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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2010
A couple of contest deadlines are hanging over your (and ours, too) heads. A refresher:The Interpret developer survey is still live, but it ends this weekend. They're putting together a data set about...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2010
Google today announced Buzz, which is kind of an uber-mashup of Twitter, Facebook, Four Square and just about any other social network you can think of. Share photos, locations -- whatever -- all in ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2010
It seems like it's a bit early to start hearing rumblings of the "H" nickname for Android. After all, it was just a few short weeks ago that we learned "F" was for Froyo -- fr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2010
By now everyone should have seen the Google Nexus One update (called 2.1-update1) pushed out to their phones. (If not, you can always update manually.) Aside from pinch-to-zoom being turned on in a h...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 09, 2010
 With so many phones getting delayed these days, it's refreshing to see a phone manufacturer actually try and beat their release date. The Motorola Devour is rumored to do just that. Originally e...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 09, 2010
If you're in the market for a myTouch 3G, our advice would be to wait until the myTouch 3G 1.2 becomes official and then decide which one to buy. Even though T-Mobile is going to drop the price of the...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 09, 2010
 Google, creator of so many things cool, may have another awesome app in the works. Google is reportedly working on a new voice-to-voice translation that will be available to mobile phones. Meani...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 09, 2010
Looks like Google's Phone Support for the Nexus One just went live. You can ask for help regarding your Nexus One's problems by calling 1 (888) 48-NEXUS which is 1-888-486-3987 in simple numeric form....
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 08, 2010
We learned this morning what we'll likely see once the Motorola Droid gets the update to Android 2.1. Now we have have a time frame. Motorola, on its official Facebook page, dropped the following (emp...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 08, 2010
Here's a little bit of "good" news for anybody who bought a Nexus One on contract with T-Mobile and is thinking of getting out early. Remember how Google was charging a $350 "Equipment ...
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by Jeremy
Feb 08, 2010
From the Forums is a great way for you, our readers, to see the hottest topics being discussed. But you must be a registered member and becoming a member is a simple process. So if you have not alre...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 08, 2010
The fifth part in Google's YouTube series chronicling the birth (and now life) of the Nexus One is now available. In it we get a look at the Nexus One being used throughout the day (and a guy whose a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 08, 2010
Looks like somebody has their hands in HTC's honey pot. Just yesterday we got a look at the HTC Invincible, and now here's the HTC Legend. Looks like it's running the same ol' Sense we've co...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 08, 2010
The guys and gals at Engadget apparently have gotten word of what we can expect when the Motorola Droid gets its next update. Here's the scoop:Looks like it'll be based off the Android2.1-update1 buil...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 08, 2010
 The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is coming, SE promises us that. But we still don't know the final official details like the date it's coming, the price it'll be, and what US carrier it'll land on (...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 08, 2010
 Remember that weirdly designed Motorola Android device, the Motosplit? Well, if these new rumored details are to be believed, that weird Motosplit is going to get even weirder. Yeah, we didn't t...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 08, 2010
We know a lot of you folks have been excited over Swype, the new keyboard input method that allows you to simply drag your fingers to keys you want to type. It's definitely convenient for one handed '...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2010
Look twice. There's a phone in that picture, and it's the Motorola Devour. And there's Megan Fox. And there's video of the Super Bowl commercial after the break. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2010
Well, not quite as ... erm, visually striking as Motorola's Super Bowl ad, but Google did just spring its first television ad on us. It was the same "Parisian Love" ad that leaked...
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by Dieter Bohn
Feb 07, 2010
We're proud to say that The iPhone Blog is now TiPb: your #1 iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad blog! A little SPE network news before we get to our weekly list o'links. We've been calling TiPb 'TiPb' inste...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2010
The folks at Pocketnow just got slipped a few shots of the HTC Incredible, a device long rumored to make an appearance on Verizon at some point. Android 2.1 is definitely on board, as is HTC's S...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2010
We just got slipped a roadmap for Dopod, and with it we get some Chinese Android fare.First off there's the long-rumored HTC Dragon, noted as a 3.6-inch WVGA China-only Android phone. Then there'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2010
If you don't know the name Linus Torvalds, well, let's just say he's the reason you're holding that Android phone in your hand. He created the Linux kernel, which is what Android is built on. Anyway, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 07, 2010
Let's not waste any time here. Part four of Google's series chronicling the birth of the Nexus One tackles the manufacturing process, from the plastic molds to the electrical innards at HTC. This is w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 06, 2010
Here comes Part 3 in Google's series of short films chronicling the birth of the Nexus One. Dunno about you guys, but the bend test made me cringe. Video after the break. [Part 1 | Part 2] ...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 06, 2010
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, or Schmitty around these parts, just tweeted that we should watch the ads during the 3rd Quarter of the Super Bowl. And to add even more intrigue, he says that someone said &q...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 06, 2010
Three things I believe in: Android will dominate the universe, everybody should go sailing at least three times in their life, and Engadget's ability to parse the FCC listings. And they've done it aga...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 06, 2010
Couple of nuggets of information regarding the fabled Motorola Zeppelin, if this slide, purportedly from an internal T-Mobile presentation, is to believed. 1.) It'll be called the Cliq XT. A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
Episode 2 of Google's behind-the-scenes look at the Nexus One is now available. The second part of the five-part series takes a look at the AMOLED display and 3D framework of the device. Check i...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 05, 2010
The Smartphone Round Robin is finally over! After a long trip through five other smartphone platforms, we're finally back on our own lovely Android. Having played with so many different platforms, we ...