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Motorola Mobility Is Sort Of An Index For Google Android Now
If you want to invest in Google Android , your closest proxy right now might be the new Motorola Mobility, the cellphone unit of Motorola, which just split off from the less-sexy, public service-focused half of Motorola , and is now trading on the NYSE as MMI.
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Apple Still The Preferred Smartphone But Google Android Fast Catching Up
The battle between smartphone manufacturers continues to heat up with Google Android starting to catch up on the lead of Apple iPhone based on the latest survey of Nielsen. This post is found at Apple Still The Preferred Smartphone But Google Android Fast Catching Up , originally published by The News Chronicle . If you are reading this post from some other website other than that mentioned …
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comScore: Android passes iPhone
…and quickly gaining on RIM in number of active US users. Not a big surprise here, with 300,000 Google Android devices being activated daily vs. Apple’s 150,000+ (Apple sold 14m iPhones last quarter), comScore’s November numbers show more Android phones in use in the US than Apple’s iPhone.
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Google Android robot with his fiberglass donut, cupcake and éclair friends outside Google.

James Derk: Galaxy tablet falls short of Apple iPad
OK, there had to come a time for a head-to-head showdown with the new Samsung Galaxy tablet and the Apple iPad.
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Google Android E-Newsstand in Works?
Google is reportedly looking to create a digital newsstand to run on Android smartphones and tablets. Google has initiated talks with major newspaper and magazine publishers about the venture, including Time Inc., Condé Nast, and Hearst Corp. Click to read the rest of this post…
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The Nox Admiral Is A Mean Android-Based Headphone Set
Android’s runs on just about everything these days–hacked netbooks, tablets, phones, e-readers. But the Nox Admiral headphones take Android to a place it’s never been before.
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Pixel Qi-enabled Android tablet open for pre-orders
Notion Ink is taking pre-orders for its 10.1-inch, WSVGA “Adam” Android tablet, with prices ranging from $ 375 for the LCD/Wi-Fi version to $ 550 with 3G and a Pixel Qi transflective display.
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Verizon’s 10-inch Motorola Android Gingerbread tablet leaked in images
Images of Verizon’s rumored 10-inch Android tablet, built by Motorola, have leaked to Engadget. The device is rumored to have a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board, and more. Read the full story here.
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Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet sneaks into wild
Photos of Motorola’s upcoming 10-inch Android tablet appear on a forum thread, said to be running Android’s Honeycomb OS and made available through Verizon. Originally posted at Crave
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Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet sneaks into wild
Photos of Motorola’s upcoming 10-inch Android tablet appear on a forum thread, said to be running Android’s Honeycomb OS and made available through Verizon.
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Vertical orientation for the cover of the ebook (the print version looks like this)

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Orta Theme for Ubuntu GNOME Just Got Awesomer!
Tech Drive-in: “We had already featured Orta theme in our listing of top themes to be used with Faenza icon theme in Ubuntu. Orta GTK theme hit version 1.0 today and has become ever more beautiful. The latest version comes with a number of new features and tweaks as well.”
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Christmas 2010: T3′s guide to the party season
How to survive the busy festive period Posted by T3 Magazine
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News@10: Apple iPhone 4G and Call of Duty breech
Plus: Kinect helps Xbox sales and Mac App Store date Posted by Luke Johnson
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