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VodafoneNZ Unleashes 3 New Android Devices (Specs & Pictures Included) →  June 24, 2010

Earlier our good friend Paul who runs the Twitter Account for VodafoneNZ (http://www.twitter.com/VodafoneNZ) announced on the Vodafone Forums 3 new Android devices will be coming to our shores & at a great price also HTC Desire (OS 2.1) $999 RRP Sony Ericsson X10i Mini Pro (OS 1.6) $599 RRP LG Optimus (OS 1.6) $399 RRP [...]

Toshiba takes Android out of the box with the AC-100 →  June 22, 2010

While the phone wars wage, and handsets become bigger|thinner|shinier|faster every other day, manufacturers will start to look to any other way they can appeal to Android fans. Toshiba gets it, and have sprinted to the finish line on their new AC-100 Smart…net…book…top.  Android Device! Processor: Nvidia Tegra 250 Mobile Processor (1GHz, ARM) Operating system: Android 2.1 [...]

HTC Desire joins Nexus One in carrier-free infamy →  June 22, 2010

The Nexus One solved one of my biggest problems as far as owning a device was concerned; I could own a phone without involving the carrier, and could switch to another provider with that phone. I am not big on contracts, and after all the mess I went through replacing my G1 5 times due [...]

V-Cast for Android? But of course! →  June 8, 2010

You Verizon users remember V-Cast right? The media portal for Verizon’s non SmartPhones? You probably had it back on your RAZR or ENV or some other clever 3-4 letter named phone. You got ringtones, wallpaper, video clips, and some other clever little things to keep you entertained on your 2 inch screen. With real browsers [...]

Boku vs. Google Checkout  – the in-app shopping quandary →  June 6, 2010

Buying apps in the market is pretty commonplace, with the full market now available to all 2.0+ users. Some weeks I will put my $.99 to as many as 5-6 apps, and I know i’m not the only one. With some apps, however, the $$$ can’t stop at the front door. Shopping inside the app [...]

Alert: CM 5.0.8 (test-1) Is Out There →  June 6, 2010

This is personal but I have had a few asking for a link to CM 5.0.8 so I thought I would do a quick & dirty write up letting everyone who is unaware know that there is indeed a CM5.0.8 but it is a test-1 build so classed as unstable in Cyanogen’s eyes which I [...]