Things We Missed, You Shouldn’t [Feb. 23]
Lots and lots of stuff happened today, as usual. Pre-orders, FCC, tablets, phones, etc etc etc: it’s never a dull day in the world of Android, is it? Go ahead and run through the list. You might even find something you like.
- The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is up for pre-order through mobiles.co.uk, Expansys, and Play.
- Three UK has confirmed that their HTC Desire will receive Gingerbread (as was revealed last week), though no details are available.
- The Toshiba AC100 tablet has been updated to Android 2.2 with Flash Player support. [AC]
- Nokia developers now have a tool to help them port their QT apps to Android.
- The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy S II will allow you to watch TV on your Android.
- Two new ARCHOS tablets have hit the FCC, the ARNOVA 10HT and ARNOVA 8.
- The 7digital media and music player has been updated to include Last.FM support.
- T-Mobile has given the Samsung Galaxy S 4G its very own commercial featuring Carly, the TMo girl.
- Costco will be offering the Motorola Atrix 4G for $120 and will throw in free accessories, to boot.
- MenuPages for Android is now available, if you care. [Market]
- The City of New York will begin putting QR codes for more information on Building Permits.
- Samsung Galaxy Fit is now available in India.
- Barnes & Noble will begin holding PubIt! events in their stores. Free coffee is indeed available.
- Android had 26% of market share in Canada Q4 2010, and of that, Samsung was the most popular phone provider, according to IDC.
- Samsung Continuum has gotten more hackage. Details here.
- Check out this concept phone – an Xperia device with nary a bezel.
- Best Buy still sucks at Photoshop.
- The HTC Incredible S is now available for presale in the UK for O2 and Vodafone.
- HTC’s “Facebook” phones will be available June 17th.
