The HTC Merge looks like quite the Sense UI slider, with Android 2.2, the same 800 MHz processor in the G2, 5 megapixel camera, and 3.7-inch screen. It appeared on Verizon for a short period of time, and got taken down, but since it did make it there, then it’s launching soon. Pretty device, isn’t it?
Via: AndroidCentral
Apparently Twitter has gone out of their way tonight (that start is just not well-written) and released the “Who To Follow” page to the public. The URL is accessible to any Twitter user, but only a few thousand as it seems get access to the tab, which either has the name of “People”, “Who To Follow”, or “Directory”; the latter is what I see in my account @stefanetienne.
The main purpose it seems of this new trick up Twitter’s wing is to find users that you want to follow, calculated by the tweets you publish, for example tweets I’ve made about gaming have directed me to companies like Bungie and Machinima commentators like MuzzaFuzza, as well as the users that you follow and follow you.
Although most of these tools had already existed in past forms, this particular incarnation is different from all the others, because it completes the new site design and integrates deeply with one thing: getting you to be more active on the site by finding more accounts that are related to your interests.
But it’s a great idea.
Hopefully, this is the final Gold Master version of iOS 4.2.1, which should be inbound to iPhones, iPads, and iPods soon enough. Reported fixes is the final clamp on that Wi-Fi bug and a few other improvements for members of the Apple Dev Center. If you know a dev, ask him/her for iOS 4.2.1. If you don’t know anyone, then try not to get it off BitTorrent or something and wait for the release.
Like you’d ever listen to that.
Via: Apple
How can you make $650 million in five days? Well, you can be publisher Activision and developer Treyarch, and produce Call Of Duty: Black Ops. It was a mega hit among gamers, that’s all that has to be said. Via: Activision
Please approach this articles with precision. That means, if you’re an Apple investor, tear your hair out and stare at your multiple monitors with disbelief, and if you’re a regular reader, well, enjoy.
Apparently in an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf (pretty cool, huh?), Steve Number 2 says that Android phones, with the ”more features,” than the iPhone, will be like the PC has been to the Mac: absolutely squishy, you got pwned, you have little market share, etc. While talking about the iPhone however, Woz claimed that the iPhone “has very few weak points,” and that there “aren’t any real complaints and problems,” but still, it would be the more user appeal in the long run that would lure users to the Android side. The Dark Side, if you will.
Oh, and as for Nokia, Woz has this to say: a “brand from a previous generation.” Zing!
Via: De Telegraaf, Engadget
Update: And Nilay Patel, whom I’ve meet at a press event earlier this month, got an interview scored with Steve Woz, and Woz states that he was misquoted. *_*
If you have a SIM card and $450, along with some reason to infinitely love HP webOS 2.0 and the Palm Pre 2, then HP is selling an unlocked version of the handset for $450, starting today, and shipping in 24 hours. Oh, and as a refresher of the specs for you, here ya go: 1 GHz processor, 3.1-inch multi-touch display with 320 x 480 resolution (meh), Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth, GPS, 16GB of on-board storage, and a 5 megapixel camera. Via: HP
It’s about time. The famous Google Docs never, ever had a mobile editor, which severely pissed off many users, including myself. Turns out today people can quit their whining and experience basic (yet the best essentials) of online Google docs editing on iOS 3.0+ (including iPad) and Android 2.2+ mobile devices. A special feature for Android users is the speech-to-text feature first built into 2.1 Eclair (yet not supported on 2.1. Weird, right?), which let’s you jam out GDocs with your voice. According to the Google Mobile Blog, the editor will roll out in the next few days.
How cool is that? While you GT5 fans wait in agony until November 24th (like uh, me.), some lucky dude has a brand-new copy of GT5 (looks like the European version), and unboxes it on camera above.
So this is relatively interesting, as it’s the regional carrier’s fourth Android smartphone. The LG Apex has a 3.2-inch screen, a slide-out QWERTY with Android 2.1, and is $79.99 after an $80 mail-in rebate and will be available Nov. 19 at only U.S Cellular. Then again, Android 2.1 is getting rather dated, isn’t it? Press release after the jump!
I’m distraught. I’ve paid the full $29.99 for Bad Company 2 a few months ago on Steam, went up to Rank 33 Lieutenant with all unlocked weapons, and now Amazon is selling the same digital copy of the game — for $13. Woe is me! That only means you can profit, right? If you can’t afford Black Ops, or MW2 (both the same crazy $60), then spring for Bad Company 2. It was one of this year’s hottest games, wasn’t it? Via: Amazon
Have you ever experienced a 3D TV like you get at the cinema? Lightweight glasses, cool effects and a great picture experience? LG 3D televisions bring it right into your home.