All Things Mobile

"I recently switched from my AT&T iPhone to Sprint’s HTC Hero. Now although the Hero is not a pure Android phone (it’s the HTC Sense, which is a modified form of Android), it gives the same experience that Android gives (only with an HTC “bent” to the package). Through this phone, I have come to once again enjoy my mobile experience. There are so many differences between the iPhone and the Hero, so many aspects of the Hero to really help you get your mobile geek on. But for the purposes of this article, I had to pick just 10. So I have narrowed it down to those aspects that really make the experience different from that of the iPhone." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

At last!! Finally Microsoft, finally! - Ozkan Altuner from Bookmarklet

"Much has been made of the screen on the new Droid smartphone from Motorola and Verizon Wireless. The 854 x 480 pixel, 3.7-inch panel is 273% larger than the iPhone’s 320 x 480, 3.5-incher and is setting itself apart as one of Droid’s flagship features." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

((: sürekli çeviriyor google... - SY

"The Moblin project released the first beta of Moblin 2.1, fixing numerous bugs while adding support for a 3G modem. Other touted improvements to the netbook-focused Moblin 2.1 include a faster browser with plugin support, Bluetooth discovery support, higher screen resolution support, and an enhanced ConnMan. Although Moblin v2.1 was billed as an "incremental" release when the Moblin project first released a preview version in conjunction with the final release of Moblin v2.0 in late September, Moblin v2.1 actually delivers a lot of important new features." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"After ABI Research projected that Linux represents a 32 percent share of netbooks in 2009 and will overtake Windows in 2013, we spoke with ABI analyst Jeffrey Orr. Orr notes the rise of international consumers and ARM-based netbooks, and discusses Ubuntu, Moblin, Android, and Chrome OS." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Yet, as Orr noted in a ComputerWorld story, and repeats below, the perceptions of U.S. based observers are skewed by the local computing scene and its domination by Microsoft. Sales of low-cost netbooks are being increasingly driven by sales outside of the U.S. where Windows is not as prevalent, and especially in developing countries where PCs in general are still something of a novelty. In many of these markets, the $15 to $25 price differential compared to Windows XP makes all the difference." - ovigia

"Until battery technology changes to double or triple capacity, you will have to change your charging habits to fit the needs of the smartphone. Instead of charging it every few days, or only charging it overnight, you need to charge the phone basically whenever it isn't being used. Driving in your car--charge the phone. Sitting at your desk--charge the phone. Sleeping at night--charge the phone." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

@jason -- cool I'll give that a shot - I tried to turn on the auto screen dimmer thing - not so sure about that... and have the screen set to turn off after 30 seconds instead of 1 min. - Matt Ellsworth

"The Golden Buddha Phone has all the features of ordinary top-of-the-line cells, but also offers a virtual prayer room where users can pray to Buddha and various Bodhisattva. This techno-jewel sports a piece of real jade, pearl powder lacquer and a 24 karat gold paint-job that make it the most expensive cell-phone in China, at $1,750." - Jackie from Bookmarklet

"Maemo is a software platform that is mostly based on open source code and powers mobile devices such as the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Maemo platform has been developed by Nokia in collaboration with many open source projects such as the Linux kernel , Debian , GNOME , and many more." - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"The first real-world iPhone cyber-attack has shown its face. And that face belongs to 1980s pop star Rick Astley. Over the weekend, researchers at cybersecurity firms Sophos and F-Secure detected the world's first active iPhone worm, spreading among Apple ( AAPL - news - people ) smart phone users in Australia." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Researchers haven't estimated how many phones have been infected with the rickrolling "ikee" worm. But it's likely far fewer than would have been affected by Miller's text messaging vulnerability. Only users that have "jailbroken" their phones--altered them to run applications not authorized by Apple--are vulnerable, and among those, only those who failed to change their default password for a secure shell (SSH) application that allows file transfers between smart phones." - imabonehead

If hype were to be believed, the Motorola DROID is the pièce de résistance of the mobile world; the conclusive creation sent down by the Great Smartphone in the sky to rid us of our woes. It would prepare your breakfast promptly each morning, tuck you in at night, and, maybe — just maybe — knock the iPhone down a notch or two. - Praveen Vasudev from Bookmarklet

"Harald Welte has issued a scathing opinion of Android on his blog. He bases it on Matt Porter's presentation at the Embedded Linux Conference Europe, called "Android Mythbusters" [PDF]. Porter outlined what he learned while porting Android to PowerPC and MIPS architectures. Welte characterizes Android as Google having "thrown 5-10 years of Linux userspace evolution into the trashcan and re-implemented it partially for no reason. [...] Executive summary: Android is a screwed, hard-coded, non-portable abomination." " -- I do _not_ necessarily share all Harald's opinions but thought it might make sense to read them anyway - A.T. from Bookmarklet

vm-starter, sounds like Minesweeper starter, hehe :) yes I know what they do is TiVo-alike-only-mobile path... whether it is good or bad - for end-users, developers, non-Google business, public institutions and other NGOs -- this is still big bold question mark *???* - A.T.

"Earlier today the FCC approved Dell’s first Android phone, the Mini 3ix. AT&T is expected to carry Dell’s Mini 3iX in Q1 2010." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"oFono.org is a place to bring developers together around designing an infrastructure for building mobile telephony (GSM/UMTS) applications. oFono is licensed under GPLv2, and it includes a high-level D-Bus API for use by telephony applications of any license. oFono also includes a low-level plug-in API for integrating with open source as well as third party telephony stacks, cellular modems and storage back-ends. oFono Architecture" - ovigia from Bookmarklet

"Here in Europe things have been surprisingly quiet. Europe tends to get handsets before the USA and yet we’ve not heard a peep about the Droid here except for a November 9 launch on O2 Germany under the name Motorola Milestone. What about the rest of Europe?" - Martin Bryant from Bookmarklet

"Chinese manufacturer Soyea has begun taking orders for a mobile Internet device (MID) that runs Linux or Windows XP on Intel's dual-speed, MID-oriented Z515 Atom CPU. Soyea's Z5 is equipped with 1GB RAM, an 8GB SSD, a five-inch touchscreen, plus 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a three-megapixel webcam." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Mer is an outgrowth of Nokia's Maemo environment, designed to flesh out the tablet-centric operating system into a full-fledged Linux distribution suitable for embedded and desktop systems of all description. The project's genesis was an effort to back port the upcoming Maemo 5.0 release to no-longer-supported Nokia N800 and N810 tablets, but it has subsequently evolved to run on BeagleBoards, embedded navigation devices like the Pocket LOOX, and standard x86 hardware." - A.T. from Bookmarklet

"Android hacker Akia Harada has successfully ported the latest version of Android to the T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream. It's an early build that needs optimization, but it does boot and gives those brave enough to install it a glimpse of the new Android 2.0 operating system." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

ironic, isn't it? ;) (you can use cyrket.com if you need it) - Tim Hoeck

is there some kind of magic that happens in the android to add search or other features in the market? - Mike Chelen

"Nokia's second annual Maemo Summit brought together 400 developers and power users of the Linux-based tablet community in Amsterdam over the October 9-11 weekend. Maemo Community Manager Quim Gil said the primary goal was to bring the community together for the social and interactive benefits, but the three-day program also provided a solid introduction to the new Maemo 5 release, a preview of Maemo 6, and a chance to work with the Nokia N900 — which ships with as close to a standard Linux distribution as the marketplace has seen delivered on a usable mobile phone." - A.T. from Bookmarklet

"The NBA is launching a new iPhone app that will let you watch live NBA games wherever you are (class, work, bathroom…you get the idea). To access the 40+ live games that will be made available each week, you’ll need to shell out $39.99 for the season to get an NBA League Pass Mobile subscription." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

Here's what I was lookin' for: "It identifies a user’s location via GPS in order to block access to the nearest local team, but other than that, the MobiTV-powered app is all-you-can-eat." But still, this app is a smart move on the part of the NBA. - Christopher Harley

It's a natural move. I don't know if I'll sign up this year though. I signed up for the normal browser based service last year and hardly used it. It's awesome if you take advantage of it. - Rodfather

"Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) on Wednesday announced the beta release of a GPS navigation application for Android 2.0 devices. The application is part of Google Maps for mobile. Android version 2.0 will appear on the upcoming Droid handset from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Verizon, and other manufacturers also plan to release handsets carrying the updated, Google-backed mobile OS." - Arnaldo M Pereira from Bookmarklet

"According to new rumors, NEC is set to release a tablet computer in Japan this fall that will run Android. nec_mobile_pc The device is rumored to have a touchscreen of 7 to 8-inches and NEC expects to ship somewhere around a million of the things each year. The images remind me of an iPhone with a larger screen and a few extra buttons." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"The official Android Developers blog has announced that the Android 2.0 SDK is now available to developers. The move comes not one moment too soon as the droid handset is announced tomorrow and presumably hits the street next week. What good is a cutting edge phone if the apps don’t play nice? Among the new features included with Android 2.0 APIs for sync, and Bluetooth. As an Android user, this means that development can begin on apps allow for peer-to-peer connectivity and gaming! Watch the video below to get a feel for some of the changes." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Google took the wraps off its tasty-sounding OS, also known as Android 2.0, on Tuesday. The software is expected to officially debut on Verizon's Motorola Droid smartphone -- you know, the one that does all those things Apple's phone doesn't -- early next month. Android Eclair adds a host of features into the open source OS (and, despite its mouth-watering name, appears to be fairly low-calorie if eaten). Here's a look at what's new." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

ok now I thought that I post to a lot of groups but clearly not! - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

yeah, this is probably room spam (technically) - Chris Heath

"Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s Android mobile operating system is apparently good for more than making your smartphone fun and powerful. Military defense contractor Raytheon is putting the Android platform to work in their new Raytheon Android Tactical System (RATS) battlefield networking system. The system makes use of relatively cheap mobile terminals powered by Android OS to connect soldiers in the field with other soldiers and military assets. With Raytheon’s RATS system, soldiers will have real-time access to recon data, friendly unit locations, and even biometric/photo analysis. How cool is that?" - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Like a military-grade social network, RATS allows a soldier on the battlefield to track their “buddies” on a map in real-time. If a particular “buddy” happens to be a UAV, the soldier can pull up a live video feed from the unmanned aerial vehicle’s camera. And, if a RATS-enabled soldier comes across some juicy intel, he can share that data with military egg-heads over the DoD’s... more... - imabonehead

"Motorola briefly had detailed specs for the Droid up on its site today. They’re long gone now, but leave it to Boy Genius Report to be there to get all the screenshots." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Even before 6.5 got official, the Windows Mobile community has been toying around with post-RTM leaked builds that really amp up the finger-friendliness -- thing is, no one seems to know what it is, what it's called, when it's coming, who will get it, or how it meshes with the upcoming release of WinMo 7 next year. For now, it's being informally called 6.5.1 -- sounds like a fair name to us -- and new mockups floating around suggest that Microsoft really wants to bridge the gap and make major user experience modifications to 6.5; the pre-7 platform hasn't yet reached the end of the road, apparently. Big buttons at the bottom of the screen look like they should be usable by even the fattest of fingers on a resistive display (and indeed, we've seen various forms of these in leaked builds) and interface elements throughout the OS have been spruced up to finally put the stylus to bed. We'll take it, but we would've been happy to take it in lieu of 6.5, too." - David Cook from Bookmarklet

I want another WinMo phone. - Anika