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Samsung Galaxy S first smartphone to be Wi-Fi Direct certified
Sunday, November 7th, 2010Samsung has generally been on the cutting edge when it comes to giving its smartphones the latest and greatest in terms of compatibility, with the Omnia being the first DivX certified handset in America this month two years ago. Now, it’s looking to wrangle yet another first, with this one having the potential to be [...]
WD NAS servers now support Android phones
Friday, November 5th, 2010Accompanying the My Book Live that Western Digital introduced last month came an iPhone app that enables access to photos stored on the NAS server. The app’s interface functions similarly to the way iPhone users normally access their photo libraries. This was already by far the coolest remote access offering from Western Digital, but today [...]
Cutting through the Nexus Two rumors
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010The Android rumor mill kicked into overdrive last week with chatter of a Nexus One follow-up. According to the latest dish, Samsung will be making what’s been unofficially dubbed the “Nexus Two.” The first signs of the handset came October 26 when City A.M. claimed there would be a new Google-branded device out in time [...]
Android adds to dominance of smartphone market
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010Google’s Android operating system continues to outpace the competition in the U.S., market researchers Canalys and NPD Group have found. According to Canalys, Google’s Android platform was running on 43.6 percent of all the smartphones purchased in the United States in the third quarter. It was followed by Apple’s iOS, which captured 26.2 percent market [...]
Acer Liquid Metal Android 2.2 Smartphone Gets Official
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Acer has gone ahead and announced its Liquid Metal Android 2.2 smartphone following an earlier leak that we had reported. The phone will carry 3.6-inch display, be wrapped in metal, and have curved top and bottom edges. It will run Google’s Froyo of Android and will utilize a Qualcomm 800 MHz processor, similar to that [...]
Navigon Brings Mobile Navigator GPS Software to U.S. Android Phones
Thursday, October 28th, 2010U.S. owners of Android phones who need turn-by-turn voice guided GPS navigation and would rather not rely on the network-based Google Maps with Navigation feature will be happy to know that Navigon will be bringing its Mobile Navigator software to the Android platform. Unlike Google Maps with Navigation, Navigon’s maps will be locally stored, and [...]
The PlayStation Phone
Thursday, October 28th, 2010It’s hard to believe that what we’re looking at is real — but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you’ve long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread), along with a [...]
HTC Goes Off-Piste With Forest Green Gratia Android Phone
Monday, October 25th, 2010Have you ever seen an Android like this before? Unfortunately it’s only destined for Europe, and while the specs aren’t quite as high as HTC’s recent Androids, it’s running Froyo and comes in three delicious colors. Really, it’s no contest though—that forest green is just too nice for words. I’d love to see them roll [...]
Pantech Android phone ready to hit South Korea
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010The Android entourage in South Korea has received yet another addition to the family in the form of the Pantech IM-A690S. While it hasn’t been made official just yet, we do know that it will arrive in that part of the world next week via Sky. Powered by Android 2.2 Froyo, this smartphone will come [...]
Droid 2 Bug Allows Voice Actions Even When Locked
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010This isn’t the happiest piece of news for Motorola Droid 2 owners out there, but folks have discovered that a bug exists allowing users to execute Google Voice Actions on the phone, even when it’s locked and a passcode is activated. All you have to do is hold the “search” softkey or button for four [...]