Posted on March 9th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
AT T launched its first Android phone, the Motorola Backflip, for $100 after rebate — and with Yahoo as the default search engine. Meanwhile, at our sister publication, eWEEK, analysts sort through the impact of Apple’s Android-related patent lawsuit against HTC, suggesting Palm or even Microsoft could be the next targets.Motorola introduced its Android-based Backflip [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Dell announced an & Performance Plus& version of its Inspiron Mini 10 netbook, including a 1366 x 768 display, a Broadcom & Crystal HD& media accelerator, and a six-cell battery.
The Ubuntu-ready Mini 10 also gets up to 9.5 hours of battery life, the company says.Dell’s first Mini 10 ran on Intel’s “Silverthorne” Atoms, [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Chromium hacker Hexxeh has released a faster, USB-bootable build of Google’s Chrome OS called Chromium OS Zero. Meanwhile, ArsTechnica interviewed Google’s Engineering Director for Chrome OS, Matthew Papakipos, regarding the past and future of Chrome OS.
Hexxeh’s final build of Chromium OS Zero follows earlier, well-regarded releases of versions including Chromium OS Diet and Cherry. Based [...]
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Posted on January 5th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Marvell announced a faster, wirelessly connected version of its tiny, Linux-based networking computer reference design, which plugs directly into a wall adapter. The Plug Computer 3.0 design adds WiFi, Bluetooth, and a built-in hard drive, and moves up to a new 2GHz Armada 300 version of its ARM-based Armada processors.
The Plug Computer 3.0 has a [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Shipments of mobile devices will nearly double in the next five years, according to a report from ABI Research. While that might not sound surprising, the research firm adds that fewer and fewer of them will be mobile phones.
In its newly issued “Mobile Devices Annual Market Overview,” ABI Research says the number of mobile devices [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Stanford University researchers have demonstrated a way to turn ordinary paper into a battery, which may be crumpled or pressed into any form. It’s said the low-cost technology promises greater durability, higher efficiency, and faster energy transfer than traditional batteries….
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Posted on December 11th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Dell announced new Ubuntu Linux-ready OptiPlex desktops, including a power-efficient model claimed to be the & world’s smallest fully-functional commercial desktop.& In addition to the 9.4 x 2.6 x 9.3-inch, Intel Core 2 Duo-ready OptiPlex 780 USFF desktop, Dell announced a 13-inch Vostro V13 laptop that also offers Ubuntu….
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Posted on December 9th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Android modder Cyanogen has exploited Motorola’s Droid phone and gained root access, letting developers customize the smartphone with features such as multi-touch, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, Droid by Motorola was named Best Gadget of the year by Time, and Google released its Google Goggles visual search app for Android….
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Posted on October 24th, 2009 by ElectroGeek
Motorola posted and then removed specs for its Verizon-destined, Android-based “Droid” phone, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, Motorola “Calgary” and “Zeppelin” Android phones have been tipped, T-Mobile launched Huawei’s Android-based “Pulse” phone in the UK, an HTC Desire photo has appeared, and HTC released source code for the Hero, say various reports.
So many Android phones have been [...]
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