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Nexus One Keyboard Issues Caught on Video

We’ve seen physically broken Nexus One devices recently, but this may be the first time one of the phone’s peculiar user interface issues has been captured. Is it really the phone or just the fingers? Let’s go to the video. https://gizmodo.com/look-at-this-broken-nexus-one-5451349 I’m leaning toward it actually being a phone issue, but time will reveal that.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 20

Street View Catches The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne in a Bath on His Lawn

How can you tell if a musician’s artfreak persona is more than an act? When on a random afternoon, he’s in a bath on his lawn in front of a “Blob in the Bath” sign. Incredible. [Google Maps via Pitchfork]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 20

Apple, Microsoft in Cahoots: Bing to Replace Google as Default iPhone Search Engine?

According to BusinessWeek, Apple and Microsoft may be in talks to defenestrate Google as the iPhone’s default search engine, in favor of Bing. This Apple-Google battle for the mobile throne is getting heated. This is all coming from “two people familiar with the matter,” so, you know, eat a bowl of salt or whatever, but…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 20

HTC Apparently Abandons Tablet PC Plans For Now

The rumored HTC + Google Chrome OS tablet might have to wait, based on HTC’s sales and marketing director claiming that the company will kill that off and focus on Android smartphones instead. https://gizmodo.com/google-and-htc-working-on-a-chrome-os-tablet-5438716 This doesn’t mean that an HTC tablet is dead forever; I bet the company is just waiting for both Apple’s tablet…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 19

Microsoft Improves Consumer Search Privacy; Google and Yahoo Stay Terrible

Microsoft has agreed only to hold your personal information (read: darkest secrets] for six months, while Google and Yahoo will continue to keep them much longer to “improve search quality.” By which, of course, they mean “ad revenue.” Granted, the Bing move comes after pressure from the European Union, who’s fined Microsoft so many billions…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jan 19

Apple Dominated With Nearly 100% of Mobile App Sales in 2009

Say what you will about platforms, but in 2009, Apple’s App Store absolutely pwnd the paid mobile app space—selling 99.4% of the $4.2 billion market single-handedly, according to ars technica. All this data is based upon research by Gartner, who claims that, should sale trends continue, Apple could retain 2/3 of the paid mobile app…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 19

Google Delaying Launch of Two Android Phones in China Due To Censorship Row

Whoa, the dispute between China and Google just got even more messy, with Google being forced to delay the launch of two Android phones from Motorola and Samsung on the China Unicom carrier. https://gizmodo.com/google-refuses-to-continue-censoring-results-in-china-5446712 The launch was initially slated for tomorrow, but with Google announcing last week they’d no longer be censoring search results in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 19

Lumpy Motorola MOTOROI Will Be Released Worldwide In March

That lumpy Android MOTOROI phone from Motorola that was only supposed to launch in Korea WILL actually be released worldwide, according to executives. And very soon too, we hear, with March being the proposed month. [Korea Herald – Thanks Cliff_Dangers!] https://gizmodo.com/lumpy-motorola-motoroi-gets-official-not-much-use-to-y-5450693

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 19

Look At This Broken Nexus One

Poor reader Paul ordered a Nexus One and only had it for five days before this happened. No finger pointing—he said he dropped it—so just cry at the sad, broken gadget. Paul does say that the touchscreen still works and there’s no change in the display. It just, well, looks like that. And even worse,…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 18

Ninjas Employ Their Own Method Of Unboxing a Nexus One

In this Google-sponsored video by Patrick Boivin, stop-motion ninjas show us only the second unboxing that I can describe as “action-packed.” They easily defeated the Nexus One packaging, but their arch-rival Blister Pack won’t go down so easy. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/the-most-realistic-unboxing-of-all-time-5050076

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 18

‘Froyo’ Is the Next Sweet Flavor of Android

We thought the next version of Android would be called Flan, but Engadget is reporting “Froyo” to be the codename for Google’s next iteration of mobile OS. On a slightly related note, with the current resurgence of the froyo craze, I feel sorta bad for TCBY. [Engadget]

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 18

Lumpy Motorola MOTOROI Gets Official, Not Much Use To You Unless You Live In Korea

Remember that leaked Motorola, with the right-side tumor? It’s just got official as the MOTOROI (great fun if you say it aloud), and while it’s destined for Korea only, it has an extra trick up its sleeve: handwriting recognition. https://gizmodo.com/sholes-tablet-gets-specs-and-press-shots-it-s-still-lu-5430385 In actual fact, the MOTOROI has five ways to get those words across, with a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 18

The Motorola Shadow: a Droid For the Light Side?

There’s not a whole lot that’s certain about these images, which popped up at Mobile01, showing Motorola’s Shadow as a friendlier-looking Droid. But they’re interesting. These aren’t the first rumors that have trickled out about the Motorola Shadow. One leak, a few weeks ago, pegged it as having a super-thin body and a 4.3-inch, 800…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 16

Bing Could Catch Yahoo By The End Of The Year

Since Microsoft’s Bing search engine launched last summer, it has gained market share at the expense of Yahoo. If the trends stay consistent, Bing could pass Yahoo in the U.S. by the end of November. To be sure, some (most?) of Microsoft’s gains have come with an expense: The company is buying up toolbar deals…

Tech News The Business Insider Jan 15

Apple Wants to Do the Same Thing for Mobile Ads It Did for Digital Music

Apple’s interest in mobile advertising clearly goes beyond flicking Google in the nads, since they spent $275 million on mobile ad company Quattro after losing AdMob to Google. In fact, according to BusinessWeek, Apple’s mobile ad plans are downright ambitious. https://gizmodo.com/apple-buying-mobile-advertisting-company-quattro-wirele-5440190 “Mobile ads suck” is a sentiment BusinessWeek vaguely ascribes to Steve Jobs through a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 15

Google Hacked the Chinese Hackers Right Back

One of the cooler stories out the whole Google-China debacle is that Google hacked the hackers. It “began a secret counteroffensive,” breaking into a computer in Taiwan, gathering evidence the attacks originated from mainland China, possibly orchestrated by the government. https://gizmodo.com/google-refuses-to-continue-censoring-results-in-china-5446712 Google’s delta force found evidence that the hackers had attacked 33 other companies, like…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 15

Motorola Droid Parts Worth More Than iPhone 3GS or Nexus One’s, At $179.11

iSuppli has already revealed that the Nexus One parts cost $174.15 and the iPhone 3GS $178.96 (including manufacturing), but the Droid? Thanks to a recent teardown, we now know Motorola’s more generous, with parts totaling $179.11. https://gizmodo.com/googles-nexus-one-costs-174-15-5444350 If you add in $8.64 for manufacturing the Droid, the final cost is $187.75. Breaking it down, the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 15

Google Cuts Nexus One Upgrade Price by $100 (and Refunds Early Adopters)

Angry T-Mobile customers have complained about the exorbitant $379 upgrade price for the Nexus One, and Google just responded by lowering that price by $100. Plus, they’re sending out refunds to the poor souls who paid the higher price. Those who paid $380 will get a rebate in Google Checkout within two weeks, according to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 14

Google Mobile Searches Get Optimized Based on Location

Google’s location-aware features can feel creepy at times, but in the case of mobile searches they can make life a heck of a lot easier. Queries made from most mobile devices can now include suggestions optimized for your current location. https://gizmodo.com/google-latitude-gets-creepy-with-location-history-and-a-5401786 The basic idea is to reduce how much you need to fumble with your…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 14

Someone Needs To Sell The Android Plush Bag

What you are looking at is a lovingly-crafted Android robot plush bag created over the course of two weeks as a birthday gift. And you can totally rip this idea off. “On and off it took about, I guess, two weeks? I needed to pick the materials, figure out the design and of course, a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 14

Nexus One Keyboard Issues Caught on Video

Street View Catches The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne in a Bath on His Lawn

Apple, Microsoft in Cahoots: Bing to Replace Google as Default iPhone Search Engine?

HTC Apparently Abandons Tablet PC Plans For Now

Microsoft Improves Consumer Search Privacy; Google and Yahoo Stay Terrible

Apple Dominated With Nearly 100% of Mobile App Sales in 2009

Google Delaying Launch of Two Android Phones in China Due To Censorship Row

Lumpy Motorola MOTOROI Will Be Released Worldwide In March

Look At This Broken Nexus One

Ninjas Employ Their Own Method Of Unboxing a Nexus One

‘Froyo’ Is the Next Sweet Flavor of Android

Lumpy Motorola MOTOROI Gets Official, Not Much Use To You Unless You Live In Korea

The Motorola Shadow: a Droid For the Light Side?

Bing Could Catch Yahoo By The End Of The Year

Apple Wants to Do the Same Thing for Mobile Ads It Did for Digital Music

Google Hacked the Chinese Hackers Right Back

Motorola Droid Parts Worth More Than iPhone 3GS or Nexus One’s, At $179.11

Google Cuts Nexus One Upgrade Price by $100 (and Refunds Early Adopters)

Google Mobile Searches Get Optimized Based on Location

Someone Needs To Sell The Android Plush Bag

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