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Verizon Android Phone with WiFi Tethering!

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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Take that stingy AT&T and iPhone users!

Verizon Wireless is known for having the best network, which most of its customers would agree, will have an Android phone early 2010. Verizon users will soon have a bit of a one-up, when one of the three new Android phones coming to Verizon will have WiFi Tethering out of the box.

This is a big deal for Verizon because it shows that they are not too worried about not having the iPhone any time soon.

It will be interesting to see how Verizon handles this “open development”. Theoretically shouldn’t care what’s being developed, but it will be interesting to see whether the Verizon throws any marketing weight and retail support behind the device or if it will be left to fight for attention on its own.

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Stream Live Video With uStream

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

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Even though the Android app store is far from the giant iTunes, some software is better on the former because of Apple’s third-party developer limitations. One such app is the new uStream for Android, which can broadcast live video to the web. The uStream app allows you to stream video directly to the uStream.tv site via 3G or WiFi, or alternatively record higher quality video offline for uploading later.

Additional features include support for GPS location, embedded chat with users watching the stream on the uStream site and Twitter integration.

The Android version of Ustream seems to work great and according to a few test results, it only has a lag time of three seconds over 3G.

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LG to launch first Android mobile in Q4

Monday, September 14th, 2009

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LG has announced its first Android mobile, the LG-GW620, featuring a three inch touchscreen and slide out QWERTY keypad. Up until now, all LG smartphones have used the Windows Mobile OS.

But that isn’t stopping the South Korea handset maker from hedging its bets and also investing in another mobile operating system—Google’s Android.

The company says it’s designed to appeal to people ‘who use their handsets for email and social networking, keeping them connected to their work or personal communities’. The phone joins the growing list of Android wins, including Motorola’s first Android-based smartphone, Cliq, which was announced last week and devices from Samsung and HTC.

Skott Ahn, LG’s Electronics Mobile president and CEO in a statement: “This Android phone is just one of many smartphone models we plan to introduce worldwide in the years ahead.”

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Will The Cliq Click?

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

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Motorola announced its first Android operating system-based device, the Cliq this past week. The hardware is beautifully designed while the software makes a serious attempt to incorporate social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. But more importantly, the future of Motorola may ride partially on the success of the Cliq.

The Cliq has a number of innovative and cool features, but does it lack the chemistry to capture any significant portion of the smartphone market? Motorola seems to have focused its attention on software feature innovation while completely ignoring the aesthetics and style of the hardware it is putting the features in. There are less functional hardware designs out there to be sure, but the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, rectangular micro-laptop with a 3-inch screen is uncompelling at best.

Motorola seems to be heading in the right direction with this handset, though. The Cliq is Motorola’s first attempt at a Google Android-based device, and the first device to include the new MotoBlur UI. With luck, Motorola will gather user feedback and learn from the Cliq, but the Cliq itself unlikely to click with the grown-ups who actually buy smartphones.

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