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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11 November
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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11 November
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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11 November
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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11 November
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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11 November
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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11 November
Nokia N8 taking a pasting in our Greatest Gadget tournament, at the hands of the Pioneer Kuro TV
You might remember than when we reviewed the Nokia N8, we weren’t exactly taken with it — a joyless interface spoilt an otherwise ace bundle of hardware, causing us to award it just three stars out of five. We stand by our verdict, but lots of you got in touch to explain exactly why we were wrong about the N8. …
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11 November
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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11 November
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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11 November
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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