Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile One of the reasons why I love the Internet is because I can see and watch things that I would like to do, but would never imagine actually doing myself. You know, things like blending your gadgets, or taking them apart—or putting them through tests to see how durable they actually are. With that, we have a video of an HTC EVO 4G being scratch tested, well more specifically the display being scratch tested. Some of the tools used in the test included a penny, set of keys and even a razor blade. And not to give a total spoiler, but lets just say that the EVO 4G came out as a winner. Still, if you like to see people trying to damage expensive phones then the video is still worth a watch. Plus, its short at only 2:46. Watch [YouTube] Via [Android Central]  Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile The HTC Legend was one of the more exciting Android phones to come out of Mobile World Congress this year and in a little bit of good news for those in Canada—its now available with Virgin Mobile. In terms of pricing, expect to pay $79.99 on a three-year agreement or $349.99 to go contract free. Feature wise, the Legend is touting Android 2.1 along with an AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD card slot and the complete range of Google goodies including Maps Navigation, Maps, Gmail, Google Talk and the Android Market. Product [Virgin Mobile] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Web, Google  Despite what many believe, Google says it didn’t shut down it’s homepage background experiment because of user complaints. According to Google Search VP Marissa Mayer, a software bug was to blame.
“We had planned to run an explanation of the showcase alongside it, in the form of a link on our home page,” Mayer explains. “Due to a bug, the explanatory link did not appear for most users. As a result, many people thought we had permanently changed our home page.”
Would the explanatory link have made a difference in user reaction? Probably. Most of the uproar was probably sparked because people didn’t understand what was going on, but I honestly don’t understand why it sparked such hostility and rage. I actually liked the images. Sure, some of them were a bit busy but there were plenty of image choices provided (even plain white!) to suit every taste. Besides, how many of us spend hours on the Google homepage? Seriously, if seeing a background image on the Google homepage enrages you, something’s wrong. Don’t sweat the small stuff! Read [PCWorld] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Video, DVD/DVR/Blu-ray Back when the Boxee Box was announced, there seemed to always be a summer 2010 launch window, Boxee itself said it wanted to ship the box in Q2. That would have been just about now. Unfortunately, it looks like that isn’t happening, as Boxee has said that a Q2 launch “proved overly ambitious.” It turns out that now the Boxee Box will be coming to the US and Canada in November, just in time for the holidays. The D-Link-made Box itself will stay the same as we saw back at CES, it looks as if the software could be the issue. It will include Flash 10.1 support, which was just announced, which could possibly lead to some of the delay. The goal to show everything local and remote at full 1080p is an ambitious enough goal itself. The November release date is depressing, but we’ve already been waiting months for the box. I’ve been anxious to try use the box more since playing with it at CES. Another five months isn’t too bad. This could leave more time for Boxee to get some more partners for their payment service, which would provide even more content. What the announcement doesn’t cover is when the separately sold Boxee Remote. That presumably wouldn’t run into so many issues, and could help keep some people happy. Or it could be used with a Mac mini or HTPC running Boxee so we can have our own Boxee Boxes before the official one is released. Of course, they won’t have the interesting design. Read [Boxee] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile A few more images of the Motorola Droid X have recently hit the web, and this time one thing is certain—Mr. Blurrycam was not responsible for these. To begin with there are more than a handful available to look at, however there are also some specs that came along with. First things first though, the Droid X was described as being “SOLID” in terms of build with a screen that is “awesome.” In terms of the specs, those look to be a 4.3 inch display, with HDMI out, Android 2.1 and a new version of MOTOBLUR. As for the processor powering the device, that is still unconfirmed however it was noted as being a 750MHz TI OMAP3630 processor. In addition there is a set of four hardware navigation keys, which some may find much nicer as compared to the capacitive soft keys typically found on Android phones. Anyway, while we wait for something official from Verizon, hit the ‘via’ link below to check out more of the images… Via [Gadget University] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Web, Web 2.0 / Social Networking  Facebook’s new like feature has already been taken advantage of by scammers who are using it to pump out like spam. Users who click like on their fake groups or sites such as “I am sad, please LIKE me to cheer me up” found themselves sent to portals with names like FBlike, Img-Mee, and LikePortal. These sites use Facebook’s like API for one reason only-to get people to click on ads. Some of them are misleading and trick people into signing up for expensive subscriptions. For example one ad pretends to be a quiz about iPads and at the end presents an “entry form” for a contest. One of the things it asks for is a cell phone number. Those who were foolish enough to hand it over got themselves signed up to a useless service called PrizeKing.com and charged anywhere from $7 to $20 a month. The scammers behind the site pocket a cool $10 affiliate fee for every person they trick into signing up.
If that wasn’t enough, scammers also user the the API to “clickjack” accounts. In that case clicking like sends the user to a malicious site that pushes malware to the their computer. Facebook hasn’t had any comment on either scam but it has been disabling the like button when it’s been reported to lead to a scammy site. Read [PCWorld] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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