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  • Analysis: iPhone’s touchscreen slightly better than Droid, Nexus One and Droid Eris

    Analysis: iPhone’s touchscreen slightly better than Droid, Nexus One and Droid Eris

    Posted on January 9, 2010 | No Comments
    To be honest, I don't really care which is the better smartphone (or super-duper phone): the iPhone 3GS, the Motorola Droid, HTC's Droid Eris, Google's Nexus One, Nokia's N900 or the Palm Pre. It's just great to witness this seemingly never-ending advancements in mobile technology, both on a hardware and software level, and to see increased competition drive innovation at such rapid pace. Just compare the market today to five years ago, and you can't help but be amazed by how far we've come - I still remember my epic struggles to get my previous phone (HTC S710 with Windows Mobile) to do half of what I really wanted it to. In short: if all phone manufacturers keep on pumping out better phones, I'm a happy camper (for the record: I'm still very pleased with my iPhone 3GS as my primary device). But comparisons will be comparisons, and MOTO Development Group this morning announced the results of its DIY touchscreen analysis, based on some touchy testing of the capacitive screens of the Nexus One, the iPhone, the Motorola Droid and HTC's Droid Eris.

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  • Northamptonshire Police to spend more time out on the beat, and less time at the station

    Posted on November 26, 2009 | No Comments
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  • Ringz: First (free) Android app with in-app purchase

    Ringz: First (free) Android app with in-app purchase

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple made it possible for iPhone developers to offer in-app purchase five weeks ago, an option Android devs currently don't have. But now Shanghai-based mobile technology company Urbian found a work-around to enable in-app purchase, saying they're the first developers that did. The app in question is Ringz, a puzzle game that's available for free on the Android market (the iPhone version is in review by the way).

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  • Samsung pays Qualcomm $1.3 billion to secure wireless licenses

    Samsung pays Qualcomm $1.3 billion to secure wireless licenses

    Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments

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    Samsung and Qualcomm have wrapped up a cross-licensing deal with ten figures of US currency in it, which will permit the Korean giant to continue producing 3G- and 4G-enabled wireless devices for the next 15 years. In exchange, Samsung is letting Qualcomm make use of its own 57 patents on mobile technology and splashing out a further $1.3 billion as a down payment. Further royalty payments are involved, but not detailed, but just as a reference point, that's more than the new Dallas Cowboys stadium and its ultra-huge scoreboard cost to build. The move is a renewal of the two companies' current arrangement and Samsung has boldly claimed the terms of the new contract are more favorable to it, but we get the feeling the champagne will be flowing in San Diego this week.

    [Via MobileTechWorld]

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