While at 4G World in Chicago, we ran into our friends at Bug Labs. They were showing off their modular unit and the new partnership with AT&T over 4G.
Of course, Bug Labs, with the von Hippel Module, is a great device to create mobile gear. You can add GPS, 3G, 4G, video screens, cameras and more to see how your creation will work with it.
The device now runs 600MHz and soon will be able to put Android on the device.
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Quick week for many of you, thanks to everyone that called in to the hotline to leave comments. Wait till you see how Hollywood does their accounting no wonder they can claim they are loosing money. Did you notice the mini format change? First big change in over 500 shows not a really big deal but lets see your reactions!
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Congratulations to Katie she is our Lenovo A63 system winner. Big thank you to everyone that participated, this was our biggest response to a contest to date. Some interesting feedback from the last show and my comments to those comments. Big thank you to the Ohana for all that you do. I did not get the insider out this weekend but it is on my growing list for this week. It will be a good one as I have a topic planned that will give you some insight into what I do day, to day to make the show better. Looking for volunteers for CES 2011!
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http://www.goilevel.com In this video, I review the iLevel Mobile Device Stand.
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I demonstrate it using the iPhone 4, but it can be used with many other mobile devices such as the Kindle, Palm Pre, Blackberry, Samsung Phones, Nokia Phones, HTC, LG, and the Nexus One. The iLevel has a unique flexible neck which has a great range of flexibility and also a very strong tension clamp. Visit http://www.goilevel.com today and you can purchase it for $29.95 for the 8″ unit and $34.95 for the 16″ unit. Thanks goilevel for sending me a review unit.
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Really enjoying Rochester really pretty here. Had a heck of a time getting here as the storms on Saturday delayed my arrival.. I have a full week but looking forward to meeting up with Ohana on Friday for dinner.
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Technologies such as virtualization, multi-core processors and cheap memory are changing the IT landscape. This SDRNews interview at the SAP SAPPHIRENow! conference with Kaj van de Loo discusses how this will impact systems in the immediate future. Enhanced data structures and mobile devices change the availability of up to date information. Complete set of interviews at http://bit.ly/b7GyWu Episode SDRN008
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This week we venture into the world of using Facebook on your iPad and keeping it private. HTML5 takes front stage in the online video space as the timeline for the international release of the iPad draws closer.
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Android Phones
Nexus One for Sprint is Dead
LG Ally coming to Verizon
LG’s 1st Android phone
Standard 2nd Gen specs (like Nexus One, Incredible)
myTouch 3G Slide
Physical Keyboard
T-Mobile
600MHz processor
Not a super phone, but good specs for the money
Motorola MB810
Not many details, but Droid successor with HDMI out
NPD – Android sales overcome iPhone sales
Software
Sprint likely to release 2.1 updates this week for Moment and Hero
Simultaneous release suggests it won’t be an OTA
Droid Eris to get 2.1 by end of May
Eris is the 2nd in Droid lineup on Verizon
Makes Verizon’s Android lineup completely 2.1
Will require a wipe, so make sure to back up apps and settings before upgrading
Apple facing federal inquiry due to developer policy
Restrictive developer policy raising the question, “How much control should Apple have?”
Android Tablets
HP Palm WebOS Tablet to come out next quarter, abandons Windows 7!
Tablets must have their own OS, Windows 7 is not a tablet OS
Tablets to watch:
Aigo N700 “AigoPad”: Tegra 2, Android 2.1 & 1080p
Samsung S-Pad
1337 Beat
Android ported to iPhone 3G
Latest CyanogenMOD (Test3)
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App Reviews
Lane’s app – Not Call Log
Brad’s app – Wii Controller Demo
App News
Scribd switches to HTML5 from Flash, now works on Android phones
Android possibly has private APIs
· Also known as undocumented APIs
Tagwhat Augmented Reality app
Cloud Storage Roundup (ZumoDrive, Dropbox, HomePipe, etc)
· Lately everybody is releasing cloud storage apps for Android
Droid Eris will require wipe to update to 2.1
Google Roundup
Google’s results page redesign and other updates (Tasks)
Google Goggles now translates several languages
Google Editions
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App Reviews
Progressive Insurance launches Android app ow.ly/1qvSd4
Hulu rumored to come to iPad and Android in late May ow.ly/1qvRSl
Android Market breaks 50,000 apps (unofficially) ow.ly/1CPka
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