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By chad, on June 24th, 2010
While Apple fans line up around the world (in a few countries, at least) to get their hands on the new iPhone 4 , there is no better time than now to see how the newest Apple phone stacks up to its latest competition. Although we’ve only had our hands on each phone for a few hours, we’re curious how the iPhone 4 compares with the Motorola Droid X, an Android phone that was just revealed yesterday . We’ve laid out the pertinent specs in the infographic below and both phones look impressive on paper. Only real-world testing will help us figure out which one has the edge. In the meantime, compare the phones using our chart and let us know in the comments which one you’d rather have. More About: android , apple , comparison , data visualization , droid , droid x , infographic , iphone , iphone 4 , Motorola , verizon , verizon wireless For more Mobile coverage: Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Mobile channel Download our free apps for iPhone and iPad
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iPhone 4 vs. Droid X Feature Comparison [INFOGRAPHIC]
By chad, on June 20th, 2010
Click here to see this week’s charts as a slideshow → Or select individually: Hey Google, Better Figure Out Another Business (Other Than Search) Print Misses The Ad Recovery Mobile Search Is Exploding, But Ad Revenue Is Tiny Where Are All The Cable Cord Cutters? Pandora Totally Owns The Internet Radio Market Click here to see this week’s charts as a slideshow → See Also: CHART OF THE DAY: Where Are All The Cable Cord Cutters? CHART OF THE DAY: Pandora Totally Owns The Internet Radio Market CHART OF THE DAY: Mobile Search Is Exploding, But Ad Revenue Is Tiny Hey Google, Better Figure Out Another Business (Other Than Search) Google’s stock has taken a beating this year, falling more than 20% since January. There’s a bunch of small reasons for Google’s stock to be dinged, including the failure of the Nexus One , pulling out of China , and the weaker Euro posing some problems…
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CHARTS OF THE WEEK: Where Are All The Cable Cord Cutters? (CMCSA, GOOG, CVC)
By admin, on June 20th, 2010
“ Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” So began the “letter from the founders” penned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the company’s securities registration form in 2004. Despite ever-increasing commercial success since that date, Brin and Page have kept to their word. Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? And what cool factoids and stats exist from the company’s relatively short past? Here we bring you 10 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life. 1. The First Google Doodle Google’s famous homepage “Doodles” (the changing Google logo graphics) are well known and enjoyed by millions around the world as a way to mark an event or anniversary. But did you know that the very first Google Doodle was designed as a kind of “out of office” message? In 1998 Brin and Page took the weekend off to go the Burning Man festival …
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10 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Google
By admin, on June 18th, 2010
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. Much has been said about Apple’s policy barring iPhone and iPad application donations. The company cannot guarantee donations will be received by said non-profit, and as a result, donations to charities cannot be mentioned in any Apple application description, support materials, or the application itself. Certainly, this impacts the ability of non-profits and cause applications to collect donations. But how much? Before considering that, it’s important to note that the use of mobile applications for social good has increased dramatically. Two good examples are CauseWorld and The Extraordinaries . According to CauseWorld, in the past five months their location-based iPhone and Android apps have been downloaded 550,000 times. Further, it has helped provide 272,000 meals to people in the U.S., plant 74,000 trees, and provide 27 million liters of clean water in developing countries via Children’s Safe Drinking Water . “The Extraordinaries are a …
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How Non-Profits Should Approach Making iPhone Apps
By admin, on June 18th, 2010
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. Much has been said about Apple’s policy barring iPhone and iPad application donations. The company cannot guarantee donations will be received by said non-profit, and as a result, donations to charities cannot be mentioned in any Apple application description, support materials, or the application itself. Certainly, this impacts the ability of non-profits and cause applications to collect donations. But how much? Before considering that, it’s important to note that the use of mobile applications for social good has increased dramatically. Two good examples are CauseWorld and The Extraordinaries . According to CauseWorld, in the past five months their location-based iPhone and Android apps have been downloaded 550,000 times. Further, it has helped provide 272,000 meals to people in the U.S., plant 74,000 trees, and provide 27 million liters of clean water in developing countries via Children’s Safe Drinking Water . “The Extraordinaries are a great example of how to use this type of platform,” said Marnie Webb, Co-CEO of TechSoup Global . “Their basic model…
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How Non-Profits Should Approach Making iPhone Apps
By admin, on June 17th, 2010
An intrepid Android user has found a bug in the HTC Incredible that raises some potential privacy concerns. As BGR reports, the HTC Sense UI takes screenshots of your web browser for its bookmark widget that are not actually deleted from your phone’s internal storage — even after a factory reset. These screenshots are then accessible by anyone who has the know-how to navigate the phone’s internal data structure on his/her desktop. We don’t have an HTC Incredible or DROID Incredible on-hand to test ourselves, but BGR reports that it was able to confirm that these temporary screenshots were not deleted after clearing the browser cache, software resets or even a full factory reset on more than one stock, un-rooted DROID Incredible unit. The problem worsens when you hear about what some of these screenshots contain — it’s more than just news pages or login screens. BGR notes that it was able to find screenshots of Facebook (from when the user was logged in) as well as screenshots that show…
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HTC Incredible Bug Reveals Potential Privacy Nightmare
By chad, on June 17th, 2010
There’s an interesting trend going on in smartphones right now: While Apple’s iPhone — the best designed phone in the world — continues to get slimmer and narrower , some of its rivals in the Google Android camp are getting larger and bulkier. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber pointed this out the other day , and it’s worth asking a few questions: Do people really want a giant, hulking phone in their pocket all day? If so, who? Is the extra screen size worth the size and heft? Didn’t the Hummer go out of style last decade? The new Motorola Droid X is the latest example, with a 4.3-inch screen and a case that makes the phone look GIANT in the Engadget reviewer’s hand . The site’s impression: “We were surprised at how light it felt, though we could really do without the hump on the back. And yes, the large thing fits in a jean pocket, but not without …
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What’s Up With All The GIANT Android Phones? (GOOG, AAPL, MOT)
By chad, on June 17th, 2010
For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable’s 2010 World Cup Hub , which will be updated throughout the games. BlackBerry fans aren’t quite as spoiled for choice as iPhone or Android owners when it comes to apps or the World Cup, but there some football-themed widgets worth a look. Here we offer four great World Cup apps (and one bonus), available direct from the BlackBerry App World store. Check them out and stay up to date with the proceedings in South Africa. The very best part? — they are all free! 1. AP 2010 World Cup Coverage The Associated Press’s mobile offering is actually available across all major mobile platforms, with the BlackBerry version working like a Flash-based microsite. The app is supported by VISA (see the banner across the top?), while the homepage gives you one top news story and what it deems “recent matches.” The fact that this section includes yet-to-be-played matches (with appropriately nil-nil scores) might confuse…
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By chad, on June 17th, 2010
Given the fact that Android 2.1 has been around for half a year , and that Android 1.5 is older than one year, you’d think that most Android phones now sport the latest version of the software. This is now true, but just barely; according to the latest stats from Android Developers , 50% of active devices are now running Android 2.1, while 25% of devices are based on Android 1.6, and 24.6% of devices are still running the ancient Android 1.5. I’m a firm believer that this fragmentation is bad for Android. Engadget has discussed this topic at length , and although I generally agree that version fragmentation won’t be the end of Android, it’s definitely confusing. Developers have to worry about several different versions instead of one, and consumers have to deal with the fact that their brand new Android phone may not be running the latest software (often, it never will) for some weird reason. Furthermore, manufacturers often release a shiny new phone with an old version of …
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Android Still Spread Out Over Three Different Versions
By admin, on June 17th, 2010
For just a few days, you can download Swype for Android . Swype is the virtual keyboard user’s best friend. It eliminates the need to tap out individual letters when sending a message, writing an email or updating a social service. Instead, you let your finger glide smoothly from letter to letter, forming words without your fingertip ever leaving the screen. It’s elegant and also quite fast; one Swype user even broke the Guinness World Record for fastest text messaging, a move that was famously documented in a recent Samsung commercial. To give you an idea of how this amazing app works, here’s the first in an extensive demo/tutorial series: Swype was previously available as a mostly closed beta program. The new version will be available for download for a limited time; we suggest all Android device owners get this app while the gettin’s good. Swype is available now for English, Spanish and Italian with support for more languages coming soon. Limited support for users will be available through Swype’s forums. The software is available for all Android devices that don’t have Swype pre-installed …
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Swype Beta for Android Now Open, But Not for Long
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