The Samsung Galaxy S Advance was announced on Monday, and not even a week later the device has shown up in Vietnam and received a hands-on from Mai Nguyen. The handset reportedly features a design that is a combination of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus, complete with a curved display. The Advance’s specs fall between the Galaxy S II and original Galaxy S, however, featuring a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, a 5-megapixel camera, 768MB of RAM and 2GB of internal storage. The handset reportedly had a “solid feel,” with a thickness of 9.7mm and a weight of 120 grams. The Galaxy S Advance is expected to be released in Vietnam at the end of
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Samsung Galaxy S Advance receives early hands-on preview
February 3rd, 2012 
Dan Graziano 
Posted in News 
Tags: Android, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S, Galaxy S Advance, Galaxy S II, hands-on, Mobile, Samsung, Vietnam 
No Comments »Galaxy Nexus and other CDMA devices removed from Google Support pages
February 3rd, 2012 Terrence O'Brien Some of you may have noticed that the Verizon version of the Galaxy Nexus is no longer listed as a supported, official developer device by Google. Despite rumors to the contrary, it doesn’t appear this has anything to do with the kerfuffle over Wallet…
Posted in News Tags: Android, android open source project, AndroidOpenSourceProject, aosp, apk, apks, CDMA, Galaxy Nexus, GalaxyNexus, google, google android, GoogleAndroid, mobilepostcross, Nexus, signing, support, support pages, SupportPages, Verizon No Comments »Erase your Android device before getting rid of it [Android 101]
February 3rd, 2012 Phil Nickinson With the news today that Motorola accidentally shipped out 100 refurbished Xoom tablets without properly wiping the previous owners' information, it's worth a reminder of what you need to do when selling, returning or otherwise disposing of an…
Posted in News Tags: Android, erase, hard reset, How To, privacy, reset, security, wipe No Comments »U.S. Government Chooses Android For Its Openness, Can Update Phones in 2 Weeks
February 3rd, 2012 Kellex The U.S. government has been testing Android phones for a couple of years now, but they expect to deliver them to soliders in 2012 according to a report from CNN. Up until this point, government officials and military personnel were not allowed to u…
US Soldiers will get Android devices updated much, much faster than yours
February 3rd, 2012 Edgar Cervantes 
It is no secret that the government has been looking into secure modern mobile technology. From soldiers to the president, the government needs devices that will be able to keep all of their information private. Well, it seems like Android is the chosen one, and the government will start using smartphones like yours and [...]
Posted in News Tags: Android, android vs. ios, military, National Security Agency, NSA No Comments »Canalys: Smartphone shipments surpassed PC shipments in 2011
February 3rd, 2012 Dan Graziano Smartphone shipments overtook client PC shipments for the first time in 2011, according to new data from market research firm Canalys. Vendors shipped a total of 158.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, representing a 57% increase compared to the 101.2 million units shipped in the same quarter a year earlier. Shipments for the full year of 2011 rose 63% to 487.7 million units, up from 299.7 million shipped in 2010. The PC market only grew 15% to 414.6 million units in 2011, which included an astonishing 274% increase in tablet shipments — tablets accounted for 15% of all PC shipments last year according to Canalys. The firm expects growth in the smartphone market to slow in 2012, with vendors putting more focus
Posted in News Tags: Android, BlackBerry, Computers, Desktops, iOS, Laptops, Mobile, PC, Shipments, Smartphones, symbian, Tablets, Windows Phone No Comments »Yahoo unveils app search page for Android and iOS, because we need it
February 3rd, 2012 Amar Toor Yahoo may be sliding down the search engine totem pole, but the company is doing its best to climb back up, with a new space dedicated to apps. This week, Yahoo added a new “Apps” tab to its search page, giving users a new portal into both the Androi…
Mobile Nations Fitness Month: Getting my butt away from the desk
February 3rd, 2012 Phil Nickinson It's sounds like a gimmick, right? "Mobile Nations Fitness Month." Never mind that we picked the shortest month of the year to do it. Never mind that the last week of the month, we're going to spend upwards of 18 hours of travel sitt…
Posted in News Tags: Android, Editorial, endomondo, exercise, featured, fitbit, fitness, mnfm, mobile nations, mobile nations fitness month No Comments »Secure Android phones to be rolled out to U.S. military and government officials
February 3rd, 2012 Alex Dobie "Secure" Android smartphones capable of handling classified content are to be given to U.S. officials across various government and military departments later this year, according to reports from CNN. The network's sources indica…
Posted in News Tags: Android, army, classified, government, military, secure, smartphone, Smartphones, Tablets, US Army, US government, us military No Comments »Google testing mysterious ‘entertainment device,’ is it Google’s glasses?
February 3rd, 2012 Jordan Kahn A report from GigaOM today noted Google is requesting permission from the Federal Communications Commission to test an unknown “entertainment device.” The trials will take place in the homes of Google employees, and see tests of the mystery device connecting to home electronic equipment over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to test it on home networks in [...]
Posted in News Tags: Android, bluetooth, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, google, Home network, los angeles, Mountain View California, Wi-Fi No Comments »
