And so it is time. Time for us to do a few household chores, turn off the internet and talk to the wife for a bit, and leave you with our weekly filler-feature about all the other mentions of Android about the place this week.
The mainstream, the low-brow and the plan not-true that we didn’t cover during the last seven days. You’ve had the wheat, now here’s the chaff.
Motorola Droid Translates Dog Speak, Detects Bra Size
Yes, we got the video from Motorola’s PR people as well. Only we chose not to do an update based around some ADVERTS Motorola had put together. If you wrote about this – SHAME ON YOU! Especially you, Mashable. Especially you.HTC Hero Android 2.1 update coming 16 April?
You know what? We’re starting to favour the conspiracy theory that the Hero will NEVER be updated. How can it take this long? Is it even worth doing now?Test Bench: Android mobile phones
UK newspaper The Times sticks up a bit of search engine bait. You know you’ve arrived when a newspaper journo is ordered to do a ’round up’ feature.
Sagem Puma phone hands-on; 2nd-gen Android model tipped for 2011
Sorry, Sagem fans, but we have a random, irrational and natural disregard of everything the company does.ICD Gemini Tablet turns heads
Looks good, but who’s going to buy it? If it ain’t HTC, the credit card’s staying in the leather credit card compartment.Orange launches Boston Android phone for €1
We spent a while trying to find some facts & figures about this alleged ‘Orange Boston’ Android phone, but drew a blank. Hopefully it’ll be made official soon. No idea what this is a photo of, either:
Android, Blackberry, and Beyond
The Skyfire browser, which caused such a fuss when a limited alpha test went live last week, is now an Android exclusive thanks to the maker binning the BlackBerry version.Monotype Imaging Brings FlipFont to Samsung Android-Powered Mobile Phones, Beginning with Galaxy S
Why would you want to mess with the fonts on your phone? We’re bored, but not THAT bored.Palm shares soar on HTC takeover rumours
Surely HTC has it all in the bag without buying other companies? It’s free to use Android, so why buy WebOS?
That’s it. We’re now going to put the laptop into ‘Sleep’ or possibly even ‘Hibernate’ for a few hours and have a rest while not thinking about HTC Desire contract prices and going through the alternate names for Samsung and LG smartphones in various territories.
Happy Sunday.
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
BillyHicks
/ April 11, 2010Love your blog.
Anakin78z
/ April 11, 2010The reason to buy palm is for their patent portfolio. It would make them virtually invincible from patent suits, such as the current one from apple.
Gary C
/ April 11, 2010I love both of you. Thanks.
capelli
/ April 11, 2010I hope the Hero update does come out on the 16th. That’s my birthday and everything. But it probably bloody won’t.