With the new Samsung Galaxy Tab running on Honeycomb soon to take its place among the invading Android tablets, you might think the first Galaxy Tab would be a dead duck, not so.

The update plans a host of fixes and new features that will enhance your Galaxy Tab even though you are most likely looking into getting a Tablet with Honeycomb. One would have expected the update to bring Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) to the device, it is indeed powerful enough to run the new OS, unfortunately, buying a new tablet appears to be the only option here.

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The Dell Streak, which launched this year as Dells first Android MID, is set for getting the Android 2.2 update this week, but it will only be available on the O2 network in the UK. The 5-inch display tablet, which launched surprisingly with Android 1.6, has found it very hard to get a solid position in the market, it would have done really well if Dell had any foresight.

Over the Air roll-out is set to begin this week, but be enduring, OTAs are not sent out to every subscriber who owns a Dell Streak on the same day, though, I don't see why, since not many of these were sold so it should be an easy procedure without any hiccups, unless Dell released a bug infested update.

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Opera has done it again, Android users who were waiting on a browser to rival that of the stock Google browser, can now rest easy, Opera Mobile 10.1 is here in beta appearance. If you were living under a rock, Opera Mobile is basically Opera Web slimmed down a little bit to fit on a mobile phone, it gives you true web browsing experience when compared to Opera Mini.

Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta for Android is now available in the Android Market or at m.opera.com/next. When you get your sweaty palms on this, just remember you are using Beta software so there will be bugs that might frustrate you for a time. Opera would definitely make my day if they add Flash 10.1 and HTML5 support in the coming months, this move would cement Opera Mobile as a true replacement over the stock Android browser.

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Some good news here for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch owners out there who needs Flash video playback very badly, it is now possible with the addition of Skyfire Web Browser to the App Store, and guess what? Apple won't be removing this so you all are in luck.

Skyfire for iOS 4 is not really pushing Flash videos 100%, it actually does it from their servers but in a way that pushes the video through HTML5, so you would be basically be getting Flash video converted to HTML5 video which is a new trick, a very welcoming new trick if you ask us.

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Adobe and Google are taking their partnership to the next level today as Adobe's AIR for Android is now available in the Android Market. You're certainly familiar with Adobe AIR and if you love the Android mobile environment then you'll know that with this important arrival to the Android Market we'll be in for a plethora of apps and games based on Adobe's AIR and created for Android handsets.

In fact we can pretty much expect developers that are familiar with AIR to create various apps for Android, which means the Android Market, which already is the second mobile store after Apple's App Store, to grow even more.


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Here is as the developers claim "the most feature-rich flashlight app for your iPhone 4". All-in-1 Flashlight lets you turn on your LED flashlight to brighten your path in the dark, along with strobe effect or send some morse code with your LED light and sound to transmit the message.


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Missed Message Flasher is ideal app for Android phones like Samsung Galaxy S, which don't have LEDs to blink and remind you of a missed sms or call. It turns on the screen backlight for brief periods when a missed call, SMS or new Gmail is received.

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The following app is a simple tool that will turn your BlackBerry device into a flashlight whenever one such device is needed. Instead of looking for your regular flashlight or remembering where your candles and matches are, the 1-Touch Flashlight Pro app will turn your BlackBerry's camera flash into a portable light source.

The application is available right now to download from the store and will cost you just 0.77 Euros, which is 80% lower than the original price.


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The Motorola Droid, although discontinued, has received that much expected Android 2.2 Froyo update, but not everything was included in it. While the Droid 2 that was made official a few days ago, is coming with Froyo and Flash on board, the Droid is still waiting for Adobe's Flash 10.1 Player.

According to Verizon, a second round of updates will take place in the following days and Motorola Droid owners will be given access to Flash. Adobe's Flash is one of the main pillars of Android 2.2 and it's a feature that makes Google's Android a distinct mobile platform.


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It looks like there's a new video calling application in town and it's coming from Adobe. The app, initially called FlashTime, is supposed to be available to Android users at a certain point in the near future although there's no official arrival date just yet.

Adobe's Air 2.5, which is coming later this year, will have this kind of features ready for developers to take advantage of and we definitely expect other peer-to-peer video calling apps to hit the Android Market in the near future.


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