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Google offers template, UI library for creating websites that look great on Google TV

Google offers template, UI library for creating websites that look great on Google TV In a bid to make we design for Google TV simpler, more uniform, and friendlier, Google announced today the availability of four new design templates; two based on Flash, and two that utilize open source technologies alone. The templates themselves are licensed under Apache 2, and can be modified and used accordingly. The result is a sort of turn-key web interface... Read more »

Motorola Atrix and HTC Inspire 4G Mobile Minute

Screen shot 2011-02-04 at 2.48.15 PM Every now and again, AT&T will post a video to their ShareATT account called Mobile Minute. The videos are all in the same format: One device lands one minute of face-time in order to promote said device. In the most recent additions to the Mobile Minute series, we get to take a solid look at the Motorola Atrix 4G and the HTC Inspire 4G. There really isn't anything... Read more »

Winamp for Android promo spot

Screen shot 2011-02-03 at 4.32.17 PM Admit it:You are liking music and you are liking phone, but music is NOT of play! But not to worry, Winamp for Android, represented by an Andy/llama hybrid, is here to save the day. And there's really nothing else to be learned from this Android Market promo video for the Android-friendly version of what is arguably the most well-known desktop music player,... Read more »

Video: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play commercial

Screen shot 2011-02-03 at 12.14.12 PM Sony Ericsson's R&D, marketing, physical product design, and software polish hardly equate with a back alley hack job (this is the last time I'll mention the X10 launch in such an unfavorable way) but that's exactly the imagery the company has chosen for promoting their PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play. Forget the the early 30s, former super model, Harvard... Read more »

HTC Thunderbolt in stock at Best Buy on February 14th

HTC Thunderbolt in stock at Best Buy on February 14th If Android Central is correct in matching up identifying numbers from an unboxing video with those in the image above, Best Buy will have Verizon's HTC Thunderbolt in stock on February 14th. This is the first indication we've had regarding retail availability of the handset since its unveiling at CES, and pricing is still unknown. Droid-Life has discovered an... Read more »

Share Android screencasts with ShootMe

Share Android screencasts with ShootMe Ever want to show off the more impressive elements of your customized Android interface with your iPhone-toting friends...while they're at home in bed? Maybe your buddy across the world wants to know how you cleared the last level of that insanely difficult puzzle game. Maybe you need a visual way to teach your mom to set up her secondary email on the new Android... Read more »

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc camera demoed on video

sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-gagadget Sony Ericsson's Arc is, without a doubt, one sexy piece of gear. Those curved lines, the thin body, SE's custom UX, an 800 X 480 display; all of this adds up to a device that fulfills Sony Ericsson's reptation for beautiful design. With decent specs (including the possibility of mega-multitouch) and the latest version of Android on board, Sony Ericsson appears to... Read more »

Video: Optimus 2X benchmarked

lg-optimus-2x-slant With the LG Optmius 2X being hailed as the world's first NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core smartphone, everyone is eager to see how well the device can really stack up against the competition. Thanks to the folks at Techblog.gr, we get to take a solid look at some Quadrant scores from what looks to be a finished product. As of right now, Quadrant is the best way we have to... Read more »

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play video: are there hints within?

playstation-phone-sony-490x423 Rob Jackson from Phandroid discovered this video, which shows of Sony Ericsson's upcoming PlayStation device, the Xperia Play, in the YouTube channel of a company called Interactive Game Studios. The about us page from IGS' website indicates that the comprising members are approved Intel, WebOS, iPhone, and Sprint developers. Because Android is missing from the... Read more »

Google drops H.264 video support in Chrome, goes open

Google drops H.264 video support in Chrome, goes open Google announced via their Chromium Blog today that the Chrome browser will soon stop supporting the H.264 video codec in favor of open solutions. As a result, some websites will need to be updated for Chrome compatibility. Specifically, the < video > tag support in Chrome for HTML5 will work with the video codecs WebM (VP8) and Theora. Google also said they are... Read more »