Things We Missed, You Shouldn’t [Feb 24.]
The Motorola XOOM launched. The Samsung Captivate was the latest Galaxy S phone to get Froyo. just a few of the bigger headlines of the day. Below find some of the smaller ones that are still worth a look. Check it out.
- Yet another beta of Firefox for Android is available. Offers the usual improvements. Go grab it in the market.
- The LG Optimus Pad will go up for presale March 15th in Japan.
- At one point, the Android market was available in the Android market.
- Kaspersky has added Android support to their Mobile Security Suite. Check it out if you’re feeling vulnerable.
- OGT is making a tablet, and it might run Android.
- A new Motorola XOOM ad has hit YouTube. Called Vendetta, it is actually a longer version of something we saw earlier in the week.
- MiTac has brought new Android tablets with them to CeBIT.
- The Huawei U8500 Android 2.2 smartphone has passed FCC certification with T-Mobile bands.
- Switzerland could be getting the Samsung Galaxy S II in May from €548.
- A pink version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and the LG Optimus Pad are launching in Japan next month alongside the NEC Medias.
- Nightly builds of CyanogenMod for the HTC EVO 4G have added in WiMAX support.
- Motorola has invested in Catch Media, a company with a focus on cloud-based solutions for media.
- MSI will be showing off their WindPad 100A with Honeycomb at CeBIT next week.