Hardware news

• Inventor of the cell phone gave up his iPhone for a Motorola Droid
• Hands-on with the Motorola Devour, with Android 1.6 and Motoblur
• Android sees huge growth through Jan. (what phone could have caused that?)
• Memory card, not Vodafone Magic itself, responsible for Android botnet strike
• Dell Mini 5 ‘Streak’ shown in promo flyer, including Kindle support
• HTC Incredible rumored to soon be replacing HTC Droid Eris on Verizon
• Who says Google failed with the Nexus One retail strategy?
• Verizon already training employees on the Nexus One? What for?
• AT&T locks down its first Android phone, the Backflip [and so what?]

Software news

• Swype for Android now officially in beta
• Opera Mini 5 beta released for Android (and our video hands-on)
• Hands-on with Google Gesture Search
• DoubleTwist for Windows releases major update, adds podcast support
• Tether(Berry) in beta for Android
• Android Quick App: Photoshop Mobile
• Android 2.1 leaked for Droid Eris, appears to be the real McCoy [updated]

Site features

• Android Central Editors’ Apps of the Week
• AndroidCentral asks: What’s your favorite Android Twitter client? [Contest]

Community

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