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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 28, 2009
We've seen early builds of Google's Chrome OS, but the really interesting aspect will be the big G's own netbook, whose design is being closely handled by Google. And the technical specs of the netboo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2009
When you take this gig, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you'll be writing a lot about products that might or might not exist. And accessory-maker Seidio (whose wares we sell in the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 27, 2009
We're still waiting on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to make an official appearance any time now, possibly on T-Mobile, possibly AT&T. Or maybe neither. We just don't know yet. Anyhoo, here's a loo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 23, 2009
Google today responded to the FCC's FTC's request for more information regarding its purchase of AdMob, the mobile advertising company. And, as expected, they're putting a positive spin on the delay t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 23, 2009
We've seen tons of pictures and a few unofficial specs for the Nexus One trickle out of the past couple of weeks, but the folks at Engadget have found the mother lode. They've also gotten word that th...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 22, 2009
We'll be honest here, we have Google Wave but we have no idea how to use it. Luckily, more talented folks have gotten a handle on Google Wave and have decided to summarize the year 2009 by using one o...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 22, 2009
Google has an infamous saying, "Don't Be Evil" which is incredibly simple yet loaded with layers of meaning. Obviously, it's a dig at other companies who only make profit-based decisio...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 21, 2009
It'd been a little while, and I guess we were due. So here are a few more pictures of the Nexus One, aka Google phone. And along for the ride this time is a brief video. Peep that after the break. [@...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 20, 2009
Either the folks at NBC's "Saturday Night Live" are as nerdy as we are, or Engadget EiC Joshua Topolsky's visits on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" have been rubbing off. Eith...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 18, 2009
Alls been relatively quiet on the Nexus One front for a couple of days hours, but we're getting more information about what's been floating around in the hands of Google employees. A recent hands-on b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 17, 2009
We often lament the fact that the Android operating system is a wee bit fractured, with devices running on a number of versions. How bad is it, you ask?The Android Developers blog spells it out in the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2009
A day after we and the rest of the world reported that the Android Market unofficially surpassed 20,000 applications, Google has come out and said it's not quite that many. TechCrunch, which was one o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2009
At the heart Android is, of course, Google. And that means gmail, which we love, as well as Google contacts, which we loathe. It's completely normal to end up with multiple contacts for a single ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2009
Here's a brief video of the Nexus One booting up. Not much to say about that, other than the boot animation is colorful and splashy, but we already knew that. Note that it's sitting on top of what cou...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2009
Here's another log to throw onto the fire of whether it's really the Google Nexus One or the HTC Nexus One, or what carrier involvement may be:It's Google that applied for a trademark on "Nexus ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2009
Let's get a few things straight regarding the almighty Nexus One, shall we?There is no "Google Phone." As of this writing, the only semi-official name out there is the Nexus One."Google...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2009
As many of you (and some of us) come from a Windows Mobile background, you're likely used to seeing new and unreleased ROMs stripped off HTC phones spread into the wild. Such is the case with Android...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2009
Not that there's any doubt what the Nexus One looks like, but there's a nice fat gallery of the phone over at Engadget, and it's very much running on T-Mobile, and it's very much running Android 2.1. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2009
One giant question regarding the almighty Nexus One/Google phone is which carrier -- if any -- will be selling the darn thing. The prospect of the phone being sold sans carrier is alluring, if it's av...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2009
Who's ready for more Google phone news? Apparently the Big G has gotten into the holiday spirit with a Nexus One (that's the supposed code name, btw), with an online game that only shows up at android...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 13, 2009
Thank you Twitter. Or more specifically, thank you Cory O'Brien's Twitter for snapping a picture of the Nexus One aka Google Phone and posting it for all to see. The Nexus One (doesn't exactly r...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 12, 2009
What, thought we'd go the rest of the night without more Google phone rumors? Nahhhh. The Wall Street Journal — Apple's Google's PR company — says the fabled phone, now in the hands of a g...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 12, 2009
Google addressed the recent news that Google employees were all given Google Phones, saying that it's actually a part of their product testing program called 'dogfooding' (from eating their own ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 12, 2009
Looks like Twitter asploded overnight regarding the fabled Google phone. TechCrunch's Mike Arrington stopped crying JooJoo tears long enough to cull some of the Tweets, and here's what he found: ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 11, 2009
If you're anything like us, you take Google at its word that it's not evil, and that it hasn't been running rampant with your ... well, your life ... handing over your contacts, trusting it with your ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2009
Android is, after all, a product of Google. And Google, of course, makes its money off search. And search, as you know, is big in the mobile space. How big? Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of Search Produc...
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by Jeremy
Dec 09, 2009
Just last month we wrote that Google Navigation was made available to all U.S. devices currently running Android 1.6. Those of you outside of America pretty much were shut out until XDA-Developers po...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 08, 2009
The New York Times recently covered the iPhone App Store, discussing the App Store's raging success and Apple's 'necessary evil' of a rejection process. Our good friend Rene over at the iPhone B...
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by Casey Chan
Dec 08, 2009
Google is rolling out 'Favorite Places on Google' which is essentially a program that'll send window decals to 100,000 local businesses in the US that have basically been the most searched on G...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2009
Not content with rolling out Android 2.0.1 for the Verizon Droid and springing Goggles on us, Google today also has released Google Maps 3.3.The new version makes it easier to find nearby businesses. ...
