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Today Opera has taken its Opera Mini web browser for Android smartphones out of beta.  Opera Mini 5.1 is expected to offer a richer and better performing web browsing experience while on the go and now allows users to set Opera Mini as the default browser for surfing the net and also has bolstered page [...]

Archos expanded its tablet offerings today by introducing the Archos 7 and Archos 8 Home Tablet, two low cost Android tablets that target the home user. The Archos 7 Home Tablet shares the same form factor as the Archos 5 Internet Tablet but is powered by a 600MHz ARM9 CPU, not the more powerful ARM [...]

DROID owners clamoring for some multi-touch like their European counterparts should take a close look at a lively discussion over at AllDroid. Apparently, member t3hSteve was able to hack the multi-touch enabled browser of the Motorola Milestone onto the Motorola DROID. The hack is not for the faint of heart as it requires a rooted [...]

Here’s a quick video showing some of the features of the very cool Dolphin Browser by MGeek for the Motorola DROID.  The Dolphin Browser is a true Webkit-based browser that offers high-end features like multi-touch pinch/stretch zooming, tabbed browsing, and even finger gestures for accessing its many features. It’s really quite impressive, and is available [...]

Augmented reality browsers seem to be the in-thing at the moment, and we can see why. If done well, they have the potential to be down right awesome. The issue with these applications, however, is that they rely heavily on plotted content. This week, news of two augmented reality browsers has hit the headlines. The [...]

Mocana, one of the top 100 privately-held technology companies in North America, have released NanoPhone suite for the Android. NanoPhone is the “most comprehensive open standards-based security suite for developers building to the Open Handset Alliance’s Android specifications”. In short, this product tightens Androids loose skin, especially in and around the area of Internet connectivity. [...]

We mentioned last week that a new over the air update for the T-Mobile G1 was on its way.  It was called RC28 and was to address a bug with the Amazon MP3 store and offer a few enhancements.  Well, since the Android browser security flaw was found, Google and T-Mobile have halted the RC28 [...]

A team of security researchers that includes former NSA computer security specialist Charles A. Miller have found a flaw in the Android platform’s Webkit based web browser. The security flaw would allow a malicious website to install an application within the browser that could do things such as monitor keyboard input for login IDs and [...]

Today Opera announced that it has developed a version of the Opera Mini web browser for the Google Android platform. This early preview version of Mini for Android can be downloaded from the Opera Labs website. Opera is asking for feedback from the Android developer community so that it can prepare for making a true [...]