Droid mercifully gets a manual 2.1 update option
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As is pleasantly often the case with Android devices, it turns out there’s already a quick, easy, nearly painless way to circumvent the phased rollout of Android 2.1 to Verizon’s Droids out in the field. Anyone who’s already been through this will feel right at home with the process: grab the binary straight from Google (so you know it’s legit, which is always nice), rename the file, transfer it to your microSD card, and reboot to the recovery mode screen. The rest is pretty self-evident, and when all is said and done, you’ll have a Droid equipped with the very latest and greatest that Google has to offer. Let us know how it goes, y’hear?
Droid mercifully gets a manual 2.1 update option originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Leaf debuts Aptus-II 10R digital camera back with rotating sensor
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Leaf debuts Aptus-II 10R digital camera back with rotating sensor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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First cut of MeeGo available today for N900 and Atom devices
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While making it crystal clear that this is only intended for developers that want a mega-early look at the platform, Intel and Nokia’s MeeGo team has just announced that the very first cut of the melded Moblin / Maemo mobile platform is available for download. Specifically, users of N900s, Atom notebooks, and Atom-powered Moorestown MIDs have all been gifted with their own distributions, which will boot off a USB stick or directly on the devices themselves. Sadly, the MeeGo user experience — the good stuff, that is — isn’t included here, so if you flash your N900 you’re going to end up booting into a terminal console, but hey, some of you sickos are into that sort of thing, aren’t you? Next up for the team is a release billed 1.0 that will come in May, and we’re told details on the road to that version will be unveiled over the coming days. Take care of yourselves if you go for it, alright?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
First cut of MeeGo available today for N900 and Atom devices originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Kleiner Perkins iFund doubles to $200m, investing in iPad apps from Shazam, ngmoco and more
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Apple said it expects the iPad to be a “second gold rush” of app development as consumers rush to add content to their new devices, and it looks like Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers agrees: the venture capital firm just announced that it’s expanding the iFund to $200 million to invest in iPad app development. If you’ll recall, the iFund was originally announced alongside the iPhone OS 2.0 SDK, and provided $100 million in total investments to 14 iPhone app developers like Shazam, ngmoco, and Shopkick — companies responsible for 18 apps that have hit the App Store Top 10. Keep in mind that this money was promised before the iPhone App Store was even launched — so given how that bet paid off, it’s not surprising that KPCB’s decided to double down on the iPad, which looks like it’ll have even higher app prices. Along with the announcement, some iFund devs announced the following iPad apps:
- Pinger: Doodle Buddy and Starsmash
- Booyah: MyTown, a popular location-based game
- Shazam: Shazam, optimized for the new screen size,
- ngmoco: Flick Fishing, a new MMO called CastleCraft, Charadium (described as “massively multiplayer Pictionary”), God Finger, We Rule, WarpGate, and one more we missed — anyone catch it?
- GOGII: TextPlus
Nothing too surprising here, but it looks like the heavy hitters are going to be on the iPad bandwagon from day one — and pushing hard for this thing to be a success.
Kleiner Perkins iFund doubles to $200m, investing in iPad apps from Shazam, ngmoco and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Simmtronics, IBM and Canonical bring $190 Simmbook to emerging markets
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Simmtronics’ Simmbook netbook has been floating around for a few months now, but it’s just gotten a considerable boost thanks to a partnership with IBM and Canonical, who have teamed up with the company in an effort to bring the netbook to emerging markets. That confluence of companies means the netbook will run on Ubuntu Netbook Remix and come pre-loaded with IBM’s Client for Smart Work, which includes Lotus Symphony and access to various cloud-based services. As for the netbook itself, it’s about as basic as you might expect, including the usual 10-inch display, Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, three-cell battery, and a 160GB hard drive (with a few upgrades available). Then again, it is available off-the-shelf for just $190 right now, and IBM and Simmtronics are apparently working with various clients to offer the netbook at “a competitive price” to other countries around the world.
Simmtronics, IBM and Canonical bring $190 Simmbook to emerging markets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Wireless-N shocker! Cisco announces E-Series line of home routers
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Wireless-N shocker! Cisco announces E-Series line of home routers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ford bringing Microsoft Hohm energy management to Focus Electric next year
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Ford bringing Microsoft Hohm energy management to Focus Electric next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rockchip’s prototype RK2808-powered Android smartphone spotted… finally!
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Rockchip’s prototype RK2808-powered Android smartphone spotted… finally! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sprint rolls out new 30 day ‘money back guarantee’ trial, claims it’s not a promo
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Every so often, an American wireless carrier will toss out a no-holds-barred 15 or 30-day money back guarantee, likely initiated to spur customer walk-ins, and in turn, boost the adoption rate. Sprint, however, is sick and tired (but mostly tired) of playing such games, and it has today announced a new “Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money-Back” program that it has no current intentions of ever nixing. We spoke to Sprint this morning regarding the news, and a spokesperson affirmed that it will be in place for the foreseeable future, with no expiration date already dialed up in the background. The new deal (which starts tomorrow, all kidding aside) enables any customer to open up a new line of Sprint service for 30 days; if they aren’t feeling it, they’ll get “reimbursed for the device purchase and activation fee, get the early termination fee waived, get a full refund for service plan monthly recurring charges incurred and get all associated taxes and Sprint surcharges associated with these charges waived.” We’ll confess — that’s pretty darn thorough, but do you seriously expect to return that EVO 4G? No, no you don’t.
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