Sprint Hero Sense 2.1 Update Coming Early May
By Kyle on April 26, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Sprint has been toying with its customers for months now. They promised a 2.1 update for the Samsung Moment and HTC Hero in “early Q2.”
Android update! Upgrades to 2.1 for Hero/Moment now expected early 2Q10. Currently working through options for upgrades w/ HTC and Samsung.
-10:42 AM Feb 16th via CoTweet
Now Q2 is April, May, and June, so logically early implies April. Waiting an extra month is torture for some Android users watching other phones like the Motorola Droid and Nexus One touting their brand new 2.1 Operating Systems.
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Tags: 2.0, 2.1, android, hero, moment, samsung, sense, senseUI, Sprint
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Bank Run Is The Most Fun You Can Have On Your iPhone
By Kyle on April 22, 2010 at 11:18 pm
This iPhone app is a game, but the game sucks. It is just a side-scrolling, 2d, action game, and is currently available for free in the App Store.
What makes this game unique is the videos that create an interactive movie experience. If this were a movie released in theaters, then critics would complain about the sub-par acting and poor writing, but an exciting film for action junkies.
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Tags: action, app, blood, game, gore, iPhone, video
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Nexus One AT&T Review
By Jordan on April 10, 2010 at 10:40 pm
I just recently acquired the new Nexus One with the AT&T frequency bands! So far I love it. The only complaints that I have about it reside with the capacitive touch buttons. They can be difficult sometimes, and almost useless when lying flat on a table. Video review after the break.
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Tags: android, AT&T, google, htc, nexus one, unboxing
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HTC Sense 2.1 Rolling Out Some New Features
By Kyle on February 16, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Today HTC announced a few new phones. Some of which have Android 2.1 with Sense UI. So far there is not much news on the new additions. What we do know is that there is a new widget called Friend Stream. It aggregrates all of your social networks live on your homescreen.
Speaking of homescreens, you can now pinch on the homescreen to see all of your homescreens at once. This is a much faster what to switch between screens than scrolling past them all.
The Sprint Hero should be expecting this update over the air soon. Sprint just tweeted that it will be updated in early Q2.
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Tags: android, htc, sense
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What is all this Buzz about Google’s new social networking service?
By Kyle on February 15, 2010 at 11:32 pm
A few days ago the internet superpower, Google, announced Buzz. This is at least their third attempt at a social networking platform. There was Orkurt, which only seemed to take off in South America and at least one other attempt to gain market share in the social networking arena. For all intensive purposes we will just say third time is the charm.
To explain Google Buzz in a few words, I would say it is Twitter meets Google Latitude. The majority of the innovations comes in the mobile version. Android users can post Buzzes natively on Google Maps and Google Search widget, and other users can access the mobile site. You can upload pictures and have messages Geo-tagged to your exact location. Not only does it give an address, but it can also give the name of the store, mall, school, or other place that you are currently in.
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Tags: Buzz, Geo-tag, google, gps
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Windows Phone 7 Series Announced at Mobile World Congress Today
By Kyle on February 15, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Earlier today Microsoft unveiled its latest creation, Windows Phone 7 Series. It is just a newer version of Windows Mobile that has been built from scratch. This was smart on Microsoft’s part because the only way they could ever catch up would be to forget backwards compatibility and just move forward. This could very well be what they have done since there is no word on whether or not any current programs will be compatible with 7 Series.
Microsoft also realized that resistive technology is a way of the past, and not only made it capacitive touch capable, but all devices are required to have capacitive touch support. There are also some more unreleased minimum specs that are required for all phone manufacturers that wish to have this OS on their smartphones. They also noted that physical keyboards are also permitted to use with the software.
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Tags: microsoft, Mobile World Congress, MWC, Windows, windows mobile, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7 Series
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Swype – The Next Evolution of Handheld Text Input
By Kyle on December 23, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Cell phones and other handheld devices have progressed thus far to a less powerful PC keyboard. Swype promises to drastically improve the way we input text on the go. Now I have not used a device with it, but from what I have seen it is powerful to say the least. Swype is the Lamborghini of handheld input methods.
Their official benchmarks put its capabilities at 45 words per minute. They claim that PC keyboards get less than 60, so this almost puts it up to par with them. And mind you, the Swype method is one handed! I bet you are wondering how it works, well I will tell you after the break.
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Tags: keyboard, Omnia II, Swype, Verizon
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Apple’s App Store Hits 100,000 Apps and Two Billion Downloads
By Kyle on November 7, 2009 at 6:02 pm
There was never any doubt that the iPhone had a huge App Store, but 100,000 is a heck of a lot. Also it seems like just last week that the one billionth app was download, and now it’s over two billion! These humongous numbers are a contributing force in the millions of people that flock to the iPhone. But do 100,000 apps mean anything?
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Tags: App Store, Apple, iPhone
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Battle of the Androids
By Kyle on September 13, 2009 at 11:47 am
| |
CLIQ
|
Galaxy
|
Tattoo
|
Hero
|
Magic / MT3G
|
Dream / G1
|
| Carrier |
T-Mobile |
– (GSM / HSDPA) |
– (GSM / EDGE) |
Sprint |
T-Mobile |
T-Mobile |
| Manuf. |
Motorola |
Samsung |
HTC |
HTC |
HTC |
HTC |
| Price |
– |
– |
– |
$179.99 |
$99.99 |
$149.99 |
| Released |
– |
July 2009 |
– |
Oct 11, 2009 |
Aug 5, 2009 |
Oct 22, 2008 |
| Keyboard |
Slide-out |
Virtual |
Virtual |
Virtual |
Virtual |
Slide-out |
| Android |
MOTOBLUR |
Standard |
Sense UI |
Sense UI |
Standard |
Standard |
| Processor |
528MHz MSM7201A |
528MHz ARM11 |
528MHz MSM7225 |
528MHz MSM7201A |
528MHz MSM7201A |
528MHz MSM7201A |
| Screen |
3.1-inch (est.), 320 x 480 |
3.2-inch, 320 x 480 |
2.8-inch, 240 x 320 |
3.2-inch, 320 x 480 |
3.2-inch, 320 x 480 |
3.2-inch, 480 x 320 |
| Headphone |
3.5mm |
3.5mm |
3.5mm |
3.5mm |
ExtUSB |
ExtUSB |
| Touchscreen |
Capacitive |
Capacitive |
Resistive |
Capacitive |
Capacitive |
Capacitive |
| Still Camera |
5MP with AF |
5MP with Flash |
3.2MP |
5MP with AF |
3.2MP with AF |
3.2MP with AF |
| Bluetooth |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
| Exchange |
ActiveSync |
ActiveSync |
– |
ActiveSync |
Depends on version |
Depends on version |
| Storage |
256MB, microSD |
8GB, microSD |
512MB, microSD |
512MB, microSD |
512MB, microSD |
256MB, microSD |
| Battery |
1400mAh |
1500mAh |
1100mAh |
1500 mAh |
1340 mAh |
1150 mAh |
| Weight |
163g |
114g |
113g |
135g |
116g |
158g |
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Piezo Technology Making The New Blackberry Storm 2′s Touchscreen Enjoyable
By Kyle on August 23, 2009 at 4:30 pm
With the new Piezo Technology used in the Blackberry Storm 2 (9550), it can provide multi-touch! Continue for the video explaining how it all works as well as some other hardware improvements.
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