Archive for May 19th, 2010

Or maybe US Cellular’s Samsung Acclaim actually looks like this

Funny story: we were sent the same US Cellular slide deck by a number of folks last week that clearly showed an Android-powered Samsung handset alongside the HTC Desire for a near-term launch — we posted the shot of it right out of the deck, assuming it was the Acclaim’s final ID. Turns out that might not be the case, though, because there’s apparently an Acclaim hanging out at Google’s IO conference this week… and it looks precisely nothing like the device we’d seen. At this point, we don’t know if the other image is of a canned device, another phone that’s set to launch on US Cellular, or just a prior iteration of the Acclaim, but at any rate, it appears that the phone customers will be getting is far more rounded, glossy, and just a touch more chromey than we’d anticipated.

[Thanks, BigE]

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Google announces Latitude API for mobile developers

Today Google announced a new Latitude API for developers that allows them to use Latitude locations inside their applications. Some ideas Google has in mind include thermostats that turn on or off depending on how close you are to home, traffic alerts based on your location, credit card alerts that let you know of fraud if your card is used far away, and photo albums that show your photos on top of the locations you took them. The API is available at code.google.com/apis/latitude and is free.

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Mobile TV takes another blow, with Spain dropping plans for adoption

Oh, mobile TV, you really are taking a beating, aren’t you? Despite hopes and promises over the last few years, nothing has really come of it but failures.

And now, Spain has abandoned plans to bring the DVB-H terrestrial mobile TV service to its citizens.

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iPhone Importance to Apple Revealed in Revenue Pie Chart

If you were wondering what Apple would do without the iPhone, here’s the answer, through a revenue pie chart shown below. Notice the 40% slice associated with the famous handset, that’s an important cash cow for the Cupertino giant.

We’re curious how this graph will look in a year or two, when the iPad will start [...]

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Meet Gink: A Social Network With Blorkiffability [Humor]

Tired/scared of Facebook? No worries, guys: Gink is the next big social network, and it’s got all the Gorks and Quimbles you’ve ever wanted. Welcome back, Derrick! You were missed. [Derrick Comedy via Laughing Squid] More »

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