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Forgive the headline, but I’m just going to come out and say it right now: Adobe Flash video has beaten out HTML5 in a smartphone demo. The test, which seems almost like it was conducted by Adobe (it was done by Chris Black, an ActionScript dev) and published on the Adobe blog, unsurprisingly shows Adobe…
Android Developer’s Meetup, Love and Appiness 2, is coming to San Francisco on September 23rd. The 2-hour long meetup, from 6 to 8 PM (PT), will take place in Roe Restaurant and Bar at 651 Howard Street. The main idea behind Love and Appiness 2 is to learn and share your experiences on the Android…
Everyone and their grandma has an Android tablet in the works, so it makes sense that HTC will make a bid to capture some of the tablet market. New rumors have HTC placing tablet build orders through Taiwan-based Pegatron, with speculated specs that will have even the geekiest of geeks salivating for a taste. On…
Google quietly announced that it will be bringing some improvements to the mobile version of its Google Docs word processing service for the Apple iPad and the Android platforms. Google Docs has been available on mobile platforms for quite a while and you can even edit these documents while you’re on the go. There are…
If the HTC Lexikon rings a bell, it’s probably because we first caught whiff of the device last month. Just a quick recap: It has a 5MP camera, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, a 3.8-inch display, a physical QWERTY keyboard and an 800MHz Snapdragon processor – or the very sexy MSM7630 (which is…
A company called PureSense — which helps growers solve their water-related problems by providing them with hardware, software and services — is going mobile with the Android app called Irrigation Manager. Using the application, growers can monitor their real-time field conditions and irrigation activity even while on the go. PureSense’s monitoring stations placed throughout growers’…
Last week, the Samsung Galaxy Tab was made official by the Korean manufacturer and we’re told that it’s hitting all four major U.S. wireless carriers. The Android tablet hasn’t been priced, and released dates still aren’t official, but that hasn’t stopped Samsung from producing an ad that shows us just how the Galaxy Tab can…
If you’re like me, you’re all about the cloud and don’t care much about desktop software for your mobile phone. However, having local backups can be beneficial in some situations. Moreover, it is easier to manage your media library on a PC/Mac and then just sync the files with your mobile phone. That’s why virtually…
This morning, Facebook was rumored to working on a new smartphone. It was allegedly going to be a low-cost, entry level phone that, naturally, deeply integrates Facebook’s social networking features. The rumor originated from TechCrunch, and was then fueled even more by AlleyInsider, who claimed that the social network was building a new phone and…
Whoa. It looks like TechCrunch is saying that Facebook is secretly working on a phone of its own. Off the bat this sounds like nonsense, but that publication was also the first to break that Google was working on a phone, so you have to at least give it some thought. Specifically, Facebook wants to…