Everyone, calm down. Rumors of the death of the Palm Pre and Pre Plus are not true. The rumors started spreading like wildfire earlier Thursday when a report by OTR Global said three different sources confirmed that Palm suspended all future orders of the Pre and Pre Plus. In the memo, a “key source” was …
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11 February
Camera Dialer: Point
Point your iPhone at a phone number and Camera Dialer will do the rest. GP Imports, Inc. Remember the old days, when dialing a phone number meant tapping out 10 digits on your iPhone screen? Talk about a time-suck! Camera Dialer makes phone dialing as easy as pointing your iPhone’s camera at a phone number. When you tap the app, …
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11 February
Motorola sets breakup for 2011
Motorola on Thursday said it will split into two separate companies in the first quarter of 2011, roughly a year from now. The company had initially planned to spin off the mobile devices unit on its own. Now Motorola plans to spin off the mobile devices and home units into one company led by Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola. Jha …
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11 February
Next build of Android code
As we heard last October, it appears that the next build of Google Android will be called “Gingerbread.” The outing of Gingerbread comes courtesy of a post by Brian Swetland over at LWN.com. “This week we’re finalizing our move to 2.6.32 for the Android “Froyo” release, and we’ll likely be on .33 or .34 for ‘Gingerbread’,” he wrote. As of …
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11 February
Possible fourth
Earlier this week, iPhone repair site iResQ posted photos of what the blog claims are fourth-generation iPhone parts, received “as a sample from a reputable source.” The most obvious change in features of the alleged new iPhone is that the front panel–and therefore, the phone–measures nearly a quarter-inch taller than the iPhone 3GS. Left: iPhone 3GS. Right: iPhone 4G. iResQ …
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11 February
Acer E110 outed as latest Android phone
Another new Android phone has been outed as the mobile world gears up for its annual Barcelona bunfight at trade show Mobile World Congress. This time we’re getting a peek under Acer’s skirts with the E110. It’s a 3G candybar phone with GSM quad band, GPRS, Edge and HSDPA. It packs assisted GPS too. We don’t yet know which version …
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11 February
Motorola now says Android 2.1 coming soon for Droid, not this week
Looks like we’ve got another case of someone pulling the trigger a little too early. After posting a Facebook update on Monday stating that an Android 2.1 update would be coming to Droid owners this week, Motorola is now backtracking and saying that it’s coming soon. The bad news came when a Motorola Owners’ Forum manager said on Wednesday that …
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10 February
New iPhone games of the week (February 10, 2010)
Each week brings a slew of new iPhone games to our doorstep (digitally speaking), but time doesn’t permit us to write individual posts about each one. Therefore, here’s a roundup of some new and interesting titles you might want to check out: Daisy Mae’s Alien Buffet Unapologetically sexist and gloriously campy, Daisy Mae (top) has the look of a ’50s …
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10 February
Is Google a wolf in sheep’s clothing to ISPs?
Is Google a friend or foe to Internet service providers? It’s a question many broadband providers are likely asking themselves on Wednesday, after Google’s announcement that it will build fiber networks in communities across the United States to test new broadband services and capabilities. Google says the new ultrahigh-speed fiber networks it plans to build will be used as a …
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10 February
Synchronica MessagePhone QS200 and QS150: British blowers
A British company that specialises in mobile messaging has launched a pair of phones in a bid to help people in the developing world keep in touch. Synchronica’s Mobile Gateway software comes with the phones, and offers push email and Microsoft Exchange support, as well as the ability to send text messages to an email address and vice versa. The …
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