Android Atlas Weekly 45: I sue you, you sue me

Apple sues Samsung, Samsung sues Apple, the Army uses Android in the battle field, and we get a tour of the latest round of Android Tablets. Join Justin Eckhouse and guest hosts Eric Franklin and JT Tabencki as they dive into the world of Android.

Watch this: Ep. 45: I sue you, you sue me

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EPISODE 45

News Stories

Apple sues Samsung for ‘copying’ smartphones, tablets
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20055033-248.html

Samsung countersues Apple over iPhone, iPad
https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/22/us-samsung-apple-idUSTRE73L0DG20110422

Android phones record user-locations according to research
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/21/android-phones-record-user-locations

Army enlists Android for battlefield comms
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20056130-17.html

Skype for Android gets 3G VoIP calls at long last
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20056149-251.html

Moto delaying Droid Bionic until summer
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20055486-251.html?tag=mncol;title

T-Mobile G2X review: It’s worth the hype
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/t-mobile-g2x/4505-6452_7-34550510.html

Philips GoGear Connect, hands-on
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20055495-1.html

Samsung Droid Charge hits Verizon on April 28
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20056103-251.html?tag=mncol;1n

Useless Stat of the Week

Report: Tablet sales to hit $49 billion by 2015
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20055301-243.html

Toshiba tablet momentarily priced and named
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20054774-251.html

Amazon selling T-Mobile’s 3D-enabled G-Slate
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20055684-251.html

Acer Iconia Tab A500
http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/acer-iconia-tab-a500/4505-3126_7-34644168.html?tag=mncol;txt

E-mail (androidatlas@cnet.com)

Thanks for the show, I've learned a lot. I have a Samsung Captivate phone and AT&T sent me an e-mail stating that I should update my operating system. So, I am wondering how would be the best way to backup my phone? Can all backups be done in the same location, or are the Contacts backed up in one place and the Apps somewhere else? Can the backup live on my PC or do I have to use the "cloud"?

Thanks
DrBowzer (David)

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I was listening to your episode #44 story about how the HTC Thunderbolt failed to include the new Skype with video calling, stirring up my frustration that nobody knows about Yahoo Messenger.

Yahoo Messenger supports front-camera video calling on Android, as well as iPhone and Windows PCs. I’ve tried it on my EVO, successfully video calling with an and iPhone 4, a Thunderbolt, another EVO and a PC. I think it even comes pre-installed on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G. Yet I still see tech reporters carrying on as if we’re still waiting for Skype, Google Chat, or others to finally give us cross-platform video calling. I’ve tried posted in the comments of some Android blog sites and tried to submit it as news on an EVO site, but no one has noticed yet. So why does nobody seem to know about Yahoo Messenger’s video calling ability?

I’m a friend of a developer at Yahoo who writes the code for their Messenger platform. I knew that last year he was working on iPhone 4 and Android front-camera video calling apps. Last fall it came out for iPhone 4 out on the Apple Apps store, but at the time did not appear on the Android Market. Recently I asked him when we will get it for Android and he surprised me by saying it’s been available for some time already, ever since they finished it in time for the MyTouch 4G launch last November. Sure enough, I downloaded it on the spot and tried it out with him on his iPhone 4.

How has Yahoo managed to keep secret a killer app that beats Skype and Google to the market by a mile?

– Martin

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