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Samsung: No Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy S, Original Galaxy Tab

Samsung has provided and update to their future Ice Cream Sandwich plan, and for owners of the Samsung Galaxy S or original 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab the news isn’t so good. Due to…

WiFi QR Share lets visitors scan to access your home LAN

With wireless data caps and throttling now an unfortunate reality on many American wireless carriers, WiFi hotspots are once again a necessity even for “mobile” devices. If you’ve got friends…

Intel gives us a better glimpse at its Android prototype

No, this amazingly sleek phone doesn’t exist – yet. It is a prototype that may never surface for the public’s use, but nevertheless it is sporting an Intel chip and Android OS. Finally, Intel…

TWRP 2.0 Now Available for Download on Select Devices

TWRP – the exciting recovery project that would transformer the way we backup, restore and flash ROMs – is making great progress. In fact, version 2.0 is now available for download!…

Peter Alfonso uploading Android 4.0.3 builds if his page reaches 100 “+1s”

Peter Alfonso, respected AOSP developer, just tweeted that he will “start uploading builds as soon as [his] downloads page reaches 100 ‘+1′s’.” Right now he is at 71 – only 29 to go! My guess is he…

Watch out for XmlPullParser.nextText()

[This post is by Jesse Wilson from the Dalvik team. —Tim Bray]

Using XmlPullParser is an efficient and maintainable way to parse XML on Android. Historically Android has had two…

Verizon System Shows HTC Fireball, Details Unknown

If a Verizon inventory screens are to be believed (and they usually are quite trustworthy), a new 4G LTE device is coming our way courtesy of HTC. The HTC Fireball has appeared in the…

Android Community Weekly: December 18, 2011

This week in tech news we finally nab ourselves a Verizon branded Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE, review some excellent devices, and see Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) progress through some much needed…

Happy Holidroid Contest: Another Round of Trivia

If you’re unsure what this whole “Holidroid Contest” thing is all about, be prepared to get excited. From November 24th through December 25th, Phandroid is giving away a Kindle Fire…

Android Community App of the Week: Craigslist HD for Tablets

Welcome to Android Community’s App of the Week, where we highlight an outstanding app that you should know about, but probably don’t. There were a lot of solid new apps this week, and of course the…