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#3061
It looks as if carriers are tightening up and preventing installation of mobile-hotspot apps via the market:


http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/02/c...n-on-our-mobil

Thank goodness for 'side-loading' though this really bites for the lay-person.
 

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The next Android is indeed called 'Ice Cream Sandwich'. A slip by the infamous Romain Guy has alluded to the name:

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog...wich-name-tag/

Damn, I'm craving ice-cream all of a sudden...
 

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This looks like a great app for listening to podcasts: Doggcatcher

http://lifehacker.com/#!5797704/dogg...er-for-android
MARKET LINK: https://market.android.com/details?i...ggcatcher.v1_0

It gets very high praise by the article author and may be worth a try.

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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
This looks like a great app for listening to podcasts: Doggcatcher

http://lifehacker.com/#!5797704/doggcatcher-is-a-powerful-podcast-downloader-and-manager-for-android
MARKET LINK: https://market.android.com/details?i...ggcatcher.v1_0

It gets very high praise by the article author and may be worth a try.
I'm surprised you only saw this app now. This was the FIRST app I ever purchased back when I first got my Android... and it's the only app that I found suitable as a replacement for gPodder on my N800. Up until then, I'd always used my N800's gPodder--but this, combined with Android's excellent A2DP support, made it easy to switch over. I'm quite a happy, DAILY user of this app. (Well, more like THROUGHOUT the day--since I download CNN/FOX/CBC/BBC hourly news as podcasts to keep up-to-date with this app.
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The Galaxy Tab 8.9 gets a [very] brief hands-on video:

http://www.thegalaxytab.com/2011/05/...eo-in-germany/

Nothing particularly new, but it looks like it's functioning well.
 

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The Galaxy S II has gained 200,000 pre-orders in South Korea alone in the first hour of sales:


http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/05/sam...ders-in-korea/

This is pretty incredible. Samsung hopes to sell 10M units this year, which is looking like an attainable goal -- especially so with the world market in the picture. Something tells me that this will be a big seller.
 

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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
The Galaxy S II has gained 200,000 pre-orders in South Korea alone in the first hour of sales: This is pretty incredible.

Samsung hopes to sell 10M units this year, which is looking like an attainable goal -- especially so with the world market in the picture. Something tells me that this will be a big seller.
Incredible indeed.
But why is Samsung aiming low with only 10M units? The Galaxy S family achieved that before the end of 2010 ... is there a shortage of parts (SAMOLED+, Exynos, parts from Japan) ??

The iPhone 4 hit 30M shipped units in 6 months if I recall correctly.
I wonder if Samsung has published their set-goal for their Galaxy Tabs.
 

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Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
Incredible indeed.
But why is Samsung aiming low with only 10M units? The Galaxy S family achieved that before the end of 2010 ... is there a shortage of parts (SAMOLED+, Exynos, parts from Japan) ??

The iPhone 4 hit 30M shipped units in 6 months if I recall correctly.
I wonder if Samsung has published their set-goal for their Galaxy Tabs.
I suspect that they are aiming low, but high enough to be impressive, so that they exceed expectations -- something that looks very good to shareholders.

I don't think that the Galaxy S will do iPhone-like numbers, but I do think that it will do exceptionally well in the marketplace. I suspect this pressure has spurred Apple into taking litigous* aim at Sammy.

* yes I just made up a word, but it works if you believe....
 

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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
The Galaxy S II has gained 200,000 pre-orders in South Korea alone in the first hour of sales:


http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/05/sam...ders-in-korea/

This is pretty incredible. Samsung hopes to sell 10M units this year, which is looking like an attainable goal -- especially so with the world market in the picture. Something tells me that this will be a big seller.
Right now this is the only alternative I would consider to my N900 (no damn fm transmitter though). But of course here in the US - no release date is even on the horizon. We have to wait for our telcos to completely fark up the phone before it can be pushed here.
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Here is Android apps running on the Playbook:

http://crackberry.com/video-demo-and...oid-app-player

Very, very, neat.

It's actually an interesting strategy. It seems that RIM will have its own Android app market, which makes them another Android device manufacturer with a twist, they have a very unique UI and a completely separate OS, and a closed off ecosystem.

It seems that RIM is hedging their bets on their home-grown QNX distro with Android.

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