February, 2010

• 3 February

  Verizon Wireless dishes up Motorola Devour

  

  On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless introduced the newest addition to its Android family, the Motorola Devour. Previously known as the Motorola Calgary, the Devour is a bit like the Motorola Droid’s little brother and features a sideways slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 3.1-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen, and touch-sensitive navigation pad. Similar to the Motorola Cliq, the …

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• 3 February

  Star syncing comes to Google Maps for Android

  

  What’s new in Google Maps for Android? Star ‘power.’ Google It’s standard fare for Google to incubate a mobile app feature on one platform before rolling it out to the others. That’s why an update on Tuesday to Android’s Google Maps app will please Android users, who will see an uptick in productivity on the Maps, but will excite few …

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• 3 February

  Broken Sword for iPhone: Graphic adventures reborn?

  

  Vive la graphic adventure! Broken Sword makes a dazzling iPhone debut. Revolution Software I’m old enough to remember the heyday of graphic adventures. Space Quest, The Secret of Monkey Island, Full Throttle–these were the inventive, engaging point-and-click pastimes of my youth. Alas, the genre died out years ago, but every now and then we see a flicker of resurgence–like when …

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• 3 February

  Prizefight: Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS 5:02 Greetings, sports fans. We’re proud to present another cell phone Prizefight. This time we threw the iPhone 3GS into the ring with the new kid on the smartphone block, the Google Android-equipped Nexus One from HTC. It goes without saying that each of these handsets packs a powerful punch. The …

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• 3 February

  Comcast earnings ride broadband, voice subscriber gains

  

  Comcast reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results as it continued to poach telephone customers from incumbent carriers and bolstered its high-speed Internet subscriber base. The cable giant, which will become one of the larger media players if it closes its purchase of NBC Universal, delivered fourth-quarter earnings of 33 cents a share, up from 14 cents a year ago. That sum includes …

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• 3 February

  Cisco results signal economic recovery under way

  

  Strong financial results from Internet infrastructure equipment maker Cisco Systems are a good sign that the economic recovery is under way. The company on Wednesday reported that profits for its second fiscal quarter, which ended January 23, were up 23 percent compared to a year ago. The company reported profits of $1.9 billion, or 32 cents a share. A year …

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• 3 February

  Dialed In 113: Nexus One gets multitouch (podcast)

  

  Finally, the Nexus One gets an OS update that gives it multitouch. The update also brings 3G connectivity improvements and access to Google Goggles. We also discuss the latest Android news, such as the Motorola Devour from Verizon Wireless, a possible new direct-from-Google phone from Motorola, an AT&T 3G version of the Nexus One, and a couple of new Android …

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• 3 February

  Samsung reveals the entry

  

  The Samsung T139 Mayon was revealed Wednesday on Samsung’s Web site, but we have not yet heard of a formal announcement. The entry-level clamshell phone will have a VGA camera, space for 300 phone book entries, Bluetooth, A-GPS, a speakerphone, and surprisingly, an HTML browser. No word on pricing or availability, but this information will be coming to T-Mobile sometime …

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• 3 February

  Possible proof surfaces that iPad supports a camera

  

  Clues are being discovered in hardware and software that are leading to more speculation that the iPad can support a front-facing iSight camera. According to Mission:Repair’s blog, the site received a shipment of parts used to repair the iPad. Inside that shipment, they found a metal internal iPad frame with what appeared to be a “spot” for a camera. The …

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• 2 February

  Apple releases iPhone OS SDK 3.1.3

  

  Apple has released an update for the iPhone SDK, bringing the current version of the SDK to 3.1.3. The new SDK 3.1.3 includes Xcode, which is available in versions that are compatible with Leopard and Snow Leopard for iPhone and iPod Touch developers. The SDK update, according to information we received from a developer, is required if you plan on …

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