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• Galaxy Tab to use Chrome OS, not Android?

  Samsung's Galaxy Tab may have just barely arrived at the starting gates, but the rumor mill is already gearing up with speculation about what changes may be in store for the wildly anticipated "iPad killer."

• Droid X users anxiously await Froyo update

  Another day has dawned and still no official word of the Android 2.2 "Froyo" update for the Motorola Droid X. While the Droid X is a more than capable Android smartphone running Android 2.1, the Froyo update adds features and functions that users wants and will put the Droid X on an even playing field with other cutting edge Android devices.

• Android set to rule over Apple and RIM operating systems

  Google's Android platform was the only operating system to gain users from May through June, a sign that Android may soon dominate the smartphone market, according to ComScore.

• Why Android is good for business

  It's lonely at the top, as the old saying goes, and that appears to be just as true for technologies as it is for people.

• Consumer reports reiterates caution against iPhone 4

  Consumer Reports, one of the most widely respected consumer advocacy resources, is once again slamming the Apple iPhone 4. In response to Apple's decision to end the free case program it implemented to address the iPhone 4 "antennagate" issue, Consumer Reports stressed that it still can not recommend a device that places the burden on users to mitigate a hardware design flaw.

• Adobe Flash zero day puts Android smartphones at risk

  Adobe revealed a critical zero day flaw in Adobe Flash -- the second in less than a week. The vulnerability extends even to Adobe Flash on the Android mobile OS, supporting at least one of the reasons laid out by Steve Jobs for not allowing Flash on the iPhone and iPad.

• Steep price drop for T-Mobile's new G2 Android

  When T-Mobile announced its Android 2.2-powered HTC G2 phone last week, it made no mention of pricing.

• Android overtaking iPhone and BlackBerry

  This week, research firm Gartner announced that by year's end Google's Android will rocket past both Apple's iOS and Research in Motion's Blackberry in popularity.

• Why Android is bad for business

  The news seems to be all Android, all the time these days, and various analysts have recently revealed predictions that Android will soon be the leading mobile platform. Despite the popularity of the Android platform, though, there are some critical elements of Android that make it unsuitable for business use.

• Does iOS 4.1 fix the proximity sensor as promised?

  Apple released the first major update to iOS 4 yesterday -- iOS 4.1. The iOS update comes with complete with a variety of new features and enhancements, but the most critical aspect of iOS 4.1 for many iPhone 4 users is whether or not Apple actually resolved the frustrating proximity sensor issue.

• Leak: HTC's New Android Targets Global Business Travelers

  An upcoming Android-powered phone from HTC and Verizon will support both CDMA and GSM, according to documents leaked in the past few days by the Federal Communications Commission.

• Crowded smartphone market could bring IT headaches

  Business and consumer demand for smartphones is growing rapidly, but no single mobile operating system will rule the market in the way that Windows dominates personal computers.

• The real reasons iOS 4.1 is important

  Only two days left until Apple releases the first major upgrade to the iOS 4 mobile operating system on Wednesday, September 8.

• iOS 4.1 to finally fix iPhone 4 proximity sensor

  It's official. iOS 4.1 is "coming soon" for iPhone and iPod Touch users.

• Blackberry loses more ground to Apple and Android

  In a continuing trend, more businesses are shifting loyalties from Blackberry to iPhones and Android devices as the relative newcomers make inroads into the corporate world. Three-quarters of the 200 businesses surveyed in the United States and the U.K in the study reported that their employees are choosing other than Blackberry, Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. reported to Bloomberg. The number was 83 percent for U.S. companies.