Cyanogen
The developer of CyanogenMod, an “unofficial” build of Android based on Cupcake that incorporates parts of Donut and a number of contributions from the xda-developers.com community, has received a cease and desist from Google.
Palm Pre on Amazon
If you’ve been holding out for a better price on the Palm Pre, perhaps this latest deal on Amazon will tickle your fancy. If you can handle the two-year contract, you can pick up the Pre for under $100 – without having to send in a rebate form. Interested? Head over to Amazon.
HTC Hero
When the HTC Hero and it’s new Sense UI were introduced in June, the question on everyone’s minds was when is this thing coming to the US. Little by little, bits of information and speculation came and it was basically a given that the Hero would first be coming to Sprint. Today they made it official, the Hero (well a trimmed up version, without the awkward chin) will be coming exclusively to Sprint this October.
Sirius XM Skydock for iPhone
With “preliminary” approval by the FCC, Sirius is going through an evaluation on a new accessory that turns iPhone or iPod Touch into a satellite radio. Acting as a charging station and dock, Skydock actually taps XM’s satellite radio signal, not just the Sirius XM Internet streaming channels currently available on the Sirius iPhone app.
Will it scan?
The bigger question is, will they buy it? Barcode scanning makes sense and people may like it but it’s not making anyone serious money yet here in the US. Carriers and partners are in it for one reason and that reason starts with a dollar sign. Until that part of the equation is clearly in place, nothing will happen.
I recently wrote about a test Sprint is doing at 500 movie theaters where customers get snack “upgrades” when they scan in a code from their phones at a kiosk located inside the theater. If it takes off, we could see new, useful applications that utilize scanning technology, but it will take a lot for that “if” to pay off. This isn’t the first test and it probably won’t be the last.
Flash coming to Blackberry browser
Boy Genius Report has been doing some digging and have all but confirmed that RIM has plans to really improve the Blackberry browser (which at this point is a pretty poor experience). How are they going to do that? With full Flash and Microsoft Silverlight support.
BlockBuster OnDemand headed to Motorola devices
BlockBuster has announced it will expand its OnDemand streaming movie service to mobile devices in the form of Motorola mobile phones and smartphones. The service will eventually give Motorola users access to thousands of movie titles for viewing on the go. Read More
The Brighkite layar lets users see real-time digital information on top of the real-world locations
The location-based social networking site, Brightkite, has released a Brightkite layar for the Augmented Reality (AR) Layar Reality Browser 2.0. Brightkite already lets users keep up to date with what their friends have been doing and where they’ve been doing it in two dimensions via a customizable real-time stream and map view. But now the new Brightkite layar adds a third dimension to its social networking application for Android phones. Read More
Satisfaction levels among iPhone 3GS and Pre owners
According to a couple of surveys of iPhone 3GS and Pre users conducted by RBC Capital and ChangeWave Research 99% of 3GS users are satisfied with their device as opposed to 87% of Pre owners. And of the 99% of satisfied 3GS users, 82% declared themselves very satisfied compared to 45% of Pre users. Read More
The 8GB TUFF-'N'-TINY USB drive from Verbatim
USB flash drives continue to shrink physically and grow in storage capacity and Verbatim are also making them tougher to ensure they stand up to the rigors of a life spent dangling from a key ring or slipping down the back of the couch. Its new TUFF-‘N’-TINY line of USB drives come in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, measure about 1-inch long, 0.5-inches wide and are the thickness of a penny. Read More
