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Motorola Droid gets pinch zooming too, MILESTONE laughs
So apparently the next time Droid owners go to a Moto convention they will have one less reason to feel ashamed. As of today Google Maps 3.4 update is available from the Android Market and it features… yeap, you got that right – pinch zooming. Apparently that Nexus One update yesterday wasn’t an isolated incident.
Obviously Google took a strange U-turn on the matter. According to their previous official position the only reason the MILESTONE and some other Android devices packed multi-touch gestures was because they didn’t have any control over the software when it left the US of A. Clearly though, they have solved whatever issues (legal, I guess) they had with it and are now implementing it in their devices for the American market too.
You can only zoom in the maps app for now, but I expect them Droids to get pinch zooming enabled throughout the interface in some of the future firmware updates.
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Frustrated Nexus One owner sues Google over "sporadic" 3G speed
September 3, 2010 - 11:55 pm
Tags: 563-38-from, android, called-it-the, google, online-store, orlando, orlando-based, purchase, the-purchase
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Imagine that your name is Nathan Nabors and that you live in the sunny climes of Orlando, Florida.
RIP: Cellular Phone Plans, September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010 - 11:55 pm
Tags: death, first-contact, google, mobile-warriors, money, samsung, skype, very-interested
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I mark today the death of regular cell phone plans.
Verizon Not Shipping Droid X Until 9/10
September 3, 2010 - 6:56 pm
Tags: a-plan-for, a-usage-every, accessories, amazon-com, data, Droid, iphone, phone, the-accessories, verizon, with-the-iphone, with-the-phone
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Having purchased a Droid X by Motorola from Verizon on August 26, 2010, the “nice young man” that sold me the phone said it would be on it’s way by FedEx shortly. What he failed to impart was that his version of shortly involved a wait of 15 days before Verizon will ship it, due to lack of product availability. I keep saying to myself, I should have gone for the iPhone
Droid X battery tab redesigned to prevent accidental removals
September 3, 2010 - 6:56 pm
Tags: before-the-tab, Droid, free, hose-the-device, little-clearer-, mistake-before, motorola-droid, potential, warranty
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Some early owners of the Motorola Droid X came close to hosing their devices, and in some cases actually did do so, when they first inserted their battery into the device. The reason: a tab that was supposed to be used to extract the battery, but which said “Pull” and had a “Do not cut” logo on it. The problem is that some such tabs are meant to be removed so that the battery will work in the device.
Huawei Bets on Google Brand, Low-End Smartphone in Europe Push
September 3, 2010 - 6:56 pm
Tags: adoption, android, chinese, companies, europe, google, internet, london, motion-ltd-, network, research, taiwan
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Source : Bloomberg By Matthew Campbell Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest phone-equipment maker, is betting Google Inc. branding and smartphones targeting the lower end of the market will build its sales in Europe. Huawei’s unveiling yesterday of a 99 pound ($152) Google- branded smartphone will help the company grab market share in Europe, Tim Watkins, the company’s western Europe vice president, said in an interview in London.
Phone Friday: Google Places, a parent’s best friend
September 3, 2010 - 6:56 pm
Tags: attractions, changing-uses, finding-trendy, google, google-places, have-the-latest, local, memory, most-important, phone, places, repeated-found, simple-question
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Google Places for Android (known on my phone only as Places ) answers the simple question: what’s nearby. Right. This.
Apple TV versus Google TV
September 3, 2010 - 2:41 pm
Tags: android, apple, hardware, image-credit, intel, photo, television, usa
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Apple Inc. announced a New version of
Google planning a Music Store to rival iTunes
September 3, 2010 - 12:50 pm
Tags: a-tablet-will, access-it-via, android, app-store, find-rumours, for-music, ipad, itunes-on-the, least-you, the-desktop, time-enhancing, too-much, which-makes
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As a new Android user I find rumours like these interesting but confusing. It seems to me that Google would be better off spending a bit of time enhancing their Android marketplace to make it properly useful. Using marketplace on my G1 is painful, not to say that using Apple’s app store on an iPhone is too much better, but at least you can access it via iTunes on the desktop which makes it workable, and the iPad version is fine to use as well, so perhaps marketplace on a tablet will work ok too
My Droid X
September 3, 2010 - 10:30 am
Tags: android, blackberry, but-like, devices, enjoyed, for-until, game, really-stay, the-devices, wanted-or-what, while-now
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Just testing Blogger-droid from my new toy! I’ve been saying I was going to crossover to Android for a while now but none of the devices were what I wanted or what I was wAiting for until now lol No I haven’t left Blackberry and prob never will but like i’ve been saying, RIM needs a major WOW factor to really stay in this game 
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The Best Android Apps for Your Car
September 3, 2010 - 5:56 am
Tags: 0px-auto, a-lot-easier, along-for, and-simply, android, have-on-hand, img-style, lot-easier, make-the, make-the-ride, more-fun-, occasional-car, road, your-daily
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Having an Android along for your daily commute or occasional car trips can make the ride a lot easier, safer, and simply more fun. Here are our favorite Android apps to have on hand when it’s time to hit the road