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- Motorola XOOM Limited GOLD Edition Revealed
- Barnes & Noble’s PubIt! for Digital Books (for NOOK) Launches First In-Store Event — OHH FREE COFFEE!
- HTC Flyer Wifi-only Version Pre-Order at Cyberport Now
- Samsung Galaxy Indulge Promoted by Snoop Dogg and Warren G as they Roll with metroPCS
- Samsung Captivate Froyo Update Tomorrow!
- Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread Update Includes WebM Support [What is WebM?]
- Google says Facebook contacts sync violates Android TOS
- Minecraft headed to Android devices
- Archos Arnova 10HT and Arnova 8 tablets hit FCC with Android
- Skifta Preview: Talking Streaming with Qualcomm’s Digital Media Gurus
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK finalized
- Nexus S and Nexus One Gingerbread 2.3.3 update going out OTA
- Motorola XOOM Has Bootloader That’s Both Unlockable and Relockable
- Atrix bootloader gets locked down, no custom ROMs
- Quantum Dots Future of Samsung Displays
- myTouch 4G Source Offered Up by HTC Aside Aria, Desire Z, Desire HD
- Samsung Mystery Phone gets MAP designation at Verizon
- NOOKcolor Root for DIY in-Auto Awesomeness [Video]
| Motorola XOOM Limited GOLD Edition Revealed Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:33 AM PST It appears that Motorola now has at least 3 different hardware versions of its soon to be wildly popular Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet, XOOM. The first version of course is the USA version which is all black, the second version is one we had our hands on in Barcelona, that being the Euro Silver metal version, now there’s this, what they’re calling their Limited Gold Edition. This edition has apparently been given away exclusively to “movie star nominees” – does this mean Banksy got one?
We’re going to go out on a limb here and say the movie stars Motorola is speaking about are Oscar nominees as that event is only 4 days away at this point. In addition to this, Motorola is giving away 2 “Limited Gold Edition Motorola XOOM tablets” each of them worth $799.99 each. No service plan will be included, says Motorola, and they do reserve the right to send you a substitute prize should they be unable to deliver the golden XOOMs. To enter that contest, head over to Motorola’s twitter page. To yell and scream about how you’d love to get your hands on one of those golden XOOM tablets, stay right here – and yell and scream! That’s what we’re doing. Silver and gold forever! How does this gold edition differ from the rest? It’s just a little bit different color in the metal on the back, the Motorola M symbol is black instead of flat metal the same color as whatever the back is, and it comes with a lovely leather (or pleather, or perhaps some third material) carrier. We would NOT mind having one if I do say so myself.        )
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| Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST Apparently the creators of NOOKcolor (and Nook) are continuing to insist that these aren’t simply Android tablets locked up and ready for reading. Can you imagine? Indeed there are big initiatives being set forth by Barnes & Noble, in all seriousness now, to push their Self-Publishing Author program PubIt! to the forefront. In the Android Community there’s been a big bunch of excitement at the hacking and freeing of the NOOKcolor as of late, but we’ve got to remember that indeed this device was made for reading books, and it does continue to do so. Barnes & Noble is holding their first in-store event for Pub-It tonight.
Tonight at Barnes & Noble’s Santa Monica, CA, store, they’ll be holding a special even featuring super successful PubIt! author H.P. Mallory, Beth Orsoff – another traditional author turned PubIt! success story, and Lisa Cortés, President of Cortés Films and Executive Producer of the Academy Award®-winning film Precious. See them chat and hang out with them and give them high fives. NOOKcolor only really launched in full force a few months ago, PubIt! only showing up four months ago, now already having 11,000 publishers and authors signed up for the program. Another impressive statistic is the fact that there are 35 PubIt! specific titles in the Barnes & Noble top 200 NOOK books list. That’s one whole heck of a lot if you consider these books might never have been so widely distributed had it not been for this medium. ALSO of note, since we know you love coffee and hate statistics, we’ve got to let you know that on Saturday, February 26, if you head over to ANY Barnes & Noble location and let them speak to you about NOOKcolor, you’ll get a free tall cup of hot or iced Starbucks Coffee. Deal? )
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| HTC Flyer Wifi-only Version Pre-Order at Cyberport Now Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:42 AM PST The slightly less awesome Wifi-only version of HTC’s newest installment of Android device, the Flyer tablet, is now up for pre-order via Germany’s Cyberport retailer. The listing they’ve got up details the 7-inch slate’s 1024 x 600 capacitive touchscreen that includes active stylus (for all your drawings!) as well as Android 2.4 Gingerbread with customized Sense overlay, a 5-megapixel camera on the back, and a complete lack of 3G/HSPA connection. On the other hand, this version that includes no contract at all, leaving you free and clear forever, will run you only €499 ($686).
This price puts this version of the Flyer in indirect competition with Amazon Germany which has the HSPA version of the same device for €669 ($920). This Wifi version includes Wifi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, one of the two of which you’ll be using to get online via a nearby internet hotspot. Of course all versions of the Flyer also include a 1.3-megapixel front facing webcam, a fat 4,000 mAh battery, and 32GB of internal storage. The release of this Wifi version of the tablet, we’re told directly from HTC, will be coming out very soon after the 3G model – exactly how soon is still unknown. Take a peek at our demo video of the HTC Flyer we filmed at Mobile World Congress 2011. It’s a smooth looking device to be sure. Is it worth almost a G? That’s for you to decide – it also depends greatly on how much the device will end up costing once it gets to the USA, if it ever does. [via SlashGear] )
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| Samsung Galaxy Indulge Promoted by Snoop Dogg and Warren G as they Roll with metroPCS Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST Oh my goodness gracious, how has this not come to fruition before? Of course there have been collaborations and promotions between smartphones and rappers before, but never in such an oddly cool way as this. The following is a project launched by metroPCS, Samsung Mobile, Snoop Dogg (or Snoop Dogggg as you’re about to see,) Warren G, model Brittany Dailey, AND Ted Williams – the man with the Golden Voice. Recognize everyone from that list? Good. They’re about to sell you a Samsung Galaxy Indulge, “the world’s first commercially available 4G LTE Android smartphone.”
Let us give you a list of all of the roots of this project, because they are numerous, and even though the first ad spot is odd enough to get your attention regardless of these references, we want you to be so well informed that you just get it: First, there’s the man with the golden voice, Ted Williams. Have a look at his story over here: [CNN report] – in a nutshell, this man was homeless a few months ago and is now working with several companies that are paying him big bucks for his amazing voice. Next, there’s Warren G, stepbrother of legendary rapper/record producer Dr Dre and original partner of Snoop Dogg. His song Regulate is the origin of the “Regulators, mount up” comment in the video you’re about to see. Then of course there’s Snoop Dogg whose current type logo has been transformed in this project to include a couple extra G’s at the end to show how fast metroPCS is on their new Samsung Galaxy Indulge. Snoop has a new album/documentary coming out in 33 days (it’s called Doggumentary, if you’re interested,) thus this collaboration makes perfect sense. Not that making a video of this caliber doesn’t make perfect sense already given Snoop’s 2007 hit Sexual Seduction which features an extremely similar video treatment. ALSO check out this metroPCS rap mixtape that came out a few weeks ago and tell me you didn’t see this coming. Take a peek at the first big video from this metroPCS / Samsung Galaxy Indulge / Snoop / G / Williams / Dailey collaboration project here: Does it all make sense yet? How about when you find out that there’s also an “Indulge with Snoop Dogggg” sweepstakes? You’ve gotta head out to your local metroPCS store and enter this contest by signing a slip of paper. If you win, you get a VIP trip for two to a Snoop concert this summer – this includes airfare and incidentals for two, front-row tickets, backstage passes, and two Samsung Galaxy Indulge phones with metroPCS 4G LTE service. Sounds fine, real fine. Check out the full press release below: NOTE more G-Connection dating show videos will be released throughout the day today (and we assume in the near future,) so stay tuned!                                 )
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| Samsung Captivate Froyo Update Tomorrow! Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:54 AM PST After a bigtime tease and upset yesterday, it appears that owners of the Samsung Captivate will be getting a taste of the frozen one tomorrow. Yesterday had a rescinded webpage from Samsung, but last week there was word from AT&T that Froyo would be coming this week. Currently the news is coming from AT&T’s official Facebook page that indeed the Android 2.2 update will be coming soon, for real, as in so soon you’ll start seeing it tomorrow.
Along with this comes a torrent of people having heart attacks that their X10s and their Dell Streaks were left out in the cold and that they’d be switching to new carriers if AT&T didn’t give them their ransom money. BUT AT&T did provide this fun video made with Android Senior Project Manager Dante Martin – he answers some questions on updates and speaks on none other than the Aria and how it’ll be functioning in the near and far future. Have a peek: AT&T notes that the Aria will be getting Froyo “very soon” and that Motorola needs development time between the release of a new Android version and the release for each phone in addition to testing by AT&T (or whichever carrier we’re dealing with) – this is the reason why your skin is falling off while you’re waiting for updates. Of course if you’re a part of the hacker community, you’ll be getting these updates much sooner than official – have at it! )
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| Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread Update Includes WebM Support [What is WebM?] Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:47 AM PST As you may already be well aware, the Android 2.3.3 update for Nexus S and Nexus One has indeed gone out today for the greater good of humanity. What you might NOT know is that this update includes WebM support. What is WebM? It’s a relatively new media file format designed specifically for the internet. What a WebM file consists of is VP8 video codec and Vorbis audio codec compressed audio streams. Well wait, what does that mean? Let’s break it down.
First, what is VP8 video codec? It’s a technology that compresses videos in a highly efficient manner – what this means is that it’s a lot easier to load the same video you’d have otherwise been waiting longer to load than you are with this new format. This particular format, VP8, is developed by On2 Technologies, a group acquired by Google back in February 2010. Google wants to push this video format because it’s both efficient and they own the company that developed it. Second, what is Vorbis audio codec? Vorbis is essentially to audio what VP8 is to video, compressing it for easier and lighter loading. Vorbis is an open-source audio compression tech made by the Xiph Foundation which is, in fact, NOT owned by Google. The WebM project includes Vorbis because it was found by them to be the best choice of all of the open-source options. Because the internet’s success is built on open and freely implementable technologies like HTML, HTTP, and TCP/IP, the WebM project wants to offer this freedom in an open and free video format that is “on par with the leading commercial choices.” This format, they say, is a broadly-backed community effort aimed directly at developing this open web media format. So, not that you needed motivation to download an update to Gingerbread, but you’re going to have support for WebM media format. So that’s pretty cool. [via Android Developers] )
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| Google says Facebook contacts sync violates Android TOS Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:20 AM PST
Oddly, Google is apparently not blocking the feature for all phones, just the Nexus S and future lead devices on the Android platform. Users of the Nexus S can still get the Facebook contacts on the mobile device but have to use the Facebook app to get them. Google’s statement on the issue reads: “We believe it is very important that users are able to control their data. So in the over-the-air update for Nexus S, we have a small change to how Facebook contacts appear on the device. For Nexus S users who downloaded the Facebook app from Android Market, Facebook contacts will no longer appear to be integrated with the Android Contacts app. Since Facebook contacts cannot be exported from the device, the appearance of integration created a false sense of data portability. Facebook contact data will continue to appear within the Facebook app. Like all developers on Android, Facebook is free to use the Android contacts API to truly integrate contacts on the device, which would allow users to have more control over their data. We are removing the special-case handling of Facebook contacts on Nexus S and future lead devices. We continue to believe that reciprocity (the expectation that if information can be imported into a service it should be able to be exported) is an important step toward creating a world of true data liberation — and encourage other websites and app developers to allow users to export their contacts as well." Via Gottabemobile )
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| Minecraft headed to Android devices Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:12 AM PST If you are the sort that likes games that allow you to create your own world as you see fit you will be interested to hear that Minecraft is coming to the Android platform. The game allows you to place little blocks to build your world.
After you build your world, monsters come out at night. Apparently, you have to build a shelter that will keep the monsters at bay over night and then continue your building the next day. The game is also coming to the iPhone and the mobile versions will land ahead of the desktop version. An exact launch date for the Android version isn’t offered, but it is said to be coming before the desktop version. That desktop version is expected later this year. )
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| Archos Arnova 10HT and Arnova 8 tablets hit FCC with Android Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:32 AM PST Archos has tossed a pair of tablets packing Android over to the FCC for the final approvals before the machines can hit stores. The two new tablets include the Arnova 10HT and the Arnova 8. As you can guess from the name of the tablets, the screens are 10-inches and 8-inches.
Hard facts about the tablets are scant, but there are some rumors floating around. The Arnova 8 is said to have a resolution of 800 x 600, a 311MHz ARM CPU, 8GB of storage, and Android 1.5 for the OS. The other tablet has even less rumor fodder to work from. It is supposedly more focused as a typical internet tablet and has WiFi according to the FCC, but that is it. If the rumored specs for the Arnova 8 are true, it seems a bit weak for facing the likes of the Galaxy Tab or iPad and may be more of a multi-function eReader. Hopefully more details will be coming soon.   Via WirelessGoodness )
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| Skifta Preview: Talking Streaming with Qualcomm’s Digital Media Gurus Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:40 AM PST We’ve been covering Qualcomm’s Skifta project since almost the very beginning, from when the DLNA streaming media system was a simple 2009 side-project in the chipset company’s labs, to its status as a legitimate standalone product with an eye on potential revenue streams. Android Community has had early access to the latest version of Skifta, hitting the Android Market today, to see whether a free app can really replace expensive media streaming systems around the home and office.
Skifta build 68 does everything we’re already familiar with from the app, so you get access to local media sources – such as your phone, NAS, computers sharing media and other devices – as well as streaming radio content, which can be squirted to a DLNA-compliant TV, WiFi radio or other device and controlled from your Android phone. A free download, it uses straightforward media plugins to add extra internet content; as for playback, if you have an internet-connected TV (or a DLNA-supporting streamer) then you’re all set.
As ever, as long as you have the bandwidth, it all works surprisingly well. The Skifta UI has been polished since the early days, with a three-step process of picking a source – audio, video or images, including Facebook and Picasa photos – then a playback device, and finally choosing which media you’d like to play. The new version adds in support for premium channels, like Napster; if you have a Napster account, you can log in and access the service’s 10m+ streaming tracks.
There’s also new control over playback, to take into account the fact that not all media players are created equal. Given that many users have drives full of video and audio using different codecs, Skifta now allows you to choose which media player app on your phone you want to use to render the content. We loaded up vPlayer and Rock Player, and could choose between them in a simple Android dialog box. It means that files not natively supported by the Android media player can now often be played using a third-party player, and hugely extends the use of Skifta. We caught up with Skifta’s director of marketing, Gary Brotman, at MWC 2011 last week, and talked to him about the future of the app and the growing Skifta ecosystem. With a long background in digital music – Brotman is actually behind one of the streaming radio channels featured in Skifta, Paper Buddha – he’s unsurprisingly enthusiastic about the potential of the app, particularly when it comes to partnerships with other media sources. Napster – as added in build 68 – is just the start of it; Brotman is also keen to work with other subscription-based music services, such as Spotify. “It’s less about owning music, today, and more about having access to it” he told us, suggesting that while people have historically built up huge stacks of CDs and records, and then gone on to amass collections of MP3s, the focus now is shifting away from ownership and more to ubiquity. Part of that is the increase in connectivity options, like 3G/4G on mobile devices and faster WiFi networks in homes and offices. “Previously, you had what content you could carry or had loaded up before you left” Brotman explained. As for making Qualcomm some money, Brotman is cautious of the usual ways Android apps are monetized. Although adverts are the obvious strategy – either AdWords in the app itself, or even audio or video promotions interspersed with the streamed content – he’s wary of negatively impacting the user experience, especially when it comes to mining users’ media catalogs for context-aware ads.
Instead, the Skifta team is looking for more roundabout ways of commercialising the software, perhaps through affiliate links to download music from Amazon or other vendors. If you hear a track you like on a streaming radio station, Skifta could offer a one-click way of purchasing that music, with Qualcomm taking a slice of the proceeds. Alternatively, if more premium channels – such as Spotify – get onboard, Skifta could take a tithe of their subscription revenue too. Of course, there’s always the potential for Skifta to evolve into a paid version, or perhaps split into free and premium, though for now the app remains a free download. You can find the updated build 68 in the Android Market; don’t forget to let us know how you get on in the comments. )
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| Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK finalized Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:33 AM PST Google has released the final Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK, complete with finalized APIs, on the eve of the first Honeycomb-based tablet being released. Developers now have the final set of tools to code for the Motorola XOOM and subsequent Android 3.0 slates, and the new API level is 11.
The Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform highlights are here, and there’s a breakdown of differences between APIs here. There’s also an update to SDK Tools (r10) and ADT Plugin for Eclipse (10.0.0), including such niceties as improved rendering of what the final on-screen app will look like. Instructions for downloading the Android 3.0 SDK are here. )
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| Nexus S and Nexus One Gingerbread 2.3.3 update going out OTA Posted: 23 Feb 2011 12:22 AM PST Google has begun pushing out Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread updates to the Google Nexus S and Nexus One. According to the official Nexus Twitter account, the over-the-air updates have already started, but users should be patient since it “may take a few weeks for OTA to complete.”
The update will be incremental for the Nexus S, but the Nexus One’s first official taste of Gingerbread. We’ve just checked one a Nexus One in the UK, and there’s no sign of new firmware being available, so it seems we’ll have to be patient (or wait for someone to offer a side-loading version of the official ROM, of course). [Thanks n900mixalot!] )
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| Motorola XOOM Has Bootloader That’s Both Unlockable and Relockable Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:03 PM PST As if to throw the entire developer world for a loop in the face of today’s realization that the ATRIX 4G has a completely locked bootloader, Motorola Mobility’s Twitter account has just gone ahead and tweeted the fact that the XOOM will have an unlockable and lockable bootloader. This function will, they say, enable developers to access hardware for development, and as they don’t say, allow hackers to sing and dance with the system, tearing it down to the ground and remaking it in their own image.
The news that the Motorola XOOM will be without lockdown was tweeted in response to a question from an Android enthusiast that read “just curious – is the XOOM bootloader encrypted or signed?” After he found out the good news, he let Motorola know he’d probably pre-order the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet right away. Once he realized how popular the reply tweet had become, he let Motorola know that he’s glad so many people are happy about the unlocked news, and that he’s proud to say his mother worked for Motorola for 29 years. Just think of the things she’s seen! We’re pretty pumped up about this situation as well. Had the Motorola XOOM tablet been locked down in any way, especially since it’s been worked on and optimized with the Google team so vigorously, there’d certainly have been some sort of uproar in response. The way it is now, you’re going to see a lot of people, even the people who’d been complaining about the price of the device up until now, reconsidering the possibility of their hard earned cash turning into a lovely Android tablet from Motorola. Unlock and re-lock to your hearts content, devs! [via Twitter] – thanks Matt! )
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| Atrix bootloader gets locked down, no custom ROMs Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:53 PM PST The back and forth between Motorola and XDA Developers has undergone a new chapter as the bootloader for the Atrix 4G phone has been locked down to prevent any installation of custom ROMs. That means that for now, there’s no way to remove MotoBlur, or add any custom work to the phone. When it comes to adding custom ROMS Angry users already know the score target=”_blank” via Twitter: “@tdcrooks if you want to do custom roms, then buy elsewhere, we'll continue with our strategy that is working thanks.”
The good news is, it’s only a matter of time before the gang over at XDA developers unlock it. The Droid X got the same treatment last year and it unlocked after a concerted effort. And if the only thing users really need is to get by MotoBlur, then they an root their phones and run root-only apps, like ADW Launcher EX. But just remember that venturing into that territory may void your warranty. [via XDA Developers] )
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| Quantum Dots Future of Samsung Displays Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:18 PM PST Behold, the Quantum Leap of our time! Researchers over at Samsung Electronics have been making a full-color display with none other than the elusive technology called quantum dots. What the heck is that all about? Quantum-dot displays, they say, are not only cheaper and more energy-efficient than the LCD displays found in today’s common devices, they’re brighter too! Samsung currently has a four-inch diagonal display whipped up that uses an active matrix, that is, each of its quantum-dot pixels is controlled with a thin-film transistor, and the entire prototype is made of flexible plastic so it can bend with ease!
But what are quantum dots, you ask? They’re semiconductor nanocrystals that glow brightly when exposed to light or current. Depending on the material and size of their form, they glow different colors. Because of the pureness of their color tied to the fact that the power they consume is relatively low compared to today’s mass produced methods, they’re bound to become a hot commodity in the next few years. But how much more power does an LCD screen use than a quantum-dot display? About 5 times as much. And what else could there possibly be to add to this simple equation? Quantum-dot displays are going to last longer than LCD screens and will cost less than half the amount of money to produce! This technology is good, but still isn’t as powerful as OLED. Why not just keep using OLED? Cost. It’d cost a large amount more to produce OLED displays on a large scale than it would to produce quantum-dot. Also at the moment the quantum-dot technology combo being used isn’t quite up to spec: only lasting around 10,000 hours before these displays begin to lose brightness. Seth Coe-Sullivan, cofounder and chief technology officer of QD Vision, a fellow quite familiar with the goings-on in the business of creating quantum-dot displays, says the technology is around 3 years away from real implementation. [via OLED-Display] )
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| myTouch 4G Source Offered Up by HTC Aside Aria, Desire Z, Desire HD Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST Oh you lovers of the insides of phones, today is one of those good days. Good days for the HTC involved, that is, as several phones have had their Android source codes released via HTC’s Developer Center per their agreement that they’ll do so no matter what they’re doing with Android, an open-source project. The phones on the block to be chopped and screwed are the myTouch 4G, Desire Z, Aria, and Desire HD. If you’re a fan of any of those, we’re looking at you myTouch 4G fans, we encourage you to explore the code and bring the community some lovely tidbits that we might feast upon them with joy.
If you’re unable to remember anything about any of these phones because you’ve never heard of them ever, whatsoever, then take a look at the following posts we’ve got cooked up for you. First, check out a MyTouch 4G Review by our sister-site SlashGear. Next, have a peek at our very own HTC Aria hands-on for a closer look. After that, have a peek at the HTC Desire Z unboxing and hands-on we’ve got – finishing off the barrel with a lovely hands-on with the HTC Desire HD. Together, they form Voltron. WIth the codes you’ll be downloading from the HTC Development Center, you’ll be able to take a closer look at the workings of each of these phones, your work resulting ultimately, we hope, in some cool results that might never have been possible had Android not set itself up as an open source project in the first place. Indeed it is a wild and fun environment we are working in today. Head over to the HTC Developer Center to get all the goodies. )
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| Samsung Mystery Phone gets MAP designation at Verizon Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:37 PM PST Samsung's newest mystery phone has gotten a MAP price designation on Verizon’s website. MAP, standing for “minimum advertised price,” is a designation given to a phone when it’s ready to be advertised and the launch date is about to be set. The new phone, known as the SCH-i510, has been speculated to compete with the HTC Thunderbolt, and as such, is likely to go for around $250 with a two year contract from Verizon, or around $750 unsubsidized. But what do we know about this phantom phone?
Check out the specs … the SCH-i510 has the 4.3 inch Samsung Super AMOLED multi touch screen, 1Ghz single core processor, 8MP rear facing camera, and a paltry 1.3MP front facing camera. Oh, and it’ll run TouchWiz 3 as a skin. The Super AMOLED screen is always a crowd pleaser, but can a single core phone compete in what is rapidly becoming a dual core universe? Is the price worth it? [via DroidLife] )
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| NOOKcolor Root for DIY in-Auto Awesomeness [Video] Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:16 PM PST Oh you didn’t know that NOOKcolor had been rooted and taken far beyond its innocent book-reading beginnings? Oh it’s been brought far, far beyond. In a video posted by juicedigital, a rooted version of the Barnes & Noble Android tablet is shown to not only be rocking pretty hard playing music, surfing the internet, and downloading apps from the Android Marketplace, it’s essentially nearly got GPS map functionality and is changing the in-car life of this intrepid hacker / modder.
Head back to the NOOKcolor Rooted! post to see the first time it was ever done (essentially 5 minutes after yours truly shipped his over to his partner Vince, that sneaky dude,) then have a look at the time that NOOKcolor received Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Oh the advances such a lovely little piece of hardware will make when its outsides are lovely but its insides are locked. Unlock the day, all you developers! The video you’re about to see features this developer playing around on his car-mounted NOOKcolor that’s also attached to his stereo system for surround-sound audio. What you’ll notice is that he’s also heading to Google Maps but noting that he doesn’t quite have Bluetooth yet, thusly it works as a map, but not as a turn-by-turn at the moment. When he gets Bluetooth activated, he’ll be able to share his phone’s GPS for a free excellent Nav system. Some other items juicedigital uses in this demo: MortPlayer Widgets with MortPlayer Music “Car” layout and “transparent background” option selected. He cuts to the app “Reddit is Fun”, and as he does so you’ll notice that quite a bit of the NOOKcolor original UI is still in place (these are the menus that pop up with the green tops.) Next he heads to Miren Browser, shows us that he’s got his setup connected via “line in” on his car stereo, and goes through Facebook and Twitter in-browser. Next he take a look at Google Maps in-browser, shows us that he has at least 60 apps installed on the tablet, opens the Android Marketplace just to prove he can, switches the music track to a live version of a song by Daft Punk, stops the music, and removes the unit with one CLUNK. Well done! Also I should mention that this video begins with the juice playing Wiz Khalifa until he comes to his senses and begins playing some Daft Punk. Daft Punk forever and always. )
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Google has made no secret of its desire to fight Facebook on the social networking scene. Apparently, the latest salvo comes by way of declaring that the Facebook contact sync feature is a violation of the Android TOS. The sync feature in question allows the user to see the Facebook friend contact info next to the Android device contact list.
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