufacturers to continue to align with Android and put an individual stamp on their tablet wares.
This would prevent Samsung from leveraging its growing clout in the Android market and put a cap on its market share growth potential in the future.
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PocketNow recently put a Nexus One with Android 2.2 through a series of speed tests against an iPhone 3GS and and HTC HD2 running Opera for Windows Mobile.
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Going with Android would have put Nokia in direct competition with not only Samsung and HTC, but also Sony, LG and a horde of handset manufacturers in the emerging markets.
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CloudCar calls out for attention as the most distinctive: going beyond the existing BlueLink system, it pairs the car's infotainment unit with at least a Jelly Bean-equipped Android phone to put an always-online interface in front of the driver.
Unlike Apple, which places increasingly tight control over what people can put on iPads, Google seems to want as many outsiders as possible to put anything they want on Android, with the fastest possible velocity of successful apps moving through the system (love an app, and you can automatically Tweet a link to its app store location).
Apple, RIM, and the vendors producing Android-based smartphones have put noticeable pressure on Nokia, the overall market leader.
The rumor out of Spain (and a totally plausible rumor at that) is that Motorola's abandoning Symbian altogether to put most of its eggs in the Android basket.
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"What Facebook wants is to put itself at the front of the Android user experience for as many Facebook users as possible and make Facebook more elemental to their customers' experience, " said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin.
The company had a BlackBerry browser in the works last year, but put it on hold to focus on its Android and iPhone products.
This phone reeks of TouchWiz -- whatever Android elements Samsung hasn't put a glossy coat of paint on, it's replaced altogether: WiFi and Bluetooth settings are standard to the TouchWiz UI, as are the media player, and most dramatically the 5 megapixel camera.
To put is in as few words as possible: Android users need security software, and AVG has been there in a big way.
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Update: Later, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times weighed in with similar reports, but essentially, it sounds less like a fundamentally new version of Android than a tweaked version that will simply put Facebook services front and center on the screen.
However, earlier in December Snapchat did issue a patch for a bug that put permanent versions of unwatched videos into the media gallery on Android phones.
To put it plainly, Jelly Bean is the best version of Android Google has ever released, and on the Nexus 7, the OS feels tailored for this device.
Google is in the process of completing its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings , which will push it even more into the smartphone sector, where its Android operating system has been successful, and will put Google in even closer, more direct competition with Apple .
The Android app was upgraded to, among other things, put less drain on battery life.
GenWi has already put 300 apps into the iTunes store and another 900 into the Android Market.
Accel Telecom wants to take you back there with the Voyager, an Android smartphone with car-centric functions that can stay put in your vehicle.
Early on in my tenure, we saw that Android would be the mass market platform that we wanted to put our support behind.
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Some suggested the decision to offer the Windows Phone operating system only on its top-end phones had put it at a disadvantage against rivals whose bestselling models are powered by Android.
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