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Apple rumor twofer: Expose-like multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0, international iPad launch on April 24th

Apple rumor twofer: Expose-like multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0, international iPad launch on April 24th

Mar 31, 2010

We’re not quite at the height of Apple frenzy, but looking at the bell curve, we’re only a standard deviation or two from its zenith (we imagine the fever pitch will be in tandem with Saturday’s iPad launch, if history and human nature tells us anything). Of course, that doesn’t stop the rumor mill from amping up production, and so on...

Rockchip’s prototype RK2808-powered Android smartphone spotted… finally!

Rockchip’s prototype RK2808-powered Android smartphone spotted… finally!

Mar 31, 2010

The Ramos W7 Android-powered MID has come to pass, but for the last year one question’s remained: where is that RK2808-based handset we were promised? Finally Rockchip has provided us with some pictures of its prototype called, of all things, Smart Phone. There is a dearth of specs at the present time, but from what we do know it will have a predictable...

Droid mercifully gets a manual 2.1 update option

Droid mercifully gets a manual 2.1 update option

Mar 31, 2010

As is pleasantly often the case with Android devices, it turns out there’s already a quick, easy, nearly painless way to circumvent the phased rollout of Android 2.1 to Verizon’s Droids out in the field. Anyone who’s already been through this will feel right at home with the process: grab the binary straight from Google (so you know it’s...

First cut of MeeGo available today for N900 and Atom devices

First cut of MeeGo available today for N900 and Atom devices

Mar 31, 2010

While making it crystal clear that this is only intended for developers that want a mega-early look at the platform, Intel and Nokia’s MeeGo team has just announced that the very first cut of the melded Moblin / Maemo mobile platform is available for download. Specifically, users of N900s, Atom notebooks, and Atom-powered Moorestown MIDs have all been...

T-Mobile says myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition now ‘making its final encore’

T-Mobile says myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition now ‘making its final encore’

Mar 31, 2010

Greener pastures are likely on T-Mobile’s Android horizon, but let’s be real — this is probably the first, last, and only opportunity you’ll ever have to own a Fender-branded phone, which might just be enough of a draw to give you pause. T-Mobile’s official Twitter account just belted out a tweet saying that the most unusual version...