Time for our near-regular weekend summary of the Android world, in which we highlight the leftover news stories we didn’t write about over the last week.

It’s a collection of the ones we didn’t think good enough at the time, all rolled into one. Not sure if that makes everything better or worse.

Android has a ‘Dude’ problem
This is such a big problem that Android will make Google $1bn this year.

Next Android Release To Be Called ‘Ice Cream’
That’s interesting. Well done on writing 380 words about that. Can anyone find a site that wrote up this single, two-word rumour in more than 380 words? We’ll send them a certificate of merit.

Why Windows Phone 7 Will Make Android Look Chaotic
There’s no need for this sort of thing from a site like Wired. Leave this sort of shameful system advocacy to… us.

Huawei IDEOS review
It used to be a contender, before the San Francisco blew it away. Hurry up and get it in the shops, Huawei. Your window of opportunity is closing.

Analyst says Android tablets will beat iPad. Is he right?
We’d say “probably not” as we’re expecting the tablet bubble to burst pretty soon, when people realise suddenly they’re not as good as laptops yet cost much more.

Android set to bring real money poker to phones
Could be more financially devastating than an HTC Desire HD monthly tariff.

Chrome Netbooks, Tablets Expected This Year [CONFIRMED]
Are we supposed to be excited about the Chrome OS? Or is it an ENEMY? Personally speaking, we’ll be giving it a go.

Dungeon Defenders Brings Co-Op Play Between PC and Android Phones
Sound interesting, but no one’s going to bother with it, are they?

SuperOneClick Roots Virtually Every Android Phone Out There
Time to dig the old HTC Magic out of the sock drawer and give it a new lease of life.

That really is about it. There’s nothing else, unless we start listing other people’s list features. See you next week.

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Here’s our weekly summary of the news stories we didn’t cover this week, along with some of the more interesting mentions Android has picked up in other places over the last seven days.

What didn’t we do? This lot.

Dell’s 7-inch Android Tablet is a Snoozer So Far
They keep making tablets, we keep shrugging our shoulders and not being excited about them whatsoever. Unless we’re pretending for internet traffic rank purposes, of course :(

Sony Ericsson abandons Symbian for Android and WP7
SE said Android is “definitely our focus” going forwards. But we didn’t fancy spinning that one quote out into a whole news piece.

Analyst: Android to pass Nokia in 2012, half billion handsets by 2015
Some big numbers. We should’ve mentioned this. Makes very bad reading for Nokia.

Glasses-free 3D for iPhone and Android phones
This current 3D trend is such a nonsense. How many 3D revivals have you lived through so far? This is my third.

High streets of San Francisco
Even The Sun got excited about the Orange San Francisco!

Sony’s PlayStation division looking for engineers with Android dev experience
But they might just be making a Trophies app.

Samsung admits Galaxy Tab display issues with some Android apps
That’ll take the shine off your £600 new toy.

More countries will soon get paid apps in Android Market
But no one’s said which countries yet.

Will a Collaboration with INQ Bring us a Facebook Phone Running Android?
Sounds like a silly idea, really. And what happened to that INQ/Spotify phone that was rumoured last year?

We’ll give up there for today. Apologies for the half-hearted nature of this week’s summary. It’s a nice day and we really should get out and strim the garden.

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We’re done for another week, and shall be spending the rest of the day trying not to think about possible future model names for Huawei handsets.

We’ll leave you with our regular Sunday round-up of the stories we didn’t cover this week, along with the more interesting mentions Android picked up from the mainstream media.

Google: ‘Android not optimised for tablets’
It is a little strange that many of the forthcoming Android tablets won’t allow access to the Android Market.

Samsung Electronics May Use Google’s Android Software in TVs
We’re sure Samsung is considering lots of things. We’ll mention them when they look like actually happening and there’s an associated image.

Top 5 Best Android Games: Apps of the Week
Even Metro is getting in on the crowded smartphone list feature scene.

Analysts say that Nokia is unlikely to make Android-powered smartphones
Good points, basically saying Nokia wouldn’t have any unique offerings if it joined Android.

Second SMS Android Trojan targets smut-seeking Russians
Another totally remote security risk flagged up as some sort of life-threatening hell for Android. Who would download an Android app while browsing a Russian porn site?

HTC PD42100: Slider QWERTY and Android 3.0?
Lamest attempt at keyword bingo of the week. “Talk” of Android 3.0? “Suggestions” it could be the “Nexus Two”? Christ almighty.

AT&T surprised at slow Torch sales while Android, iPhone win
Latest BlackBerry dying a death in the US, due to “tremendous” Android momentum.

Report: Android to win half of smartphone market
This was about what may or may not happen by the year 2012.

LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic set for Sept 14 debut
LG is holding a press conference next week to announce those Android phones it announced… two months ago.

That’ll do. We’re getting bitter and are in trouble enough already. See you next week, everyone.

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It was an exciting week, if you’re into the whole tablet scene. The IFA tech show was packed with new ways to play with Android on screens between 7″ and 10″, topped off nicely by the official unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

But what else happened this week apart from this massive ejaculation of Android tablets? This lot. The news we didn’t cover over the last seven days.

ViewSonic Puts Windows 7, Android on 10-inch Tablet
Still not bothered about tablets. Is there something wrong with us?

Keep Making (the) Tablets
The Sun did a round-up of tablets. The headline on the main page was the rather clever “Keep Making the Tablets” but for some reason the “the” was dropped for the actual story. So it didn’t really work. Anyway…

LG Optimus Pad Unveiled, Super Thin and Running Android
That thing LG’s been dropping BIG HINTS about for months appeared. The pictures are rubbish. And there are no specs or sizes.

Get Google Android cheap
Even The Sun is excited about the Huawei IDEOS! That Huawei fan site we’re working on is going to be MASSIVE.

Microsoft: Android Hidden Costs Are Expensive
Probably lies. Couldn’t be bothered reading it. Google has enough money for anything.

Will Samsung dump Windows Phone 7 for Android?
The quotes they use certainly make it sound pretty likely, outside of the odd token Windows Phone 7 handset.

ZTE to launch Android tablet this year
Wow. We do love the machinations of these Chinese manufacturers. Who’s up for launching a ZTE fan site as well?

Android App Developers Endure Lower Sales in Search of Growth
It’ll soon pay off. Hang in there, gentlemen. Good times are coming.

Dell Streak owners should get Android 2.1 tomorrow from O2
Thought about it, but how many people really bought the Dell Streak via O2? No offence, like, Streak owners.

Google negotiating for Android music service
Can’t wait for this. All the Android syncing/streaming apps out there are going to get NUKED.

Sony Ericsson Aims to Be World’s Largest Android-Phone Supplier
Including the rather surprising fact that Sony Ericsson currently has 17% of the Android phone market.

HTC To Reveal Win Mobile 7 HD3 In UK On Sept 15
This site says HTC will also show off an Android tablet at that September 15 event. That’d be complimentary drink-droppingly exciting.

That’ll do for week 35 of 2010. We’re off to create a few more mock-up layouts of our Huawei fan site. See you later or tomorrow, everyone.

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Time for our lazy Sunday stroll through the Android news of the last week, in which we feature the news stories we didn’t do as a sort of punishment for not trying hard enough at the time.

So here’s the biggest news we didn’t report over the last seven days, along with the more interesting mentions Android picked up from the mainstream media.

Game advocate DeLoura departs Google after 4 months
Oh dear. We remember him joining as if it was yesterday. Sounds like he was getting bullied, or perhaps didn’t like the commute? Or his desk position?

Revealed: Android Honeycomb next up from Google
A nice scoop from Team Techradar. We didn’t fancy having to base a whole story around the revelation of one word, though. We’re not Orson Welles.

Texting World Record Broken on Samsung Galaxy S
It can’t have been much of a world record to begin with, if a woman in a supermarket beat it after being asked to try as a PR stunt. What happened next? Did she beat Usain Bolt in an impromptu 100m race around some traffic cones in the car park?

Vodafone gets in another fine mess over Android, this time with Galaxy S
Didn’t follow this one at all. Suspect it was largely nonsense blown out of all proportion?

This Android Tablet Doesn’t Need Glasses for 3D
Not convinced there’s any sort of market for tablets or 3D. Putting them together won’t help.

ViewSonic Android tablet: Pictures emerge
Those buttons don’t look like Android icons, but then it’s possible ViewSonic doesn’t get the most up-to-date branding emails from Google.

Hotmail push email headed for iPhone and Windows Phone 7
We’ve noticed that Hotmail now auto-refreshes itself in the desktop web browser already. No idea how Exchange works, though. We’ll read up on it.

Sony’s Newest Android Phone Is a High Dose of Can-Do
The Americans like the X10. Guess it’s a size thing.

Gorgeous, mysterious, EVO-ish HTC device headed for Verizon
We’re already very confused about HTC’s future line-up. Ignored this one on purpose. Too many model names and megapixel counts swimming about in our heads at the moment.

That’ll do for today, unless you want another 20 links to rumours about Android tablets? We’re guessing not. See you later or next week, everyone.

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So here we are, on a Sunday, head slightly spinning from the week’s information OVERLOAD, writing up a summary of the Android news we didn’t write about over the last seven days. What did we miss? What did we ignore?

And what did we not write about because we didn’t quite understand the implications of it and we didn’t want to look silly in public? This lot. The residue of the week.

LG Goes With Nvidia Chip in New Smartphones
Dual-core processors for future LG phones, courtesy of Nvidia. We probably should’ve mentioned this. It would’ve been a good excuse to use yet more sexy LG photos.

LG shockingly says its Android Optimus tablet will be better than the iPad
What a weird thing for everyone to get so excited about. A man saying a product will be good. Glad we didn’t mention this.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet Coming Soon
This is exciting. Samsung will show off its Galaxy “Tab” at September’s IFA European tech show. We like IFA, mainly because of Miss IFA…

Google Chrome tablet computer ‘on sale in November’
We need your advice on this – should we mention the Chrome OS or not? Technically its a rival, but… it’s Google. Albeit Google competing with itself.

Android app secretly uploads GPS data, warns Symantec
These odd security stories are rather tiresome.

Why Oracle vs Google won’t harm Android
It’ll either be settled out of court, or be settled by an arm wrestle. It won’t impact on us.

55 million smartphones to ship with Android ‘this year’
We’re boycotting news sourced from Digitimes. Digitimes seemed certain that Microsoft was buying Blu-ray drives to put in Xbox 360s a couple of years ago. Digitimes makes stuff up, as far as we’re concerned.

RIM Must Switch To Android Now, Before It’s Too Late
RIM’s still in the lead by miles. It doesn’t have to do anything of the sort.

Exclusive: Dell Thunder prototype preview
Nearly did this, but you can only copy so many stories from Engadget in any given week before starting to lose your own sense of self respect. Although this rule doesn’t apply to everyone, DOES IT?

Google runs out of Nexus One developer phones
If we were doing this as a proper job, and had to hit a quota of posts per day, we may have been desperate enough to have mentioned this. Fortunately…

OpenFeint update bringing Android vs iPhone cross-platform play
Nearly did this, but weren’t quite sure if it was new. Or how it works. Or what it does. Sounds exciting, though! And OpenFeint is definitely on the up.

Check in to TV Shows, Movies and More with GetGlue for Android
“…users can check in to entertainment such as television shows” :(

We’ll leave it at that. Starting to get angry and bitter for no discernable reason. See you later or tomorrow, everyone! Thanks for being there for another week.

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Time for our list-based summary of the Android news WE DID NOT cover this week, in which we round up the Android-based reports we skipped – and marvel at the stranger mentions of Google’s OS in the mainstream press.

So what have we missed and ignored this week? This lot. In no particular order of importance:

Oracle sues Google in dispute over Android
A bit too tech for us. It’s just the usual tale of rich people shuffling their millions about, anyway, isn’t it? Nothing will change. Nothing ever changes.

Android phones vulnerable to oil smudge attacks
Amazing. Consumer magazine Which? did something on the Android 2.x unlock pattern finger smudge security vulnerability! They call it the “smudge attack” so it sounds serious.

iPhone users ‘have more sex’ than Android users
The single most incredible smartphone-related market share graph of all time.

Namco continues cross platform assault, launches Crush the Castle on Android
Some nice quotes in here about Namco’s views on Android. The networks throwing money at it should guarantee success, basically.

Google’s Android Platform Winning Smartphone Battle
Yet more stats. But we did enough stats this week.

Verizon Roadmap Leak Suggests Android Phones, Tablets Galore
Interesting, but interpreting mobile operator device “roadmaps” is a thankless task.

Asus $399 Android tablet to arrive in March
March? March 2011? Wake us up next February.

Archos 32 Android PMP/MID gets FCC reveal
We’re stubbornly refusing to to mention anything sourced via the FCC. Not sure how a 3.2″ screen is a “tablet” though. Surely it’s just a little media player?

Google Android mobile versus iPhone 4, tested by Dan Snow
Dan Snow likes the Motorola Milestone more than the iPhone 4. Good on you, Dan. Just you wait until you next upgrade your phone.

Will Amazon produce its own Android tablet?
Best not, eh? Leave it to the Koreans.

Motorola axing MOTOBLUR Android skin? Not quite
This story exploded around the internet, even though it was just the Motorola man saying he wasn’t going to talk about MotoBlur quite so much from now on.

Acer Stream review
“The worst, most confusing Android 2.1 skin we’ve tested yet”

That’s more than enough for one week. Thanks for reading and thanks for scrolling all the way down, those of you that have scrolled all the way down. See you all later.

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Here’s our weekly summary of the Android news we didn’t write about this week, along with a collection of the more interesting mainstream mentions picked up by Google’s Android OS over the last seven days.

The hardest part about this update is coming up with new ways to phrase that opening paragraph every week. Here’s the list.

Nexus One gets new life for Android developers
Started writing this, then realised it was crushingly boring. You’ve got to know when to fold.

Motorola To Launch Android Based TV Tablet
We should’ve mentioned this. That report goes into quite a lot of detail. Sounds great, to be fair, as long as Motorola gets the design right. Motorola’s design history is a little… patchy.

All UK Samsung Galaxy S Owners To Receive Android 2.2 By End Of September
No offense, anyone who wrote about this during the week, but we wrote about it the first time Samsung said it back on July 29. We win at spending the most time staring at Twitter :(

PayPal introduces Bump technology to Android app
Most Boring News of the Week(TM). Marginally worse than our Facebook Battery Drain piece. You can tell it’s the summer.

Acer prepping netbook running Android and Windows XP
Android on a laptop to once again be proved as a rubbish idea by Acer.

Viewsonic Android 2.2 tablet imminent?
We need to start up a daily Android Tablet News Feed. They’re going to be everywhere this Christmas.

Google Android phone shipments increase by 886%
It hit the BBC. It really happened.

5 Things Google Still Needs to Fix in Android
You need more than five entries to make it a proper list feature.

Ten essential Google Android games
That’s more like it.

Microsoft hopes WP 7 speech features surpass Android, iPhone
And hopefully for Microsoft it’ll manage to sell more units than Kin.

HP Zeen: Android tablet with web connected printer incoming?
Yes, what the Android spec is really missing is… printing abilities.

Android-powered Archos 32 teased at J&R
Archos is about to go tablet mad. We’re still not convinced there’s any actual human demand for tablets, outside of the weird Apple universe.

That’ll do. The only other news we can see now is stuff about rubbish apps no one will actually use and e-books. The weather’s too nice to be sat here pretending to be interesting in e-books.

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Time for our Sunday morning punishment – rounding up all the Android news stories we didn’t bother covering this week. The news that was too boring, too geeky, or based on too flimsy an assumption for a proper write up, plus some of the more interesting mentions of the OS in the mainstream media.

It’s the unglamorous 3rd/4th place play-off of Android news.

HTC releases Froyo update for Desire mobile phone
This announcement even made the papers – but still hasn’t arrived at time of writing :(

Google Android apps ‘collecting personal data’
Don’t really care if my mobile numbers are being harvested by a Chinese spam merchant. What are they going to do with them? Phone my grandad?

Sales of Google Android phones soar 350% in first three months of 2010
We stuck this up on the old Twitter account this week, but here it is again – The Daily Mail does Android sales stories now. Amazing. *Once again gets sidetracked by Christine Bleakley photos*

HTC EVO 4G to Get Android 2.2 Next Week
Not quite as excited about the EVO as we were a few months back, as we currently favour one of those new Motorolas as our next new Android phone.

Kin and Android: A tale of two phones
Nice little piece about the development of the two OS systems and their HUGELY different end results.

Motorola Planning 10-inch Tablet With Android 3.0
Seems to be based on the wild guesses of an “analyst”.

Schmidt: A billion Android devices?
Eric’s wildest cash-making fantasies laid bare.

Augen Gentouch 78 preview
Interesting review of the super-cheap Android tablet that’s being sold for $150 in the mega-discount US retail chain Kmart. Resistive screen “FTL” as they say on the internet.

Android ‘spotted’ on Nokia: Good idea, bad idea?
Well, it would certainly get quite a bit of media coverage, if it wasn’t a clear mistake…

And that’ll do for now, unless you’d like us to start providing links to news about apps to start the ignition systems of niche American automobiles?

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Time for our leisurely look at what didn’t trouble our news threshold this week, along with a fully integrated summary of some of the more mainstream mentions Android picked up from other wings of the media over the last seven days.

It’s an easy list feature, staple of the modern internet.

AOL HTML 5 Portal And Exclusive Android App
Surely there isn’t much of a demographic crossover between Android and AOL users? We would like to see the Venn diagram that prompted the development of this app.

How fragmented is the Android market? Google isn’t quite saying
Man who doesn’t seem to quite ‘get it’ tries to complain about… nothing. Odd.

Samsung dispatching free Galaxy S handsets to iPhone 4 whiners on Twitter?
What a strange world we live in. Samsung’s little Twitter spree of Galaxy S freebies WENT GLOBAL on the news scene.

Nook for Android turns your Google smartphone into an ebook reader
We manage to struggle through about one book a year. And this probably isn’t available in Europe, right?

Lenovo plans Android tablet PC in growth push
Should’ve mentioned this, but find it hard to get excited about things Lenovo has to say, for some reason.

MOG finally launches its iPhone and Android apps
MOG is not available in Europe. We’re starting to get good at checking this before hurriedly writing up press releases.

Verizon Beats Estimates on Demand for Droid Phones
Nearly mentioned this, but weren’t in the mood to use lots of exclamation marks this week, to be honest.

Raytheon Android Tactical System
This is officially the Worst News Story of the Week(TM). Raytheon announced this back in 2009, and even then it sounded like a stupid, publicity-grabbing gimmick.

Adobe worker changes FlashTime name, which sounds a lot like Apple’s FaceTime
No matter how many times the idea gets reinvented, video calling will always be a terrible idea.

Man, we’re angry today. Fortunately, the time allocated for the creation of this update has now ended. See you all later.

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