All Posts by Brian Hart
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by Brian Hart
Apr 13, 2009
Elan Microelectronics, a small Taiwanese outfit that recently made news for suing Apple for copyright infringement over their multi-touch technology, recently release the above video demonstrating mul...
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by Brian Hart
Apr 10, 2009
Have you had a chance to check out Google's web app for Gmail and Calendar on your Android device lately? Google is touting it as "a new and improved experience when you access Gmail and Calendar...
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by Brian Hart
Apr 09, 2009
Demonstrating that the old adage "beauty is only skin deep" is true, we've learned that the sleek, full touchscreen Huawei G7000 is running a propriety OS rather than Google's And...
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by Brian Hart
Apr 07, 2009
Amico is a Taiwanese firm that was sporting their new Android handset at CTIA this week, and it looks like a pretty decent phone with some good specs. Although it's been whisked back to the work...
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by Brian Hart
Apr 06, 2009
According to T-Mobile USA, G1 Android users downloaded an average of at least 40 applications for their phones while iPhone users averaged about 37 apps. There is no data as to retention of apps - G1 ...
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by Brian Hart
Mar 24, 2009
Dell is living proof that cramming Android into any old generic phone design is not enough to woo cellular providers. Consumers have become a fairly tech-savvy crowd and a nifty OS alone, l...
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by Brian Hart
Mar 11, 2009
AxDroid - Android on Dell Axim x51v from Ertan D. on Vimeo.
Just because you CAN run Android on a Dell Axim x51v, should you? Although it doesn't seem to make much sense to run Android on an antiq...
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by Brian Hart
Mar 04, 2009
Evernote is a service that enables you to capture information, no matter where you are, what you are doing, and whether you have a smartphone or computer. Use software, browser plug-ins, and even your...
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by Brian Hart
Mar 03, 2009
Although this is a video of a Nokia N800, which isn't even a smartphone, VMWare's MVP hypervisor virtual machine is enabling it to run both Windows and Android simultaneously. The virtual machine r...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 28, 2009
Cases for our beloved smartphones are a way to personalize our mass-produced device, and there are a variety of them available. Slider phones, like the T-Mobile G1, present a challenge to case-make...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 27, 2009
It was only in late January that we got a look at General Mobile's DSTL1 Android phone, and it was also displayed at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Android users are anxious for more ...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 27, 2009
Just a few days ago, we reported that those with Google Developer phones (unlocked, root access) would not be able to buy certain apps in the Android Market. It appears there were some teeth to this r...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 25, 2009
Want to see what Android looks like on the Motorola Q form factor? How about a Treo Pro, or the anticipated Kogan Agora? Over at Tea Vui Huang's Android Page, you can grab these skins and even one for...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 25, 2009
Google's Android and the Symbian Foundation recently traded jabs over who is more "open" and who is just talking the talk, but not walking the walk. Symbian Foundation director Lee Williams was quoted...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 24, 2009
Until just a few days ago, I still had the manufacturer plastic covering on my G1's screen. Pathetic, eh? Maybe so, but I'm extraordinarily protective of my smartphones, and had my G1 had nothing u...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 23, 2009
With Android-based netbooks being a possibility in the near future, it may come as no surprise that Asus is working on a low-cost laptop powered by Google's Android OS. Asus introduced the popular Ee...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 23, 2009
It seems that the Google Android OS, the platform touted as being open for all, is a little less open for some than others. If you own an unlocked developer G1 Android phone, even those received by Go...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 20, 2009
Several days ago we reported that Freescale has developed a system-on-chip (SoC) for Android, opening up netbook possibilities. Desiring to carve out their share of the netbook pie, Glen Burch...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 20, 2009
If you like your Google Android G1 from T-Mobile but you aren't crazy about the slide-out keyboard, cupcake may soon give you the much-anticipated on-screen keyboard as an option. This video, creat...
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by Brian Hart
Feb 18, 2009
First they said their Android handsets were delayed. Then they were a no-show for MWC in Barcelona. Then, they weren't delayed again. Or, was that delayed no-show? No-show fo sho? Samsung is making ou...
