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How to install CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 on an HP TouchPad

Update: CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 is now available, making it possible to install Android 4.0 on the TouchPad.  There’s a new version of Android available for the HP TouchPad tablet. CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 includes a number of improvements, but the biggest changes are You shouldn’t lose your WiFi connection when you put the tablet […]

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Google and Samsung introduce Galaxy Nexus smartphone

Google is introducing Ice Cream Sandwich — the latest version of the company’s Android operating system. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandiwch will be available with new smartphones and tablets soon, and we’ll probably see software updates for at least some existing devices soon. But one of the first products expected to ship with Ice Cream […]

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RIM launches BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 beta (with Android app support)

In addition to providing a sneak peek at the future of BlackBerry tablets and smartphones with the introduction of the BBX software platform today, RIM announced a few new updates for the existing BlackBerry Playbook tablet. First, the Native Software Developer Kit, or NDK has hit version 1.0 which means the tools to create native […]

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Opera Mobile web browser to offer speedier page loads on congested networks

The Opera Mini web browser has made a name for itself by enabling reasonably fast web browsing on slow wireless networks. That’s because when you want to load a web page on a smartphone or other mobile device running Opera Mini, the request goes to a remote server where Opera grabs the web page, compresses […]

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HP TouchPad Android fix for missing apps in the Android Market

Now that the CyanogenMod team has released the first public build of Google Android for the HP TouchPad tablet you might think the developers would be sitting back and relaxing. They’re not. They’re continuing to squash bugs and improve features. While the version of Android which was released yesterday allows you to install the Google […]