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Best Buy's earnings tank big time
News - December 18, 2008 - 0 Comments
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The economy is hitting everyone hard and that includes Best Buy. Best Buy reported on Tuesday its earnings for the third quarter dropped by 77% over the same quarter last year.
Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson has announced that Best Buy will be offering voluntary buyouts to all of its employees. If a sufficient number of buyouts are not taken, they will have to start layoffs. In addition to cutting back on employess Best Buy will cut expenditures in half and delay new store openings.
All of th...read more
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Google releases Android Dev Phone 1 for developers
News - December 06, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Google has quietly revealed a new Android phone. This time, the Android Dev Phone 1 is designed to be sold exclusively to hard working developers. The Android Dev Phone 1 is a SIM- and hardware-unlocked G1 phone.
The Dev Phone 1 includes a system image that's fully compatible with Android 1.0. It complies with any SIM card and can "flash custom Android builds that will work with the unlocked bootloader."
To get one of these phones you must register as a developer for $25. After that, you'll...read more
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T-Mobile G1 now available in White
News - November 25, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Until now the T-Mobile G1 has been available in black. Now comes the addition of a white G1. All the specs are the same, but you get a white device. They've actually been in the stores for a few days but T-Mobile has now officially announced the device....read more
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Android gets Opera Mini
News - November 25, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Opera Mini 4.2 beta is the first third-party browser for Android. Although it's just a beta version it looks pretty good. Cnet took the new browser through its paces and it came out pretty well. They did have a problem getting the video playback feature to work but that will surely be worked out by the time it comes out of beta.
"What's distinctive and commendable of the Android-optimized build: fast speeds over T-Mobile's 3G network, a very crisp display, and quality that approaches the iP...read more
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Another Exchange sync app for Android
News - November 23, 2008 - 0 Comments
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NitroDesk has released TouchDown, "the world's first on-the-phone solution for accessing your Exchange Server email, contacts and calendar on Android-powered handsets."
TouchDown works with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and "most" online Exchange hosts. You can do most of the common tasks like compose, send, reply, reply-all, forward and delete emails. You can also manage your contacts and have it updated in your Exchange account.
TouchDown costs $30....read more
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American Airlines testing out mobile electronic boarding pass
News - November 18, 2008 - 0 Comments
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American Airlines is trying to make flying a little easier for the holidays. The company is trying a new way of electronically distributing boarding passes on traveler's phones.
The service is available now for passengers departing on domestic flights from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Passengers will be able to use these two-dimensional barcode boarding passes instead of the normal paper boarding pass. The new boarding pass will be available for Los Angeles and John Wayne outbound...read more
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MailShadowG syncs Android with Exchange Server
News - November 18, 2008 - 0 Comments
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The T-Mobile G1 running Android is great for those users who are tied in with Google. If you're a Gmail user it's fantastic, but what about those users who use Microsoft's Exchange Server? Now G1 users can use MailShadowG to sync their data.
MailShadowG allows the T-Mobile G1 to synchronize their email, contacts, and calendars with a Microsoft Exchange server.
"Unlike Exchange ActiveSync -- Microsoft's software that allows many other smartphones to synchronize data with Exchange -- MailShad...read more
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Adobe Flash coming to Android
News - November 18, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Adobe has confirmed that Flash is coming to Google's Android OS. The companies today revealed that that Adobe has made its Flash technology compatible with the Android. This is good news for T-Mobile's G1 as it may get a software enhancement that Apple's iPhone is yet to acquire.
Andy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, and Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch announced the development at the Adobe MAX conference. The two presented a demo of Flash 10 running on a T-Mobile G1. ...read more
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Tethering app coming to Android
News - November 11, 2008 - 0 Comments
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T-Mobile G1 users have a bit of news to celebrate. A tethering application is coming to the Android OS. Brighthand is reporting that a representative from PDANet developer June Fabrics has signaled a tethering application is on the way for Android.
As a company spokesperson told Brighthand, "we do not support G1 currently. However, we do plan to support it in the future."
For those who want to try a tethering app now, check out Tetherbot at the link below. It's not a full blown tethering a...read more
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AT&T has no plans for Android-powered phones
News - November 10, 2008 - 0 Comments
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First Sprint said Google's Android OS was not good enough to be on their network, and now it seems that AT&T has similar sentiments. The San Fransisco Chronicle is reporting that AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega says that AT&T has been looking into Android, but has no plans of offering an Android-powered handset at this time. AT&T apparently feels that Android needs to offer more non-Google applications.
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Google patches Android jailbreak issue
News - November 07, 2008 - 0 Comments
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The Android OS is very new but Google has already issued patches to fix the OS. This time, Google is issuing RC30 to fix a jailbreak issue. The company said it is "currently working with our partners to push the fix out and updating the open source code base to reflect these changes." If you haven't seen the update yet you should be seeing it very soon....read more
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Google rolls out Android security flaw patch
News - November 03, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Android users are finding out that Google is patching a security flaw in their Android OS. Users are receiving messages on their phones that say an update is available. You can choose to install the update, or wait until a later time. According to cnet, the update download is smooth and all works very well....read more
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T-Mobile G1 Teardown
News - October 31, 2008 - 0 Comments
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It was just a matter of time before someone decided to rip the T-Mobile G1 apart. The folks at Tech On opened up the first Android phone and made some surprising finds.
First of all, the trackball module used on the G1 is the same part that BlackBerry uses in their devices. They also found 2 vibrator motors in the G1.
Check out the link below for video of the actual process....read more
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Free week of data from T-Mobile is over for G1 pre-orders
News - October 31, 2008 - 0 Comments
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Those customers who pre-ordered the T-Mobile G1 Android phone got a free week of data to test their phones. Well that week is now over and T-Mobile is shutting down the data service for those users. If you want to continue you'll have to get a paid data plan from T-Mobile. Bummer....read more
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