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The brains behind Android, Mr. Andy Rubin himself, sat down recently to talk about the Google mobile operating system. He spoke to PCMag about carrier and OEM involvement of the creation of Android handsets, and the best features of the OS, and a small snippet of Gingerbread. Very small. When asked about his favorite features…
You may not remember it but Google offers free directory assistance with its Goog-411 offering but the search giant said it is hanging up on the service to focus on voice recognition technology for Android. In a blog post, the company said that Goog-411 will shut down on November 12 of this year. Our success…
We’ve seen RIM’s new BlackBerry operating system running on the Bold 9650 and Curve 9330, but we’ve had little indication of a release timeframe. Luckily, this invitation to a “interactive launch” event has been shot out to employees, leading us to think that a BlackBerry 6 patch will be shot out on or shortly after…
Ford is trying to make your car the next bit smartphone app platform and it has just introduced a software developer kit and application programming interfaces for its in-car SYNC system. We’ve played with Ford SYNC before and it is a pretty cool way to bring hands-free technology into your car for things like hands-free…
Amid all of the craziness of CTIA, AT&T quietly slipped out a decent little messaging phone from Pantech called the Laser. It looks a little different from what we saw at the FCC a few weeks ago, but no matter. Besides being named after the awesome marriage of science and destruction, the Laser has a…
Microsoft, AT&T (and maybe T-Mobile) will officially introduce the first crop of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 devices on Monday and we wanted to let you know what to expect. Software If you still have a bad taste in your mouth from Windows Mobile, you should rest assured that Windows Phone 7 is a complete break…
A clever Russian hacker by the name of Cotulla has shoehorned Windows Phone 7 into the HTC HD2. We had seen others try to pull off the same thing back in the spring, but no stable ROM was ever made publicly available. Sure, it has an atrocious load time (on video below), but it does…
We already know the HTC Mondrian is headed for AT&T. We’ve seen the ads and images before they were quickly pulled offline, but above we’re seeing a bigger and more detailed render of what the phone will probably look like when it hits. We’re expecting to see this thing on October 11 when both AT&T…
It seems like cell phones have been stopping bullets countless times over the past few years, this time a Nextel device saves a man’s life. And if cell phones aren’t stopping bullets, they’re helping skiers from plunging to their deaths. While it isn’t the first time we’re hearing about a phone stopping a bullet, the…
Three UK has just launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 and Curve 3G 9300 on their network, both of which had landed not too long ago on Vodafone UK. The big difference here is that Three is using the occasion to announce their new Pay as You Go BlackBerry plans: for £5/month, subscribers get BlackBerry e-mail,…