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Tech News: Online Android Market Goes Live
Move over mobility. Google extended it’s Android Market client from just mobiles devices to the web. As long as you have a browser you can now search thousands of third party software and purchase apps right from your desktop. The apps are then automatically downloaded to your android based device or smartphone.
Verizon’s Making Their Own Android App Store, and That Makes Google Happy
Gizmodo.com: Some have applauded Android’s “come one come all” app philosophy; others think it’s left the Android Market a mess. Now, Verizon’s looking to clean things with a closed, competing Android app store of their own. So why isn’t Google fuming? Verizon currently preinstalls something called the V Cast App Store on many of its BlackBerry phones, [...]
The Nexus One – Will The Real Google Phone Please Stand-up?
The Nexus One represents a pretty significant game changer not just for the wireless industry, but for a multi billion-dollar company that has never sold a single piece of consumer hardware in its history.
Bing’s Mobile Site Works Well with iPhones, Touchscreens
Bing for Mobile has received a nifty little upgrade from Microsoft. The Bing for Mobile site has been touch-optimized, so it now takes advantage of the touch-screen functionality of many smartphones. The upgrade builds on Windows Mobile 6.5, which makes touch-screen ability part of this smartphone operating system.
Is Zinc-air Going to be the Next Big Rechargeable Battery Tech?
A company called ReVolt claims to have developed a way to make zinc-air batteries rechargeable. The batteries use oxygen from the air to generate current. Also, they don’t contain any of the toxic materials that are found in lithium-ion batteries, which are estimated to only hold one-third as much power.
Cisco Planning FlipShare TV: Watching Flip Videos on Your TV Made Easy
Apparently some on the Internet have become all worked up over a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing by Cisco Systems. The filing covers a remote control, produced by Foxconn, which doesn’t match any current Cisco offerings, but seems to tie in nicely to an existing product, marketed through Pure Digital Technologies: the Flip digital camcorder.
Next-Gen Aluminum, Higher Capacity Flip MinoHD Announced
With the new MinoHD, you can record up to 120 minutes of HD (720p) video onto the internal 8GB of memory, doubling its predecessor. It sports a 2-inch (diagonal) screen running at a resolution of 960×240. They wrapped it all in an aluminum shell. The folks at Gizmodo got their hands on one and said “The aluminum shell feels great: Much more solid and smaller in the hand than the previous plastic version.”
