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blueSLR has expanded from iPhone to support Android and BlackBerry handsets recently. By slapping their Bluetooth accessory onto the side of your DSLR camera, you can control shooting settings for your camera from your phone, as well as geotag photos and upload them to Flickr, Picasa, and other web albums. Although cameras on smartphones are…
U.S. Cellular informed us that its, let’s face it, limited smartphone portfolio has been beefed-up with the addition of HTC Hero S. The device is available for new customers for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate, as well as for those on Belief plans who are eligible for a phone upgrade. If you recall, the Hero…
BOLT browser for Android 3.0 is out of private beta and is now ready for the prime time. According to BitStream (BOLT developer) – the new version rocks, packing few important enhancements over previous releases. For one thing, it is said that the BOLT browser is 25 to 50% faster than its competitors — it’s…
Marvel Comics has launched its official application for the Android users. At the moment, it’s made for smartphones and tablets running Android 2.x, but we’re sure the Honeycomb update is in the making as we speak. As you can imagine, the application allows you to browse comics and buy them while on the go. It’s…
You’ve probably already seen Verizon Wireless’ recently unveiled Samsung Stratosphere. If you haven’t, make sure to check out our hands-on post where we briefly check the first QWERTY keyboard-equipped Android smartphone that sings along the Big Red carrier’s LTE network. It is available for $149.99 with a new two-year contract, but we’re hearing Staples will…
When it comes to translating between different languages, the golden standard is the Babel fish in Douglas Adams’ book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. You stick said fish inside your ear and then it translates, in real time, any language it hears. It also hacks your voice box so that you can speak whatever…
Microsoft has just announced that they’ve signed a patent deal with Quanta Computer. Whenever they make a device running either Google Android or Chrome OS, Microsoft will get a cut of that. If you’ve never heard of Quanta, don’t worry, you’re not supposed to know them. They’re a Taiwanese company that everyone uses to build…
Leap Wireless, the company that manages the prepaid brand Cricket, has said that they plan on introducing a feature phone (read: dumb phone) based on Android. Similar to how Amazon took the Google Android source code, stripped out everything they didn’t need, and then built a new user interface on top of it for the…
Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich is all set to be unveiled October 19 with the Nexus Prime and Google’s tradition of putting up a statue for each major update continues. Google’s Andy Rubin shared the video below showing the Ice Cream Sandwich statue going up. We’ve seen some leaked videos and photos of Android Ice…
Google reported a nice third quarter earnings with $9.72 billion in revenue and $2.72 billion in profit and it also laid out some interesting information on the Android front. The company said that there are now more than 190 million Android devices out there and tried to downplay the patent attack on its platform. CEO…