We’re still waiting to get Android 2.1 on our Droids, but at least Verizon has shared the details of what’s coming: More
March 17, 2010 - 12:40 am
Tags: apple, copy and paste, cut and paste, debuted-lacking, iphone, is it a smartphone, News, phone-which, smartphone-then, switcher, think-the-same, today-at-mix10, windows phone 7 series
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Today at MIX10 Microsoft told our sibling site WMExperts that there would be no cut, copy, and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series, which follows on the news of an Apple iPhone-style closed app market and lack of 3rd party multitasking . When the original iPhone 2G debuted in 2007 without cut, copy, and paste, multitasking, and most importantly a third-party app platform, it led certain editors-in-chief who shall remain nameless (though not pictured-less) wondered — and not unjustifiably — if the iPhone could be considered a smartphone? iPhone 2.0 brought the 3rd party apps
March 17, 2010 - 12:40 am
Tags: apple, apps, iphone, iphone apps, kaleidoscopes, none-solid, opposite, phone, phone-apps, the-opposite, video, video-kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscopes: Fun for five minutes when you were a kid until you discover the joy of the opposite gender. KaleidoVid, however, is fun for considerably longer, because it involves your phone! More
Filed under: Peripherals There are a few features that I’d love to see added to the iPhone’s hardware ( an IR transmitter would be nice, for one thing), but first and foremost among those is probably an induction charger . It’s a little lame to have a device that so easily goes wireless, and then have to come back and plug it in again after usage. Of course, Apple will take their sweet time adapting new technologies, so until then, I might have to make do with Case-Mate’s Hug solution
Windows Phone 7 won’t have full multitasking for third party apps, which, given Windows Mobile’s multitasking past, took people off guard. Here’s how Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie answers for this. Warning: The rationalizations might sound a little familiar.
March 16, 2010 - 10:40 pm
Tags: 10th-grade, avatar, elements, feeling, image cache, lot-better, none-solid, periodic, periodic table, periodic table of sci-fi, posts-tagged, sci-fi, science-fiction
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I think I would’ve done a lot better in 10th grade Chemistry if we’d studied the Periodic Table of Sci-Fi Film and Television. And I get the feeling I’m not the only one. Click to biggie-size
March 16, 2010 - 9:58 pm
Tags: apple, apple app store, marketplace
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We can finally put an official number on the apps in the Android Marketplace : 30,000. That’s more than double what was available in December, a crazy fast rate of growth.
March 16, 2010 - 9:58 pm
Tags: app store, apple, apple app store, apps, crazy-fast, marketplace, none-solid, official-number, posts-tagged, serious-catching
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We can finally put an official number on the apps in the Android Marketplace : 30,000.
We’re not certain why , but apparently Apple’s delaying the shipment of several iPad accessories including the keyboard dock and 10W USB power adapter until May. Oh, and you’ll wait until late April for a soft case. [ Apple Insider via CNN ] More
March 16, 2010 - 9:50 pm
Tags: apple, apple-insider, delay, insider, ipad, ipad keyboard dock, Keyboard, keyboard-dock, none-solid, power-adapter, shipment
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We’re not certain why , but apparently Apple’s delaying the shipment of several iPad accessories including the keyboard dock and 10W USB power adapter until May. Oh, and you’ll wait until late April for a soft case. [ Apple Insider via CNN ] More
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Apple Tablet, a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, has just gotten a little more interesting. Thanks to some crack investigative reporting, MacRumors discovered that Apple purchased the domain for “islate.com” back in 2007. Dum dum dum!![Apple Owns iSlate.com Domain: The Mystery Deepens [Apple Tablet]](http://www.hirdyman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/226ac3e48d.gif?eui=2226 "Apple Owns iSlate.com Domain: The Mystery Deepens [Apple Tablet]")
