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Google Expects 18 Android Phones This Year: All the Flavors Explained

Google/Android’s Andy Rubin said at the Google I/O conference that Google expects 18-20 Android phones this year from 8 or 9 manufacturers—and those are just the devices they know about. But it’s gonna be slower going in the States because of the custom Android builds that carriers want. https://gizmodo.com/google-android-2-0-donut-has-universal-search-and-text-5271590 (The custom builds frighten us, on…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nokia’s CEO: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at All Things D

“Nokia has about 35-40% of the total phone market. 1.1 billion users…I would have said that Motorola was our number one competitor a few years ago. Now, RIM, Microsoft, Apple.” Walt says, “Software is a crucial element in hand held computers. How are you going to deal with this?” Olli spoke for awhile, about Symbian…

Tech News Brian Lam

A Blackberry Tablet: CEO Mike Lazaridis Speaks To the Idea

“I don’t see the benefits of a tablet over a notebook…A lot of technology falls in the middle.” “Offshoot products trying to fill gaps that maybe don’t need to be filled. Yes, a tablet is a cool concept, but can you put it in your pocket? And would you carry one around if you couldn’t?”…

Tech News Brian Lam

Cashmere and Alchemy: The New Heart of Windows Mobile (and Maybe More), Not a Ladies’ Soap Store

Mary Jo Foley has a twofer on the new Embedded Compact core of Windows Mobile: Cashmere, if released, would add FlashLite and better gesture support, while Alchemy is a new shell component that would bring “richer UI scenarios” through native access to Silverlight, meaning flicking, panning and zoomzooming. https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-7-may-get-gesture-controls-after-all-5256073 Besides FlashLite, Cashmere would bring a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

What Secret Horror Is Destroying the Nation’s Youth According to the New York Times?

“They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back. They do it so much their ______ hurt.” Hint: Not syphilis. Text messaging. Yep, really. Thanks for that cutting edge reporting, New…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Watch the World Lit Up By Millions of Voices During Obama’s Inauguration

No, this isn’t America under attack by swine flu. It’s a visualization of call activity all over the world during Obama’s inauguration from MIT’s senseable city lab. Watching it in motion is even more amazing: Since it’s MIT, there’s data behind the beauty. Over 138 countries came together, more than half the countries in the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

AT&T First Android Phone HTC Lancaster Leaked

Engadget apparently hit upon the motherload of AT&T powerpoints: Slides detailing the Palm Eos, a new HP iPaq and probably most thrilling, HTC Lancaster (aka the Android phone we’ve been waiting for). I’ve always wondered what Android would be like on a Touch Pro, that’s basically Lancaster. There is the dreary little note that “Initial…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

HTC Touch Pro2 Gets Verizon Branding

We knew it was coming to T-Mobile, and today we also know the HTC Touch Pro2 is coming to Verizon. Not a surprise, really, but here’s a nice picture with some Verizon Wireless branding on it anyway. In other news, it’s Sunday. [D474rpr via BGR] https://gizmodo.com/hey-look-its-the-htc-touch-pro-2-on-t-mobile-5223497

Tech News Jack Loftus

Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ

Simply put, the Palm Pre is the most hyped phone since the original iPhone. It’s coming out in two weeks, on June 6. Here’s everything we know—we’ll update this as more info comes in. Should I get the Pre over the iPhone? WIll it make a good replacement for my old Phone? It depends. I’m…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Some Kind of Android Cupcake Update Is Happening Right Now

A bunch of people running the UK version of Cupcake on their US phones are getting some kind of Cupcake update right now, though no one’s sure what it does. Could Cupcake hit sooner than next week for everybody else? [Phandroid] https://gizmodo.com/android-cupcake-rolling-out-next-tuesday-5265849

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Android Cupcake Rolling Out Next Tuesday

G1 owners: Some people got it already, but expect the Cupcake general public rollout to officially start next Tuesday. According to one reliable source, that will be C-Day. This goes along with T-Mobile’s previous statement about the delivery of Android’s new version: https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-g1-android-1-5-cupcake-rollout-pushed-back-a-w-5259813 We’re finalizing the build this week to ensure optimal functionality and smooth…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Power Pump Charges Your Cellphone With Air Pressure

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for green technology—so long as physical effort is not required. That’s where the Power Pump cellphone charger from Orange falls a bit short. Should you find yourself with a dead battery when you need to make a call, the Power Pump can provide emergency power via a turbine driven…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Rumor: Best Buy May Only Have Four Palm Pres Per Store on Launch Day

Want a Palm Pre at Best Buy on launch day? Better get that sleeping bag ready, because rumor has it that there’ll be an average of only four per store. Four! According to Boy Genius, Best Buy will be getting about 4,250 Pres in total to spread out to around 1,000 stores. Not too many!…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Sony Ericsson Patent Chooses Music Based On Your Facial Expression, Which Will Mostly Be Annoyed

Sony Ericsson has just patented a system that allows a phone or PMP to choose music for you to listen to based on your facial expression. My, how unnecessarily complicated and impractical! Just look at how the patent, entitled “Generating music playlist based on facial expression,” says the system would work: “FIG. 8 [shown above]…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Palm Pre Listed on Best Buy’s Site for a Whopping $850

The Palm Pre will cost $199 with contract or about $549 (from Sprint) without a contract. So why is BestBuy.com listing the phone itself for EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FREAKING DOLLARS?? (Admittedly, that price is lower than the even crazier $1000 rumor we saw earlier.) Still, we’ll assume it’s a misprinted placeholder price and carry…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google ‘Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data’ Patent Looks Kind of Terrible

Google’s vision for the future of Android evidently includes a system by which your phone adapts to whatever it thinks you’re doing based on accelerometer data. Like a newer, more advanced Clippy, in your pocket. The patent outlines how an accelerometer-equipped device could monitor users’ movements, and over time, build usage patterns out of the…

Tech News John Herrman

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Arrives at AT&T Friday for $200 After Rebate

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is finally arriving at AT&T this Friday after a few months at T-Mobile. You’ll pay $199.99 for it, but only after remembering to send in a $100 mail-in rebate. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-first-impressions-5140597

Tech News Adam Frucci

Sony Ericsson Needs a Boatload of Money to Stay Alive

Following the wretched quarter where sales dropped by almost half, Sony’s CFO said yesterday that Sony Ericsson desperately needed to raise cash—about 100 million euros ($135 million)—this year to stay alive. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-sales-drop-by-almost-half-in-one-quarter-5176733

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Rebates Suck: The Palm Pre’s Real Price

The Palm Pre is officially $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate. Meaning it’s really $299 for a lot of people. Here’s the deal: https://gizmodo.com/its-official-palm-pre-coming-june-6th-for-200-5260704 The $100 mail-in rebate scheme is clever, if slightly devious—it’d apparently cost more than Sprint wants to spend to subsidize every single Pre down to $199, and this way, they’re only…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Microsoft My Phone Beta Open to the Public

My Phone, Microsoft’s new over-the-air backup system for Windows Mobile phones, is available for free in a public beta. Jason called it “fairly good” and even “fancy“, so it’s definitely worth a try. [WM Dev] https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-my-phone-impressions-its-a-fancy-backu-5154692

Tech News John Herrman

Google Expects 18 Android Phones This Year: All the Flavors Explained

Nokia’s CEO: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at All Things D

A Blackberry Tablet: CEO Mike Lazaridis Speaks To the Idea

Cashmere and Alchemy: The New Heart of Windows Mobile (and Maybe More), Not a Ladies’ Soap Store

What Secret Horror Is Destroying the Nation’s Youth According to the New York Times?

Watch the World Lit Up By Millions of Voices During Obama’s Inauguration

AT&T First Android Phone HTC Lancaster Leaked

HTC Touch Pro2 Gets Verizon Branding

Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ

Some Kind of Android Cupcake Update Is Happening Right Now

Android Cupcake Rolling Out Next Tuesday

The Power Pump Charges Your Cellphone With Air Pressure

Rumor: Best Buy May Only Have Four Palm Pres Per Store on Launch Day

Sony Ericsson Patent Chooses Music Based On Your Facial Expression, Which Will Mostly Be Annoyed

Palm Pre Listed on Best Buy’s Site for a Whopping $850

Google ‘Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data’ Patent Looks Kind of Terrible

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Arrives at AT&T Friday for $200 After Rebate

Sony Ericsson Needs a Boatload of Money to Stay Alive

Rebates Suck: The Palm Pre’s Real Price

Microsoft My Phone Beta Open to the Public

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