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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 05, 2010
Just in time for the expected launch of a little phone from Google, T-Mobile today announced that it has upgraded its entire 3G network to full HSPA speeds. That's 7.2Mbps, for those of you playing at...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 05, 2010
While we await the eventual appearance of the Android-powered Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (and some people are less hopeful than others), Canadian carrier Rogers has said it will launch the X10 in t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 05, 2010
Spring Design's Alex e-reader, which still isn't actually available (though we expect to see it this week at CES), has announce a deal that gives it access to Google's books library, gaining the ...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 05, 2010
If you're up either late at night or early in the morning (we never know which is it) in anticipation for tomorrow's Google Event for the Nexus One, there's a solid full review of the Nexus One ...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 05, 2010
Your eyes aren't deceiving you. No, that's not a new Android phone but rather the Windows Mobile HTC Imagio running our favorite OS. A PPCGeeks forum user got Android 2.0.1 (take that non-Droid ...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 05, 2010
Let's be honest here, texting through SMS and carriers is very convenient but it's nothing short of a complete rip off. What are they charging these days? A quarter per SMS?! That's why apps lik...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
AdMob, a company that serves up mobile advertising, just released some new numbers for Android, showing that data requests doubled from October to December. The bullet points:Requests increased ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
We're in full Google Nexus One bat-poop-crazy mode for the next 24 hours or so. And as such we can tell you that the official support page went live for a fleeting moment. And as quickly as...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
Logitech, best known for its computer peripherals, apparently has some sort of Android-powered product in the pipeline, according to a recent job posting.They're looking for "a super-star enginee...
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by Jeremy
Jan 04, 2010
Amazon.com is now offering the HTC Droid Eris for the low price of $9.99. That's not too shabby considering before the holidays Best Buy offered the same device for $49.99. Keep in mind to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
One of our favorite hobbies these days is to collect statistical data about Android (we also collect spores, mold and fungus), and here's an interesting specimen from ChangeWave.A survey of 4,068 peop...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
It can't be all sunshine and kittens head of Tuesday's expected Google Nexus One launch. ZDNet has published a list of how much extra those of you outside of the United States will have to pay for the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
Forget the phones. One of our first stops at CES this week is going to have to be with Touch Revolution, whose NIM1000 drop-in module is bringing Android to microwave ovens, washer/dryers/r...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
The Acer Liquid A1 apparently is on track for an Eclair update, according to a French Web site. Currently, the A1, which does not have carrier support in the U.S. but has been seen at the FCC, is runn...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
Those of us waiting for Spotify -- an online streaming music service that currently as available in Europe -- to arrive in the U.S. may get a pleasant surprise this week. Maybe.
Techcrunch patriarch ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2010
We're going to interrupt our CES prep on Tuesday for the Google press event, at which we expect the launch of the Nexus One. Join us! ...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 04, 2010
According to NetApplications, mobile web browsing is now responsible for 1.3% of all internet browsing. 1.3% may seem like an insignificant number but it's nothing to laugh at. In the beginning ...
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by Casey Chan
Jan 04, 2010
We guess Verizon finally realized their original method of fixing the faulty Motorola Droid battery cover wasn't going to cut it. After all, it was just a band-aid! This time around, they're act...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 03, 2010
Last week was a good one as usual for SPE, but next week we'll be blowing the walls out for CES: expect plenty of CES coverage from all of our sites. This year we'll have our biggest team ever at the ...
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by Jeremy
Jan 03, 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 Casey Chan
Jan 03, 2010
The oh so lucky guys at the Nexus One Blog got their hands on the Nexus One and one-upped the other hands-on that came out today with a full review. They go through the Nexus One in full detail ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2010
Guess this really makes the Nexus One from Google as unofficially official as something can get: Engadget has a device in hand (more so than even Gizmodo did) and is giving it the what-for, along with...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2010
File this under "Don't know ... Could be ... Who knows ... Take with a grain of salt ... Maybe ..." and any other number of qualifiers, but the Boy Genius Report says it's heard t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2010
For those of you with CDMA HTC Heroes who don't mind a bit of hackery, some cooked ROMs are in the works to bring Android 2.1 to your phones. From XDA Developers member flipzmode come the above...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 02, 2010
Well hows about that. There's the Motorola Calgary/Droid Devour, all dressed up in silver. And while the keyboard doesn't quite look as sexy (and usable) as you might find on the HTC Touch Pro 2, it's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 01, 2010
Sure, there's that Dell Mini 3i Android phone floating around out there. But let's face it: It's a little small. Now this is more like it. This guy took a Dell Inspiron Mini 10.1-inch netbook, ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2009
No top-10 lists. No retrospectives. No countdowns. Just a "Here's to the new year," and prepare for the Android onslaught in the months to come. Have a good one, and be safe, everybody...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2009
We cringe anytime we read a headline that states one company is planning to launch a product to compete with another company's product that doesn't yet exist, but such is the world in which we live. A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2009
Maybe you're not good enough with your hands to code up your own Android app, but certainly your fingers are fleet enough to cobble together this little guy. Cause if you can't code, you might ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 31, 2009
Another Android phone from Motorola? And this one better than the last? Why not? The render you see above reportedly is codenamed either the Mirage or Shadow and has a 4.3-inch (as in the same size as...
