Siri is a voice-powered personal assistant application for the iPhone. The iPhone app’s website describes the app well: You ask. Siri Does. Not to be outdone by other voice-control services on Android, Apple has decided to buy the company, and will integrate Siri into their iPhone OS. All you need to do with Siri is…
Droid Incredible sold out online already.
It hasn’t even a full day of sales, and we’re hearing that Verizon’s new Droid Incredible has already sold out online. Yes, the first batch of available phones for online ordering sold out in about 6 hours or so. What makes it more interesting is that the device has been up for pre-order for 10…
HP acquires Palm for 1.2 billion
Today HP and Palm announced that HP will be acquiring the company for 1.2 billion dollars. This is certainly good for one of the leading PC manufacturers, and now they can push into the consumer and enterprise markets all at once with their IPAQ devices. Initially, Palm and HP were competing with each other with…
Archos 5 now has full Android Market access
The Archos 5 was the first Android tablet available to consumers. Sadly it was first to market, but it’s probably the last tablet you should consider buying. It’s been met with very mixed reviews. The resistive touchscreens doesn’t hep either. Well, this tablet has just shown off a tad bit of it’s newly acquired silver…
HTC slider phone hits FCC for testing, running Android
Now this is interesting. HTC has just filed a new slider phone for testing at the FCC. Not much is known about the device, but by looking at the available buttons on the phone, it could very well be an Android device. Let’s hope so, since the last HTC Android device with a full QWERTY…
HTC Evo rumored to be priced at $200?
Well, it sounds about right. We have some rumored pricing on the much anticipated Evo 4G, according to a Best Buy Geek Squad representative. The rumored price is the standard $200 on a two-year contract with Sprint. The Evo 4G is probably one of the highest-spec’d smartphones to ever exist. The new iPhone should surely…
Android outpaces iPhone in US web traffic
We had a feeling this day would come. In fact, given previous reports from last month, we knew this would happen. Android has officially passed the iPhone up in the US when web traffic is concerned. AdMob has released the metrics for March, and it’s full of Android goodness. Here are some highlights from the…
Motorola Cliq XT gets minor update. Limited to the first 1,000 users
A minor update is now available for the Cliq XT. The update was just released earlier today, and unlike most updates, this is only available to the first 1,000 people who get to it first. The update offers some fixes with data connectivity, random reboots, and forces closes in applications. There is more, but as…
Near Field Communication to hit Android phones
Apple’s new patent for Near Field Communication (iTravel) will enable users to purchase e-tickets for certain events right from their device. While Apple is busy polishing up the capability for the iPhone, it looks like Android may have it out and ready before anyone else. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range high-frequency wireless communication…
Android Market hits 50,000 applications?
We know that the Android Market has been growing at alarming rate, but according to the site AndroLib.com, the Market has hit the 50,000 application mark! But, as exciting as this supposed milestone might be, the numbers don’t add up the way you’d think. When Google was on their conference call for the past quarter’s…