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Samsung launches S5620 Monte touchscreen feature phone
Myriad's new Dalvik Turbo virtual machine increases Android application performance threefold
Motorola DROID owners will begin getting the Android 2.1 update this week
Google: Nexus One early termination fee lowered to $150
Video: Motorola Milestone video unboxing and multitouch demo
Broadcom launches new HSPA chipset for low-cost Android and Windows Mobile smartphones
Motorola DROID Android 2.1 update may add multitouch support in browser
Novatel Wireless achieves its first LTE 4G data transmission
"Android" reference banned from Apple's App Store

Samsung launches S5620 Monte touchscreen feature phone

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:14 PM PST

Samsung just announced the Monte, a feature phone, with some smartphone worthy specs, that runs Samsung's latest TouchWiz 2.0 Plus user interface.
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Myriad's new Dalvik Turbo virtual machine increases Android application performance threefold

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 07:11 PM PST

Myriad Group AG today announced its new Dalvik Turbo virtual machine, which offers better application performance than the current version that powers applications on the Android smartphone platform.
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Motorola DROID owners will begin getting the Android 2.1 update this week

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST

On its Facebook fan page this evening, Motorola said that it would begin rolling out the Android 2.1 update to DROID owners beginning this week. The company didn't mention anything about CLIQ upgrades, but it did say that it will share more information in the next few days.
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Google: Nexus One early termination fee lowered to $150

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 02:20 PM PST

Google lowered the Nexus One's early termination fee (ETC) from $350 to $150 today. The ETF applies to customers that leave their T-Mobile contract within the first $120 days and does not include any changes to T-Mobile's own ETF, which is still $200. "We make no profit from commissions from operators or from equipment recovery fees, and our recovery fees are based on operator charges to Google for early termination of service," Google told The Wall Street Journal.
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Video: Motorola Milestone video unboxing and multitouch demo

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 01:09 PM PST

Here's a quick look and unboxing of the Motorola Milestone, a UMTS 3G smartphone that is functionally the same as the DROID offered by Verizon in the USA. Russell shows off the multitouch zooming in the browser and Maps app.
Watch the video here.

Broadcom launches new HSPA chipset for low-cost Android and Windows Mobile smartphones

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 09:11 AM PST

Broadcom today announced a new 65nm chipset and RF transceiver for low cost Android and Windows Mobile smartphones.
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Motorola DROID Android 2.1 update may add multitouch support in browser

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 08:08 AM PST

When Verizon Wireless updates the Motorola DROID to Android 2.1, it will include a few welcome new features, like multitouch support within the Web browser.
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Novatel Wireless achieves its first LTE 4G data transmission

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 05:58 AM PST

Today Novatel Wireless said that it completed its first Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G data transmission. "We believe our aggressive development efforts will enable us to deliver these innovative solutions with the fastest time to market," Novatel Wireless' CTO Dr. Slim Souissi said. LTE offers data download rates up to 100Mbps and 50Mbps on the uplink, however Novatel didn't provide information on the data speeds achieved during its testing.
Read the full story here.