Archive for June, 2010 - Page 2
Motorola Officially Delays Android 2.1 Update For Cliq & Cliq XT
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 And that means more time on the already outdated feeling Android 1.5.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
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
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
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
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
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'
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 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
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 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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