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Google closes up cell shop.

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I’m not one for saying I told you so, therefore I’ll just get right into it.  Google has officially decided to stop selling the Nexus One online and move distribution into retail and carrier outlets.  Cited reasons were customer’s desires to log some hands-on time before dropping 500+ bones on this thing, as well as … Read more

Google Maps for Android Gets Biking Directions, Navigation Shortcut, Sharing, and More

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Starting today, Google Maps for mobile has a few new ways to help you and your friends quickly get to where you’re going whether you’re on 4 wheels or 2 (or maybe even 3). With Google Maps 4.2 for Android you can now get biking directions on the go, start Navigation from your Home screen, … Read more

Nexus One Sales Tax Refund

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So you got a Nexus One and you feel like you got shortchanged? Well it may just be your lucky day. It turns out that Google was charging sales tax on the full retail sales price at times when they were selling the phone at discounted prices. So, instead of paying tax on $250 people … Read more

Google Goggles v1.1 For Android Released

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Android users need not wonder what in the world they ordering in another country again thanks to Google hooking them up with Goggles v1.1! This handy little app will let you take a picture, say of a menu, and translate it for you  into English or one of these newly released languages: English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Also included in Goggles is an improved barcode feature.  You can read more in the announcement coming from their blog this morning below. 

Traveling to another country can be an amazing experience. The opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture can give you a new perspective. However, it can be hard to fully enjoy the experience if you do not understand the local language. For example, ordering food from a menu you can not read can be an adventure. Today we are introducing a new feature of Google Goggles that will prove useful to travelers and monoglots everywhere: Goggles translation.

Here’s how it works:

  • Point your phone at a word or phrase. Use the region of interest button to draw a box around specific words
  • Press the shutter button
  • If Goggles recognizes the text, it will give you the option to translate
  • Press the translate button to select the source and destination languages.

Jump after the break for the rest of the press release by Google on Goggles v1.1 for Android!

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HTC Desire Android Device Available In Three Flavors!

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Just got an email from OnTheGoSolutions.com and they are telling me that they now have in stock the HTC Desire Android Device in three flavors including a USA Version with the 850MHz Bandwidth to work on AT&T’s 3G network. Check them out: HTC Desire – Unlocked Quadband GSM, International 3G (900/2100Mhz) The HTC Desire International … Read more

Verizon Wireless Website Sporting Some HTC Incredible Goodness!

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With all the new devices hitting the street in the near future, I know it can get a bit confusing. Windows Phone 7 coming later this year and the Apple iPhone 4G on it’s way as well. But what is hot coming down the pipe for Android? If you didn’t already know, it’s the HTC Incredible. And the name Incredible fits the device like a glove. The Incredible will come with:

  • 1gHz Snapdragon Processor
  • 8gb Internal Memory
  • 8 (yes 8) megapixel camera with auto focus and video capture
  • Android 2.1, Google Experience Device
  • 3.7″ WVGA OLED capacitive display
  • 3.5mm headphone jack

And much more of the standard goodness you have come to expect from a HTC Flagship Device. Be sure to check out after the break for all the specifications that BGR got his hands on. There is no word yet on pricing or the official launch date, but it does look good that it is in the very near future based on the ad pictured below. BGR is also heard tell of the Droid coming to Verizon on April 29th for $199 and a preorder launch a week before. So there all you Nexus hold outs have it, the Incredible ought to get you off dead center!

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Pads, Slabs, and Slates… Oh My!

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Now that the fervor around Apple’s infamous pad launch has settled, others are ready to launch back with competing products and form factors in the space between smartphones and laptops.  The New York Times ran an article featuring a brief overview of the products soon to be hitting the market (and no, the Courier is not one of them.)  Companies like HP, Dell, and Google are mentioned in some detail.  Read on past the break for more.

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Why the Nexus One Can’t Win

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Google has always concerned itself with being a consumer friendly, and overall “good” company, evidenced by their very simple corporate motto of “Do No Evil.”  Google usually does a fantastic job of making decisions based on this philosophy.  Gmail was one of the first email systems to lift the draconian standards for email capacity to a whole gigabyte (which now seems rather silly since my GMail account is about triple that and growing,) their Google Doc’s movement which is threatening Microsoft’s global domination of the word processor market, and even some basic things like Google Maps (which I’m sure most of us have used at some point or another,) and Google Voice.  So when they began developing a Mobile Operating System that was open source there was huge praise.  However, Google’s intentions were not wholly selfless.  With the announcement of the Nexus One Google took a small sidestep around their motto to come in direct competition with other handset makers.  Google’s idea was to offer a handset outright and off contract directly to the consumer to further undercut the networks, but what is good for consumer’s is not always the decision they make.

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Nexus One vs T-Mobile HTC HD2

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Because they are Wirefly, they get all the cool devices early and can get these videos cranked out before their official release! (insert envious cursing here) In any case, they did a cool comparison video between the Google Nexus One and the T-Mobile HTC HD2. It is clear the HD2 is huge compared to an already large device with a 3.7 inch screen, the Google Nexus One. The video has a good physical comparison between the two as well as a nice walk through HTC Sense and the Google Android 2.1 User Interface. So which one will or would you choose? I am going to through in a quick Poll and see what you think! Enjoy!

Take our Poll:

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Check out the key differences after the break or head on over to Wirefly

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