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Palm may be preparing to bring Universal search and a specialized dock mode to an upcoming version of webOS. The two new options, “Universal Search enabled” and “Dock Enabled”, were included as fields within an application submission form for webOS developers. Though they appeared on the form, the options were set to a default of…
Well, it looks like some specs have leaked out regarding an upcoming Windows Phone 7, as the spec sheet leaked out for the supposed HTC Spark. As you can see from the pic above, the HTC Spark is supposed to be a Microsoft Windows Phone 7 device that has a 1 GHz processor, a 3.7-inch…
The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone portfolio is a rather impressive one, but what’s a smartphone without some great accessories? Samsung Mobile has announced today a line of premium accessories for its Samsung Galaxy S phones – things like charging docks, car docks, battery chargers, etc. So without further ado, let’s get down to what Samsung…
It’s only a few short hours from hitting Verizon stores, but Motorola has just put out a slick new video introducing you to the Droid 2. Right off the bat, the video touts that the Motorola Droid 2 on Verizon will launch with Android 2.2 and this will mean a full Adobe Flash experience. This…
Amazon is reportedly mulling building more of its own hardware than just the Kindle and this could also include smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes and other hardware. Amazon’s Lab 126, the division responsible for the Kindle e-reader, is looking to hire multiple people for a variety of roles that could be applicable to other hardware beyond…
It was inevitable that a tablet manufacturer like Hanvon would puts its tablet alongside an Apple iPad and challenge the two devices to a duel. The duel is immortalized within a four minute YouTube video that features the two devices competing on browser speed, zooming, YouTube video playback, typing, email, and more. Unfortunately for the…
Android users who recently updated to version 2.2 were shocked to discover that their once pristine streaming audio now sounds muddy, tinny, and downright awful. This flaw with streaming audio was originally reported in June by Nexus One users who were the first to rock this latest version of Google’s mobile OS. With the debut of…
Best Buy is reportedly developing a tablet device to compete with the Apple iPad. Best Buy CTO and Geek Sqaud founder, Robert Stephens has used Twitter to shed some light on this new tablet device. Recently, Stephens posted photos of a non-functional prototype tablet that was used to test different form factors, including one with…
Apple has apparently signed a deal with a company called Liquidmetal Technologies for “the firm’s advanced ‘amorphous’ metal alloys.” Sounds like some Terminator 2 T-1000 stuff to me. The agreement between Apple and Liquidmetal Technologies filed with the SEC shows that Apple can make use of the latter’s intellectual property whenever and however it wants…
Microsoft Research made public several new research papers that shed some light on a project with the codename of Menlo. This top secret project was rumored to be an attempt by Microsoft to develop a novel operating system for mobile devices and these newly published documents confirm this assumption, in part. According to the publicly available…