Due to security concerns about Microsoft Windows, everyone working at Google, including the Android OS team, is now being directed towards Mac OS X or Linux. If employees wish to use Windows to their own peril, they require “CIO approval.” More »

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From Ziggytek: Smartphone competition is at an all time high this year. There is no shortage of performance, pricey models to choose from. However, one handset features something that nothing else does: WiMAX 4G. Sprint is the first carrier to use 4G speeds, and its HTC Evo 4G, running Google’s Android 2.1 Eclair, is the other hotly anticipated smartphone to be released in June. More »

From Ziggytek: This is the the MSI tablet that many geeks are holding their breaths for: with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 SoC (which delivers an advertised 12-hours of battery life), the 10″ Wind Pad 110 runs Google Android 2.1 but sadly uses the same low-resolution 1024×600 capacitive touchscreen as the Wind Pad 100. More »

It looks like an Apple iPad but is a less than half the price and probably half as useful. Watch the aPad - not to be confused with the iPed that has been receiving plenty of press in Asia - a 7-inch Android 1.5 tablet with wireless and GPS in action to determine if it is worth your hundred bucks. More »

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In record time, programmers are rooting devices that are not yet for public sale. Sprint’s WiMAX Evo 4G is the latest to receive the treatment, and several posters on XDA Developers have also put an Android 2.2 FroYo ROM onto the super-phone. More »

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Is this a clear sign that T-Mobile is struggling to move MyTouch 3G Slide pre-orders? Certainly. Companies do not, out of generosity, just routinely lower prices on unreleased products. $180/$200 was ridiculous, and although $50 is an appreciable cut, I cannot help but pine for the Motorola Droid for the same amount. More »

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Cannot get enough of these inventory screen grabs? Here is one that will intrigue quite a few Android lovers. Purportedly, Verizon has the Motorola Shadow in stock (or on order?) as “MB810″ and may release it as soon as next month. More »

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Radio addicts can now stream Sirius|XM from their Android smartphone. Enjoy over 120 channels of nonstop high-definition music or talk, and only 1.5 or above is required. More »

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From Ziggytek: Lenovo has seen the light. Acknowledging the strengths of Google’s open source Android OS, Lenovo is delaying the launches of its Skylight smartbook and U1 Hybrid laptop/tablet, replacing the custom Linux operating systems with (hopefully) Android 2.2 FroYo. More »

From Ziggytek: In China, the W7, which not coincidentally resembles the iPod Touch, is selling for 1,000 Yuan. The Android 1.5 multimedia slate has a 4.8″ WVGA (800×480) touchscreen and a Rockchip RK2808 CPU (600MHz ARM processor, Ceva MM-2000 DSP) that can decode high-definition video. More »