Chrome Comes To Android 4.0

 

While Android may have a lot of alternatives to the default web browser, Google is looking to make Chrome Android’s web browser of choice. 

Yesterday Google officially announced the Chrome web browser for Android 4.0 powered handsets and tablets. The new web browser is said to allow users to quickly search and surf the web much faster. Chrome for Android will feature instant search by loading search results in the background.  User will also have tabbed web browsing and be able to sync their bookmarks which will give users access to their favorite websites on the go.

While I think it’s great that Google is bringing Chrome to Android the only issue I have with it is that it’s only on Android 4.0. At the moment only 0.7% of Android smartphones run Android 4.0 while about 58.1% are running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).  I wonder if this is Google’s way of forcing people to get a new handset in order to get Chrome, or will Google release a version of the Chrome web browser for previous versions of Android.  Either way take look at the promo video below, and tell me what do you think of Chrome for Android?  

Huawei Ascend P1 & P1S Gets Announced For The North American Market

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Huawei is commonly known for the low-cost Android handsets in the United States. Has announced a fairly impressive handset for the North American market the Huawei Ascend P1 & P1S.

The Huawei Ascend P1 S is the manufactures thinnest smartphone measuring in at 6.68mm thin. The handset also comes with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED touch screen with Corning Gorilla Glass, which will make the handset more durable and scratch resistant. The Ascend P1 S has a 1.5GHz dual core processor and runs Google’s latest version of the Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich. Both the Huawei Ascend P1 & P1 S will have an 8.0-megpixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, HD video recording at 1080p, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Both the Ascend P1 & P1 S will be available in black, white and pink. Both handsets are going to be launch in Europe, Asia- Pacific, North America, Australia, Middle Ease and China in April. At the moment pricing, and which cellular provider will be carrying the handsets have yet to be announced.

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Sony Xperia Ion Coming To AT&T's 4G LTE Network

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During CES Sony announced their latest Xperia handset the Sony Xperia Ion for AT&T.

The Sony Xperia Ion is the first handset from Sony to support AT&T’s 4G LTE network. By having support for AT&T’s 4G LTE network this will give consumers faster data speeds when downloading applications or browsing the web. The handset will also have a 4.6-inch HD touch screen, a 12.0-megapixel rear-facing camera, and HD rear-facing camcorder at 1080p, HD front-facing camcorder at 720p, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 16GB of flash memory.

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Philips Unveils Made for Android Products at CES

One thing that makes the iPhone so popular is the vast array of accessories you can buy for it: bumper cases, docking ports, car accessories and even a toy gun which you can slot the iPhone into to play games with.

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Acer Iconia Tab A200 Coming January 15th

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Acer announced the Iconia Tab A200 last week, which will run Android 3.2 (Honeycomb).  The tablet will also have a 10.1-inch HD screen, MicroSD card slot, a 2.0-megapixel font-facing camera, a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor with an integrated NIVIDAI GeForce graphics processor.  The tablet will ship with Android 3.2(Honeycomb), but will  have a free upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in mid-February.

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