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  • megan fox motoblur / devour super bowl commercial

    only in case some of you missed this hot little number from motorola which featured megan fox in the 3rd quarter of tonight’s super bowl…


    and here are the outtakes from the commercial…

  • nexus one plays flash video in browser with flash lite?

    i’m speechless right now…

    we all knew that the motorola devour was coming equipped with flash lite and the capability to play flash video in a browser, but where did this nexus one flash lite come from?  it’s from a developer who works closely with adobe by porting flash over to android devices.  this is great to see and hopefully just means that we’ll be seeing flash on droid’s in just a short time…

  • SeePU android app – slow running motorola droid?


    been wondering if your droid really is running incredibly slow?  well now you can know for sure with the new app from developer “latedroid.”  with the release of SeePU, you can check the cpu and memory usage on your phone to give you an idea on how efficiently it is running.

    the simple way to explain this app, is to have you enable it and tap on the “CPU/memory” button.  this will give you a 2 sided bar in your notification area with your cpu usage on the left side and your free memory on the other.

    • while your phone is sitting idle, you want the left hand bar to be completely black which would mean your phone is processing nothing 
    • and your right hand bar a full green color meaning you have all memory available.
    • (you want it to look like the picture at the top of this post.)

    now if your phone is constantly showing orange bars, it might be time to dig deeper into your phone’s processes as you may have something in need of a fix.

    download here…

  • google maps 3.4 tutorial – tips and tricks

    when we get major updates like we did with the new version of google maps (3.4.0) for our motorola droid, we make sure to dive in head first to learn just about every tip and trick that the application has to offer and then share those with all of you.

    here is a quick overview of some of the new features and maybe some things you’ve forgotten about that make this app simply awesome…


    anything we forgot? what tricks are you all using? i’m always down to learn new ways to make life easier.

  • verizon and motorola taking over superbowl xliv

    heard of the verizon android market channel?  they are sure doing their best to make sure you know about it, that’s for sure.

    verizon continues its streak of emails to motorola droid users with the following…

    BASKING RIDGE, NJ —Game-winning plays don’t just happen on the field. With applications available in the Android Market™, every fan gets the chance to be a star. Verizon Wireless customers with DROID by Motorola can choose from a variety of sports-themed apps featured in the Verizon Channel in the Android Market to get them in the game for events happening this month.

    This week, customers can check out:

    • NFL Super Bowl Showdown Theme – With the Big Game this weekend, customers can get ready for the showdown between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. Get in the spirit for $3.99 with the only Android theme officially licensed by the National Football League.
    • Vancouver 2010™ – Official Mobile Game – Customers can embrace the spirit of the Vancouver Olympics with this thrilling game packed with five electrifying sport events, including snowboard cross. Customers can play solo or against friends for $5.99.
    • SportyPal – SportyPal is intuitively designed to help customers improve their performance in running, cycling, blading, walking, skiing and other workouts. This free app activates when users begin their exercise and with two clicks will start to log and map position, movement, distance, tempo and calories burned. When finished, performance information will be stored on the mobile device with the option to review or compare it with other exercises or to check workout achievements.
    • Twidroid for Twitter – Customers going to the Big Game can download this app to keep their followers up to date on all of the action. It’s available for free and supports all Twitter features, including tweeting, video posting and photo posting.

    i just took a peak in the market to see how these new apps of theirs are doing, and let’s just say that the email marketing of this verizon channel is not the hottest thing going.  in fact, i’d consider it a complete failure at this point…

    • nfl super bowl show theme has less than 50 downloads and 1 rating. 
    • vancouver olympics has less than 50 downloads and 4 ratings.

    still, the verizon specific channel is always worth checking out especially since they highlight new apps each week that you may not be familiar with.

    and for those catching all of these motorola teaser ads leading up to the super bowl there are rumors of a big celebrity in the works. we’ll have to wait and see. here is the teaser trailer…

  • motorola/verizon document leaked? 2.1 update next week?

    the following document should be taken for what it is:  a random internet pdf that looks like a quickly tossed together powerpoint slide that just about anyone with a cheap photo editing program could have made.  with that said, a handful of people have confirmed that this looks fairly similar to previously leaked documents from verizon.

    you be the judge…

    no date, a half-dozen fonts, random pictures and a couple of company logos in no way legitimizes this document.  is it a leaked spec sheet that will be handed out to verizon salespeople for the coming week or is this from some guy in a basement with way too much time on his hands?

    obviously we’re getting closer to our 2.1 update with the release of google maps 3.4 yesterday and then the news blip from pc magazine on google releasing “android 2.1 – update 1” to all android manufactuers.

    thoughts?

    update 10:32am (2/6):

    i took a quick look over the document last night to see if there were any blatant errors and somehow missed the onboard memory of “250mb” when we all know it has 256mb. cheers @techdave1992 for the catch. fake? more than likely.

    update 11:30am (2/6):

    since we love rumors, we’ll make sure you all saw this comment – “It’s supposed to drop Feb. 10. I was at a Verizon event and was told this by a motorola rep.”

  • google to add multi-touch to more android phones

    on a day filled with multi-touch goodness, we get more multi-touch goodness news!  google is about to release android 2.1 to pretty much every android manufacturer on the planet with the option for multi-touch included. 

    pc magazine almost snuck this one by us…

    Soon, Google will unleash a new Android platform release called “Android 2.1 – Update 1,” which will include the updates for all Android manufacturers, the company said.

    Once Google makes it available, it would be possible for any Android devices that have a touch screen with multitouch capability to offer pinch-to-zoom gestures in the Web browser, maps and gallery applications. That could potentially include every Android phone now available in the U.S. But notice the fine print: Google is releasing this to manufacturers, not directly to users. It will be up to Motorola, Samsung, HTC and the wireless carriers to boil the new software down for their individual phones.

    starting to get restless droid users?  at least positive news like this just keeps flowing into our inboxes by the hour these days.  who knows what monday will bring!

  • motorola milestone hits best buy on february 18th

    the date has been set.  no more speculation needed.  in just a couple of weeks our pals up north can join the party that is droid!  time to head to best buy now and drop a little deposit…

    Pre-order the Motorola Milestone in-store today. Simply put a $50 deposit down in-store and on February 18th you will be the first to own the Smartphone without limits. 

    any guesses on which android os this will launch with?  it better not be 2.1 unless our droids have already been upgraded.