The Ticker (September 3rd)

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ViewSonic Announces Dual-Booting ViewPad 100

ViewSonic announced the “world’s first” dual-boot Android/ Windows 7 tablet earlier today at IFA 2010. The Android side of things is 1.6 which might turn away tech savvy early adopters, but the rest of the tablet sounds good on paper. The Viewpad 100 comes with a 10″ capacitive LED touchscreen (1024×600), an Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz processor, 16GB SSD, and 1GB DDR3 RAM.

We Got a Jammed Packed AGTN!

In 45 minutes we will be going LIVE with AGTN, otherwise known as “Android Guys Thursday Night” DROID-cast! Join us tonight as we talk with Drew Ianni from APPNATION, we hear from Kyle the Droid Guy about the Galaxy Tab LIVE from Germany, we give away 6 Android Figurines, 5 Zooly cases and a partridge in a pear tree. (that last one was a joke).

Toshiba Folio 100 Announced

Samsung isn’t the only company announcing Android tablets today. Toshiba just dropped the Android 2.2-powered Folio 100 on the world. The specs read like a strong device, with its 1024 x 600 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, Tegra 2 processor, and 16GB of built-in memory. Other features, like the HDMI output, SD card slot, WiFi support, and 1.3 megapixel webcam would have you thinking this will be a force to be reckoned with. Sadly, that’s not the vibe we’re getting out of the early reports.We’re gathering more of a mixed vibe with a lean towards the positive.

Video Review of the Sony/Ericsson XPERIA X10 for AT&T

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T-Mobile G2 Pricing Leaked: $200 Dollars On Contract

We have seen renders, heard release dates, seen hands-on photos, and now we have a price. That’s right folks, thanks to the team over at TmoNews, we now know how much the G2 will cost on contract and off contract. Take a look at the image above, it clearly shows, the T-Mobile G2 being sold for $200 dollars on contract, and $499 without

Justin.tv Gets in on Android Streaming Action

The live streaming and broadcasting space gets a little more crowded today with the addition of the Justin.tv application. Designed for phones running Android 1.6 and above, the free app lets users provide live video anytime, anywhere. The title works over both 3G as well as WiFi connections and allows for sharing via Facebook and Twitter. Although the arrival of the Justin.tv app comes after comptetors Qik and Ustream, it does offer a few goodies. For instance the hardware video encoding puts less strain on the batter while the bitrate gets tweaked based on your data connection

Sony Ericsson CEO Gunning for #1 Android Phone Supplier in World

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Archos Unveils Five Android-Powered Tablets and Media Players

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Score a Display Pod for Your App at APPNATION!

Hey, Everybody! As you may have heard, we are going to be LIVE on the Expo floor at APPNATION in SF, Sept 12-13th and we’re looking to connect with as many Android devs and Android faithful from our colorful dev community as possible. To sweeten the deal, we have partnered with the APPNATION organizers to offer five (5) FREE “DroidStands” on the Expo show floor as part of the show’s DevNation area. This is a $995 value for Android Guys readers, which gives you a demo pod DROID area to showcase your latest apps to all the attendees including big companies like Disney, AOL and the venture capitalists who may be interested in investing in your app or company. Think of this as a little “Android Guys Village” — one that we want to pack it with the coolest devs out there, and who will hang with the Android Guys team including Ray as he DROIDcasts LIVE from APPNATION. (www.appnationconference.com)

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