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Engadget: Sure, we’ve seen some blurry videos and managed a few stolen glimpses when Andy Rubin demonstrated this beast, but now we’ve gotten our hands on a slew of pictures showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory. Not only does this confirm the design spied in those FCC docs as […]

iPhoneAlley: A new patent application filed by Apple
describes a process which would allow users to remotely access music
and videos located on their home computers over WiFi or cellular data
networks. The system works by syncing iTunes metadata to the device,
rather than the media itself. The metadata would list “virtual media
items” which would represent every song, […]

Sure, you’ve read the KickStart 8220 previewand seen plenty of snaps, but video is still the only way todemonstrate some features of a device. Especially when it’s not yetavailable in shops. Fortunately, Kevin Michaluk over at CrackBerry puttogether almost 9-minutes of moving pictures demonstrating two-handedSuretype thumbing, the 8220’s more deeply […]

Boy Genius Report: Live shot of the BlackBerry Thunder right here. By just looking at the photo, we can see that almost every button on a traditional BlackBerry like the convenience keys are still there.
Like we reported, there are only four physical buttons on the front and a large touch-screen. It is also coming to […]

FierceWireless: Research In Motion debuted its latest
BlackBerry, called Bold, which runs on HSDPA and comes with GPS and
802.11a/b/g WiFi. The device offers increased processing power and
features a silver rim, which the Wall Street Journal pegs as a nod to its budding competitor the Apple iPhone.
The BlackBerry Bold, however, includes another enhancement that
works toward Apple’s favor: […]

CNET News.com A Dutch company that has squeezed a display the size of two business cards into a gadget no bigger than other mobile phones–by making a screen that folds up when not in use–says the device will be available later this year.
The 5-inch display of Polymer Vision’s Readius is the world’s first that folds […]

TechCrunch: Deep in the Googleplex there is an engineering team thinking about how to extend Google’s reach into your TV. Its work goes way beyond the Google TV ads currently being tested by EchoStar (and targeted with help from Nielsen). It even goes way beyond the development of a Google set-top box, which has been […]

RCR Wireless News: A group of industry heavyweights—headed by Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC Corp., Qualcomm Inc., and Motorola Inc.—announced a new software platform for cellphones that includes an operating system, middleware, user interface and applications. The alliance said the first phones based on the “Android” platform will be available in the second half of next […]

Engadget: We’re not looking at general availability yet, but those happy hacking cats unravelling the iPod touch have decrypted the ramdisk and are now busy installing applications. Already, Mail, Maps, and other 3rd party apps are up and running on their jailbreaked touches. The race is on between the cat and the mouse to see […]

GigaOM:Is Google (GOOG) Phone fact or fiction? Engadget says Google’s entry into mobile phone business is for real, and the company is going to announce it soon. Scott Kirsner talked to a bunch of folks over who are intimately familiar with the effort and outlined his findings in an article for The Boston Globe.
The story […]