Archive for February, 2009
What’s Your Take on 24 Hour Market Return Policy?
I’ve been getting a few Tweets and emails about the newfangled Market payment system. I’ve personally been quite impressed with the streamlined, slick way the payments are handled. I love the fact that I can login to my Google Checkout account online and see all of my purchases, cancellations, and refunds in one place, instantly. In [...]
Android & Symbian: Robot Rumble
Awwww sooky sooky it is ON! After yesterday’s coverage of AT&T CEO dissing the claimed “openness” of Android, commenters retorted that De La Vega (the CEO) obviously didn’t understand Android. While AT&T can be seen more as a neutral force on the Android issue, Symbian Foundation director Lee Williams just outed [...]
GMail Is Down, G1 Isn’t
At the time of this writing, much of the world could not access their GMail account. This isn’t some phantom bug that only a hand full of people could recreate - this morning Google acknowledged the problems and said they are working on fixing them immediately. For those of you who depend on GMail and are currently panicking, you may want [...]
Huawei making Android smartphones for Q3 T-Mobile launch?
Having promised a Q3 2009 launch for their Android-based smartphone, Chinese manufacturer Huawei have apparently announced a deal with T-Mobile to supply the carrier with a number of devices using Google's open-source platform. The first Huawei Android handsets will begin shipping in Q3, and we're assuming that the prototype they ... Read more [...]
Kogan Bouncing Back With All-Touch Version of Agora
Remember the Agora Pro? It was supposed to have been the world’s second Android phone, but instead, it ended up being scrapped at the last minute. Rumor has is that the Agora Pro was not going to work with a lot of future Android apps due to screen resolution. So what is the company doing now? According to Gizmodo, they are readying [...]
CadreBible (Version 1.7.2)
Bible study tool including: - Multiple translations including KJV, NASB, Greek New Testaments, Septuagint and Vulgate - Matthew Henry's Commentary (others coming soon) - Full text search with history - Bookmarks - User preferred colours and font size - Cross References and Footnotes - Highlights - Personal Notes - Browsing History and Sessions - [...]
Kogan Agora Goes Full Touch
Mostly everyone in the Android world was disheartened when the Kogan Agora and Kogan Agora Pro were indefinitely delayed. Fortunately, Kogan is hard at work “updating” these phones to be more future-compatible with the Android OS. The guys at Gizmodo Australia had the chance to check out a prototype: But its safe to say the prototype [...]
AT&T CEO Discusses Android
Chris Ziegler and Paul Miller of Engadget had a nice interview with Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, about AT&T and everything mobile. The entire interview was quite interesting but of most interest to us is a few questions de la Vega answered about Android: Chris: Okay, and expanding on that a little bit, I heard you speak at CTIA [...]
Motorola Android Spied?
Pictures of a full touchscreen Motorola have been leaked and while the hardware doesn’t seem - at least at first glance - to have any home/back buttons a la Android, the tip submitter suggested that it could indeed be Motorola’s first Android Handset: All that is known is what can be assumed from the picture: Full touchscreen 5 [...]
Huawei Android Headed To T-Mobile Q3
Unless you have alzheimers, you probably remember the Android handset that Huawei announced at Mobile World Congress last week. Their announcement was short of pretty much all the details we wanted and virtually all we got was a solitary device pulling a David Blaine. While specs are pretty up in the air, the carrier question may have been [...]
