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Usually the trumpets blare when a new Android-based slate hits the town, but the IT-friendly Cisco Cius isn’t really the type to get all hot and bothered over. We’ve had plenty of signs that this deceptive looking not-a-video-phone was coming to Big Red’s Enterprise accounts and official word from the operator means your side of the cubicle will be getting some locked-down, Angry Birds-less tablet love later this summer. There’s a whole bit of 4G LTE buzz buzz buzz in the release, but we have to stress that it’s mobile hotspot only — meaning this WiFi-equipped pad isn’t the full office-on-the-go you might’ve hoped for. Out-of-context Moses and the Greeks PR allusions after the break.

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Cisco Cius headed to Verizon late summer, IT departments celebrate originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Qualcomm’s not exactly a novice when it comes to sizing up phones — it’s already responsible for the graphics benchmark Neocore. Now, it also wants to show you just how much your mobile browser is lagging. The company just introduced Vellamo, a suite of 11 tests designed to gauge browser performance on Android phones and tablets. In case you’re curious, it takes its name from the Finnish goddess of the sea who lures away sailors web surfers (Qualcomm’s joke, not ours). And yes, it’ll work with any device running Android 2.0 or above, even if it doesn’t pack a Qualcomm-made processor. These tests span four broad categories — rendering, JavaScript, user experience, and networking — with only two requiring an internet connection (even then, you can cherry pick specific tests to run). We took it for a spin on our aging, Froyo-packing, Motorola Droid, whose score of 237 landed at the very bottom of the list of results, far behind tablets and newer handsets. (As of this writing, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 took the cake.) Curious to see how your device ranks? Hit the source link to download the free APK file.

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Qualcomm launches Vellamo browser benchmark for Android devices originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s everybody’s favorite time of year. Yup, the Q2 earnings results are coming in, and Google’s leading the pack, reporting $9.02 billion in gross revenue for the second quarter of 2011: a 32 percent increase over the same period in 2010. CEO Larry Page notes, that’s a “record breaking over $9 billion of revenue,” with net income reaching $2.51 billion, up from $1.84 billion in Q2 2010. Google’s various sites apparently made up 69 percent of the $9.02 billion in revenue, generating $6.23 billion — 2010 numbers were $4.50 billion. Operating expenses saw a notable increase over 2010, cutting into profits by $2.97 billion, up from $1.99 billion.

Larry Page has just announced some Android usage numbers, pointing out that 550,000 devices, rocking the little green robot, are being activated per day. That’s up from the 500,000 announced late last month. Android Market numbers are also up, with six billion total downloads.

Continue reading Google announces Q2 earnings: $9.02 billion in revenue, $2.51 billion in net income

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Here comes a public service announcement: Eat slower and you’ll feel fuller. Oh sorry, wrong one. We meant: Nook Color owners, you can now dual-boot your slate using the specially-created Nook2Android SD card. The card makes installing Android 2.3 a snap and it’s now shipping with a dual-boot file courtesy of XDA developers, which means you can choose to boot into the original Nook OS without having to remove the card. You’re looking at $35 for an 8GB card, rising to $90 for 32GB. Alternatively, if you’re happy to get a bit of oil on your hands, you can try the manual approach. Mmmm, Gingerbread, chew every mouthful.

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Keepin’ it real fake: Xiaomi M1 melds iPhone and Galaxy S II with custom MIUI ROM originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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