> Honeycomb is the first version of Android designed for tablets and is eagerly anticipated. Motorola’s Xoom tablet will launch on Thursday as the first to run the software, but initial versions won’t come with Flash support. Verizon, which is putting the device on sale, previously said Flash would be available in “spring 2011.” > > The vague time reference had people fearing Flash wouldn’t be available until the end of the season, but a posting on Adobe’s blog points to a slightly earlier release. > > “Consumers are clearly asking…

> Analysts Vincent Chen and Alison Chen with Taiwan-based research firm Yuanta Securities Co. issued the report, *Bloomberg* said on Monday. > > “Our checks suggest new issues are being encountered with the new production and it is taking time to resolve them,” said Chen. “As a number of Android 3.0 tablets are being launched in April and May, the delay in iPad 2 shipments may give the Android camp a brief window of opportunity.” > > According to the analysts, design changes made before the Chinese [Lunar New Year](http://www.appleinsider.com/…

> Phone users on tighter budgets have been shunning the pricey iPhones in favour of less expensive models which have Google’s popular Android software,” the report said. “Apple will now hope to lure away customers from the likes of Nokia. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/apple_distracts_from_mobile_world_congress_as_iphone_nano_rumors_continue.html)This quote makes no sense. For starters, until very recently, no Android phone was cheaper than Apple’s $100 3Gs. Especially once you factor in data costs,…

> I have absolutely no qualms about calling this new regime at Nokia a puppet government. This is far and away the most brilliant move of Ballmer’s tenure. Whether it pays off is another question entirely. > > [UPDATE: [Former Microsoft exec Chris Weber](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nokia-appoints-chris-weber-to-president-of-nokia-inc-us-and-head-of-markets-north-america-115904119.html) has just been named President of Nokia Inc. (US). This is a coup, folks.] via [appleoutsider.com](http://www.appleoutsider.com/2011/02/11/nokia/)No doubt this new deal between Microsoft and Nokia is a lot more about saving sinking…

> **RIM plans to add support for running existing Android 2.x apps on its upcoming PlayBook tablet to narrow its “app gap,” but also fears retribution from Oracle were it to use Android’s Dalvik Virtual Machine to do so.** via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/10/rim_playbook_to_run_android_apps_but_fears_oracle_lawsuit.html)Letting Android apps run on PlayBook won’t help RIM close the “app gap.” It will only give developers even LESS of a reason to write native RIM…