HTC Android handset sales banned in US

Apple wins patent case, but HTC has until April to fix infringement

Apple has won a legal case which, in theory, bans the sale of some HTC Android phones in the United States from April 2012.

According to the International Trade Commission's findings, the Taiwanese smartphone titan has infringed upon an Apple patent.

Goes On Sale, Dual Touch Panels And AllSony's Tablet P

If you're of the belief that all Android tablets look the same, Sony has a new one to change your mind. The long-awaited Tablet P is now on sale, bringing together a clamshell interface with two 5.5" touch panels and the same TruBlack LCD technology that is already used in the company's BRAVIA HDTV line.

iPad Still Dominates Tablet Web Traffic with 88%

There has been a lot of talk about Apple's competition becoming tougher in the tablet market with the introduction of a number of new devices; however, the Cupertino-based company still dominates the tablet market, as a recent study of web usage within the sector indicates, Slashgear reports.

The analysyis, conducted by Royal Pingdom, revealed that the iPad managed to get 87.6% of all global tablet web traffic in the first two weeks of November. Android tablets accounted for just 10.9% of web usage, while webOS and BlackBerry OS tied for third place with merely 0.7% each. To complement this data, a comScore report showed that in October iPads accounted for 95.5% of US tablet web traffic.

Startup Unveils USB Dual Core PC Running Android

A startup called FXI has managed to bring a Samsung Exynos 4210 dual core chipset clocked at 1.2GHz with an ARM Mali-400 MP quad core GPU, Wi-Fi, 1GB RAM, Bluetooth, a microSD card slot and an HDMI jack into a USB flash drive sized PC called Cotton Candy.

That is essentially some of the hardware found in the Samsung Galaxy S II without the onboard storage or the capacitive touchscreen (and battery).

When plugged into a PC or Mac via a USB port (or even a tablet or smartphone we reckon), it transforms into a fully fledged computer that runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread but without Android Marketplace access.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet to ship in the US next week

Motorola Xoom, watch out as next week, on April 26th, Asus' Eee Pad Transformer will reach stores in both US and Canada, offering a fresh mix of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and Tegra 2. This new tablet will be available in two versions - with 16GB of storage space ($399) and with 32GB ($499).