Motorola Droid 2 World Edition Gets Pictured Sporting Sleek New Paint Job

The Motorola Droid was one of the first Android powered handsets to really make a mark on society. It wasn’t the first Android smartphone as those honors are reserved for the T-Mobile G1 but it was certainly the hardest hitting device since the G1. Capitalizing on the success of this device, Motorola went ahead and released a Droid 2 which features a sleeker form factor alongside slightly beefed up specs.

While this device is currently only available for Verizon, Motorola is looking to expand that worldwide with their Droid 2 World Edition. Today, the device was pictured with a brand new paint job – something we’ve never seen before, as you can see above.

Unfortunately, there’s not much different between the Droid 2 World Edition and the regular Droid 2 but if you’re going out of the country but still want a capable Android powered handset by your side, this is definitely a good choice.

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Sprint outs EVO 4G and Hero updates, EVO framerate cap might be solved

Last time we checked in on this problem, HTC had said that the EVO 4G’s 30fps cap on video output simply couldn’t be increased — but it seems the latest firmware update might prove otherwise. We’ve got a couple screen shots showing details of the latest upgrades for both the EVO and the Hero; in the latter case, you’ve just got a couple bug fixes, but the EVO’s list includes a total of four: the nasty calendar issue, the 30fps fix, a reboot problem involving GPS, and multiple Gmail sync that was busted in the Froyo update. Interestingly, Sprint’s official changelog only mentions the calendar and Gmail sync fixes, so it’s possible they’re trying to keep the other two low-key to prevent undue questions and curiosity from folks as they upgrade. What’s everyone seeing out there?

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Michael Dell teases new 7-inch Android tablet, says Streak to land in Best Buy next month (update: pic)

Oh Michael, such a teaser you are. Word has it that the head honcho of Dell Inc. has just pulled out yet another Android tablet from his pocket, only this time it’s a 7-inch whopper. Sadly, Mr. Dell left us high and dry with dates and specs (and the lack of photos from the event doesn’t help, either), but we’ll bet you that this is the long-rumored Looking Glass. On a more solid note, Dell also announced that the smaller Streak is heading to Best Buy next month. That’s great, except some of us would rather see the tabletphone getting its share of Froyo sooner — here’s hoping that this bigger tablet won’t disappoint us with an outdated OS.

Update: As it just so happens, Reuters snapped a pic of Mr. Dell himself holding the tablet on stage, and sure enough, it resembles that leaked Looking Glass even from quite a distance away.

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LG Vortex for Verizon in the wild?

It might be a little early to cue the “vortex of suck” jokes, but this spy shot definitely says it all: the phone — claimed to be called Vortex — is decidedly on the lower end of Verizon’s Android spectrum. The Droid Guy, source of the photo, says that the specs include a 600MHz core, 3.2-inch display, FM radio, and Froyo; that basically matches up with the recently-announced Optimus One’s spec sheet, and considering the similarity in industrial design, it’s reasonable to follow the site’s conclusion that this little more than a CDMA port of the device. To be fair, the Android handsets in Verizon’s present-day lineup are definitely weighted toward the pricey side, so phones like this and the Motorola WX445 should help balance things out a smidge when (and if) they ultimately end up launching.

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Is this the Droid 2 World Edition / Droid Pro?

If you look quickly, you might not be able to tell that there’s any difference between this thing and the Droid 2 that you can go out and buy today, but this thing is all about subtlety — after all, the only obvious internal change is that it can be used globally. Droid Life claims that we’re looking at the Droid 2 World Edition (or Droid Pro, or whatever the heck it’s called), featuring a pearly white back and a lighter chrome bezel up front; current rumors suggest that this might replace the original Droid 2 altogether, but it’s anybody’s guess until we see some official information. The site is also reporting that the OMAP3630 core seems to be clocked up to 1.2GHz — the plain ol’ Droid 2 settles for a measly 1GHz. All told, this is shaping up to be one of the quickest product revisions in smartphone history, so let’s hope Verizon has the decency to put some sort of upgrade program in place for early adopters.

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Android device and NES controller

Posted by TiPb Store on September 4th, 2010

I’m sure that all old school gamers will appreciate this. It is essentially an NES controller modded onto an Android powered device. And you thought the Wiimote with Android was cool.

It takes a while before you see him actually get to play Super Mario Brothers 3, and it makes me wonder how he got it on there in the first place. To get the NES controller on there, he used a breakout board, Arduino, and a blueSMIRF module. This is much more Super Mario Brothers than you would get from the Live Wallpaper.

I would love to see more applications like this.

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Energizer Inductive Charger conforms with Wireless Power Consortium

There are a lot of wireless chargers out on the market, such as the Powermat and the one from Duracell.

This is the Energizer Inductive Charger, which is the company’s first to use Qi technology. This is the new universal charging standard developed by the Wireless Power Consortium.

This will be available in $89 this October, and a Qi sleeve for the iPhone 3GS and BlackBerry Curve 8900.

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Camangi announces two Android tablets

It has been a while since we reported on Camangi and its Webstation. They are now working on two Android-powered tablets that look like they are in competition with the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

The tablets in question are the Camangi II and the FM600, but not much is known of the sequel to the Camangi. Here is what we know about the FM600.

It has a 600MHz Qualcomm processor, 7-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display, 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi b/g, VGA front-facing camera, 3 Megapixel rear-facing camera, accelerometer, compass, and SIM card slot.

I don’t have a price of availability date on these as yet.

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Rydeen creates its own Android tablet

We have seen a lot of Android tablets come out in the last few days, from companies like Camangi and For You Digital. Clearly, someone wants to compete with the Galaxy Tab.

I have never heard of Rydeen Mobile, but it has created a 7-inch Android tablet that is essentially a “gPad” GCOM701. It has an 800 MHz ARMADA 166 SOC, 256MB of RAM, micro-SD storage slot, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, mini and non-mini USB ports, front facing camera, as well as 2400mAh battery for six hours of use.

I believe that this is slated for a November release.

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Pogoplug now streams to your iPad too

It seems like every time that Pogoplug does something, I try and report on it. For example, when they got even more wireless, when they sync with Brother printer, and Pogoplug Biz. For those who don’t know, Pogoplug is the best way to get content on any computer wirelessly.

It has now been put out on the iPad, and this is Pogoplug HD. It is a library breakdown by media type on the left hand side, with your content on the right. You can stream musti can movies to your iPad, as well as PDFs and Word documents.

The App is free, and good for transmitting stuff to your iPad wirelessly.

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Fallout: New Vegas graphic novel comes to iPad

In case you thought the big video game news was the return of Duke Nukem Forever, here is something else big: a Fallout: New Vegas graphic novel.

You can get a free demo of this particular comic on the iPad. Bethesda Softworks teamed with Dark Horse Comics to create a graphic novel that is written by Chris Avellone, the game’s senior designer.

I’m not certain what the full price of it will be, but it should be quite good, I guess.

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Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic, says Quantcast

It’s terribly difficult to get reliable statistics, as numbers tend to vary drastically depending upon whom you ask, but if you’re inclined to believe that Android is mopping up Apple and RIM’s declining mobile mindshare in the US, you’ll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobile web traffic stateside comes from devices running Google’s OS, though it’s important to know that the iOS tallies apparently don’t include the web-friendly iPad. You also might want to note that this is mobile web traffic here — these days, we spend an increasing amount of our internet time in apps — and since we’re on a roll with the disclaimers, let’s just add that these numbers have nothing to do with a company’s financial success. Nokia can attest to that.

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Shocker: Huawei Ideos may be headed to T-Mobile

Huawei wants to bring Android to the masses, and it sounds like one cellular carrier may already be on board — the Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mobile is presently in talks to offfer the 2.8-inch, Android 2.2 smartphone and could begin selling it by Yuletide. Of course, considering China-based Huawei expects the reasonably-attractive device could cost as little as $100 off-contract, it’s not terribly surprising that any carrier you’d care to name would be champing at the bit to grab one. “It’s safe to assuming we’re talking to all of the major carriers,” a Huawei spokeswoman said.

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Samsung Galaxy S EBB-10 Power Pack

That Samsung Galaxy S phone has been all over, with many names. So I suppose that it was just a matter of time before specific accessories are made for it, and this is the EBB-U10.

The battery can give about 8 hours of talk time, and it has a standby time of 500 hours. This weighs about 70 grams, and has LED lights for more info on it.

It should be arriving in September in Germany for about $88.

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SMS Replier auto-replies to texts

This is the SMS Replier, and its purpose is to automatically reply to texts when you are too busy to answer them.

For example, let’s say you are driving and you don’t want to do that texting while driving thing. You can set it up for automated replies, and for set times. For example, if you have a meeting from 3-5, you can auto-text it to read “in a meeting” during that time.

If someone calls you, you can also set it for an auto-reply, saying that you will call them back, assuming you actually will.

You should be able to get this for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile, and you can click on my Source for an extremely long video.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Accessories Get Leaked

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of the most highly anticipated Android powered tablets with a looming release date. This 7-inch device features Google’s latest mobile operating system, Android 2.2, along with a front and rear facing camera – all things that some would love on with an iPad.

Unfortunately, we still can’t tell you a solid release date or price point but what we can tell you is that the device’s entire line up of official accessories has been leaked today. These accessories seem similar to the iPad’s with a dock with HDMI-out, dock with keyboard, stand-case and USB connector all making the cut. Check out the rest of the pictures via our source below.

I don’t know about you guys but if Samsung manages to keep the Galaxy Tab within a competitive price range, I may have to pick up one instead of making the jump towards iPad. Apple’s offering is enticing but there’s no denying the cameras and of course Google Android.

Which tablet are you looking forward to the most?

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Samsung Fascinate ready for Best Buy in-store pre-order ahead of rumored September 9 launch

Verizon can’t be feeling too hot about being the straggler to the Galaxy S party, but the wait seems to be almost at an end. Best Buy’s just started taking in-store pre-orders for the Fascinate, while the latest internal document leak from VZW indicates a specific September 9 launch for the 4-inch Android handset. That’s when you should be able to snap the Fascinate up along with a prepaid data plan from Big Red, which fits in nicely with earlier unsanctioned disclosures on the matter. Either way, Samsung’s quest to conquer all networks with its Super Gorilla phone will be coming to a victorious end pretty soon.

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On My Way, for iPhone and Android

Posted by TiPb Store on August 29th, 2010

Have you ever been waiting for someone, and wonder where in the world he or she is? Well, with this TeleNav App known as On My Way, you would know.

All you have to do is set it up, and On My Way notifies another person with status messages while you are en route. It will automatically tell the other person while you will be late, and even set a pre-determined time when you will arrive. Now just try and come up with a valid reason for texting while driving.

On My Way is available for both iPhone and Android.

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StumbleUpon comes to Android, too

Some of you might remember when we covered StumbleUpon for the iPhone, and Android users will be pleased to know it is coming to the Android platform.

StumbleUpon is an Internet social bookmarking site that I probably don’t need to go on about. Most people use it online at their desktop or laptop, but this mobile version for Android looks like it should be easy to examine channels like Photos, News, Flickr, and YouTube, and you can share what you have found on your favorite social networking site such as Twitter and Facebook, not to mention good old-fashioned e-mail.

I’m not certain how much this costs, but I hope it is like the iPhone version: free.

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State Farm on the Move for Android prevents texting while driving

Posted by TiPb Store on August 30th, 2010

Just earlier this week, we reported on SMS Replier for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile platforms. It was a program for automating texting response messages.

State Farm, in an effort to keep their customer’s rates down, have created an Android App known as On The Move. It will automatically send a message of “I am driving” or any other pre-ordained response when an untimely text message is received.

Granted, it is not made so it will link up with an Android phone’s GPS so it won’t turn on automatically when it could sense that you are driving. The user does have to turn on this thing manually.

Still, it is a step in the right direction for preventing texting while driving.

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Toshiba to Name Android Powered Tegra 2 Smart Pad The Folio 100?

Many competitors have already been brought to the tablet industry and Toshiba is one of them. It’s been known for a while that Toshiba would be releasing more than one tablet in the Smart Pad line up. However, there is one device in particular that is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor. This device is said to feature a capacitive touchscreen, front facing camera and everything else similar devices will have.

More specifically, a 10.1-inch screen with a 1024, 600 resolution, 16GB of built-in storage, 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI, USO 2.0 and a 1.3 megapixel web cam.

However, while we know that it will feature NVIDIA’s Tegra 2, we do not know exactly what this device will be called. Today, we bring you rumors pointing towards Toshiba naming the device the Folio 100.

As always until Toshiba says more we’ll have to mark this one off as speculation.

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