In the realm of mobile phones, Hewlett-Packard will be making use of the $1.2 billion it recently paid to acquire Palm by launching new phones with Palm’s "webOS" interface "early next year," according to HP’s Eric Cador.
And wouldn’t you know it, those webOS phones will probably go quite nicely with the webOS tablet that HP’s Todd
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Reports are rolling in from various corners of the world wide web that Google is testing full page image previews in search results. You’ll know if it’s turned on inside your browser if you see a little magnifying glass icon next to each link that’s returned after you search for something.
By simply hovering your cursor over one of the
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It’s still a bit early to sound the alarm but it appears that the new G2 is unrootable. According to a report by the New America Foundation, the G2 has an embedded chip that sniffs out modifications to the OS and wipes them clean upon reboot. In other words, you won’t be able to install a cooked ROM that has Wi-Fi calling baked in, …
Verizon recently announced the Motorola Droid Pro, a vertically-aligned Android phone with a 3.1-inch touchscreen and a keyboard reminiscent of those typically found on BlackBerry handsets.
That familiar keyboard is no accident, as Verizon is positioning the Droid Pro as "the first Android-based smartphone optimized for business use."
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UMA or Wi-Fi calling is one of the reasons why I’ve been a loyal T-Mobile customer for the past five or six years. And now that unique feature will be extended beyond BlackBerrys (and one Nokia device) to Android devices in the coming months. It will work out of-the-box allowing customers with the new T-Mobile myTouch and Motorola Defy …
While at one time finding itself eerily devoid of Android devices, AT&T has now rounded out its offering of the Google-backed handsets somewhat with three new additions from Motorola.
Motorola Flipout
The $80-with-contract Motorola Flipout will be the first of the new handsets to become available—it’ll hit stores on October …
I told you back in May that Google would be releasing a Goggles app for the iPhone sometime this year. Well, today’s the day but it isn’t being released as a separate app. No, Goggles is now being bundled into the Google Mobile App that’s being updated today. Goggles is English-only for now and is only supported on the iPhone 3GS …
For this week’s Technologizer column over at TIME.com, I wrote about the smartphone wars–and by the smartphone wars, I mean the battle between the iPhone and Android. It’s not that simple, of course: RIM still sells scads of BlackBerries, Windows Phone 7 handsets are arriving shortly, and HP will release new WebOS phones at some point. …
Reuters reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a crowd at the London School of Economics yesterday, "You’ll see new slates with Windows on them. You’ll see them this Christmas."
There’s some speculation that Microsoft’s official unveiling of Windows Phone 7, which is scheduled for next Monday, may contain some information about
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After intermittent delays, Techland’s App of the Week is back! Now that Android is poised to take over the world, we’ve decided to pick one Android app and one iPhone (or iPad) app each week.
First up, Living Social for the Android platform. If you’re familiar with daily deals, like Groupon, then it’s not too difficult to …
Is the Samsung Intercept the most impressive Android phone in the history of civilization? No. But the $25 per month service plan that includes unlimited data and 300 voice minutes with no contract sure looks nice.
That’s what Virgin Mobile is offering with the recently announced Intercept. Going no contract means that you’ll have to …
File this one under “smart business decisions.” Cloud gaming service, OnLive, has announced that there will be no monthly fees moving forward.
Company CEO Steve Perlman said in a recent blog post that OnLive had hoped not to have to charge a monthly fee to begin with—fees were waived for the first year while the service got off the …