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Google To Nexus One Owners Waiting For Froyo: "We Are Striving Hard To OTA It ASAP"

Android 2.2 Froyo For The Nexus One Is Still In The Works & Google Is Not "Intentionally Holding Back"
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

Ever since Android 2.2 Froyo was announced during Google I/O people have been anxious to get ahold of it. And rightfully so, except it seems a little more so with Nexus One users. Of course, I guess that is because Google had tweeted that it was coming soon.

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Western Digital WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player Announced

WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player Gives Users Yet Another Way To Enjoy Netflix, YouTube, Flickr & Pandora On Their Living Room Television
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

Western Digital has officially announced their latest home media player device, which given the Plus in the name seems to serve as an update to the previously available TV Live HD. Anyway, the newly announced device has been dubbed the WD TV Live Plus HD Media Player and it seems [...]

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Samsung Reveals US Cellular Bound Acclaim Smartphone On Website

Samsung Accidentally Reveals Acclaim SCH-R880 Smartphone With Portrait Slider & Android
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

Look what we have here, its an image of the Samsung Acclaim smartphone. Which coincidentally is also believed to be the first image that has been spotted of this handset. So, that’s what they Acclaim looks like.

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Boost Mobile Officially Announce The Android-powered Motorola i1 Smartphone

Motorola i1 Coming To Boost Mobile, Will Be Available June 20th For A Yet To Be Announced Price
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

The Motorola i1 and Boost Mobile story has had its fair share of rumors up until this point. Most notably in the form of release and pricing, well, in a little bit of good news we can officially put half of those rumors to rest. As of this morning Boost [...]

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T-Mobile Garminfone Officially Available

As Expected, T-Mobile Has Launched The GPS-minded Garminfone, Available Today For An On-contract Price Of $199.99
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

There are plenty of Android smartphones that are already capable of offering turn-by-turn navigation thanks to the Maps Navigation app from Google. However as of today, T-Mobile customers (or those willing to switch) will also be able to choose the Garminfone.

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Google Search by Voice Now Speaking French, German, Italian & Spanish

Google Brings French, German, Italian & Spanish Language Support To Search by Voice App On Android, iPhone, BlackBerry & Nokia Smartphones
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

In addition to the earlier announcement in regards to Maps Navigation, Google has also rolled out additional language support for their Search by Voice functionality on mobile devices.

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Pantech Pursuit Messaging Phone Now Available With AT&T

Pantech & AT&T Release The Messaging Friendly Pursuit, Priced At $49.99 & Currently Available
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

The big mobile phone news this week has certainly been the iPhone 4 announcement and as most already know that will be heading to AT&T shortly. That said, the AT&T device lineup continues to expand even without Apple, albeit with phones that are not always quite as hyped. The latest [...]

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Google Maps Navigation App For Android Updated To Version 4.2

Canada & 10 European Countries Get Free Turn-by-Turn Navigation With Latest Google Maps Navigation App Update
By on Wednesday, 9. June 2010

Google has continued rolling out updates for their Maps Navigation app on the Android platform with the latest announcement coming just a few minutes ago. The latest update has brought the version number up to 4.2 and with that comes support and maps for Canada as well as 10 European [...]

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Polar & Nike Announce WearLink+ For Nike+

Polar WearLink+ Heart Rate Monitor Will Pair Up With Your Nike+ Sport Kit For Heart Rate Checks At A Glance]
By on Tuesday, 8. June 2010

Polar has officially announced their WearLink+ heart rate monitor, which is compatible with Nike+ devices. But perhaps a little more important is that this also means Nike+ users will now be able to monitor and track their heart rate during a workout.

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Acer Aspire One D260 Netbook Announced, Will Be Available July 1, 2010

Newly Announced Acer Aspire One D260 Netbook Will Run Windows 7 & Android OS For 15 Second Boot Times
By on Tuesday, 8. June 2010

Back in early April we started to see rumors of an Acer Aspire One netbook that was going to dual-boot Windows and Android. At the time, the model was the Aspire One D260 and it was expected to serve as a follow up to the Aspire One D250 and run [...]

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