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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 09, 2010
For Motorola Droid and Nexus One: If you're looking for a quick way to figure out what's for dinner, there's Urbanspoon. Now in Version 1.0 (and free!) for Android, it's a simple dial-a-mea...
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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 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 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 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 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 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...
