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Lenovo to take over Palm?
As Palm continues to struggle financially, a buyer has yet to emerge out of the thinning list of buyers, but on Friday, rumors began to circulate that Hong Kong based PC maker Lenovo may be considering making an offer. The Reuters report on Friday of the potential offer gave Palm’s stock a nice 5% boost…
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Android Market on track to surpass Apple App Store
Google’s efforts to market the Android OS platform to software developers appears to be working. A strong open source community combined with developer events and free developer phones have lead to droves of applications popping up in the official android marketplace. It’s no wonder Steve Jobs and Apple have recently been in the news seemingly…
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Dell Thunder, Lightning, Flash & Smoke!
Dell hasn’t really been big in the smartphone scene, but that looks like its about to change. The interwebs are all a flutter with leaks of 4 new Dell smartphones, running Windows Phone 7 and Android. The specs on some of these are quite impressive, and the images are even better. Most of them appear…
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The Rich & Famou$ want Android TOO!!
Android is becoming an ever so popular OS amongst the masses. With this raging popularity the ultra rich & famous want a little droid action too. A company know as Ulysse Nardin has decided to take on that niche market of luxury super expensive phones. This market has has not seen any smartphone OS action and as a…
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Google Testing Android Froyo 2.2
It looks as if Google is already testing the next version of Android, version 2.2, dubbed Froyo. While digging through their visitor logs, AndroidAndMe came across some Android 2.2 devices browsing their site. As for a release date, the latest rumor is that it would be ready to go around May 19th, which is when…
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The Government Is Trying To Stick Their Noses In Your Pocket
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started working with mobile phone manufactures, including Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, and LG, to begin implementing poison chemical detectors. The detectors will be used to help notify users of a chemical release. The implementation of this chip would also be linked to a network,which through multiple unique detections and…
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Official Android 2.1 For Sprint Hero And Moment Coming In Early May?
Looking at the screenshot to the right, it appears that those who are rocking the Hero or Moment on Sprint will be receiving an official update to Android 2.1 sometime in early May. Features that Android 2.1 includes are Live Wallpapers, interactive backgrounds that change based on user input (a video of which can be…
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Verizon Droid Incredible Official Announcement
Verizon has released an official press release regarding its Droid Incredible by HTC. First of all, you can pre-order it online starting Monday, April 19th. It will be on sale in stores on April 29th. Pricing will be $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract. You will need the Nationwide Talk and…
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Samsung’s Pico Beam
While there is still a large dearth of pico-projector smartphones in the U.S. market, Samsung has launched another pico-inclusive device abroad called the Samsung AMOLED Beam SPH-W9600. What is a pico-projector you may ask? It’s an image/video projector that is tiny in size that displays media onto a wall or another stationary display, without the…
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Android 2.1 Update For Motorola Backflip In Q3 Of 2010
Have a Motorola Backflip? Want an official Android 2.1 upgrade? You will have to wait until the third quarter of 2010 to officially receive the Android 2.1 OS update, as Motorola has refreshed its release schedule for Android software updates. Other notable upgrades for Motorola products to Android 2.1 is the Droid, which is, as…
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HTC Incredible Specs & Manual Leaked
We just reported that the Incredible is rumored to go on sale on April 29th. Back in March, we also reported of some possible specs. The good news is that it appears it will have a Snapdragon processor clocked at the full 1GHz, not at 768MHz like was previously rumored. Full specs to follow.
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iPhone OS 4.0 Unveiled
We know we don’t have many iPhone members here, but this is newsworthy anyway, especially since its all about competition in the smartphone world. Apple unveiled iPhone OS 4.0 today with some interesting features. First of all, the iPhone 4.0 will be shipping this summer with a developer preview to come later today. The iPhone…
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HTC Incredible Coming April 29th?
We already knew the HTC Incredible is showing up in Verizon’s inventory system, but now the latest rumor is saying it will go on sale on April 29th. AndroidAndMe also states that they’ve talked to several “trusted sources” that have confirmed the April 29th date. Still no official word on pricing yet though.
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[Rumor] Sprint Evo 4G Coming mid-June w/ 4G HotSpot $10-$20 Extra
We all know the HTC Evo 4G is coming to Sprint this summer, but now the latest rumor is that it will hit stores around mid-June, more specifically June 13th. The other rumor is that the WiMax (4G) will be a $10-$20 add-on, which would include the device’s 8-device HotSpot capability. There is some confusion…
