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• 30 November 2011

• News: MobileIron brings unified Android management console

  New version of its MDM tool enables Cisco AnyConnect VPNs and Exchange configuration certificates on some devices, as well as 'Ice Cream Sandwich' support

• Feature: Best Android apps: Five Android apps for social networks

  The majority of smartphone users access social networks from their handset.

• News: Samsung beats Apple Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction

  Samsung has been given the right to sell its tablet PC, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in Australia after a temporary injunction was lifted.

• News: HTC wins ruling in U.S. case over digital camera patents

  HTC has won a case in the U.S. that alleged the Taiwanese smartphone maker had infringed on several digital camera patents controlled by FlashPoint Technology.

• News: How to Buy a Cell Phone

  Few tools of modern technology have become as prevalent as the cell phone, which allows you to be in touch (almost) all the time, (almost) anywhere. And you can do more than just talk--today's phones let you send and receive email and text messages, surf the Web, and play music and videos. Sifting through the sea of service plans and handsets can be difficult, but we'll walk you through what you need to know to get the phone and service plan that are right for you.

• 29 November 2011

• News: RIM Plays to Its Strengths With BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Management Package

  RIM is leveraging its (relatively) strong reputation for mobile security with the upcoming BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, a mobile device management platform with a twist. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will cover BlackBerrys and PlayBook tablets, and it will also support competing mobile OSes, including Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

• 28 November 2011

• Opinion: How to Install the Android Market on Your Kindle Fire

  Want to install Google Maps on your brand-new, fresh-out-of-the-box Kindle Fire? You can't, because the stock Kindle Fire is limited to downloading apps from the Amazon Appstore. If you love to tinker with devices and improve them, however, you can follow our separate guide to rooting your Kindle Fire. Afterward, you can use your newfound superuser powers to install the Google Android Market on your device. It isn't a simple process, but it is pretty straightforward--and it's worth the time if you wish to turn your $200 Kindle Fire into a robust Android tablet.

• News: Ice Cream Sandwich OS Available for (Some) U.S. Android Phones

  We're still waiting for an official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone to go on sale in the United States, but the CyanogenMod team is serving up their take on the new mobile OS for certain phones right now.

• Opinion: Motorola Droid 4 Adds A Keyboard to Razr

  What happens if you take the Droid Razr design and add a slide-out QWERTY keyboard? Meet the Motorola Droid 4, the latest recruit in the Android army, breaking cover this weekend via leaked photos from Droid Life. There’s no official confirmation of this phone yet, which is expected to arrive on Verizon’s 4G LTE network on December 8.

• Feature: Best Android apps: Five free Wi-Fi related apps

  The Wi-Fi connection on a smartphone is a great feature

• 25 November 2011

• News: Motorola releases slightly thicker Droid Razr-like phone for China

  Motorola is bringing the concept for its Droid Razr smartphone to China's largest mobile carrier in a new handset, but has done so with a thicker casing in order to contain a more powerful camera and higher resolution screen.

• Acer Liquid Express smartphone offers contactless payments

  Acer is plugging the convenience factor with its new Liquid Express handset line: contactless payments using NFC technology, plus integrated social media messaging are at the heart of the 3.5in screen Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone

• 23 November 2011

• News: Samsung has developed a fix for Galaxy Nexus sound volume issue

  Samsung will update the Galaxy Nexus as soon as possible to fix an issue that is causing problems with sound volume, the company said on Wednesday.

• 22 November 2011

• Opinion: The Kindle Fire, One Week Later: Sales, Gripes, and a New Model

  The Kindle Fire launched just over a week ago, and despite some issues and mediocre reviews, Amazon's media tablet is selling well and may receive a hardware update as early as 2012.

• News: Firefox for Android Will Get Its New Interface Tonight

  Firefox fans may remember hearing back in October about a new, native interface planned for the Android version of the browser, and now it looks like that new addition is on the brink of arrival.

• News: The week in Android rumors: Facebook and Amazon phones coming

  Android rumors -- from Facebook to Amazon phones -- for the week ending Nov. 26.

• News: Mobile Flash for Android 4.0 Available by Years End

  While Steve Jobs may have sounded the death knell of Flash as a dominating standard in Web development last year, it wasn’t until earlier this month that Adobe finally admitted defeat and announced it would halt future development of Flash, after releasing one more iteration of mobile Flash for Android.

• News: NVIDIA Gives Glimpse of Ice Cream Sandwich on Transformer Prime

  NVIDIA has released a video of Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich running on the new Transformer Prime tablet from Asus, giving consumers a glimpse of a powerful OS in action.

• News: HD Voice makes steady progress in mobile networks

  This year the number of operators that have implemented HD Voice has almost tripled, and more phones are also compatible with the technology, according to a report by industry organization GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association).

• Feature: Best Android apps: Five free Android apps to help protect your privacy

  Smartphones offer access to all sorts of personal information, whether its personal snaps taken on a handsets camera to online banking information, credit card details and even log-ins and passwords.

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