Techland’s Steven James Snyder gives behind-the-scenes info on his Q&A with Ethan Hawke as part of his underrated sci-fi movie masterpieces series, while Peter Ha previews his interview with comic writer Matt Fraction and explains new upgrades to the Nexus One.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with …
Holy crap! Google is pushing out an update to all Nexus One owners this week that unlocks a bevy of features including pinch-to-zoom in Maps, Gallery and Browser. Google Goggles will magically appear as an embedded app, too. Google is also addressing 3G issues. Maps is also being updated with the following features/fixes:
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Monday, Feb. 1, 2010
Today in Techland: Mike talked with 45 creator Andi Ewington, Peter tells us what he really thinks of the Palm Pre Plus and Steve pushed pause on his favorite scene from Avatar. Check it out.
Happy Palindrome Day! Yeah, the date is exactly the same read …
As it stands, the Nexus One sells for $529 unlocked or $179 for new T-Mobile subscribers. Existing T-Mobile customers who were eligible for an upgrade and already had existing data plans had to fork over $379 while those without data plans were paying $279. Not very fair, IMO.
(More on Techland: Nexus One Review: The Hardware Isn’t …
Marvel starts a war with DC Comics by asking retailers to send in unsold copies of DC’s Blackest Night tie-ins for variant covers of Siege #3. Meanwhile, Techland lists the 18 android apps to get you started on your Droid, Nexus One or whatever android phone you may have.
All that and more in the daily Nerdcast with Techland’s …
Who’s excited for some Flash support on their Android or webOS device?
A subsidized Nexus One from T-Mobile ($180) is rather tempting given the disparity in price from an unlocked version ($529), but you might want to read the fine print, bucko. Surprising that this wasn’t sniffed out last week, no?
(More on Techland: Nexus One Review: The Hardware’s Not the Problem, Android Is)
It’s come to light …
It’s never an easy task to review a device that you’ve had for less than two or three or even four weeks. The rush of trying to be beat other outlets constantly hangs over your shoulder. Do you rush to get a review out and subject yourself to the criticism that comes with having left off the most critical or asinine factoid possible? …
The Nexus One. The Microsoft tablet. The Consumer Electronics Show. All big stories in the news this week.
All utterly foreign to me.
I’m the TV and movie dude. But with Peter in Vegas, I decided to try my hand at talking gadgets. The results were not pretty. (Watch Peter Ha’s CES Report on the Nexus One and HP Slate here)
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Gadgets were big news this week with Google announcing their android phone and Microsoft introducing a surprise tablet device at CES.
First impressions of the HP Slate is that it’s underwhelming. While most expected something along the lines of The Courier, a live journal-like device that nerds are excited about, instead they produced …
Live from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, Peter gives his initial thoughts on the two big gadgets making waves this week — the Nexus One (Google’s new android phone) and the HP Slate (Microsoft’s tablet).
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland’s Peter Ha and Time.com’s Caitlin Thompson. …
