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There Can Only Be One: Part Duex

8:40AM John Herrman | App developers have it hard enough on the iPhone; on Android, they’ve got to keep prices just as low, and sell to a much smaller audience. So how are some of them coping? By packing up and leaving, like Gameloft. More »
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 To Cost $US880? What The?

12:13AM Danny Allen | Yesterday we lamented that the Android-powered X10 lacks a certain je ne sais quoi, despite its beautiful 4-inch display, Nexus UI and 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Now more bad news: The NYTimes reports it’ll cost about 6000 Swedish kronor ($US880/$AU940) off-contract. More »
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HTC Hero: Unlocked At Harvey Norman For $799

9:47AM Nick Broughall | Yesterday afternoon, the folks at HTC finally announced the Aussie release of the HTC Hero and HTC Tattoo. The good news? They’re being sold unlocked through Harvey Norman for $799 and $599 respectively. The bad news? That means you’ll have to find your own contract with a data plan, which isn’t necessarily the easiest thing in the world. More »
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Hands On: Why Aren’t My Pants On Fire?

8:40AM Matt Buchanan | I’ve been wondering why there hasn’t been drooling, crazy-eyed hype for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10, which sounds like a wet dream on paper: Android, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, awesome 8-megapixel camera, massive 800×480 and a very pretty interface. I know now. More »
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Sony Ericsson’s Custom Android Interface Is Called Nexus

5:03AM Matt Buchanan | Sony Ericsson’s custom interface for Android on the X10 — and other OSes, like Symbian and Windows Mobile in time — is going to be called Nexus. Like other custom UIs du jour, it’ll integrate a bunch of services, like for social networking. More »
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The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon

7:13PM Dan Nosowitz | TechCrunch is hearing some veeeeeery interesting rumours about a true Google Phone: Not just an Android device, but a phone designed top-to-bottom by Google to fulfil their dream of exactly what Android can be. It’s a resilient rumour. More »
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Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie: Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special

11:42AM Rosa Golijan | Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie was discussing smartphones at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference earlier. Apparently, we just don’t get what’s important and what’s not in the smartphone battle, because according to him, apps don’t matter one bit. More »
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Samsung Behold II Non-Review: Oh God, The Ugly

9:40AM Matt Buchanan | Samsung’s Behold II is the most impressively ugly Android phone in existence. The custom interface is so bad, so gaudy and so confusing it turned my brains into ooze. More »
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iPhone Apps Have To Be Approved By Robots Now, Too

7:41AM John Herrman | Sounds sinister, right? That’s probably because I replaced the word “computers” with “robots”! For effect! But no, still, this is at least interesting: Developers are now reporting that apps are getting rejected, and not by humans. More »