Google releases Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' source code

Google is now sharing its Ice Cream Sandwiches with everybody.The tech giant has released the source code for its eagerly anticipated Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system -- the first version of Android designed to run on both phones and tablets.The version of Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.1) released by the Mountain View, Calif., company is the same software that will run on the upcoming Galaxy Nexus smartphone, built by Samsung and exclusive (so far) to Verizon Wireless."We just released a bit of code we thought this group might be interested in," Google engineer Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote in a post in an Android developer Google Group on Monday. "Over at our Android Open-Source Project git servers, the source code for...

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Apple Patents Additional iOS Interface Gestures

Apple has applied to patent more powerful touch-based gestures in iOS devices with smaller touchscreens. The said technologies also involve sensing the device’s position and angle, and will manipulate data and images with these gestures.Touchscreens are among Apple’s favorites when it comes to user interface. Touching elements on a device is more intuitive than pressing buttons or moving a mouse cursor around. Unfortunately, with limited screen sizes, a user is also limited in terms of manipulating the data from within. We already have pinch and zoom gestures on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, with which we can manipulate images and data on these iOS devices. However, Apple wants to further improve this gesture-based touchscreen...

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Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 vs Galaxy S II

Now that we’ve reviewed the gigantic Galaxy Player 5.0 for what it is on its own, it’s time to compare to the rest of the market a bit more in-depth, starting with what at first glance might appear to be the Player’s closest cousin: the Galaxy S II. Before we continue, know this: it’s almost as if these two devices aren’t from the same family, that’s how different they are. Though the Galaxy Player 5.0 is only being released now near the holiday season, the Galaxy S II (in all its forms here in the United States) takes no prisoners when it comes to power and abilities.The Galaxy S II comes in several different shapes and sizes here in the United States, two of the more powerful ones being the two we’ve got right here, the Galaxy...

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HTC Vivid Review

This device is the next step in the HTC smartphone design evolution, and as you’ll see in the video portion of the review below, it’s almost as if they asked someone on the 3D mockup crew to cut off all the edges and make something sharp! We’ve already got AT&T 4G LTE speed tests from one of the few areas AT&T has its LTE network deployed (in Texas,) now it’s time to see if the phone stands up to the pressure of the rest of the HTC family (and the rest of the AT&T family as well.)HardwareThis device is certainly part of this year’s HTC device design family, but hold it up next to any one of the other HTC smartphones released in the last 11 months and you’ll find yourself wondering if the crew is thinking about going in...

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