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Nexus One… Yawn.

After all the hype and speculations around Google’s new phone, the company made the official announcements yesterday. There has already been tons of reviews of the new phone, so we won’t repeat that material here. If you are interested, Engadget has an excellent review here. What we are here to talk about is what does [...]

ComScore: iPhone share surpasses Windows Mobile

ComScore reported that Apple iPhone ownership has surpassed Windows Mobile ownership for the first time in the US, despite Microsoft having many more years of being in the mobile space. But is anyone really surprised? Both sales and browser usage of iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices have long surpassed WinMo. As users ditch their old [...]

Google Shows the Future with Google Goggles

Without a lot of fanfare, Google launched Google Goggles earlier this week in Google Labs. Google Goggles allows users to take a picture of a physical object, and get relevant information about that object almost instantaneously. Right now, you can do this for landmarks, books, business cards, artwork, places, wine and logos. Google Goggles has [...]

List of Android Phones

We were just about to make a post on the list of upcoming Android Phones, but we came across a pretty up-to-date list on Wikipedia. Here it is. Why re-invent the wheel?

Google Phone: why it makes sense.

This week, TechCrunch reported that Google is working on its very own Google-branded, no-compromise Android phone. The phone will be produced by a major phone manufacturer, but will only be Google branded. A follow on update to this report also stated that the device could be data-only with no access to traditional circuit switched voice [...]

All the DROID Commercials in One Place

We need to hand it to Verizon for having some of the most fun-to-watch commercials in recent memory. We were just looking at our own site today and we saw an AdSense click that actually consolidated all of them into a single place. Now you can see famous “Misfit Toys”, “Verizon Elves”, “iDon’t”, and other [...]

Motorola’s Big Bet on Droid

It’s not an exaggeration to say that the DROID is probably the most anticipated Android phone of the year. The Motorola phone lands tomorrow at Verizon, and it is the first smartphone to don the spanking new Android OS 2.0.  Motorola dumped Windows Mobile earlier in the year and decided to focus all their energies [...]

TCO of Smartphones

BillShrink has summarized the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the most popular Smartphones currently on the market. I hope you know what you are getting yourself into when you sign a 2-year contract. But it’s totally worth it!

Google Releases Android 2.0

Today, Google announced the next major release of Android OS, codenamed "Eclair". The new release packs many useful features for both developer and end-users. Verizon is expected to officially announce the first DROID phone tomorrow that dons the new OS. Here are some of the key highlights: Exchange Support Support for multiple accounts synchronization Quick [...]

T-Mobile Gearing Up for its 3rd Android Phone

On November 2, you will be able to buy the new Motorola CLIQ for $200 (with contract) from T-Mobile. This is the third Android device from T-Mobile, but the first non-HTC device (the first two were G1 and MyTouch 3G). The Cliq is crucially important to Motorola. It’s Motorola’s first Android device, and it’s first [...]

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