Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile 
The Motorola Charm is the bronze finish has made its way to the Best Buy online website. Unfortunately, the product listing does not confirm a release date or exact pricing, instead, it confirms either the unlocked price or a placeholder. In any event, the Motorola Charm features a $249 price tag, but that will change to reflect contract pricing in the coming days and weeks. Since the canybar Android phone is already teased on Best Buy, hopefully we will see official pricing and availability soon enough. Check it out [Best Buy] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Mobile Computers 
Windows 7 has been criticized by just about every gadget fan out there that it can not and should not be put on a tablet device. But now a new video comparing the iPad to a Windows 7 run tablet (not sure which one it is), allows you to be the judge.
 I don’t know about you, but my opinion has changed about Windows 7 and tablets. In the video the Win7 tablet stuck with or even beat the iPad in most speed tests. Plus it had usb ports, a camera, and a mouse trackpad. The only trade-off I can see is lack of games (although you can play endless flash games on Windows) and a bit more thickness on the Windows tablet. What do you think? Read [Redmond Pie] Full Story » | Written by Hunter Clarke for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, VoIP, Computers, Wireless  USA. USA. We’re number one! According to Pyramid Research, USA will continue to lead the world in mobile subscriptions over the next 5 years, staying ahead of China and Japan. The study points out that smartphone adoption will continue at high rates and even when saturated, connected devices will continue to spur demand. The study also shows revenue from mobile subscriptions will overtake all fixed-line services by 2015.
“We believe embedded 3G, WiMax, and LTE devices, including M2M communications, e-readers, and telematics, will continue to drive adoption after the market exceeds 100 percent penetration,” says Ozgur Aytar, Research Director at Pyramid Research. “All of the major broadband service providers already, or are beginning to, provide service bundles that integrate mobile broadband services, a key area of differentiation. By 2015, we expect mobile services to overtake fixed in terms of revenue.” Translation: we’re putting radios in everything. Your fridge will Tweet when your out of milk. Your car will text you when your daughter drives over 56 mph. Your books will email you when they are due back at the library. Useful applications go on and on. I can’t wait to live in the future! What’s more, Pyramid suggests broadband services will overtake voice lines in 2011 as the primary means of communication. Read: [Pyramid Research] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Peripherals, Storage External storage options are fairly standard these days, after all, there are numerous available options to choose from. Well, thanks to Asus we now have one more option to consider when looking for a USB hard drive. Their latest comes in the form of an Eee branded USB hard drive. The drive come packing a slightly smaller 30GB of storage space with a USB connection cable attached and mounted on the back, but more interestingly is that it is in the form of a 1.8 inch drive. So while it may only contain 30GB of storage space, at least it is doing so with a small overall size. The other perk is the price—roughly $31. Of course, that price is based somewhat on the current exchange rate, and that means as of now we have not heard anything in terms of a US release date. Read [Netbook News] Via [Liliputing] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Security, Features  Researchers from AVG took a look inside a mini-Zeus botnet called Mumba and found it was storing 60GB of stolen information. This information included bank account numbers, credit card numbers, log on credentials for social networking sites, even emails.
blockquote>"Detected by AVG security products, the "Mumba" botnet was found to be using four different variations of the latest version of the Zeus malware to steal data from compromised machines. Zeus version 2.0.4.2 now supports the latest Microsoft operating system – Windows 7, and is able to steal HTTP traffic data from the Mozilla Firefox browser.” The cybercrime gang the Avalanche Group is believed to be behind the botnet and have been aided in their crime operations by cybercrime friendly ISP TROYAK-AS, which enjoys it’s underground rep and protects the hackers and spammers that use their service. They ignore take down requests and have stubbornly resisted being shut down even when their upstream providers shut them down. They simply bounce back and find a new provider. Mumba is believed to be the first in a wave of new mini-botnets created by the “DIY” Zeus crimeware kit, Botnet herders are starting to view huge botnets as security threats and turning to what they believe are safer mini-botnets that will be harder to detect and reverse engineer. Read [ZDNet] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile In addition to the BlackBerry Curve 3G that we mentioned earlier in the day, Rogers has also added the Android based Motorola Flipout to the available lineup. The Flipout comes sporting Android 2.1 with Motoblur and a $29.99 price tag. Of course, that low price means a three year agreement. Otherwise, the flat out full price is a much higher $374.99. In terms of features, the Motorola Flipout has a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 5-row QWERTY keyboard, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3 megapixel camera and 3.5mm headphone jack. It may also be worth noting that (at least as of now) the Flipout is listed as a Rogers Exclusive. Read [Rogers] Via [unwired view] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Web, Google  Google has announced that starting September 14th, it will allow European markets to bid on brand names as keywords, something it already allows North America, Ireland, and the UK to do. This will allow advertisers to have their ads show up when users search for names such as Nike, Louis Vuitton, Coach, Apple, and other well known brands. Many brand owners tried to block the move, saying it would sellers of fake designer goods to have their ads show up along side results for the real thing, confusing buyers.The European Court of Justice ruled in favor of Google however, saying it had done its part to protect trademarks by allowing brand owners to bid for keywords belonging to third party trademarks. Google says it is committed to fighting counterfeiters and will remove ads for fake designer goods and ban the companies selling them from the AdWords program.
Read[New York Times] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile It looks like Rogers has quietly added the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 to the available device lineup. The Curve 9300 is priced at $79.99 which comes with a three year agreement, or $399.99 to go contract free. In terms of specs and features, the Curve 9300 comes touting goodies such as 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, optical trackpad, 2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot and a 2.4 inch display with a 320 x 240 pixel resolution. Read [Rogers] Via [unwired view] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile  While meeting with a few journalists at the Techonomy conference, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, announced Google is activating 200,000 Android smartphones a day. You may remember back in June, right before the Droid X press conference, Schmidt announced Google activated 160,000 phones a day. Only a month later, that figure has risen to 200,000, certainly a nice benchmark for the popular mobile OS. The Motorola Droid X is a notable contributor to increased Android activations, while the Samsung Galaxy S being available on all four carriers will certainly aid that figure as well.
Interestingly, a reporter asked whether or not the Android project was a worthwhile venture for Google, but Schmidt coolly responded in terms of search revenue: Trust me that revenue is large enough to pay for all of the Android activities and a whole bunch more."
Overall, there doesn’t seem to be a slowing down of Android activations, especially considering every month some big phone launches. It will be interesting to see how the number of activations has grown in the following months. Read [TechCrunch] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Wireless  For those of you in New York City, using a car service is about to get a lot more interesting. Venture capitalist Alex Mashinsky is outfitting 1,000 livery cars with free Wi-Fi. (For those not in NYC, a livery car/car service is different from a cab/taxi. Livery cars aren’t allowed to pick up people who hail them from the curb-you have to call them and request a pickup) The service will be available to passengers and anyone hanging around within 4 feet of the car. LimoRes Car & Limo Service, UTOG Corporate Car Service and Velocity Limo will be the first to get Wi-Fi but Mashinsky hopes to eventually get all livery cars in the city connected. His vision is for them to become roving hotspots and blanket the city with Wi-Fi. Of course he is a venture capitalist so his project probably isn’t completely altruistic. It’ll be interesting to see how he plans to profit from his project!
Read [Mashable] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile  Google recently ended all sales of the Google Nexus One, meaning the average consumer would be hard pressed to find an unlocked Nexus One device for sale. At the time, however, Google announced it would continue to sell Nexus One’s to registered developers, so developers needing a clean Android device could opt in purchasing the Nexus One.
As of today, Google is going to begin shipping Nexus One devices to registered developers. Simply log-into your Android Developer account and click on the Development Phones link. Keep in mind the cost of the unlocked phone is $529. The N1 will ship with Android 2.1, but upon turning on the phone, users will be prompted to download Android 2.2. Read [Android Developers] Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile We are still a few days away from the release of the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant with Bell, however they have officially unveiled the pricing. In short, the Vibrant will be $149.95 on a three-year agreement or $499.95 for those looking to go contract free. Otherwise, it is expected that Bell will have the Galaxy S Vibrant up for sale both online and in-store) on August 6th. Read [Bell] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Surprise, surprise, here we have some more leaks that involve the yet-to-be-announced Droid 2. This time the information is coming by way of a flyer and it is once again mentioning Android 2.2. Yes, I think most know that the Droid 2 will ship with Froyo. But hey, at least we have learned that the web browsing will be “40% faster than the original Droid by Motorola.” Well, that and that the Droid 2 has “efficient communication” and “advanced social skills.” Granted, we also knew those last two, but somehow it sounds funny to think your smartphone is advanced in terms of social skills. Via [Engadget] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Computers, Software / Applications, Web, Web Apps The Jolicloud team has announced both that they have finished the Jolicloud 1.0 roll-out for existing users as well as that it is also available for any and all to download. “The Jolicloud 1.0 ISO and Windows Installer are now available!”
And as an early user, my Jolicloud 1.0 roll-out came last week sometime. Given that I can say a few things but first and foremost—it is a great netbook operating system. In short, it is fast. Granted that is because most everything is a web app of some sort. But that comes with some perks such as being able to backup your installation to the cloud and also install/uninstall apps by logging into your Jolicloud account from any computer. Bottom line—Jolicloud 1.0 is a bunch of cloud and HTML5 goodness for your netbook. That said, if you are tired of Windows slowing down your netbook, you may want to give Jolicloud a shot. Download [Jolicloud] Via [Twitter @jolicloud] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile  It has been a little while since we last heard mention of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. In fact, it has been since June when the handset was revealed by way of an FCC listing. Unfortunately we are not yet getting an official product release announcement, though we are expecting it to come available with AT&T here in the US. Otherwise, the good news today comes in the form of a product listing page which has just recently been added to the Sony Ericsson website—and that means a good look at the phone and the specs. To recap the features, the Vivaz will come equipped with a 3.2 inch 360 x 640 resistive touchscreen display, 720MHz processor with PowerVR SGX graphics chip, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, GPS, 8 megapixel camera with 720p video recording, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack, 8GB internal storage and FM radio. And last but not least, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is running Symbian^1 (S60 5th Edition). With that, hit the read link below to check out some more images of the Vivaz. Read [Sony Ericsson] Via [unwired view] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Web, Google So what’s the latest from Gmail these days? Apparently, we are now able to drag and drop files that are sent via email to anywhere on your computer. This will save you an entire 3.7 seconds but hey, whatever is faster right? Say for example that you wanted to copy an attachment to your desktop that you just received via email. Well my cheerful friends, if you are using Google Chrome, this far out fantasy is now a reality as you can now directly save files to your desktop. Notice how in this picture, you can see how Google (the predator) is taking steps to take out Microsoft Office (the prey). This is yet another stride in an attempt to make Microsoft Word obsolete. And what better way to do that than by showing companies and businesses everywhere that they no longer need to purchase a copy of Office to open files. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that this means some big savings (considering that Office 2010 Home and Business retails for $279). I can’t honestly seeing too many businesses purchasing a copy of Office 2010 for any logical reason. Can you? Read [Gmail Blog] Full Story » | Written by Tarun Kunwar for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile Sprint has not yet offered up anything official in terms of a release date for the Epic 4G (aka Galaxy S Phone), however it looks like that announcement may be getting closer. Well, that is assuming the teasing on the Samsung Mobile Facebook page actually has a point. As you can see from the text in the above image, Sprint has some exciting news to announce, and it is “coming soon.” Of course, we can tell that it has everything to do with the Epic 4G from the end portion of the bit.ly URL. Otherwise, we are left waiting and hoping to see that 4 inch Super AMOLED display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 1Ghz Hummingbird processor and Android 2.1 having smartphone come available soon. Read [Facebook] Via [Phandroid] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 Section: Web, Web Apps, Google Last year when Google Wave was announced, we were all very, very excited. Maybe we didn’t understand everything about how to use the service, but damn we all wanted to try it. It had the potential to change the way we collaborate on projects, or just replace email if we were to believe Google. Yeah, that didn’t seem to last very long once we got out invites and a chance to try it out. Fast forward to today, and the service isn’t getting nearly as much use as we thought we’d use it, or as Google thought, apparently. Google has announced that it will cease further development on Google Wave. The code from Google Wave will be implemented into other Google products. Some of it, like drag-and-drop has already been implemented into Gmail, and live-typing is now in Google Docs. Google is also working on a way to take your content out of Google Wave so the content isn’t lost in the service. The death of Wave doesn’t come as too much of a surprise, since the excitement over it waned after invites were received. People were begging and begging for invites, but ended most apparently ended up never using it very much. Surely there’s some people out there who have integrated Wave into their lives and/or workflow, but for most of us, it was just a cool web app that didn’t seem to have much practical use. Or maybe we were all just too confused by it, as was evident by all the “How To Use Wave” articles that came out around the same time. Perhaps Wave was just a bit ahead of it’s time. Read [Official Google Blog] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
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