Android Atlas Weekly 24: Top 6 ways to fix Android (podcast)

Android on your iPhone, 3D Video Chat and the Top 5 ways to fix Android, All that and more on this week’s edition of Android Atlas Weekly for Thursday, November 11th, 2010. Join Justin Eckhouse along side guest host, CNET Associate Editor, Antuan Goodwin! Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 24: Top 6 ways to fix …

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Bootlace app sticks Android 2.2 Froyo on the iPhone

If you have an iPhone 2G or 3G handy and you’re not too fussed about a spot of jailbreaking, it’s now possible to install Android 2.2 directly on it, without the use of a computer. You could already install Android with a tool called iPhoDroid, but that needed a PC. Now you can do it directly, thanks to an application …

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Fake Angry Birds update app goes ninja on Android

Angry Birds might have cost you hours of lost productivity, but downloading an avian add-on from the Android Marketplace could be infinitely more costly. A couple of security researchers have found a bug in the Android operating system that allows apps to download onto your handset without requesting your permission, according to a report from Forbes. To illustrate the point, the …

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Angry Birds update brings avian rage to HTC Hero

An update to Angry Birds for Android means HTC Heros can now join the feather-flinging fun, despite earlier claims by Rovio that the Hero can’t handle the frame rate of the game. Today’s free update to the free app also supports QVGA graphics, so phones with a paltry 320×240-pixel display, such as the HTC Wildfire, can get in on the pig-pokin’ …

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U.S. Cellular to launch LTE network by 2012

U.S. Cellular offered additional details on its next-generation LTE network yesterday when a company executive said it would begin testing early next year. According to Steven Campbell, CFO and executive vice president, the regional carrier will select its first trial market in late 2011 with full commercial deployment following in 2012. Campbell made the remarks while speaking at the Wells …

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O2 Galaxy S and Xperia X10 Android updates could be out next week

This month saw Samsung and Sony Ericsson start rolling out Android updates, upgrading unlocked Galaxy S with Android 2.2 and the unlocked Xperia X10 with 2.1. And it appears that O2 could be the first UK network to stick them on handsets, from next Monday. Don’t count all your fowl yet though, as the source of this information is an anonymous …

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Networks could interfere with Windows Phone 7 updates

One of the benefits of having a Windows Phone 7 mobile, we thought, was that updates would head straight to your handset without manufacturers fiddling with them. Microsoft has now confirmed this will be the case, but networks could still have a part to play in delaying them from getting to you. “Microsoft will push Windows Phone 7 software updates to …

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Lego Harry Potter coming to iPhone, iPad

Traveller’s Tales’ Lego video games (including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Batman) are among the wittiest and most entertaining I’ve ever played. My kids love ’em, too. Alas, though they’ve made appearances on all the major consoles as well as handheld systems like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, not one of the games has been ported to iOS. Until …

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Cisco’s challenges multiply as outlook disappoints

Cisco Systems delivered solid first-quarter earnings and said it is focused on “execution in the areas we can control.” In other words, capital spending is tailing off for some of Cisco’s businesses. And one of the areas where it’s becoming most evident is government spending. The company reported first-quarter net income of $1.9 billion, or 34 cents a share. Non-GAAP …

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Samsung’s GT

Samsung’s Nexus S Engadget A handful of month-old pictures surfaced online today showing what appears to be the Samsung follow-up to the Nexus One. After news of Best Buy’s accidental mention of a Nexus S today, we’re starting to see things unfold rather quickly. At this stage, it’s not a matter of whether or not the phone exists, but rather …

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What we might expect from Gingerbread

Though some of the world already has passed into Friday, the rumor that Gingerbread will launch today still could turn out to be true. Expected to be listed as Android 2.3, details of the latest build of the Android OS have been a closely guarded secret thus far. Yet, we can piece together clues and quotes from the last few …

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HD DVD vs Blu

It may have been a while since HD DVD and Blu-ray finished their infamous duel, but that doesn’t mean we were satisfied with the outcome. And we demand satisfaction. Our wonderful Greatest Gadget of the 21st Century competition gives us the perfect excuse for a rematch, as just by chance the Sony S470 Blu-ray player has been drawn against the …

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Demand Five joins the Virgin on

Virgin already has one of the most comprehensive on-demand services in the UK. There’s broadcast quality access to shows from ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC. And now, Virgin can count Channel Five as another feather in its cap-of-television. So, what does this mean for your day? Well, Virgin proudly points out that it now has on-demand access to every …

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Zombie Crisis 3D: Destroy dastardly demons

Zombie Crisis 3D is a rail shooter that gives users the pleasure of destroying zombies without the hassle of having to control the character’s movement. This particular version of the popular zombie-themed games that populate Apple’s App Store relies on a predetermined course through a multitude of levels to help players escape the zombie attack. The loose storyline is fairly …

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