Archives for October 2010

Right now there is no word on Adobe Air 2.5 landing on Windows Phone 7 devices. However, we have heard that Adobe Flash 10.1 will be landing on Windows Phone 7 on all future versions of the phone. The information comes from this section of text found in the Adobe Air 2.5 press release that went out earlier today.

With Flash Player 10.1 available on Android and Google TV today, BlackBerry platform, webOS, future versions of Windows® Phone, LiMo, MeeGo,and Symbian OS are also expected to support Flash Player 10.1

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Spotify has announced that the service is now available for those using webOS based smartphones, in particular the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. The app its self is free although to use it you’ll need to subscribe to the premium subscription service that costs £9.99 per month and gives you access to plenty of music.

Just like the other version, the Palm webOS version of the software allows you to search, browse and play music from a selection of millions of tracks. Playlists are also syncronised to the device and can be downloaded which allows you to use them whilst off line. [Read more…]

Google [GOOG] is getting ready to launch the next version of Google Android. What we do know is that the new Android version will be called Gingerbread. What we don’t know is what the Android version number will be. We have often referred to it as Android 3.0, as have many others. Some people refer to it as Android 2.5.

We now hear that the actual version number might be Android 2.3. [Read more…]

The Android 2.1 update for the Motorola CLIQ is now available. The software was quickly pushed out after just a day of testing by a select few CLIQ owners.

To get the update you need a microSD card with at least 100MB of free space on it. If you have that then connect it up to the USB port on your computer. Full details of what Android 2.1 brings to the CLIQ can be found over here. [Read more…]

John’s Phone is a simple mobile phone that strips out all the features other than phone calls and 10 pre-set numbers.

The phone is described as doing the following…

John’s Phone is the world’s simplest cell phone: you call, you hang up, and that’s it. John’s Phone is easy to use wherever you go.

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Barnes & Noble will be announcing something tomorrow (Tuesday 26th October). Rumors and a few tips are showing that the company could be announced a new Nook Color. Some leaked/rumored information says that this particular device will have a price tag of $249 and will be a touch screen device although the technology behind the screen is unknown at the moment… meaning will it be OLED, LCD or something else.

The image below shows what is believed to be the new Nook Color. It showed up briefly on the B&N website in the accessory section and was described as a Nook Color Screen Film Kit. [Read more…]

The HTC Knight is an Android based smartphone that could be landing soon on the Sprint [S] network in the US.

Not much is known about the Knight at the moment although the details that have been found indicated that it has a sliding screen. This indicates a full QWERTY keyboard can be found on the device. This information comes from some text found in an XML file which says the following…

3. Make sure to activate your device before you operate the handset by setting up the Google account on the device. 4. To view the contacts on the device, select “Contacts” and push “Menu” button, select “Display group > All contacts > OK”. 5. Do not slide screen in/out during the operation.

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