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Google Maps Navigation for UK launches
April 21, 2010 – 11:22 am | 8 Comments
Google Maps Navigation for UK launches

This morning those of you who were as lost as I was- will have noticed something very cool.  Google have finally activated Google Maps Navigation (beta*!) for Android UK users.  I have checked it out …

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Mobile phones killing Tom Tom GPS Satnavs
April 21, 2010 – 9:42 am | 3 Comments
Mobile phones killing Tom Tom GPS Satnavs

The full impact of Android’s penetration into the market has begun to create reverberations around the industry.
Comscore announced that 21 million Europeans have looked up directions on their satnav last year. 2/3 of these used …

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Plinkart becomes first UK Google Mobile acquisition
April 15, 2010 – 8:02 am | No Comment
Plinkart becomes first UK Google Mobile acquisition

One major result from last year’s Android developer challenge was it allowed Google to tease out some great android products into the market. So far Google appears to have liked one UK originated idea so …

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Motorola updates its android update plan- delays for UK
April 14, 2010 – 12:47 pm | No Comment
Motorola updates its android update plan- delays for UK

Motorola seem to be taking a leaf out of British Rail’s playbook and it looks like its all delays delays delays.  Moto’s customer service scores full points for keeping people up to date- however hopefully …

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Apple plays catchup to Android in upcoming release
April 10, 2010 – 11:14 am | 5 Comments
Apple plays catchup to Android in upcoming release

Its official, Android has got Apple spooked.  In response to Android’s market share growth, it looks like Apple have finally bitten the bullet and started to implement some of android’s earlier version features in its …

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51 of the Best Android Applications you should be using
April 7, 2010 – 8:00 am | 6 Comments
51 of the Best Android Applications you should be using

(Androidbloke:  Thanks to Daniel for guest posting this- I hope its useful to all you new users of Android devices to help you make the best of your awesome new devices!)

Over the past two weeks, …

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Forget about working…Papertoss has come to Android
April 7, 2010 – 1:13 am | No Comment
Forget about working…Papertoss has come to Android

Around the country, fellow androidites will be celebrating when they wake up tomorrow morning for the single best reason to own an iphone has successfully debuted on the android platform. Finally Paper toss is …

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LG unleashes first Snapdragon phone with a keyboard
April 6, 2010 – 12:58 pm | No Comment
LG unleashes first Snapdragon phone with a keyboard

With all the launch hype for the HTC Desire and Google Nexus one going on this week, I am happy to see that the other manufacturers are not giving up the ghost and are starting …

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