All Posts by Phil Nickinson
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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 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
For as easy as Android can make your life, the simple task of getting photos, video and music from your computer to your phone isn't quite as straightforward as it should be. We're going to put an en...
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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 Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
You guys wanted pinch-to-zoom on the Motorola Droid, and you're getting pinch-to-zoom on the Motorola Droid. At least in Google Maps, thus far, which has been updated to Version 3.4.0 and lets you...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
Looks like the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader's getting an update right ... about ... now! Gizmodo got slipped an internal memo that details the Version 1.2 upgrade:Improved in-store WiFi and "...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
Android 2.0+ If you've been looking to get your hands on a first-person shooter, iQapps has brought its iCommando: Operation Dark Haze game over to Android. Gameplay is simple yet immersive. You...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
There's no denying that the Nexus One is a sexy piece of hardware (check out our review) that both Google and manufacturer HTC are proud of. (You should see them talk about it in person. It's evident...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 05, 2010
While watching the video on the creation of the Google Nexus One, we get a brief glimpse of the desktop dock that's available now (watch our video review) and a couple others that we may well see soo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
We love Twitter clients. That's no secret around here. And the free Seesmic Twitter client for Android just got an update. It's a biggie, and likely enough to return it to my regular Twitter rotation...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
Looks like Google Maps might be getting ready to move its Street View feature indoors. Search Engine Land was told by NYC store Oh Nuts that it was visited by a Google rep who took picture inside eve...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
For our UK friends on the Orange network: HTC just released a maintenance update for the Hero. No, not a full-on Android revisision (sorry), but it's better than nothing. The update wil...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
A bunch of you keep asking about the calendar widget I've got on my home screen. So, here it is. Pure Calendar is a widget (not an app) that has a ton of settings and is available in a number of size...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
Hey, all you developers out there: Interpret's looking to get to know you better, and they have a short survey they'd like you to take. Take it, enter your information at the end, and you'll be entere...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
For you Dropbox fans out there who look at your iPhone-wielding friends longingly as they browser through their stuff in the cloud, take heart in the knowledge that an Android application is in the w...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
When we broke the news that Europe's Vodafone network would be getting the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, we didn't have an idea of when the phone would be available. That's been answered by Vodafone ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
One of the biggest (and best) questions you all asked after Google brought multitouch to the Nexus One this week was "What about the Motorola Droid? Will it get multitouch, too? Of course, the Dr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 04, 2010
The latest from Aliph was developed for use in tanks and helicopters, sports the proprietary NoiseAssassin technology that eliminates background noise, has a Voice Activity Sensor that "feels&qu...
