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Verizon Announces Motorola Devour

David Wasserman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:24:55 +0000

Verizon Announces Motorola Devour is a post from: Android Phone Geek

Verizon has officially announced the Motorola Devour. This device sports a 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen at 320×480, optical trackpad, Android 1.6 with MotoBLUR, 1400 mAh battery, an 8GB microSD card already onboard. It is basically a baby Droid with Motoblur!

It weighs 5.89 ounces, so it’s lighter than the Motorola Droid’s 6 ounces.

The Devour will be available in March for an as-yet undisclosed price.Â Full press release and another photo after the break.

Press release:

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and LIBERTYVILLE, IL â€” Verizon Wireless and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the availability of Motorola DEVOURâ„¢ in March. Motorola DEVOUR will be the first Verizon Wireless phone to feature MOTOBLURâ„¢, Motorolaâ€™s unique Androidâ„¢-powered content delivery service created to make wireless phones more personal and customizable.

MOTOBLUR is the first solution to sync contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmailâ„¢, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as FacebookÂ®, MySpace and Twitter. With MOTOBLUR, content is automatically delivered to the home screen and fed into easy-to-manage streams.

Key features:

Touch-sensitive navigation pad
3.1â€ capacitive touch screen
Pre-loaded applications such as Gmail, Google Talkâ„¢, YouTubeâ„¢, Google Searchâ„¢ and Google Mapsâ„¢ with Google Maps Navigation.
Android Marketâ„¢ gives users access to more than 20,000 applications.
Happenings Widget â€“ MOTOBLUR automatically pushes status updates, wall posts and photo updates from popular social networking sites to the Happenings Widget on the home screen. Customers can flick through the latest updates and fire back responses using the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.
Universal Inbox â€“ MOTOBLUR gathers texts, social network messages and e-mails into one home screen widget for quick response.
Back-Up and Security â€“ Contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed up automatically on the secure MOTOBLUR portal. The portal also allows customers to use the phoneâ€™s fully integrated aGPS to help locate the phone if misplaced. Remote wipe easily clears information from a lost device.
8 GB microSDâ„¢ card pre-installed
BluetoothÂ® profiles supported: A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP

Service plans:

To get the most from Motorola DEVOUR, customers will need to subscribe to a Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk & Text plan and a Data Package for smartphones. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access, and Nationwide Talk & Text plans begin at $59.99 monthly access. A Data Package for smartphones is $29.99 for unlimited monthly access.

Google Apps on Archos 5 Tablet?

David Wasserman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:16:33 +0000

Google Apps on Archos 5 Tablet? is a post from: Android Phone Geek

The Archos 5 Android Tablet is powered by Android but it doesn’t come with any Google Apps installed. Luckily for Archos 5 owners, hackers have discovered a way to make those Google Apps available for download. Applications like Gmail, Google Talk, Google Maps and Android Market can now be downloaded on your Archos 5 Tablet. Keep in mind, they may not be 100% fully compatible but pretty darn close!

To download Google Apps on your Archos 5, click here for the instructions.

[Via jkkmobile]

GTalk Status Icons When Using Android

David Wasserman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:56:04 +0000

GTalk Status Icons When Using Android is a post from: Android Phone Geek

If you want to see which of your friends are currently using their Android device, Chad Y developed a nice little tool. Now you will know if someone is chatting from their phone instead of a keyboard. Just login to Gmail and enable the feature under Labs.

Turn on Green Robot, a new experiment in Gmail Labs, and you’ll see a robot icon next to people who are currently using Android phones. In the case below, Shirley is online with Android, Nicolle R. is using regular Gmail chat, and Chris I. is currently away but also on Android. Slatka is not an angry robot â€” she’s online with Android but currently busy.

Also, just so you know, and Android icon is included in the native Google Talk client for Android.

[Via Gmail Blog]