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  • OnLive Cloud Gaming Service goes live June 17

    OnLive Cloud Gaming Service goes live June 17

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Take that, naysayers! OnLive, the cloud gaming service designed to allow you to play almost any game over the Internet is going live on June 17 and, thanks to a partnership with AT&T, the service is free the first year and $4.95/month after that. You can attempt to sign up here. OnLive has also released a roster [...]

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  • HTC ‘Touch.B’ is an Android-powered Touch2?

    HTC ‘Touch.B’ is an Android-powered Touch2?

    Posted on December 1, 2009 | No Comments
    If you glance at this thing for just a fleeting instant, you might actually mistake it for a Touch2 -- but it's not. A closer look at the button layout shows a decided lack of keys required by WinMo 6.5, which leads us to the logical conclusion that the so-called Touch.B here -- previously known under the codename "Rome" -- runs Android. MobiFrance doesn't have any additional details on the phone, its specs, or where it might launch, but if it does in fact run on the Google juice, it's looking like a possible successor (or kissing cousin, perhaps) of the Tattoo. Now that we look at it, we're not actually seeing the buttons that'd be required of an Android device, either -- and we have heard rumors for ages now that HTC would be releasing devices running a homegrown dumbphone platform -- but we'll hold off on the conclusion-jumping until we get just a little more detail.

    [Thanks, clo75]

    HTC 'Touch.B' is an Android-powered Touch2? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Mobile confirms that Android v1.6 (Donut) rollout is underway

    T-Mobile confirms that Android v1.6 (Donut) rollout is underway

    Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Rumors were abound last night that T-Mobile would begin sending out the Android v1.6 update (known amongst the geekdom as “Donut”) today, and sure enough: they’ve just confirmed it. The big changes here include a fix for a bug that would reset your phone after dialing 911 (Oops!), the new (and much prettier) market, improved voice [...]

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  • Microsoft to Open Retail Stores Next to Apple’s

    Microsoft to Open Retail Stores Next to Apple’s

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Here’s a tale of bad neighbors waiting to unravel: Microsoft is planning to set up shop right next to its worst enemy, Apple. In a keynote speech at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner told partners that the corporation is planning to open the first of its retail stores next to existing [...]

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  • Palm Pixie is real, but may never materialize

    Palm Pixie is real, but may never materialize

    Posted on June 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Lots of excitement today over a second Palm WebOS device now that the Pre has launched. The only problem is that none of this is news. We broke the story about the device, code named Pixie, on April 29. A day later we had the Pixie name and additional details. As far as I can tell there are no additional details coming out now. So I'll supply additional information that we've gathered. Our sources in Asia tell us that Palm continues to push development of the device but is far from making a launch decision. "Palm has decided to put the Pixie on hold until they have better visibility into how its current models are selling in the market." Our guess is that low Pre sales rates make it less likely for the Pixie to hit the market this year. Palm's WebOS is the best mobile operating system in existence, in our humble opinion. But the hardware is, at best, a B.

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