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Could Android Mop-Up the Entry Level Smartphone Market?

With news that LG's first Android smartphone is a pretty basic gizmo, and recalling the recent debut of the Motorola Cliq, an interesting thought's just occurred: Could the upstart Google OS corner the whole entry-level-smartphone ...READ»

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Wimbledon Seer App Serves Augmented Reality on a Grass Court

You may think Wimbledon, with its exquisitely manicured grass courts, royal family attendees, and strawberries and champagne is an old-fashioned affair. You'd be wrong. This year, along enjoying a retractable roof, the audience is ...READ»

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Google's New Android Phone to Have Homely Name?

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google will release the successor to its G1 phone next week, and they may well be calling it the myTouch 3G. Thankfully the new device--which has also been dubbed Ion or Magic in other ...READ»

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Android Smartphone Sales Predicted to Explode: 900% Growth in '09

It's clear that smartphones are going to pull market share away from dumbphones, and that Google's Android operating system is going to appear on many more handsets in the months ahead. But a new report is predicting 900% growth in ...READ»

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Does the Palm Pre's Low-Build Price Suggest a Cheaply-Made, Inferior Product?

iSuppli recently published an estimate of the build-cost of the Palm Pre. Given iSuppli's pretty reliable history of similar estimates, the comparatively low price of the Pre raises some interesting questions. Is it in fact a sign ...READ»

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Achilles Heel of Apple iPhone 3.0: Background Application Support

Today, Apple had the opportunity to double-lap the Google Android and BlackBerry platforms. They failed. The iPhone maker has raised the bar for its competitors, to be sure, showing off a host of smart innovations to their ...READ»

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HTC Abracadabras the Android G2 into the "Magic," But Omits the Sparkle

We covered the leaked details of HTC's follow-up to the Android G1 cellphone that popped up a few weeks ago, but now the wraps have officially come off the device at Mobile World Congress. And the first thing to learn is that it's not ...READ»

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Google Latitude Makes History

Yesterday Google [GOOG] announced a nifty mapping feature called Latitude, soon to be available for every major mobile phone platform that supports Google Maps. Latitude keeps track of your friends like so many tagged woodland ...READ»

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The Sidekick Gets More Smartphone-Like, Because It Has To

Lots of interest has been stirred up by rumors of a new version of the Sidekick that'll be smarter, better, and more 3G than previous incarnations. It's dubbed the Sidekick LX 2009, and details about it surfaced while a reader at ...READ»

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Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic Launch Brings Out Crowds

When we warned Apple to look out for Nokia's XpressMusic cellphones, it seems we were pretty near the mark: At the launch event in London yesterday for the 5800 XpressMusic cell phone some 150 people turned up -- with a line going ...READ»

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