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Bookstore sued over new Android ebook
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US bookstore Barnes & Noble's new ebook reader - the Nook - is under threat after a rival hardware developer claimed that the design was poached. The Nook uses a dual screen approach to ebook display, with the lower half of the device a capacitive LCD using an Android interface and the upper half a 'normal' ebook display. But Spring Design launched a device - the Alex - with a similar layout the day before the Nook - although it has a larger lower screen that sends internet pages up to the e-ink screen for low battery reading. Infringing Spring Design has said that Barnes & Noble's device infringes on its patents, and claims that the two companies were engaged in ...
Google already working on Android 2.1
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Google is reportedly hard at work looking at the next iteration of Android, even before the 2.0 update is released. The new OS was spotted by Android and Me, when the site was looking at which mobile operating systems were being used to check the site. It's not a huge amount (just 0.04% of all Android visits) but if you consider the forthcoming 2.0 update only has 0.24% of all traffic, we can assume that 2.1 is pretty far along. Bugs begone But the word is this isn't going to be the same kind of jump as previous 0.1 updates (unlike the raft of changes in 1.6) merely bug fixes from the big 2.0 update. Word is it will be coming before 2010 hits, so we ...
Sony Ericsson's Kurara to offer HD recording
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The rumoured Sony Ericsson Kurara looks set to debut in 2010 after new photos of the phone leaked onto the internet. Reported two weeks ago, the Kurara will apparently have a similar spec list to that rumoured: 8MP camera and running the Symbian S60 interface. This would position the phone nicely between the Satio and the Aino in the current product list, bringing smartphone capabilities to a more budget handset. Heady HD days Well, perhaps cheaper, as the photos from PhonesDB show the Kurara packing a full HD camera, like that used on the Samsung i8910HD, meaning recording video that won't look totally shocking on a TV screen. Of course, it could just ...
Vodafone 360 line-up swelled by M1 arrival
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The Linux Mobile Foundation has launched the second phone in the Vodafone 360 range, the Samsung M1, to boost the number of handsets supporting the network's new service. It offers the same 3D whizzy Ui as found on its bigger brother, the H1, giving instant access to social networking and messaging options and updates. However, being a more pocket-friendly version (both from a literal and financial perspective) the M1 is a little lighter on specs too. Wider than life It has a 3.2-inch wide QVGA screen, a 3MP camera with digital zoom and 1GB of storage on board, and also comes with GPS packed in too. As a media player it's not too shabby, with all manner of video ...
Orange offers cash for your old gadget junk
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Orange has announced its new Recycle and Reward scheme to help consumers unlock the hidden cash in their ageing, useless gadgets. Orange is claiming that the UK has approximately £450 million worth of unused and decaying mobile phones just sitting around, and wants to help those users make a little money. Similar in style to the likes of Envirofone, with Recycle and Reward consumers can take their old laptops, mobiles and MP3 players to any UK Orange Store, and will receive the money in the form of a cheque in the next week. No more lost photos Those that are part of the Orange's Care program can also get a free Copy and Keep service, where all important media on the device is ...
