Droid Incredible: Froyo In July/August

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Good news, Droid Incredible owners! The many benefits of Android 2.2 (Froyo) are about to be yours for the taking. BGR reports that the Incredible's update schedule has just been leaked out. Froyo is expected out by the end of July or the first part of Aug...

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Windows Smartphones Undergo Transformation

post from Gadgets Blog on 19 July 2010 01:31:05 PM. © Gadgets Blog

This week, Microsoft unveiled what has to be one of the more exciting gadget-related stories of the year. Boasting a full-fledged preview in Engadget, similar in scope and depth as their notorious iPhone preview, the computing giant unveiled its tentative models for what could be their most important gadget of 2010.The Windows Phone 7 marks an important area where Microsoft has lost ground to competitors like Google and Apple. The company may still have a relative lock on desktop computers, but as things stand now, portables like smartphones and tablets lack a consistent Microsoft product that can compete. Perhaps then, this would be the gadget to bring Microsoft back?To be fair, it is a bit too early to tell just how great these phones will be. One key difference between Microsoft and Apple products is their manufacturing process. Microsoft designs the software on their phones, but the actual phone design and manufacturing is left up to other companies like HTC and Samsung. Apple, on the other hand, makes both software and hardware, creating what some feel is a better-integrated system. Microsoft's Windows 7 has been fully integrated for mobile phones, replacing Windows Mobile 6.5, a product that was plagued with some less-than-stellar features.Related posts:

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Droid 2: August 23 Launch

post from I4U News on 19 July 2010 01:26:58 PM. © I4U News

The Motorola Droid took the world by storm, and quickly became the best-selling Android smartphone on the market. Now the sequel is gearing up to hit. Android and Me reports that the Droid 2 will launch on August 23 with a host of cool features. Expect a ...

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Blackberry's Upcoming Browser Outperforms iPhone
4, Android 2.2

post from Ubergizmo on 19 July 2010 01:24:19 PM. © Ubergizmo

Today, most people would agree that Blackberry phones aren't very good at anything except email. Web Browsing gets abysmal performance and Google Maps is slow too. The video below shows Blackberry's next-generation browser, powered by WebKit, the same codebase that is used in the iPhone and Android web browsers. The result is a much improved browsing experience - and email rendering, according to the author of the video. On the Acid3 web benchmark, the new Blackberry browser outperforms the iPhone 4 and Android devices. It's great to see Blackberry work out one of the most significant issue with their phones. Can't wait to try it. [via Salomondrin, Gizmodo]

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New Entry-Level Droid Slider Spotted

post from I4U News on 19 July 2010 01:11:37 PM. © I4U News

Verizon has another Droid in the chamber, and this one looks to be an entry-level Pre-style slider. Android and Me reports that several (extremely blurry) photos have leaked out from Chinese gadget sites. They show a sliding Android smartphone, believed ...

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Verizon Abandons Kin 1 & Kin 2

post from Ubergizmo on 19 July 2010 01:10:19 PM. © Ubergizmo

Verizon abandons Kin 1 & 2

The great experiment of selling "simpler" smartphone is a FAIL. After Microsoft announced that it was pulling the plug on Kin, a new line of enhanced-texter phones, Verizon will also pull the plug on Kin 1 and Kin 2, the two devices that were launched just recently. Given that no-one is working on Kin at Microsoft, it's not really a surprise that Verizon would eventually discontinue it. By all accounts, the sales were fairly abysmal anyway. Here's my take on why the Kin failed: too expensive, too limited. There was just not enough added-value when compared to smartphones.

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CCTV + Face Recognition Software + Foursquare =
gulps

post from Shiny Shiny on 19 July 2010 01:05:59 PM. © Shiny Shiny

UK citizens are very used to surveillance cameras - CCTV are commonplace on city streets - but software that lets cameras automatically recognise your face is new. Venture capitalist Mark Cuban blogs that he has just put money into...

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Plants Vs Zombies Officially Announced For Xbox
Live Arcade

post from I4U News on 19 July 2010 01:05:34 PM. © I4U News

It is the little Flash game that could: Plants vs Zombies, once an obscure, simple little game that users could play online, has become something of a phenomenon and is now headed for the console world....

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Self-administer vaccines with 100 needles
simultaneously

Self-administer vaccines with 100 needles simultaneously

What if buying and administering a vaccine was as simple as buying aspirin? That's exactly what Emory University is working on. Its researchers have found a way to eliminate traditional needles, and have replaced them with 100 microscopic ones as seen on the photo. The application is painless (they say) and once in place, the micro-needles dissolve quickly and leave no trace. This could make vaccination a whole lot more practical and possibly cheaper in the long run. We wonder if there is still a need for refrigeration…

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The Vapor Case: A Stylish iPhone 4 Case

By now you probably know that your iPhone 4 needs a case to stay protected from signal degradation. Unfortunately, most bumpers and cases don't at all match the iPhone 4's elegant design. You end up with some big, gaudy piece of colored rubber strapped to ...