Google halting Nexus One sales through official store after current inventory depleted

We knew this was eventually coming , and here it is: Google is giving everyone the heads-up that it just got a fresh batch of Nexus Ones in stock, and once they’ve been sold through, they’ll no longer be offered directly through the company’s online store. For what it’s worth, the customer service lines will stay open even after that happens — and you’ll still be able to buy a phone through KT in South Korea, Vodafone in Europe, and “possibly other [retailers] based on local market conditions” — but by and large, your average American is going to have a hard time getting one pretty shortly

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Acer to Launch 7- and 10-inch Tablets This Year

HP’s Android tablet might be shelved for now, but Acer has plans to release two slates powered by the Google OS before the year is out. Acer – Google – Android – tablet – Hewlett-Packard

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Flowchart: iPhone 4 Press Conference Reactions

Speculation is running rampant about what Steve Jobs & Co. might try to pull off tomorrow with their emergency press conference. Will they man up, and admit that there’s some issue of some kind that needs addressing?

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Samsung Behold 2 Update Pulled, Behold 2 Users Cry In Dismay

Oh here we go again, trouble in the Samsung Behold 2 world. After ALL that went down regarding updates or a lack of receiving them , Samsung “lying” or not, T-Mobile and Samsung made somewhat good on their promise to deliver an upgrade.

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Samsung Vibrant Early Adopters, First Day Thoughts?

The Samsung Vibrant has officially launched and for the Android and T-Mobile faithful it just might be the best Android phone Magenta has. While its been less than 24 hours we have little doubt most of you have spent the better part of your day putting the phone through its paces so we want to know your first day err first hours thoughts

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Android Market hits 100,000 apps and a billion downloads (Update: not so much)

While Google hasn’t confirmed these numbers, an estimate of total downloads and app numbers maintained by Androlib has ticked over to 100,000 apps and games available, and a full billion downloaded. iPhone comparisons

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SLCD-equipped HTC Desire ‘coming soon’ to Telus

We’d already seen an HTC Desire with North American 3G hit the FCC , and it looks like we now know exactly where it’s headed — Telus has just announced that the phone is “coming soon” to its network. What’s more, the carrier has also confirmed that the phone will be equipped with a 3.7-inch Sony Super LCD screen instead of the regular AMOLED display that’s in short supply

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SLCD-equipped HTC Desire ‘coming soon’ to Telus

Droid X first impressions: nice hardware, Motorola

The well-hyped Droid X smartphone officially launched today on Verizon.

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Android Market now has 100,000 apps, passes 1 billion download mark

Well, it may not come as a huge surprise considering all the steam Android ‘s picked up over the past few years, but it’s a landmark nonetheless: according to AndroLib’s data, the Market now has 100,000 apps available for download. It’s also interesting to note that it took just under three months to get from 50,000 to the 100,000 mark

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HTC pulls sideload-capable Sync app for AT&T’s Aria

We suppose this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but we’re still disappointed to see that HTC has pulled the version its Sync app that had been posted late last week with support for sideloading of Android apps on AT&T’s Aria , seemingly by mistake. Given that the new version of Sync had never been accompanied by an over-the-air firmware update to enable non-Market app installations from the phone itself, this seems to totally confirm what had been suspected all along: it was nothing more than a mix-up, and AT&T hasn’t approved any sweeping changes in its branded Android philosophy.

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Opera Mini 5.1 Lands on Android Phones

Lovers of Droid phones and tiny browsers with superfast load times can rejoice. The Opera Mini 5.1 browser for Android phones is out of beta and is now available as a general release.

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Rumored HTC Desire HD specs surface: 4.3-inch screen, 8-megapixel camera

We didn’t have a ton of details on the so-called HTC Ace when it turned up in a leaked roadmap last week , but a fresh set of rumors are now suggesting that the Ace is actually the Desire HD, which will reportedly pack a number of HD-esque upgrades over the standard Desire . That includes a larger 4.3-inch WVGA screen — no word if it’s AMOLED or SLCD — and an 8-megapixel camera with 720p video recording

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Rumored HTC Desire HD specs surface: 4.3-inch screen, 8-megapixel camera

Apple iOS Usage Up 34 Percent; Android Not Far Behind

Mobile advertising network Millennial Media reports that their data suggests Apple OS usage has gone up to 36 percent in June, even though it fell 33 percent the month prior.

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Opera 5.1 for Android Outpaces Safari in Side-by-Side Comparison [VIDEO]

Back in April when Opera Mini was released into the AppStore , as an iPhone user I naturally downloaded it and checked it out. Yes, some pages loaded faster, but navigating was choppy and there was no way to make it the default browser

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LogMeIn Ignition lands on Android

When it comes to remotely controlling your computer from your Android phone, there’s no shortage of solutions. Heck, many of’em are even free.

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Bing to bring full-featured client to Android ‘within next six weeks’

Microsoft’s Bing and Google’s Android aren’t exactly complete strangers ( hello, Moto ), but now the company is saying it’ll bring a full-featured client to the platform sometime within the next six weeks. Not much is known, but according to PC World (via Yahoo ! News ), it’ll at least include desktop-parity with features such as web, image, and news search (in addition to maps, of course).

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With Android floodgates wide open, HTC HD2 gets Froyo and Sense with 2.1

It’s been a long, ugly road, but HD2 owners and hackers alike can finally bask in the glory of an open device with top-notch hardware and specs that still give mid 2010′s best phones a run for their money. We’d already seen a stock Android 2.1-based ROM , but now we’ve got your choice of stock Android 2.2 or Android 2.1 with Sense, too — seriously, pick your poison. Though HTC clearly never intended to get this kind of Sense on the HD2, there’s something that just feels right about it, isn’t there?

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SmartQ T7 and T7-3G Android 2.1 tablets announced and priced in China

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Motorola sez: No mod for you

You know what I love about Android? Freedom to mod

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Battle of the ‘boards: Swiftkey Keyboard enters the Android Market

Yet another high-speed keyboard enters the Android Market today, with Swiftkey releasing a free beta version of their Android keyboard. Just like Swype and Shapewriter before it, Swiftkey promises a faster, more accurate, and generally happier typing experience on your Android handset. Unlike Swype or Shapewriter, however, it doesn’t hope to change the way you type

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