Boeing has side-stepped Apple’s iPad and chosen the Google Android operating system to power custom-built in-flight entertainment units. (Credit: Boeing) According to Australian Business Traveller (AusBT), all 787 Dreamliner aircraft will be fitted with servers and headrest terminals running Android, delivering movies, music and the possibility of other Boeing-designed apps as well. The Android platform would also give Boeing the …

HTC unveiled yet another new Android phone yesterday, although with much less fanfare than the HTC Rhyme for Verizon Wireless. Announced specifically for Korea, the HTC Raider 4G runs Android 2.3.4 with Sense UI and features a 4.5-inch qHD display, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, and an 8-megapixel camera. The phone offers support for 4G LTE, as …

Research In Motion has a backlog of roughly 800,000 PlayBooks, The Guardian is reporting. RIM’s PlayBook Best Buy Citing an analyst from Fubon Securities, the U.K. publication reported today that RIM’s supplier, Quanta Computer, had shipped 1.5 million PlayBooks to RIM in the first half. But RIM has only shipped 700,000 Playbooks–including 200,000 from the past quarter–to its retail partners. …