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HTC's Click and an Ion running Sense

Android The HTC Click - not to be confused with the Cliq, a.k.a., Motorola Morrison - appears here running Android android 1.50.999.0 (purported to be Donut), and looking a lot like a member of the HTC Touch line . As Unwired View repots , "The...

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Archos running Android drops on 9/15

Android It feels like we've been hearing about the Android-powered Archos Internet Media Tablet for a very long time now. Thankfully, we're just a few weeks away from an official unveiling. Archos will also be launching an AppsLib app store for...

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Is the Lancaster vaporware?

Android Despite disappointing specs, HTC's Lancaster has a great form factor and lovely image. Perhaps most importantly, it represents the first chance for AT&T subscribers to nab an Android handset. Unfortunately, that chance has been pushed...

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TomTom for Android

Android TomTom has apparently "implied to Pocket-lint " that they will follow up on their successful iPhone software launch with a GPS navigation app for the Android Market. A TomTom exec named Benoit Simery told Pocket-lint, "We cannot ignore...

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T-Mobile Pulse clears FCC

Android While the banding isn't right for 3G speeds on T-Mobile US, a recent FCC filing shows the stamp of approval for "Model Number:T-Mobile Pulse/Pulse/U8220." I suppose it could be a T-Mo Europe phone to be re-branded for use on another...

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Video ads for magazines have arrived

Gadgets Just like The Daily Prophet newspaper from the Harry Potter films - but probably without the spastic sneering - Entertainment Weekly is about to publish video ads on paper. CBS and Pepsi put together the experiment, which is expected to...

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Questioning the G1's future

Android It's no secret that HTC's G1 - the first device to ship with Android - has become a hacker and modder playground. As far as I know, it is the most tweaked and twiddled phone in the annals of (somewhat) mainstream consumer-grade gadgetdom....

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John's HTC myTouch 3G White review

3g The Sapphire has finally made it's way to the States. Is it worth the wait? What's good: *extremely* customizable - both inside and out, sleek design, excellent touch screen, the "with Google" brand means that it's open and ready for...

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Super easy G1 hack

Android I haven't had the chance to test this one out for myself yet but it looks pretty great. I think it's safe to say you shouldn't be running the auto-rooting app on your myTouch. From what I've read, that phone presents a different set of...

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Sitting on the Samsung Mondi

Post I've been sitting on the Samsung Mondi for nearly a month now. In that time I've played with the device on two occasions. Each time, I wished for WiMAX coverage, and each time I went without. Samsung can hardly be blamed for poor...

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iPod Touch with camera on the way?

Gadgets It's natural evolution, right? Looks like very soon the only thing iPhone will have over iPod is that whole telephony thing. When can we expect iPods with cams? If the buzz is correct, September. A rumored September keynote lines up nicely...

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What is Moto cooking for CTIA?

Android I should preface this post by clearly stating that I have no inside information on the gossip contained within. Outside of circumstantial evidence and the educated guesses of others, I have no special source with dirt on exactly what...

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Dell's Benzine Android phone

Android It may sound like a cream for relieving athlete's foot, but Dell's Benzine is much more appealing a purchase. Leaked photos and rumors have been floating around for some time now, but it looks like we're starting to get some pretty solid...

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Voting closes in DroidDog logo contest

Sweepstakes Voting closes today in what is sure to go down in history as one of the most complicated and controversial contests ever to befall man. We know some of you were unhappy with the way we chose to do things. For example, we decided to run...

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John's Nokia N97 review

Cell Phone Reviews Nokia's flagship seems to have sunk. What's good: Cool slider form-factor, widgets, 3.5G, 5MP cam with dual LED flash, 3.5" 640 x 360 pixel display, N-gage gaming. What's bad: maddeningly glitchy software was not improved by a recent...

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Apple tablet starting to look kinda real

Gadgets This is reportedly a video of the Apple tablet dev kit. It's the second such video leaked in the last 24 hours. The first one, found here , has garnered lots of attention, and a huge lot of doubts. Maybe this is the real thing. Then...

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Microsoft fostering development with WinMoDevCamp

Microsoft With the coming of Microsoft's Marketplace, Microsoft is pumping a free series of events aimed at educating developers called WinMoDevCamp. The first will take place on August 19th in Seattle, with more to be announced in Austin,...

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Vote on the DroidDog logo!

Android Here they are, folks; the top 10 contenders in the DroidDog logo contest. With close to 200 entrants and several hundred submissions, it wasn't easy narrowing down the choices to a few that we at PhoneDog could agree on. There were so...

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John's Samsung Ultra Touch S8300 review

Cell Phone Reviews Overview What's good: 8MP auto-focus cam with *bright* dual LED flash; 30 FPS wide screen video; lovely, high-contrast 2.8" AMOLED capacitive touch screen at 400 x 240 ; great phonebook and in-call UI; TouchWiz now has more widgets...

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The Hero has been rooted

Android This is a good day. As bad as it may sound to Aussies, I'm happy to announce that the Hero has been rooted. What does this mean? It means the phone can now be over-clocked (see comment by enlightener), apps can be run from the SD card,...

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Morrison sketches and possible release date

Android Simon Sage at IntoMobile has posted a design firm's drawings of Motorola's Morrison (by way of Engadget and Mobil.cz) that fill in a few of the aesthetic holes that previous photos have left open. Still, we don't know much about the...

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Woohoo! Motorola working on Blur for Android?

Android Moto's getting ready to blur the lines between an Android experience and a Motorola experience, and I can't wait to see the results. BGR is reporting that the plans for Blur include a sexy mask with lots of social networking hooks - much...

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RUMOR! Hero on T-Mo USA? (Debunked)

Android Well this one is straight out of my dreams... or nightmares. Two days after ordering the myTouch, this image pops up from LeakDroid that shows an HTC support page for the Hero on T-Mobile USA. Checking HTC's support menus now, I don't see...

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T-Mo launches myTouch with... skydivers?

Videos Magenta went all out in San Fran on Saturday with smoking (in the decorative sense) skydivers, corporate break dancers, and lots of balloons to mark the street date of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google. I also spotted some giant "100%...

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Opera Mobile coming to Android (finally!)

Post When I reviewed Opera Mini 4.2 for Android, I was less than impressed - not because the browser didn't perform well or because I didn't like the interface. I enjoyed my time with Opera Mini. But I spent the entire relationship thinking...

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MIPS: take Android home to Mother

Android Android's public profile is growing rapidly, and as its previously-overlooked power and flexibility become more apparent to the masses, companies are finding ways to maximize the operating system's potential. Last month, I wrote about...

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Qik: live-stream with Android

Android I just live-streamed my first video with my G1, and wow, are my arms tired. Seriously though, despite the fuzzy audio and grainy image, it's a huge step for social interaction and broadcasting for the Android platform - especially since...

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Samsung's Galaxy sees some light

Android Light in the form of a white finish, that is. According the TheUnwired, this is not the Galaxy Lite, which was recently announced , but a full-bodied GT-i7500 with a prettier (I think so) face. This thing is T-Mo ready, technically,...

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Funambol: cross-platform cloud-syncing

Android For those who want to sync their contacts (and later, calendar, notes, and tasks) across different platforms, Funambol is the most flexible solution I've found yet. Check it out in action in a video I posted a couple of weeks ago. I sync...

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10 New Clearwire markets

4g Clearwire's WiMAX product, Clear, has had a bit of a rough time in its premier market of Portland, Oregon. Spotty coverage, dissatisfied customers bound by contractual agreements, and almost viral bad press speak louder than the billboards...

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