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• 19 July 2011

• News: Google's Schmidt brushes off Android patent suits as 'legal fun'

  If Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is sweating the multiple patent suits being filed against Android vendors, he sure isn't showing it.

• News: Dolphin Browser Gets A Major Update

  The Dolphin Browser got a major update today, bringing gesture commands to the popular third-party browser. Users of the Dolphin Browser can now draw symbols on their screen to navigate around the web. For instance you could draw an "F" and have your phone load Facebook, or draw a circle to reload a page.

• 18 July 2011

• News: Apple iOS still rules but Windows Phone 7 edges Android in user satisfaction

  Apple's iOS-based iPhone remains the most preferred smartphone, for half of all prospective buyers surveyed. About one-third prefer Android phones. But for the first time, Windows Phone 7 outstrips Android in user satisfaction.

• News: Best Voice Recognition Apps for Your Smartphone

  Voice-recognition software is nothing new. But put it on a smartphone, and it comes to life. All of the frustrations of trying to control your PC by voice--fiddling for a microphone, repeating yourself again and again, resisting the urge to relent and turn to your trusty keyboard--are eliminated when you use the same technology on your mobile phone.

• News: Apple complaint over HTC's infringement of iPhone upheld

  HTC has revealed its plans to appeal against a ruling by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that claims some of the smartphone maker's Google Android-based handsets infringe Apple patents.

• News: O2 launches location-based deals service for its customers

  O2 has launched a location-based service that offers its customers access to discounts and special offers at nearby retailers.

• News: BBC launches Android app to help monitor UK's 3G coverage

  The BBC has unveiled an app for mobile phones running Google Android that aims to map the 2G and 3G coverage across the UK.

• 17 July 2011

• News: Is Android Losing Appeal With Developers?

  Android is a phenomenal success story--skyrocketing from nothing to surpass both RIM and Apple and become the dominant smartphone platform in only a couple years. Recent studies, however, indicate Android may have lost some luster with developers as iOS seems to be the primary platform developers are working on.

• 16 July 2011

• News: ITC Ruling Threatens Future of Android

  Apple won a preliminary victory over HTC--and over Android by proxy--when the ITC agreed this week that HTC smartphones violate two Apple patents. The ITC decision could be a sign that the Android party is over, and the mobile OS could be in trouble.

• News: HTC loses ITC patent ruling in Apple tussle

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has made an initial determination that HTC infringed two Apple patents, HTC said Friday.

• 15 July 2011

• News: Oracle wants to grill Google's Page in Android suit

  Oracle wants to put Google CEO Larry Page on the hot seat in the companies' intellectual property lawsuit over the Android mobile operating system, according to a court filing made late Thursday by the companies.

• News: Google: 130 million devices worldwide run Android

  Google has revealed there 130 million devices running its Android platform around the world.

• 14 July 2011

• News: Advent Vega 2 coming in September?

  DSGi is gearing up to launch a second version of its Vega Android tablet. The Advent Vega 2 Google Android-based tablet may launch as early as September

• News: Google adds movies and books to the Android Market

  Google has updated the Android Market to offer books and movies that can be rented by mobile device owners.

• News: LG gets TOWIE stars to demo Optimus 3D smartphone

  LG has been showing off its Optimus 3D smartphone on a tour around UK cities. Today, the tour arrived at Canary Wharf in London. PC Advisor got an exclusive look

• 13 July 2011

• News: Google Ventures pushed iOS over Android

  Until this year, Google Ventures partner Rich Miner recommended to mobile application startups funded by his company that they start out by developing for Apple's iOS rather than Android.

• 12 July 2011

• News: HTC's latest Sensation now available through Telstra

  Telstra today announced the pricing and immediate availability of HTC's latest Android smartphone, the HTC Sensation.

• 11 July 2011

• News: Microsoft's aversion to iOS and Android gives QuickOffice a chance

  With Microsoft ignoring iOS and Android, the market for mobile office software is left to small vendors like QuickOffice.

• 07 July 2011

• News: Oracle win would strain Android growth

  Will handset makers maintain their dedication to Android if they have to pay to license it? That's the question experts following Google's battle with Oracle are asking, and some of them think the answer is no.

• News: Motorola Droid 3 Roars in with New Features

  Motorola's back with the phone that put Android on the map. The Motorola Droid 3, a high-end smartphone with a physical keyboard, is available now from Verizon Wireless for $200.

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