One of the great things about the openness of Android is that some enterprising tinkerers will always come up with some cool, if useless, scenarios. If you want a perfect example of this, check out Eric Tate using the Nexus One to run Windows 3.11. If you want to do this to your own Google…
Google revamps Android Market website – it still sucks
Google has revamped its Android Market website to look prettier but it’s still fairly useless. To be fair, it’s easier to check out the featured apps, top free and paid ones, and the design of the site is more pleasing than previous versions. My main problems with it is that the site doesn’t even have…
HP outbid four others for Palm
Hewlett-Packard spent $1.2 billion to acquire Palm but it wasn’t the only one interested in getting its hands on webOS and all those increasingly-valuable mobile patents. According to an SEC filing, there was a five-company bidding war for Palm. HP is the only company named (the others are just referred to as “Company X”) but…
T-Mobile rolls out new prepaid plans
T-Mobile is making a stronger push for the prepaid market and it has introduced two new plans that are a pretty good deal if you don’t want a long-term contract. In an e-mail to IntoMobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier said users will be able to start using the new plans starting Wednesday. The plans are:…
Palm’s App Catalog fails over the weekend
Palm’s App Catalog is up and running again after an unknown glitch caused it to go down for most of the weekend. On its blog, Palm acknowledged there were problems downloading and installing applications from its store. It didn’t spell out what the exact glitch was, but it promised that the issues were now fixed.…
iTunes streaming may show up at WWDC
We may see a streaming version of iTunes as soon as Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference in early June, according to reports. The reported idea is simple: you can use iTunes as an online locker for the songs and videos you purchased and access these files anywhere you have Internet connectivity. This would be a godsend…
The Mobile Roundup – The “back like I left something” edition
Hey friends, sorry about missing last week’s Mobile Roundup but I was up to my eyeballs in a Kin One review. This was a very Android-tastic week, as the EVO 4G got a price tag and a release data, the LG Ally was formally introduced and T-Mobile is reportedly working on bringing out a high-end…
Did Mexico’s cell phone registration plans backfire?
In an attempt to combat the cartel-related violence, Mexico enacted a law requiring cell phone users to register their identity with the carrier. Nearly 30 million subscribers didn’t do this because of a lack of knowledge or a distrust of what could happen to that information if it fell into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, the…
Apple pushed police to investigate lost, next-generation iPhone
The drama continues in the saga of the lost/stolen next-generation iPhone, as unsealed court documents show there was a lot of shady stuff beyond a dude losing the phone in a bar. Brian Hogan, the guy who found the phone and was paid at least $5,000 to give it to Gizmodo, maintains that he found…
Chrome OS device from Acer may pop up next month
We may see an Acer device with Google’s Chrome OS at next month’s Computex, according to a report from Venture Beat. There are very few details about what the device will be, as the browser-based OS is meant for netbooks, smartbooks and it could also fit nicely on a tablet. The platform looks to radically…