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Once upon a time, three mighty clans of assassins fought for the right to unbox the Nexus One – the most sacrosanct of Android phones the world over. A year has passed, and in that time their fiery passion for technology has only multiplied. Today those deadly warriors of the night battle again, only for…
As part of its promotion for the Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson (again) hired Maria Sharapova to play some tennis and answer quiz questions simultaneously. As you’re about to see – that’s possible. Simple turn on Google Voice Search, speak your question and voila… Google (rather than Sony Ericsson) will return the right answer for you.…
Just in time for the holiday season, Samsung launched a white version of its popular Android smartphone, Galaxy S, in Germany. In addition to the differently colored back panel, the white version is identical to the original Galaxy S. That said you should expect it comes with the same 5-megapixel camera with HD video recording…
LG announced the Optimus 2X, the world’s first dual-core smartphone. In August, LG confirmed it was bringing the power of the Tegra 2 processor to its Optimus line of handsets and the Korean manufacturer has delivered on its promise. The Optimus 2X, previously known as the LG Star, is a high-end smartphone and a welcome addition to…
An analyst over at Barron’s believes that NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 will be the ‘reference design’ for Google’s upcoming tablet-optimized version of Android, dubbed Honeycomb. While this isn’t necessarily confirmed by Google, it’s believable enough. The Tegra 2 chipset sports the dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and boasts the kind of graphical processing power that only…
Bing for Mobile updates have hit today for the iPhone and Android, and Microsoft made sure to make it a jam-packed upgrade over the previous versions. With better implementation of Bing for Mobile on Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has decided to give the other platforms some better treatment, too. Searching for items, checking in, maps…
While we all patiently await for the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, we’ve got something to tide you over for now. The Gingerbread Live Wallpapers have been snatched away and are now ready to install on your Android phone. Maybe. While we’re not sure why this only works for certain phones, more phones will likely be…
It’s not often that we get to nab high-end smartphones for free, and when we do, that’s where the deal stops. Dell is taking it a step further and throwing in all kinds of perks, too. Not only is it offering the Droid X for free with a two-year contract for Verizon, but it’s waiving…
ooVoo has just launched a their first mobile video chat client for Android, letting up to six users on the same call at once. That alone doesn’t make it a significant competitor to Qik, though – it also has a lot of technology on the backend that allows it to handle large video conference calls…
Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS has finally gotten real, well, at least for those of us with a Google Nexus S in our pockets. Of course, that’s all going to change in less than a day, when Best Buy officially kicks off sales of the Nexus S through all their brick-and-mortar and online stores. But, is…