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Archos 5 Internet Tablet

I was in a local electronics store the other day and had a chance for a little Archos 5 Internet Tablet hands on time.  The Archos 5 IT is a 4.8″ 800×480 screen carrying PMP, with built in hard drive from 160GB to 500GB and a micro SD card slot.  It had Android 1.5 as [...]

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Motorola and Verizon: Droid is Go

Start Well that didn’t take long today.  There are already news reports that it’s official, with the biggest missing piece of the puzzle.  Droid will be $199 on a two-year contract after a $100 MiR.  Let’s hope stores such as Best Buy continue their tradition of making that a $100 instant discount and skipping the [...]

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Android Hardware Writeup

Engadget has an excellent write up on the hardware behind most of the Android devices to date, specifically the ARM cores.  The article is written by Anand Shimpi, of AnandTech.com and it’s a great read on the reasoning behind the 528Mhz core speed SoCs found in most Android cell phones to date.  It has some [...]

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