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Phone manufacturers and the aftermarket wage war against crappy battery life and Google does battle with poor app design on this week's episode of Android Atlas Weekly.

NEWS:

-Woz concedes Android advantages over iPhone

-iPhone 4S helps iOS close the gap on Android

-Google evangelists release bible of good Android design

-The Android sloppy interface when guidelines are not enough

-NSA Releases Secure Android Version

-LOL, Seido 3800mah extended battery for Galaxy Nexus

-Galaxy Nexus nfc feature requires original oem battery… Read more

Motorola has Droid RAZR deja vu (twice!) and Samsung's Ryan Bidan stops by to show off the Galaxy Note and explain why we should be excited about an Android-powered refrigerator.

NEWS

-Polaroid SC1630 Android HD smart camera hands-on, is it a cameraphone or a phonecamera?

-Motorola’s Droid 4 is the greatest Android keyboard slider yet

-Sprint confirms switch to LTE with Galaxy Nexus, LG Viper

-Droid Razr Maxx

-Excite X10: Best of CES Finalist

-Asus Memo 370T: Best of CES Finalist… Read more

We say goodbye to HTC's locked bootloaders and hello to Mr. Android and his cadre of Japanese schoolgirls on this week's episode.

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NEWS:

-Verizon ready to discontinue Droid 3, 4G hot spots, and more

-Asus Transformer Prime ICS upgrade, bugfixes announced

-HTC makes locked bootloaders a thing of the past

-Google Moves To Ensure UI Integrity On All Android 4.0 Devices

-Clockwork Mod tether: USB tethering, no root required

-Meet Mr. Android

-Android gets manga treatment

CES … Read more

We take a look back at last year's Android predictions and take our best guesses for what to look for in 2012.

Antuan’s 2011 Predictions List

Google will begin to work on better in-car connectivity for Android devices to help encourage use of its Maps app and to gain ground from Apple and its iPhone. They’ve already started taking jabs at in-car navigation, so maybe they want to move to replace it

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20025511-48.html… Read more

The Galaxy Nexus goes on sale in Australia while Verizon promises us it is still on track to go on sale in the U.S. this year. We have 2 weeks left and we're placing bets. We take a look at a $99 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet with a $60 shipping fee and we analyze which Android Apps are the most popular.

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NEWS:

-Samsung's Galaxy Nexus unveiled in Australia

-Galaxy Nexus to go on sale this week?

-hasverizonreleasedthegalaxynex.us… Read more

Upon hearing the latest Galaxy Nexus disappointment, we take some time to discuss all that's wrong with Android.

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NEWS

-Verizon isn't blocking Google Wallet, it's a different kind of app

-Rumor: Verizon Galaxy Nexus delayed...again

-Google engineer explains why Android UI will never be as fluid as iOS or WP7

-Verizon announces pair of Droid Xyboard tablets

-Does the Kindle Fire have serious usability issues?

-Android Is Winning

-Android Market: 10 Billion Apps Served So Far, And Another 1 Billion Each Month… Read more

A Siri alternative in the form of an app, the Galaxy Nexus gets dissected as the US launch approaches, and your Android phone may be ratting you out to Big Brother.

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NEWS:

-Android handsets secretly logging keystrokes, SMS messages?

-Galaxy Nexus teardown reveals plenty of goodies

-Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus price: $199.99?

-Best Buy launches Nexus Prime product page with $299 price

-Motorola to launch Droid 4 in December?

-Google Maps 6.0 goes indoors

-First-generation phone runs fourth-generation Android… Read more

Justin thinks Android is still to complex for beginners, Antuan says nice things about Apple, and someone crams a whole Android-based computer onto a USB key.

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NEWS:

-CONFIRMED: Samsung Galaxy Nexus U.S. Launch Is In December

-Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich review: Cool, confident, chaotic

-Android 4.0 supports mass storage, Galaxy Nexus does not

-Want Android 4.0? Wait 2 months, says Cyanogen

Samsung Mocks Apple Ad

-Google: 200 million Android devices now active worldwide

-After iPad, Kindle Fire most desired tablet, study finds… Read more

Donald Bell joins us on the show today to discuss The Google Music Service, a Nexus launch date, and the biggest tablet you've ever seen! All of that and more on this week's episode of Android Atlas Weekly for November 16nd 2011.

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NEWS

-Google releases source code for Ice Cream Sandwich

-Google Music Event

-Canada's big three lay out launch plans for the Galaxy Nexus; US users jealous, eh?

-Google Nexus FCC

-First Sale of Nexus & Breakfast!… Read more