Dell is apparently preparing an Android 2.2 smartphone, which will be launched on the market under the name "Flash". The technical data looks promising: 800 MHz Qualcomm processor, 5 megapixel camera and an 11 millimeter thin housing. Android 2.2 (codenamed "Froyo" - Frozen Yogourt) will be based on the Linux kernel 2.6.32 and therefore use less memory. It is also [...]
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Lenovo, the world's 4th largest PC manufacturer, now wants to attack the smartphone market again. This is to happen first in China with the "LePhone" (derived from Lenovo, although it also sounds a little French), and later it will also be launched on other markets. The concept of the device is quite interesting: the phone itself does not have a keyboard, but this can be
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Steve Jobs has commented on applications that are rejected in the Appstore because they provide pornographic content: "Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone." ("Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone"). Apparently Apple wants to keep its store clean - with the argument that children and young people could also download porn.
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The Motorola Backflip may have an interesting design, but you can now pre-order it from Amazon for €440 - a hefty price for a device that has an interesting operating concept with a touch surface on the back of the display, but still comes with Android 1.5. Why cell phone manufacturers find it so difficult to introduce new
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With the I9000 Galaxy S, Samsung is moving in the range of the Nexus One: 1 GHz CPU, 4″ Super AMOLED display, 16 or 32 GB memory, Android 2.1 with its own interface. All packed into a 9.9 millimeter thick housing. Samsung apparently wants to show that it is also capable of building a real high-end device,
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In January, it was rumored that the Nexus One would be available from Vodafone from February for €149.00 including contract. Apparently this did not work out, neither the Vodafone nor the Google site give any indication of when the Nexus One will be available in Germany. However, independent retailers are offering the device, the price
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Android not only runs well on cell phones, but also on netbooks. HP has now presented a corresponding device: the Airlife 100. Powered by the Snapdragon processor, which already works in the Nexus, a runtime of 12 hours should be possible, with up to 10 days standby. Wifi, UMTS and GPS are also included - the system runs on
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Motorola has apparently recognized that the Milestone/Droid is also so popular because of the full keyboard: with the Devour, another device is now coming that offers a full keypad - and looks even better. It also uses the Motoblur interface for Android, which displays status updates from social networks such as Facebook directly on the home screen. The display
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As Reuters found out, not all words can be dictated to the Nexus One, some are censored. "that's bull #### and you know it." is the result, for example, if you want to use the swear word with animal excrement. According to Google, this function serves to prevent "bad" words from being accidentally inserted into the text. The
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T-Mobile is getting a competitor in Germany when it comes to smartphones. While the Bonn-based company was still in the running for the Iphone, Vodafone is now apparently launching an attack with the Nexus One. Pictures of a presentation have appeared on the net, on which the Nexus One is to appear with a contract with Vodafone in February for 150 euros.
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