SPB TV WAP Open Beta Testing (Free!)

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They used the ‘F’ word…Free. SPB opened a forum thread with the following info on a feature phone version of SPB TV: In this forum we are going to perform beta testing of our new service – SPB TV WAP. This is open beta program, so everyone is welcome! The only limitation is that your … Read more

WP7 Dev Tools Refreshed – VS2010 Compliant

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They finally fixed this up so now on Visual Studio 2010 you can build WP7 apps. From the release: Beginning today you can download the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Refresh (WPDT CTP) from http://developer.windowsphone.com, which means you can now build Windows Phone 7 apps on the final release of Visual Studio 2010 (VS2010). While … Read more

HTC Incredible Camera – A Closer Look

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Sadly my time with the HTC Incredible was cut short because I had to return it back to Verizon, it happens, being a reviewer you many times run across ‘loaner’ products, oh well, maybe I’ll switch to Verizon to get one! The camera on the HTC Incredible is probably the best cell phone camera on the market today, I’m sure it can even rival that of many lower to mid priced point and shoot cameras out there. Doug asked me to take a quick look at the camera and report on it before I had to return it so that’s what I’m doing today. I’ve got pictures of the interface and many picture samples for you to view to check out the quality. So here ya go Doug, enjoy!

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Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible Launches Today! Here are the Deals!

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Okay people, today is the day that if you are an Android fan, you have been waiting for. The Flagship Android device has launched and is exclusive to Verizon. Before I get into the pricing, let me bring anyone new to Android and the Incredible up to speed. Check out these specs: Additional Key features: … Read more

More on WP7 Office HUB Integration

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image Today Microsoft Senior Product Manager Augusto Valdez hosted a forum Q&A session about the Office HUB and email and calendar integration and productivity. There are lots of things we’ve already known, but a few answers are worth sharing which I’ve edited a bit for your sake. I’m also categorizing them and changing the order of the questions/answers to make it a lot easier. A lot of question are almost the same but I think they’re different enough to leave them in. I’ve highlighted a few that I found particularly interesting, especially the fact that there may not be network access to docs out of the box.

SYNCHRONIZATION

Q: Can Office documents be sync’d directly to a PC or will all synchronization be through the cloud?

A: it will have to go through email or SharePoint. We use SkyDrive for OneNote syncing but not for documents, the easiest way to sync a document for now will be to email the document(s) to yourself

Q: Is there any support for accessing files on network shares in the plans for the Office Hub/WP7 in general?

A: right now the file access in networks is restricted to SharePoint access, as it provides a better control on versions and things like that

Q: Will OfficeHub have integration with Microsoft Cloud computing on a business level and additionally on a consumer level?

A: That is an interesting question, for sync docs you can use both SharePoint Server (on premise) or BPOS (SharePoint Online). For OneNote you can even use Windows Live skydrive to sync over the air your notes with your PC

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News for Thursday April 29th 2010

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Good Morning everyone! it’s almost May, I hope that means it’s going to be getting warmer, I don’t like this cold weather we’re having now, woke up today and it was 33F… sheesh, it needs to get warm and stay warm already. Anyway, It’s time once again for the news:

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Verizon HTC Droid Incredible vs Motorola Droid: Let’s Rock!

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Wirefly is back with all the phones at their disposal that we mere mortals can just dream about. This time around we got the HTC Droid Incredible going up against the Motorola Droid for the Android bragging rights. Check out this video from Wirefly appropriately named: “The DROID INCREDIBLE by HTC takes on the Motorola … Read more

Psychology of Technology: N.E.I. is the New T.M.I.

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One of America’s most cherished rights is citizens’ right to privacy, as former Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun noted, "the right to be let alone." Passions are stirred by debates about the right to privacy and it has become a political hot potato in recent years due in part to the domestic wiretapping controversy, identity theft, and data mining on the Internet. Yet these days, a growing swath of America, mostly the young and tech savvy, are not only unconcerned about their privacy, but actively eschew that right. They seem to believe in N.E.I. (Never Enough Information) rather than the more familiar T.M.I. (Too Much Information, for those who were just rescued from a deserted island).

This desire on the part of young people to be an "open book" began in the ancient days of the 20th century (and probably long before) when the dominant form of media was television. Reality-based shows, such as MTV’s Real World and Big Brother, in which the lives of young people were broadcast for all the world to see, were the forbearers of today’s movement to make lives embarrassingly public. The growing wave of social media that caters to N.E.I. has included MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and is now pushing the I-don’t-care-about-privacy envelope with Google Latitude, Foursquare, Blippy, and DailyBooth.

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Why does everyone keep insisting that Microsoft is sueing HTC?

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So if you’ve been reading news pretty much anywhere, you know Microsoft is licensing its Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio to HTC.  For some reason every news site I read for the majority of the day seems to think this is some attempt by Microsoft to get money.  I think this is totally off-base.  Yeah Microsoft is going to make some sweet cheddar on this deal, especially if they can pull licensing agreements across the Android board (Samsung, Motorola, etc.) but they’re the last group that really needs it.  I’m seeing Microsoft trying to swoop in and save their primary handset maker in the wake of two major lawsuits.  Here’s why…

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HP To Buy Palm – It’s Official

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Hot off the presses WebOS lives: HP to Acquire Palm for $1.2 Billion Combination will accelerate HP’s growth within the more than $100 billion connected mobile device market PALO ALTO and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 28, 2010 HP and Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP … Read more

Wifi Penetration [Android]

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Diogo Ferreira, known on XDA as deovferreira, has cooked up Penetrate for Android, available if you can believe it on the market, which “maps Thomson, SpeedTouch and D-Link SSIDs and MAC addresses into their respective default keys” (officially meaning if you own one of those routers and want to make sure your network is secure … Read more