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hbuzzell: I still really want one but the price and the waiting on it is preventing me from ordering one; maybe once I can just buy it and get it right away! M... more »
OCEntertainment: Well it's hard to call homebrew software on a hacked device "officially" anything, but your point is well-taken. Still want one. Still can't justify ... more »
Crashproof: There are a number of Android apps that aren't in the Android marketplace but can be installed from alternate sources. I don't know if there are 4,00... more »
oholiab: To be honest, most of them are utter crap anyway. What we need is not more apps, but more dev on the current ones... Look at Twidroid! more »
ITLawMan: Where is my off-phone browsing for said apps? Where is the de-fragmentation of the OS? :( more »
seldomused: So what's the count on useful apps? I'd say 150 more »
Chambana: I almost feel like people would prefer to develop for the iPhone because there is only really one set of hardware, and resolution to worry about. Sure... more »
sharkync: Give me 10 good apps and you can keep the other 19,990. more »
NaeemTHM: This App arms race is pretty silly. It's not the damn quantity that matters, it's the quality. more »
BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: I'm still on the fence about getting a mac. n00b alert what's that one that has like the 21" screen with the components built in? I like that one --... more »

#hacks

Is the Nook Officially a Tablet?
The NookDevs just got a full web browser up and running on the Nook, alongside Android Twitter/Facebook apps. At what point does the Nook cease to be an eBook reader and start to be something more? [Twitter via Android Guys]
#androidapps

Google: Hold Up, There Aren't That Many Android Apps
Yesterday's report from Android tracking site AndroLib that the Android Market had probably surpassed 20,000 apps was heartening for Android users and industry watchers alike. Minor issue! According to Google, they overshot the figure by about 20%. Still, the current count of 16,000 apps sit on a pretty healthy growth curve, if not a particularly steep one. So anyway, continue to party! Just a little less hearty. [MobileCrunch]
#apple

Control Your Mac With an iPhone, the Patent
A newly unearthed Apple patent application describes a process in which an iPhone could control a MacBook or iMac, remotely. More »
#data

Chrome Beats Safari
With the release of Chrome beta for Linux and Mac, the inevitable happened: Chrome became the number 3 browser, narrowly sliding past Safari with a 4.4 percent marketshare to Safari's 4.37 percent. The Google-Apple war is getting real, people. [ComputerWorld]
#crime

DECAF App Thwarts Microsoft's Super-Illegal COFEE Forensic Software
Microsoft's COFEE software is designed to help law enforcement grab sensitive, encrypted data from a suspect's hard drive. Recently that software was leaked online. Now, two "developers" have come up with DECAF—an app designed to counteract COFEE. More »
#gaming

Hacked Wiimote Used As Water Level Sensor, Saves Scientists $$$
We've all been entertained by Wiimote hackery in the past, but I for one can never tire of the new inventions constantly being cooked up by clever sausages like this guy. More »
#iphoneapps

The TomTom Price Slashes Continue: Full iPhone Navigation App Hits $70
TomTom decided last week to offer a US-only version of their iPhone turn-by-turn app for half the price of the full North American version, which made a lot of Americans happy. And Canadians, too! See, by leaving the price of the combined Canada+America navigation app at $100, TomTom wasn't penalizing Canadians by stranding them with prohibitively expensive navigation options, it was validating their worth. Congratulations, Canada! Maps of you are expensive! More »
#microsoft

How To Keep Track of All Those Codenamed Microsoft Products
Keeping track of all the products coming out of Microsoft is no easy task, especially when the codenames for those products are constantly changing. To make things easier, ZDNet has compiled a 19-page solution. More »
#iphoneapps

The Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's mildly paranoid iPhone app roundup: Prices, slashed for the holidays! iPhones, recklessly tilted! Amazing classic games, handily ported! A decent camera app, sold for nothing! Cheap tickets, booked! Dictations, taken! Movies trivia, two ways! And much, much more... More »
#kindle

How To Suck Newspapers Straight to the Kindle, Free and Automatically
Gadget Lab has a simple tutorial on setting up a Mac to automatically beam your Kindle any web-based content, conveniently stripped of any ads. If I had a Kindle, I'd try this. But I'm with Kat. [Wired]
#software

Joking Computer Puns at a Sixth-Grade Level
It gets boring this time of year in Scotland. That's what I assume, anyway, knowing that scientists in Aberdeen have developed software to turn a computer into a cold pun machine. Some of the jokes are funny! Most are not. More »
#nokia

Run Palm OS Garnet VM On Your Nokia N900
If hacking your N900 to make it run Palm's Garnet OS applications is your cup of oolong: good news! The Garnet VM Beta 5 emulator is compatible with the N900. [ACCESS via PalmInfoCenter]
#iphoneapps

The Free iPhone Apps You Need To Download Right Now
Nobody wants to pay for iPhone apps, and some people simply don't. The good news is, you don't really need to: For almost every paid app, there's a free app that's nearly as good. Here are the best of the best. More »
#iphoneapps

IMDB for iPhone: Now Playing at an App Store Near You
Well, that took long enough. The Internet Movie Database—the sole reason that nobody can have factual arguments about movies anymore—has been turned into an iPhone app. A decent one, no less! More »
#iphone

Pac-Man Championship Edition on iPhone, Where Are You Zune?
Pac-Man Championship Edition isn't just a fantastic game you should buy if you have an iPhone or 360. It's a perfect example of how Microsoft is needlessly losing in the mobile space to Apple, at least in terms of gaming. More »
#windowsmobileapps

Skyfire 1.5 Brings More Speed, Less Ugly
Love that Skyfire can play any Flash videos, and optimize websites to load incredibly fast, but hate that it kind of looks like ass in the process? So does Skyfire! Which is why they've released version 1.5 for Windows Mobile. More »
#iphoneapps

Aqua Forest 2 iPhone Physics Game Review
I love the first Aqua Forest (iTunes link) "game", which wasn't so much a game as it was a physics simulator with different liquids and solids. But Aqua Forest 2? It's more like a fancy marble game with water droplets. More »
#browsers

Google Chrome for Mac and Linux: They're Here
The wait's been long, sometimes hard, but it's finally here: The first Chrome beta for Mac and Linux. It's missing all kinds of stuff, like a bookmark manager. But damn if it isn't fast. Oh, the fun don't stop there. More »
#iphoneapps

The App Store's Biggest (Official) Hits Of 2009
A lot of people spend a lot of time reviewing and comparing apps, so there's no shortage of critical information to guide your purchases. But what do iPhone and iPod Touch users actually buy? Here's the leaderboard for 2009. More »
#samsung

Samsung Bada Details Fleshed Out, 3G Multitouch Handsets On Their Way Soon
In with the new, out with the old. Samsung's throwing out Symbian in exchange for its own platform, Bada, which was first announced last month with some extremely vague details. Today we learned a bit more, so do step inside. More »
#rant

It's Time To Make Phone OSes Work On Any Phone
VMWare is making noise about smartphone virtualization again, claiming their new system will run two operating systems at once, sorta. It's a compelling idea! But even more, it's a reminder: Why the hell can't we choose our smartphone's OS, again? More »
#firmware

New Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware to Pack 60fps HD
Canon has already revealed that their EOS 5D Mark II would be getting 24fps 1080P, which is handy for transfers to film. But a new industry-focused meeting revealed the company would also add 60fps 720P support to the camera, which would be great for fast motion clips or half-speed slow motion. [Planet5D]
#iphoneapps

The Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's Steve-approved app roundup: Your music library, converted into baddies! Twitter, visualized in 3D! Byplanes, flown! Xbox Live accounts, accessed! Cars, salvaged! Overprotective parents, abetted! Live video calls, called! And more... More »
#microsoft

Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
The Windows 7 Family Pack was a great offer, bundling three full Home Premium upgrades for $150. It was also a limited time deal, but without a set terminus. Well, now we have an expiration date: gift-buying season. More »
#keyboard

Gboard is the Colorful Gmail Keyboard For Shortcuts That You Need Now
While all 69 Gmail shortcuts aren't represented on this Gboard keyboard, the 19 that do feature on the mini-keyboard are bound to be your most-used. Search, star, archives, trash—all the majors are represented in fun Google colors. More »
#iphoneapps

Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $50 Dollars For Their iPhone App
The first problem with the Wolfram Alpha iPhone app was that it cost $50. The second problem was that the site's iPhone web interface was nearly as good as the app, and it was free. Guess which issue Wolfram "fixed!"
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#apps

Intel Developing App Store for Netbooks
Intel this week announced a beta SDK for Atom-powered netbooks, with an eye towards having an app store preinstalled on both Windows and Moblin systems in 2010. More »
#design

Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them
What do The Bourne Identity, Mission Impossible 3, Mr & Mrs Smith, Children of Men, and Agent Cody Banks 2 have in common? Absurd, futuristic, and totally fake software interfaces, designed in part by one man: Mark Coleran. More »
#iphoneapps

Song Summoner Comes From iPod to iPhone, Uses Your Own Music
Song Summoner was one of the few games released for the iPod—not the touch, but original clickwheel type. It was special, as a game, because it used your own music to procedurally generate enemies. Now, it's on the iPhone. More »
#nokia

Nokia Previews Faster, Prettier Symbian User Interface for 2010
We were surprised yesterday to hear that Nokia is moving ahead with both Symbian and Maemo phones, but reassured by their admission that the Symbian UI kinda blows. Well, now we have juicy screenshots of improvements they've got in mind. More »
#microsoft

Bing Maps Take on Google With Fancy 3D Streetview
Bing Maps just got a big ol' update, bringing its own fancy 3D street view images as well as Twitter and Facebook integration. More »
#iphoneapps

Mirror's Edge Coming to the iPhone In January
Love it, hate it, or occasionally vomit because of it, you have to admit that Mirror's Edge was one of the more interesting games of the last few years. And now it's coming to the iPhone. More »
#nokia

Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo
Symbian's problem isn't that it lacks capabilities, it's with the user experience: namely the clunky, awkward, and occasionally terrible S60 interface. Enter Maemo, to save the day! And also, apparently, a newer, friendlier Symbian. Nokia wants to get better, please. More »
#palmpixi

Palm Pixi Gets Much-Needed webOS 1.3.2 Speed Update
The Palm Pre's little brother Pixi has just grown up, with it receiving the webOS 1.3.2 update before the Pre. More »
#iphoneapps

Augmented Reality Twitter App Shows You Exactly Where Your Friends Are Tweeting
Augmented reality Twitter isn't new to the App Store, but their official geolocation service is just a few weeks old. How? Hacks! Twitter 360 is the first augmented reality Twitter app to support the official API, and it looks fantastic. More »
#iphoneapps

Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: November '09 Edition
Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? More »
#androidapps

Dolphin Browser Gives Droid the Multitouch It Should've Had From the Start
As far as phones go, the Droid is an olympian. A supermodel. A movie star. But without multitouch, it's a movie star with rickets, and awkward inflection. That is: mildly disappointing! That's where the Dolphin browser comes in. More »
#chrome

Google Chrome for Mac Beta's Gonna Be Missing a Lot of Stuff
When Google tacks "beta" onto the end of a product name, it's often a token formality. Not so with the imminent beta of Chrome for Mac. At least, the first beta is gonna be missing a lot of stuff, it looks like: a bookmarks manager, app mode, bookmark syncing, extensions, and Google Gears. If you check out Chromium now, you'll have a good idea of what life's like without all that stuff. We'll have to wait until the following milestone beta release to get an actually full-featured Chrome, it seems. [TechCrunch]
#androidapps

The Month's Best Android Apps
It's the Android Two Point Oh Oh Oh edition. True, all the fireworks from Android 2.0 and Google Navigation almost takes the boom out of everybody else's apps, but with new definitive Twitter and running apps, it's a good month. More »
#iphoneapps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's tentatively materialistic app roundup: Deals, scrutinized! Barcodes, scanned! Movies, thriftily rented! Magazines, digitized! Pac-Man, terrifyingly adapted to the road! The iPhone's camera, made less terrible! Turn-by-turn, discounted! Home screens, organized! And more... More »

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