Archive for June, 2010 - Page 2

Motorola Officially Delays Android 2.1 Update For Cliq & Cliq XT

Motorola Delays Cliq & Cliq XT Android 2.1 Update, Citing Need For More Time To Optimize The Experience
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

Motorola has delivered the bad news for Cliq and Cliq XT users. The Android 2.1 update that was expected to come before the end of Q2 will not arrive in time. And that means more time on the already outdated feeling Android 1.5.

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HIRO III Robot Simulates Touch

The HIRO III is a Haptic Interface That Works To Simulate Touch
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

We can simulate most anything in the visual sense these days, even up to 3D clarity. And when it comes to sound, we’ve been replicating noises for over a hundred years. But smell, taste, and touch have proven a bit more elusive, until now–thanks to the HIRO III.

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Bell Getting Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) In Canada

Tipster Reveals Vibrant Coming To Bell, Rumored To Be Coming In July
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

Yesterday, Samsung themselves revealed that they’d be releasing the Galaxy S in the Great White North with Bell. Now, a bit more information has come out regarding that specific launch. It’ll come with the moniker “Samsung Vibrant”, or more specifically, it’ll be called the “Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant”, according to [...]

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Best Buy Rumored To Have Stopped Taking Droid X Pre-Orders

Best Buy Mobile Droid X Pre-Sales Now Matching Expected Inventory, Forces Pre-Orders To End
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

The Motorola Droid X was officially unveiled back on June 23rd. And since then it has received more than its fair share of attention. With that being said, its likely to believe that it will be a popular handset for Verizon. Sadly though, Verizon was not allowing anyone to pre-order [...]

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iPhone OS 2 Apps Get Shunned From App Store

Apple Updates iOS Developer Website, Notifies Developers that iPhone OS 2 Apps Will No Longer Be Accepted
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

Up until and even after touch screen devices were made commercially available, the thought of having a touchscreen only mobile phone was ludicrous. Due to the clunkiness of early touchscreen touting devices, people were generally turned off and much rather preferred physical keypads or QWERTY keyboards. Leave it to Apple to stir [...]

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Cisco Introduces Second Android Tablet For Home Energy

The Home Energy Controller Allows A Host of Uses Including Managing Electrical Use
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

You read about Cisco’s Cius tablet here yesterday, but hot on the heels of that announcement was the reveal of a much more specialized Android tablet from Cisco, the Home Energy Controller.

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Microsoft Files Patent for New 'Dual-Display Device'

New Microsoft 'Dual-Display Device' Patent Resparks Courier Flame, Gives Hopefuls New Hope
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

While the computing world has been chugging along nicely with their traditional mouse and keyboard input approach, the mobile world in particular has been moving to be much more touch oriented. First introduced to us as a stylus, thanks to Apple and their first iPhone, the idea of being able [...]

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Rumor: Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" To Have Steep Hardware Requirements?

Russian Blogger Says Android 3.0 Will Require 1GHz Processor, All New UI, Coming This Holiday Season
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

Russian mobile blogger Eldar Murtazin revealed recently on a Russian-language podcast that he knows some details regarding Google’s Android 3.0 mobile OS. We’re highly suspicious of these hardware requirements, but as your humble reporters, we’ll share them anyway.

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T-Mobile USA Unveils The LG Sentio, Available Today for $69.99 On-Contract

LG Sentio Now Available With T-Mobile, Features 3" Display, 3MP Camera & Social Buzz
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

As of today, T-Mobile has added a new handset to their available device lineup. The phone is the LG Sentio and its described as being both “socially connected and budget friendly.”

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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Coming on November 16; Goes on Tour First

Electronic Arts Announces Need for Speed Hot Pursuit On Tour Events for 7 U.S. Cities Before Actual Game Launch
By on Wednesday, 30. June 2010

Electronic Arts decided it was time to remind us that its last title of its blockbuster franchise Need for Speed, the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, has recently won the “Best Racing Game” at E3. The game is going to arrive in stores on November 16, just in time for [...]

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