The Best of Android: Final Challenge Winners Announced (16)
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Last May, Google announced the first set of winners in its two-part contest called Android Challenge. The challenge is meant to kick-start the creation of 3rd-party applications for its nascent mobile platform by enticing developers with a total of $10 million in awards. Today, Google is releasing the names of its second set of winners, 10 of which receive $275,000 and 10 of which receive $100,000. The full list of winners can be found here. ...
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Jesse said:
cab4me sounds pretty money: “cab4me enables you to easily call a cab to any location worldwide. You do not need to know the number of the local cab company. You do not need to enter or even know the address you want to be picked up at. You do not need to place a call. With cab4me you can order a cab to your current location with a single click.”
Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system (51)
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When we talk to developers, a common topic is the challenge of getting applications in the hands of users. That's why today I'm happy to share early details of Android Market—an open content distribution system that will help end users find, purchase, download and install various types of content on their Android-powered devices. The concept is simple: leverage Google's expertise in infrastructure, search and relevance to connect users with content created by developers like you.Developers ...
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Marc said:
I'm salivating
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Muthu Ramadoss said:
An open Android Market.. Not a "store" ;)
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Alberto said:
I love how they show and enhance all the features that Apple doesn't allow with their SDK and App store :P Anyway I love Android
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Geoffrey Wiseman said:
Android says the right things, I'm just not sure if the wide variety of hardware is going to mess things up irrevocably. I hope not, because I'll be very curious to see how the battle shapes up otherwise.
Top 5 Reasons Why Nokia N85 Is Better Than Nokia N96 (9)
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The Nokia N85 was announced this morning and I’m surprised how this newcomer is forcing itself into the Nokia N96’s territory. The N96 is supposed to be the upgrade to the Nokia N95, according to product managers I spoke to, but it seems the lower-priced Nokia N85 is actually bringing more to the table. Read on for the top 5 reasons why the Nokia N85 is better than the Nokia N96. #1 Power The Nokia ...
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choffee said:
The N85 is perhaps the best N series phone out there now but why did they have to go with an LED flash?
iPhone 3Gs Now Outnumber First Generation iPhones (35)
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Despite a weak battery and questions about how fast it connects to 3G networks, some time in the next week more than 6 million iPhone 3Gs will be in people’s hands around the world. What that means is that the second generation device has outsold the original iPhone just seven weeks after going on sale. They actually may already have done so. It took Apple nearly a year to sell 6 million first generation iPhones. ...
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Nate said:
Yes, I add to the statistic.
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adam said:
wow. two months.
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maccman said:
When am I going to get mine :(
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Chris said:
I'm gonna have to upgrade soon. But, really, other than Edge sucking and 3G would be nice, I love my first-gen.
It’s Official: The G1 From T-Mobile is the First Android Phone (74)
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Images from around the web are showing the HTC Dream AKA the T-Mobile G1 in all its bendy, screen-sliding glory. This Sidekick-like phone has a pop up screen, full QWERTY keyboard, and none of the buckets of suck that characterize Windows Mobile phones. Android is still fairly nascent so I worry that the application environment will be limited on launch but an open, powerful platform backed by a major, web-focused corporation is better than a ...
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Haidong said:
iPhone or gPhone, which one will you buy?
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Chuck LeDuc said:
Meow!
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Joe said:
I like this article. That's all. ;)
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Devlin D said:
Hell yes!! Does Canada get one of these?
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Brian said:
this is sounding really good
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G$ said:
woAh. move your mouse pointer over the ad at the bottom of this article and keep your eye on the status bar at the bottom of firefox... see that #changing?
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HacKnight said:
Woohoo! I'm getting one...
Into the Future With Philips: First Stop, Your Living Room (8)
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Our roving cub reporter Scott Merrill is live in Amsterdam at the Philips Research labs. His first report is on the HomeLab. Watch CrunchGear for the Surface-like Shop Lab interface. The HomeLab at the Philips research center is a model home built to test and monitor real-world response to prototype technology. Thirty cameras and microphones record subjects as they use and interact with products for the home; then researches review the recordings to refine the ...
Flickup sends full-sized pics, geo data from iPhone to Flickr (2)
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Since James recently mentioned AirMe for iPhone photo uploads to Flickr, now's a good time to point out Flickup, an iPhone app that Josh Bancroft recently put through the paces. I see two huge advantages of these free app over similar ones: it sends the full 2-megapixel images up to Flickr and it can work with geographic data. Most other solutions including iPhone e-mail send pics at a reduced VGA size, or 640 x 480. ...
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timmins said:
What is taking Y! so long in building an official Flickr app?
HTC Touch Pro reviewed- best phone they've ever used (3)
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Tracy and Matt always provide some of the best reviews of phones you'll find and their recently published review of the HTC Touch Pro is no exception. They have looked at the Touch Pro from every angle and provided insights and photos of same. The Touch Pro definitely looks like a great phone and the QWERTY keyboard really extends the usefulness of that big touch screen. Check out the complete review to see what they ...
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Free DID numbers Providers list (1)
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VOIP has gone mainstream and everybody today needs their very own VOIP Phone. However, VOIP is not just limited to owning a home phone service. With people moving all over the world, businesses catering to entire world its important that people can port numbers for other countries on their VOIP Phone and be able to receive calls. A person based in Singapore has clients in USA and UK and he doesnt want his client to ...
USB Universal Travel Charger (1)
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At fring we love all things mobile, we especially love gadgets that are designed to make mobile use even better. Every now and then we are lucky enough to unbox a great gadget that we thing rocks. I recently got to unbox just such a gadget over at the South African fring blog. The gadget you may ask, A sexy Universal Travel Charger which was given to me by my parents who had returned from ...
Microsoft prepping Feature Pack for Storage with Blu-ray for XP and Vista (6)
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Filed under: Storage We're not going to get back into the Xbox 360 + Blu-ray debate, but Sony's HD format is clearly on Microsoft's collective mind, as it's begun prepping a new Windows add-on dubbed Feature Pack for Storage. The kit's set to contain modules for portable drive recognition and restriction, ICCD and CCID Smartcard drivers, but most notably an image mastering API for Blu-ray that enables "master style optical burning on Blu-Ray [sic] media." ...
iPhone mod turns the Apple logo into a mini-flashlight (6)
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Filed under: Cellphones Sure, this video feels like it might veer into creepy snuff-film territory right at the beginning, but luckily it just reveals a fairly sweet looking iPhone mod. Apparently some Russian iPhone fans have replaced the regular, boring Apple logo on the back of an original iPhone with an eye-piercing, glowing version. There's not a lot of detail on how this is done -- and the video is in Russian -- but the ...
D-Link intros GVC-3000 video phone for India (3)
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Standalone videophones may not be quite as plentiful as you may have expected them to be at this point in the 21st century, but D-Link looks to at least be doing its part to keep our 1980s / early 90s selves happy. It's new GVC-3000 model also takes things a bit further than most, with it able to be connected to a TV or projector for some big screen videoconferencing, and ...
