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Five key mobile phone trends for 2009 - Jan 19, 2009

Features We look to our crystal ball to see where the cell phone industry is heading this year. Read story »

Panasonic and NEC announce new open source LiMo phones - Aug 12, 2009

Crave Panasonic and NEC announced nine new cell phones on Tuesday that use the open-source, Linux-based mobile operating system called LiMo. As the mobile phone market evolves, software is becoming more crucial ... Read story »

Get turn-by-turn directions with Google Maps Navigation - Oct 29, 2009

Crave Don't try this on game day, but the new Google Maps Navigation application will show you how to take a spin past Boston's Fenway Park. You can almost hear the ... Read story »

Frankencamera is open source, runs on Linux - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Marc Levoy, professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering, said: "The premise of the project is to build a camera that is open source." On his right is graduate student ... Read story »

Popular Mechanics' breakthrough award - Oct 12, 2009

Crave On Thursday, Popular Mechanics magazine will unveil its 2009 Breakthrough awards. Included on the list is a series of innovators, as well as a number of products, including this lawn mower, ... Read story »

It's official: Creative Zii Egg runs on Android - Jul 29, 2009

Crave The Creative Zii Egg in all its Android-loving glory. We knew Creative was up to something when that Zii Egg FCC application flew past us earlier this month, but we ... Read story »

Photos: Popular Mechanics' 2009 Breakthrough Award winners - Oct 16, 2009

Features From wind turbines suitable for the home to bacteria-powered batteries, the magazine's 5th annual awards is chock full of innovations that could change products and technology forever.  Read story »

Android settop box in the works - Apr 14, 2009

Crave Google's Android operating system is about to start showing up in a whole slew of consumer electronic devices other than cell phones, according to recent reports. The Web site Android Guys ... Read story »

Rumor has Android G2 in the works - Dec 22, 2008

Crave HTC G1 On the heels of Google revealing enhancements to its Android mobile platform, rumors are circulating that we may soon be seeing a new Android device. The T-Mobile G2, as ... Read story »

Google's triple threat - Nov 6, 2007

Blogs Just an update on what Google's been up to. You're read this a million times: Incredible company, this! It launched (among other things) three major initiatives in the past couple of ... Read story »

First Android Netbook to cost US$250 - Apr 27, 2009

Crave The first Netbook running Google's Android operating system is expected to be available in the next three months and cost about US$250, according to a Computerworld report. The Alpha 680, as ... Read story »

Report: HP considers Google Android for Netbooks - Apr 1, 2009

Crave Hewlett-Packard is considering using Google's Android operating system on its low-cost Netbooks, an executive at the company told The Wall Street Journal. In a story posted Tuesday, the Journal reported that ... Read story »

Top 10 mobile devices of 2008 - Dec 24, 2008

Features It's the time of the year again where we round up the movers and shakers of 2008. Read story »

Smart phone sales skyrocket - Nov 14, 2007

Crave Smart phone sales are on fire, according to a new report from market research firm In-Stat. In a new report published Tuesday, In-Stat predicted that smart phone sales will grow at ... Read story »

Google's OS dreams calling on Linux - Oct 9, 2007

Features Can Google's application development prowess be transformed into a next-generation mobile operating system? Tom Krazit takes a gander. Read story »

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