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22 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Best of Smartphone Experts, 21 Feb 2010 – MWC Edition

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We’re back from Mobile World Congress 2010 battered but excited for the upcoming year in smartphones. We had coverage from the show at all six sites. If the above isn’t enough to whet your appetite for Mobile World Congress news, we’ve helpfully collated a list of all our coverage up to this point after the break. There are still a few more posts to come as we empty our memory cards and ponder what we held in out hands out in Barcelona – so stay tuned!

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20 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Video hands-on with the Motorola Cliq XT – aka the Quench [AC @ MWC]

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Here’s another one from (not so) deep in our Mobile World Congress stash — video of the Motorola Cliq XT (aka the Quench outside the United States).

Like we said in our first hands-on: If you’re looking for a phone with MotoBLUR but don’t want to be bothered with a phyical keyboard (or a weird flip-around keyboard), then this is something you’re going to want to check out once it hits T-Mobile in the coming weeks.

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Mobile World Congress wrap-up podcast

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Mobile World Congress

Stick a fork in us, folks. We’re done at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. We still have a little more coverage coming, and likely a big wrap-up podcast, but here’s Phil, Kevin and Dieter going over the final two days of the event.

Be forewarned: The first 20 minutes or so are dominated by BlackBerry, but it’s good stuff. See you guys back in the States.

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Hands-on with SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 for Android phones [AC @ MWC]

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SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 for Android

Those of you who came to Android from Windows Mobile likely are familiar with SPB Mobile Shell. And the boys and girls from St. Petersburg are back with Version 5.0, which will be released on Android in the coming months. This isn’t a ROM-integrated like HTC’s Sense UI, and that has advantages. Because it’s not as deeply rooted in the Android ROM, SPB can push out an update whenever it pleases, just like any other application.

Really, you need to watch the video to see what all it can do. Keep in mind that what you’re seeing is a beta application, so the animations will get smoother. More after the break.

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Video Of Google’s MWC Keynote: Flash, German Voice Search, Goggles OCR

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At Google’s Keynote last night, there was supposed to be a ban on photos or video of their discussion about how they love openness and transparency (ahem). We had some live coverage at our @androidcentral twitter account (you do follow us, right?), including the new little tidbit that there are 60,000 Android devices sold every day. 

Anyhow, CEO Eric Schmidt discussed how Google has a new philosophy called "Mobile First" to go along with its "Don’t Be Evil" mantra. Basically Google believes that Mobile devices are the future and so they always will have a very early focus on mobile versions. 

To show off its expanding mobile platform, Google showed off three new upcoming features: Flash on Android, support for German in voice search, and text character recognition (and then translation) inside Google Goggles. Emerce.nl bravely and justly bucked the photography ban and recorded the demos of all three. Catch our favorite – the OCR – above and the other two over at Emerce. Thanks, Erwin!

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR on the Motorola Droid [AC @ MWC]

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Adobe Flash on Motorola Droid

Yeah, yeah. another teaser showing Adobe Flash on Android. We get it. We’re as tired as seeing them as you are and are ready to see Flash 10.1 roll out. And the folks at Adobe assure us it’s coming. They’re just not saying when.

The good news is that that that we’ve gotten our hands on it, we’re a little less fearful than we might have been earlier. We’re not totally on board, and we can’t wait for you guys to get yoru hands on it. But power and processor taxing issues aside, Flash ran pretty well — not great, but OK — on the Droid we played with, and Adobe AIR was even more smooth. So hang in there, people. It’s coming. It’s coming. Videos after the break.

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Watch HTC’s MWC Presentation

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If you’re the type of person who can’t miss a detail and love to see a company’s presentation yourself, first of all, we totally understand and second, you’re in luck because HTC has posted their entire MWC press event on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. You’ll get to see the three new HTC devices (Desire, Legend, HD Mini) get introduced and the usual theatrics that come with it (like an impromptu stress test).

It’s pretty amazing how far HTC has come as a company and Android has come as an OS in one year. Do you guys remember last year’s MWC?

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17 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

Google keynote: Industry news, Flash on Android, and skillful answers

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt

We were perched in the balcony this afternoon for Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s keynote address at Mobile World Congress. For those of you following us on Twitter (good boys and girls), you already know what went down. For those who don’t, hit us up after the break.

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16 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

AC @ MWC: Hands-on video with the HP Compaq Airlife 100 Android netbook

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HP Compaq Airlife 100 Android netbook

Spent some quality time today with the folks from HP, who gave us some face time with their new Android-based netbook, the Compaq Airlife 100. As you’ll hear, it has an advertised 12-hour battery life and basically brings the complete Android experience to an instant-on form factor complete with the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and 16GB solid-state drive.

It’s full Android, so it’s full touch on the 10-inch screen, and it has the usual access to the Android Market. It also has a launch bar at the bottom for frequently used apps, which was handy. Peep the video after the break.

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16 February 2010 ~ Comments Off

AC @ MWC: Hands-on video with the Opera Mobile browser for Android

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Here’s a quick look at Opera Mobile on Android. And it looks, well, like you’d expect Opera Mobile to on Android. It’s nice and fast, thanks to the major compression going on, and it’ll make a nice addition to Android’s browser arsenal. Problem is, you can’t get it. We’ve mentioned before that Opera Mobile’s only available to manufacturers and carriers: Basically it has to be cooked into the ROM. And so it remains, which is too bad.

The good news is there’s still Opera Mini, which can be found in the Android Market. But we’d love for the big brother to make it onto our phones some day.

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