Saturday, March 26, 2011

PhoneDog.com's Daily Digest

PhoneDog.com's Daily Digest

Nook Color destined to get Android 2.2, Flash, and more in mid-April update

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Barnes & Noble's Nook Color has always been a bit more of an eReader than an Android slate — unless you decided to hack it, anyway — but thanks to an update coming next month, the Nook Color will turn into something that's a lot closer to the tablet that a lot of folks want it to be. HSN revealed earlier today that the Nook Color will receive an update to Android 2.2 in "mid-April" which will include Flash Player, Angry Birds, push email, and "Nook apps." There's not much info on what kinds of...


HTC rep: ThunderBolt to get Android 2.3 in Q2

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The HTC ThunderBolt may have only been launched a little over a week ago, but its update to Android 2.3 may be right around the corner. One TBolt user recently reached out to HTC about an issue he was having with his handset and, in the company's response, the rep revealed that the ThunderBolt is slated to be updated to Gingerbread "in Q2 2011." There was also a list of enhancements that the rep claims will be included in the update, but it looks pretty similar to Google's own 2.3 change log,...


Apple iPad 2 vs. Motorola XOOM Dogfight Pt. 2

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Tablet tablet domination! Aaron pits the Apple iPad 2 and the Motorola XOOM - the tablet champions at the moment - against each other for a dogfight. The Apple iPad 2 offers Apple's A5 dual-core CPU, 9.7-inch display, a front and rear-facing camera, and is packed in a body that's 1.33 pounds. On the other hand, you have the Motorola XOOM, the first tablet to launch with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). It packs a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 10.1-inch display, 5-megapixel...


Apple iPad 2 vs. Motorola XOOM Dogfight Pt. 1

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Tablets tablets everywhere!  Aaron throws the Apple iPad 2 and the Motorola XOOM - the respective champions in their arenas - into the ring for a tablet dogfight.  The Apple iPad 2 offers Apple's A5 dual-core processor, 9.7-inch display, a front and rear-facing camera, and is packed in a body that's 1.33 pounds.  On the other hand, you have the Motorola XOOM, the first tablet to premiere with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).  It offers a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core...


Motorola DROID X Gingerbread update not coming next week after all?

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Yesterday a rumor claimed that the Motorola DROID X could be updated to Android 2.3 as soon as next week , but now it looks like DX owners may still be left wondering where their Gingerbread is when March 28th rolls around. According to @PydePypper on Twitter, the Gingerbread build that was set to roll out next week was rejected by Verizon, so now it must go back to Moto to endure fixes that could delay the DX's 2.3 launch by around another month or so. There's no telling when...


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