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Android Overload: Faked 5-Inch Sony Odin Pictured In The Wild, Next Version of Google Wallet Coming Soon, and More

By Chris Chavez October 23, 2012

Ancient Chinese relic found. Looks eerily similar to Android robot. Predates Apple by thousands of years. Your argument is invalid. [MICGadget]
The “next version” of Google Wallet is coming soon. Signup/invite page is now live. [GoogleWallet]
Sprint 4G LTE expands to new markets in Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts and Texas. [Sprint]
Sony C650X Odin allegedly pictured. Turns out it was just some fancy Photoshop work. [PhoneArena]
Sprint announces closing of $3.1 billion convertible bond. [SprintNewsroom]
MetroPCS now supports Google Wallet. [Twitter]
Camera Zoom FX receives major UI overhaul in latest update. [Play Store]
Android is gaining some weight. Application sizes continue to increase in memory. [TomsGuide]
Android malware on the rise. Mostly outside of the US, mostly outside of the Google Play Store. [eWeek]

I've been obsessed with consumer technology for about as long as I can remember, be it video games, photography, or mobile devices. If you can plug it in, I have to own it. Preparing for the day when Android finally becomes self-aware and I get to welcome our new robot overlords.

13 Comments

Michael Thompson says:

23 October, 2012 at 4:50 am

Hmm.
-and all this time I thought ODIN might beat ISIS.

…because that’s how you get ants!

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1. NorthVandea says:
  
  23 October, 2012 at 7:30 am
  
  Sounds like a mythological battle to me :). Isis vs. Odin I could make stuff up that’s that funny.
  
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  1. NorthVandea says:
    
    23 October, 2012 at 7:30 am
    
    *couldn’t
    
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  2. Alek Tritt says:
    
    23 October, 2012 at 9:28 am
    
    Captain Obvious returns.
    
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DavidVarghese says:

23 October, 2012 at 7:27 am

Lmao, that relic scarily similar to android…

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Kevin Krause says:

23 October, 2012 at 9:08 am

lol @ Chinese relic

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Caminel says:

23 October, 2012 at 9:28 am

interesting article on the security of “android
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/android-apps-ssl-security-96844

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a) youth.in.asia says:

23 October, 2012 at 10:27 am

Looks like Google is going the way of SimplyTapp and doing everything through the cloud to bypass all the carrier bullsh¡t. Good for them. I’m sure people would rather use Wallet over ISIS

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1. chuckles87 says:
  
  23 October, 2012 at 12:01 pm
  
  i just don’t get why Google doesn’t make wallet available to all compatible devices in the play store. i mean really what could the carriers do? sue? that would get thrown out of court so fast.
  
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  1. a) youth.in.asia says:
    
    23 October, 2012 at 12:08 pm
    
    The carriers block it in anticipation of ISIS. I think google is going to bypass it all together and make it work like SimplyTapp, on any NFC device
    
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    1. chuckles87 says:
      
      23 October, 2012 at 12:36 pm
      
      that’s cool the first i heard of simlplytapp to bad i’m not into rooting and flashing roms.
      
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johnnycrappleseed says:

23 October, 2012 at 10:36 am

Hmm I’ve seen that Chinese android relic somewhere http://phandroid.com/?p=109995 lol

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tomn1ce says:

24 October, 2012 at 11:17 am

It’s interesting to see that Metropcs is getting google wallet on the GS3 before any devices on vzw…

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