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Feb 12, 2012 : Comments
SGP Neo Hybrid for Galaxy Nexus [Video]
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Chrome for Android Beta contains Easter Eggs, first one found
Google recently released the beta for its latest mobile web browser, Chrome for Android. In typical Google fashion, they had to include an Easter Egg. It's a fairly simple one, start by simply going to the tab screen in the browser. Then drag up 5 times, and you'll achieve a fun little surprise. We know, it isn't the most exciting thing in the world, but still a fun... Read more » CyanogenMod 7 gets Amazon Kindle Fire’s Silk Browser
Looks like the developers over at XDA Devs are back at work. Today, we are reporting on TyHi's work on development surrounding the Amazon Kindle Fire's Silk Browser. For those that don't know, the Silk Browser has been generating buzz because it leverages Amazon's cloud services to bring faster web performance to its proprietary browser. This is not unlike the... Read more » The Galaxy Nexus Blazes Past the iPhone 4S and DROID RAZR as Fastest Smartphone
The Galaxy Nexus is a fast phone. That much me know, but how fast is it compared to the other big dogs? According to a browser test conducted by Mail Online the Galaxy Nexus outpaced the iPhone 4S, DROID RAZR, and even Samsung's own Galaxy S II. You can see the impressive results in the chart above. The likely reason for these results is the built in hardware... Read more » Google I/O 2011 news round-up
This post features a collection of stories generated by this year's events at Google's annual developer's conference, Google I/O. The conference takes place over May 10th and 11th in San Francisco. A great deal of the conference is being live streamed (also embedded above), and you can access the Google I/O session schedule so you won't miss the news that you... Read more » Firefox 4 beta released for Android and Maemo
Mozilla announced today that the latest beta of their Firefox 4 mobile browser is now available in the Android Market and via direct download for Maemo devices. While it still clocks in at about 14MB after a fresh install and packs a couple of lbs on shortly after, Firefox mobile has been trimmed down a bit since the initial alpha release. It can also reside on... Read more » Opera for tablets to be on display at CES
Announced via their My Opera blog, popular software developer Opera will have a tablet only version of their browser on display at CES. As you will see in the video below, Opera for tablets appears to be running on a Samsung Galaxy Tab, with a very familiar "all new" UI. Right from the beginning of the video demo you'll notice Opera's "Speed Dial" bookmark interface,... Read more » Google doodles land on a mobile browser near you
Whether it's dessert themed monuments to their mobile operating system in the front lawn, or the ever changing logo on their homepage, Google has always been one for quirky traditions. Unfortunately, Google can't fly everyone out to California every time they put a new statue outside the Googleplex, but they can bring Google doodles to a wider audience by... Read more » Skyfire 3.0 for Android is all about Facebook
"Skyfire Facebook Edition," as it's being called, does more than make it easy to "Like" a webpage. When visiting any reasonably popular site, two taps allows you to see which posts/articles are getting attention on Facebook. Tapping menu again to bring up the Skybar and then tapping Fireplace gives you a condensed version of your Facebook news feed, videos and all.... Read more » Opera Mobile 10.1 beta launches in Android Market
It's been a long time coming, but as we were promised last week, Opera Mobile has finally made its way into the Android Market, albeit a beta incarnation. Opera's scaled down Mini version of their browser has been available on Android for some time--over a year--but, despite its smooth operation, Opera Mini is a essentially a dumbphone browser (though a nice one),... Read more » Firefox Mobile beta 2 rethemed and resized
Mozilla's Firefox Mobile browser has reached another milestone today, and it includes a visual refresh as well as a dramatic reduction in install size, shedding 60% of its bulk to go from 43MB to 17MB. Still, 17MB isn't exactly a paltry bit of room in cell phones, so be sure you've got the space before you point your Android to http://firefox.com/m/beta. Also, you'll... Read more » 
