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• 20 October 2011

• News: BlackBerry losing sway in enterprise, study finds

  Enterprise users, who have long been RIM's firewall against the iPhone and Android devices, are increasingly jumping ship.

• News: Android Boss Knocks Siri

  People seem to think that Apple's new voice-activated personal assistant, Siri, is pretty cool. But not Andy Rubin, the Senior Vice President of Google's Mobile division.

• 19 October 2011

• News: Oracle, Google trial postponed

  The dispute between Oracle and Google won't go to trial on Oct. 31 as initially scheduled, according to the judge overseeing the case.

• News: Android smartphone smackdown: Droid Razr vs. Galaxy Nexus

  Motorola and Samsung yesterday debuted two devices that mark the next generation of Android phones.

• News: Four Android 4.0 innovations worth a closer look

  Google disclosed numerous innovations in Android 4.0, also called Ice Cream Sandwich, during a Webcast demonstration from Hong Kong on Wednesday using the coming Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

• News: Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S vs. Droid RAZR: Smartphone Battle Royale

  Google’s Galaxy Nexus is the latest addition to this year’s hot smartphone line-up, alongside the iPhone 4S and the Droid RAZR. Unveiled last night, the Galaxy Nexus, manufactured by Samsung, embodies Google’s idea of the perfect smartphone, together with the brand-new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile OS.

• News: Android 4.0: A rundown of key features

  Google last night officially debuted the latest version of its Android platform, code-named Ice Cream Sandwich. Here is a rundown of its key features.

• News: ShoreTel links Android phones to corporate PBXs

  Enterprise IT groups can now tie in Android-based mobile devices to corporate directories and IP PBXs, with the latest update by ShoreTel to its mobility software.

• News: Android Ice Cream Sandwich: 3 FAQs

  Google's latest version of Android, Android 4.0 dubbed "Ice Cream Sandwich," is officially about to come out. Here are three questions people have been asking.

• News: Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0: It's Finally Here

  It seems like we’ve been waiting for the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich phone for eternity, but at last long last, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has arrived. At a press event Wednesday morning in Hong Kong, Samsung and Google revealed the first phone with Google’s next generation operating system, Android 4.0.

• News: Ice Cream Sandwich: The Most Delicious Android Yet

  From its navigation methods to fonts, Android is redesigned and refreshed in its Ice Cream Sandwich edition to meet the tastes of its users. Google introduced the update to Honeycomb and Gingerbread Tuesday night alongside Samsung's debut of the Galaxy Nexus. Here are the highlights.

• News: Apple's iOS 5 vs. Google's Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich

  Apple's iOS 5 and the new iPhone 4S got some new competition late Wednesday after Google introduced Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, running on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus. ICS includes a host of new features including improved voice commands, an improved browser, facial recognition, photo enhancements and changes to core apps such as Gmail and Calendar. The Galaxy Nexus hardware includes a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display with 1280-by-720 resolution, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, Near Field Communication (NFC) chip, 5 megapixel rear-facing camera and a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera.

• News: Telefonica, Verizon soon to offer virtualized Android phones

  Telefonica and Verizon in a few months will become the first operators to offer Android phones running VMware's mobile hypervisor, the companies announced Wednesday at the VMworld 2011 Europe conference in Copenhagen.

• News: Samsung, Google unveil latest Android OS, phone

  Google and Samsung on Tuesday unveiled the Galaxy Nexus phone running Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android.

• News: Google unveils what's new in Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich'

  Unified mobile OS for tablets, smartphones clones some iOS features and focuses on a slicker UI and new developer APIs

• 18 October 2011

• News: Droid RAZR vs. the Competition: Spec Showdown

  Motorola hopes to steal the thunder from the multi-million selling iPhone 4S with a new flagship device, the Droid RAZR.

• News: First Impressions of Motorola's Sexy New Droid Razr

  Motorola's newest Android smartphone, the $299 Droid Razr, is designed to blend the power of the Droid with the iconic slimness of the iconic Razr, first released in 2004. Judging by my brief hands-on time with this gorgeous device, the Droid Razr should be a blockbuster.

• News: Developers expect much from today's Android 4 upgrade

  Fragmentation and bugs beset the popular mobile platform, and the 'Ice Cream Sandwich' update details remain a mystery

• News: Google to unveil Nexus Prime this week?

  Google is expected to launch its Nexus Prime smartphone on Wednesday this week (October 19).

• 17 October 2011

• News: Sun was close to licensing Java patents to Google for $28M

  Google and Sun Microsystems' discussions to co-develop Android ultimately broke down because of disagreements over control of the platform, Google wrote in a trial brief late last week related to its dispute with Oracle.

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