Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage at Berlin’s IFA conference to deliver the show’s closing keynotes. The full video is available here (it’s a little over an hour), and here are some of the highlights.
Augmented Humanity
The idea of “information at your fingertips.” Schmidt gave the example of a tourist using a smartphone to …
Samsung’s fourth and final (this year) Android-powered Galaxy S smartphone launches this Thursday on Verizon. It will be available online starting tomorrow and in stores on Thursday for $199.99 after MIR. Look for our review a little later today.
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When the R2-D2 Edition of the Motorola Droid 2 was first revealed at Celebration V, we weren’t too jazzed on it but Verizon has unleashed a few new photos that have us excited. The R2 themed dock isn’t terrible either. I totally want one now.
It’s official. ViewSonic’s 10-inch tablet will be called the ViewPad 100, and a preproduction model has been shown off at the IFA show in Germany running both Android and Windows 7.
Android purists will appreciate that the company doesn’t seem to have plans to meddle with the stock interface, though the prototype shown off is only …
Archos has announced five Android-based tablets due for the fall ranging in price between $100 and $349, with screen sizes between 2.8 inches and 10.1 inches.
The two smallest devices, the Archos 28 and the Archos 32, are both Wi-Fi connected portable media players for listening to music and watching movies. The 28 features a …
T-Mobile’s update to the original Android device that started it all, the G1, was officially announced the other week and now we know what it looks like. It’s a looker, don’t you think? Looks like it’ll be a Google Experience device and we like that.
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You might not consider yourself a coupon-clipper but let me ask you something – do you hate saving money? Didn’t think so.
Verizon recently invested $400,000 in mobile start-up CardStar, a sign that wireless carriers have taken notice that commerce is going mobile. The CardStar app for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms …
Texting while driving is frowned upon or illegal in most states. And ‘don’t text while you’re driving’ apps have come before, but State Farm’s recently updated Pocket Agent app for Android is a little different then those who’ve come before it. The On the Move widget within the app automagically replies to texts while …
It’s undoubtedly missing a few grey-market ones here and there, but this publicly available Google spreadsheet from Australian site hdmp4.com contains an exhaustive compilation of Android-based phones, netbooks, e-book readers, portable media players and more.
There’s plenty of useful data in there, too, such as the type of …
If you’re perpetually late and you can’t afford a personal assistant because that aforementioned lateness causes you to miss out on fancy, lucrative business deals with marginally trustworthy individuals, maybe you’d benefit from something like OnMyWay.
It won’t help you get places on time, per se, but it’ll e-mail whomever you’re …
The Pandigital Novel is a 7-inch e-book reader with a color LCD screen that runs a customized user interface atop Android. While not positioned as an Android tablet, it’s drawn interest from people looking for less expensive alternatives to devices like the iPad thanks to its $200 price tag.
This is Pandigital’s second stab at a …
Month-to-month mobile provider, Cricket, has just launched its first Android phone—the Sanyo ZIO. It costs $250 out the door, but doesn’t require a two-year contract. Furthermore, Cricket is offering a $55-per-month Android plan that includes unlimited voice minutes, text messages, e-mail, and web browsing with no additional taxes or …
