Andy Rubin dishes on Android tablets, we examine a bowl of jelly beans, and we discuss the exciting new devices coming out of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Now playing:
Watch this:
Android Atlas Ep. 87: Updates from Mobile World Congress
34:53
Podcast
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes (640×360) | RSS (MP3) | RSS (320×180) | RSS (640×360)
EPISODE 87
ANDROID NEWS:
-Android chief: We must ‘double down’ on tablets, win the market
-Google VP Dishes On Android Tablet and App Strategy
-Android crosses 850,000 activations per day with 450,000 apps in the store, Andy Rubin says
-Andy Rubin speaks out on Google, Motorola acquisition; wants nothing to do with Moto
-Google Hints at ‘Android Jelly Bean’
-Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC
-Asus Padfone turns your phone into a tablet, notebook
-Pico Projector infused Samsung Galaxy Beam shines its light at Mobile World Congress
EMAILS:
Hi,
You wondered if there was a cultural reason why Koreans would want a phone with a stylus.
Well one reason might be their alphabet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language
It’s a lot easier to write with a pen, than with the round-about way it can be done with a qwerty-keyboard.
The same would be true for quite a few other Asian languages. –
Martin
—–
I just wanted to compliment Jaymar on how well he is doing now with his volume level! When I wrote the original email I had no idea how much of a “”thing”” this was going to turn into.
Go Jaymar!
– Marc
VOICEMAIL:
Chris wants to know when the Galaxy S II will be getting ICS
END OF SHOW STUFF:
BLOG cnet.com/android-atlas
STREAM cnet.com/live/
TIME Wednesdays @ 10am PT
EMAIL [email protected]
TWITTER @androidatlas
JAYMAR @jaymarcabebe
JUSTIN @notmyrealname
STEPHEN @stephenbeacham
PHONE 866-344-CNET (2638)