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We heard some details about the next version of Android and it looked like 3.0, or Gingerbread, would include some hardware specifications. Well, an Android engineer is calling bull-honky on this. In particular, the reports indicated that Android 3.0 would require a 1 GHz processor, 512 MBs of RAM and a large touchscreen. This could…
The Verizon HTC Droid Incredible, if you can get your hands on it, is one nice device. But it lacks on feature that many smartphones are now shipping with, and that’s recording video in 720p. That may all change soon, as it looks like HD video recording and Android 2.2 OS (Froyo) could be on…
We knew it would be coming soon, but hearing that the Motorola Droid could be getting the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update in a matter of weeks is quite a surprise. The Motorola Droid is said to get Android 2.2 update possibly as soon as the 13th of this month. But don’t get too excited just…
Google has big plans for its music service efforts after acquiring music-streaming service Simplified Media. Rumors report that the search company plans on launching a music service in conjuction with the release of Android 3.0 in the fourth quarter of this year. After rumors of Apple’s plan to launch its own streaming service as a…
Nevermind handling a few bumps, the HTC Incredible is apparently able to live through bonfires and still work (calls, browsing, you name it) with superficial damage. Either it’s dumb luck, or HTC has made an exceptionally tough phone. I could only imagine a lesser handset would have been a lost cause after hanging out with…
We heard a few details about streaming iTunes yesterday and it looked like an elegant way for Apple to move into the cloud-based future. Unfortunately, it looks like we may have to wait a while because the music labels aren’t quite on board. According to CNET’s Greg Sandoval, who is well-connected when it comes to…
Should we start calling the Apple iPhone 4 “mellow yellow?” According to some reports, the camera is having some yellowing issue with photos. The folks over at MacWorld took a look at the new 5-megapixel camera on the Apple iPhone and noticed some color oddities. Images shot with these iPhones in warm, indoor lighting without…
No one likes early termination fees, or ETFs, and Verizon’s decision to up its premium handset ETF to $350 last year didn’t win over any fans. But even before then, Verizon customers were already pretty miffed about ETFs and the state of California decided to uphold an appeal in favor of the angry customers who…
Are you a Windows Mobile smartphone user that’s feeling a bit burned by Microsoft’s decision to leave you by the wayside when it launches Windows Phone 7 later this year? Well, here’s a little something that might make it easier to deal with your aging Microsoft mobile operating system. What you see here is a…
An innocuous Facebook user was poking through application permissions and found that the Facebook for BlackBerry app asked for permission to log in to the instant messenging service, even though it doesn’t offer mobile chat. RIM’s certainly no stranger to IM clients, having built AIM, ICQ, MSN, and GTalk apps around a similar and reliable…