Posts Tagged ‘Android’

  • Apple starts Patent war with HTC
    Today Apple sent a press release announcing that they’ve filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing 20 of Apple’s patents related to iPhone interface and the underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed with U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware. “We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented...
    by Hans at March 2nd, 2010 at 04:03 pm
  • HTC Desire Specs
    Here are the specs for the HTC Desire Superphone that HTC announced during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Operating System:  Android 2.1 with HTC Sense user interface Processor:  1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Screen:  3.7 inch AMOLED capactive touch screen with a 480 x 800 WVGA resolution Battery:  1400 mAh Rechargeable Lithium-ion Camera: 5 megapixel color camera...
    by Hans at February 16th, 2010 at 05:02 pm
  • HTC Desire Superphone
    HTC has just announced their new smartphone named  HTC Desire. HTC calls the HTC Desire a superphone rather than a smartphone, just like Google calls their Nexus One a superphone as well. This phone will run on Android 2.1 and have the beautiful HTC Sense UI just like HTC’s other phones. The HTC Desire has a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacative touch screen with pinch-to-zoom,...
    by Hans at February 16th, 2010 at 02:02 pm
  • iPhone Devs: Android in app description = BANHAMMER
    When it comes to iPhone apps, Apple is infamous for rejecting them for silly reasons. Once a developer’s application gets rejected, it can take a very long time until it’s approved again. Surprisingly, this time Apple acted differently. The developer of the Flash of Genius iPhone application put “Finalist in Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge!”...
    by Hans at February 4th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
  • Droid does have a release date
    The Verizon Droid does have a release date! The Verizon Droid phone will be released on October 30,2009. You can find that out by going to the Droid Does website (www.droiddoes.com) and decoding the timer at the bottom of the page. You can also enter in your e-mail to be notified once Verizon actually releases it. Most of the features of the Droid have been posted on...
    by Doug at October 18th, 2009 at 09:10 pm
  • Droid does
    Verizon recently aired a Droid Does commercial during the Yankees-Angels game on Saturday. This commercial does a good job of making the iPhone look bad. I really liked this commercial, and I hope that the Droid Does commercial pushes Apple to improve their iPhone and make it more open! Obviously Verizon hasn’t heard of jailbroken iPhones, because if they did then...
    by Doug at October 18th, 2009 at 04:10 pm
  • Verizon mocks the iPhone with their “i Don’t” ad
    During tonight’s Yankee’s/Angel’s game, Verizon aired their “i Don’t” ad that was clearly aimed at making the iPhone look bad. To be honest, Verizon made some excellent points. The iPhone is missing a lot of simple features that can be found in other phones like the Palm Pre. i Don’t have a real keyboard i Don’t run simultaneous...
    by Hans at October 17th, 2009 at 09:10 pm
  • Motorola Cliq: Motorola’s first Android smartphone with Moto Blur
    Today Motorola announced their new Motorola Cliq smartphone at the Mobilize conference. This smartphone is powered by Android, and uses Motorola’s own interface dubbed as Moto Blur. The Motorola Cliq has a slide down keyboard, 3G/HSDPA and WiFi, 5.0 megapixel auto focus camera, full HTML browser, and more. The Moto Blur interface syncs all your pictures, e-mails,...
    by Hans at September 10th, 2009 at 02:09 pm
  • HTC Hero Coming to Sprint
    The HTC Hero is coming to Sprint on October 11th! Well, actually HTC and Sprint haven’t made any official announcements yet but HTC has revealed this on their website. Go to http://www.htc.com/ca/faq_detail.aspx?p_id=288&act=um, and you’ll notice a page titled HTC Hero (Sprint). The October 11 HTC Hero release date has not been confirmed yet, but a reputable...
    by Hans at August 4th, 2009 at 07:08 pm
  • iPhone SMS Virus
    An iPhone hacker, Charlie Miller will release the world’s first iPhone virus today. He discovered an SMS hack 6 weeks ago and reported it to Apple, but Apple has yet to release a patch. Miller and his fellow cybersecurity researcher Collin Mulliner will both explain and reveal their iPhone SMS exploit some time today at the Blackhat cybersecurity conference in Las...
    by Hans at July 30th, 2009 at 10:07 am