T-Mobile G1 will not receive anymore updates

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Early adopters that were brave enough to jump into a completely new platform now face some disappointment. According to Androidandme, Android engineers have stated that the G1 is too limited in space and speed to run Android updates like Donut and Eclair. Of course the disappointment may be relative. Early adopters are named like that for a reason and it will not be long before they've adopted Android's latest and greatest handsets (with according software). Though those who are still tied to a two year contract will pay a little more to have the newest goodies.

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Zune HD available for pre order

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Yesterday Microsoft has announced that the Zune HD is now available for pre order. The product will ship September 15th. The Tegra powered gem will come in a 16 and 32 GB version and sports an OLED screen, WiFi and is capable of 720p playback. I can't wait to try out this little fellow: the first Tegra powered device on the market.

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Mactablet rumors continue: Mactablet due first half of 2010

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A reliable source, 'familiar with the system' has stated that the Mactablet is due in the first half of 2010. This means that Apple most likely will not announce the Mactablet during the supposed Apple event in September. The absence of a Mactablet this year does not mean one cannot expect some interesting things in the near future. Some major tablet announcements are expected during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco in September. Now when can we expect the first Tegra tablets to show up?

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Palm Pre privacy issues

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Software developer Joey Hess discovered that his Palm pre sends information to Palm about his location, application crashes and third party apps, on a daily basis over a secure connection. Palm has released a statement in which they say that users can turn certain features on and off, and that Palm takes privacy very serious.

Joey Hess eventually found a way to turn off the data collection by Palm and Palm commented on the issue that it has no intentions to violate trust. Yeah, surely Palm is not interested in violating trust, after all they did allow the user to turn off data collection, right?

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HTC Hero: Inserting sim and microSD

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In this video I will show you how to insert the SIM and SD card.. it's not as forward as most smartphones, but it's not bad either..

HTC Hero: Headphones

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In this video you will have a quick look at the HTC Hero headphones..

HTC Hero: First boot timing video

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In this video you will see how fast the HTC Hero boots up when turned on for the very first time.