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We are sure many of you recent adopters of the Motorola XT720 milestone in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will disturb if according to the Motorola software upgrade chart, this device on Android 2. 1.

In the past has worked with Motorola complain if you want to see Android 2.2 and we certainly are able to figure out where to go to do. we do not understand why the manufacturers a device with an operating system that they don't ever plan on updating would deliver.
The Motorola Milestone XT720 ships with Android 2.1 so how hard is it to update at least once? someone can explain why this is happening, please let us know how you really feel about Motorola in the comments below.
Via: Motorola

The ICAN! 10 is amping of the contest a bit in the Android Tablet PC market. Pulling in a full 10 screen and support for full 1080p definitely makes this a nice sounding device. Take a look at some of the other specs.

These specs do look very tempting. I like the fact that they point out what costs more or is not supported on an iPad. I also like the double SD card support.  Not only do you get 16 gigs internal but there is support for up to another 64 gig external. That really makes want to add that HD movies to take with you really easy. 10 tablet can be picked up on their website here for $ 499.99.
They also offer a 7? tablet for only $ 399. 99. these prices are quite reasonable. Considering you can pick up a Galaxy tab on contract for $ 399.99. I would almost prefer to get one of these for the same price and not have to deal with Carrier restrictions or contracts.Not to mention the extra features.
Anyone out there looking for an alternative to a contracted tablet? this could be the ticket.
VIA: ican.us.com

If you are looking to get some errands to do during the holidays or for yourself or someone you know with a droid series device, Verizon is offering the Essentials Pack for those devices with a few goodies prices are very good compared with them separately.
As shown in the picture above you can see, the droid-Life gotten their hands on the Motorola droid X Essentials Pack which is priced at $ 100 and includes the following:
HDMI multimedia dockCar mountwall chargerVehicle charge rEx tra HDMI cable
Also available is the Motorola droid 2 Essentials Pack for $ 79 which features:
Multimedia dockCar mountWall chargerVehicle chargerStereo headset
If you check out the Verizon Essential packages available, click below:
This is the accessories deal that you waiting for?
Via: Droid-Life

(Credit: Asiajin)
Looks like Tokyo's Cafe convenience, which is an iPad for use on each table provides, has some competition. Bar Android (Facebook page in Japanese) has just set up shop as what seems to be the first Android-themed watering hole in Tokyo.Shibuya, a few train stops from Cafe convenience, is the only pub in strange open on Monday from 7 pm to 11: 30 pmMaar that Japan is for you.
So if you're in that part of town, check it out. here you will find gingerbread cookies, maybe even frozen yogurt, éclairs and donuts on the menu, with drinks and snacks in a reasonable 500 yen ($ 6) and meals go for 1000 yen ($ 12).Although or small green androids to eating, well, let us know.
In addition to hanging out with other Android fans, patrons can load their Android phones and chill out playing Angry birds on their devices. Fortunately, rumor has it the bar also welcomes non-Android users.
(Source: Crave Asia via Asiajin)

On the Acer global press event in the Big Apple unveiled a 4.8-inch Acer smartphone with the screen resolution of 1024 × 480. This 4.8-inch beast has yet to receive a cool name, but we are confident that you are interested in a little more specs of this device, right?
Known properties of the 4.8-inch Acer smartphone include:
1.3 megapixel front-facing camera8 megapixel rear camera (with led Flash) 720 p video recordingsix axis gyroscopLED perimeter lighting
Acer is keeping their lips sealed as what Android OS will run on this beast of 4.8-inch, and they are not releasing any price details, but we have to see this tablet/phone hit shelves in april 2011. Check out some more photos of this device below.

Anyone who is interested in this bad boy?
Via: Engadget

If you aren't one of the 1 million plus users of Skyfire, you can start the search in this browser as Skyfire has just announced version 3. 0 set to many new features including Facebook Connect.

Check out the video below to see this mobile browser in action. enjoy!

The application has yet to hit the Android market, but we'll let you know as soon as it hit.How many of you will give this a go mobile browser?

* Update * it's here, it's here! the following QR code scanning or surf with your Android device, simply click on the image.

Check out the full press release below.

Skyfire launches first mobile browser for the Social Networking generation  

Skyfire 3.  0 browser for Android mobile phones layers the Facebook social graph over the entire mobile browsing experience

Mountain View, Calif. – 23 November 2010 – today Skyfire, creator of the award-winning browser for mobile devices, announces the launch of Skyfire 3.0 with Facebook connect for Android 2. 0 and later devices.With this new version of the popular Android application ushers the company in a whole new way to experience of the mobile Internet, tailored to the needs of the social networking generation.

The smartest mobile browser in the world is nu's worlds most social browser. Skyfire brings the true power of Facebook on your Android device with simple streaming videos shared from friends, quick news feed access, an easy way to see the most popular ' took ' articles on each site, and more.  

Skyfire for Android is one of the most popular third-party apps on the platform with nearly two million users. earlier versions of Skyfire launched the SkyBarTM, a cloud-powered toolbar that allows users to watch video, related content display and easy sharing of content with friends. With Skyfire 3. 0 takes the browser social integration to the next level, by integrating Facebook directly in the SkyBar.

Skyfire 3. 0 with Facebook connect seamlessly integrates Facebook social graph and as a button on each page of the Internet with a single click, users can quickly check their Facebook page, "Like" or parts of a Web-based content the most "fun" content on each site recommended by their friends (or the overall Facebook Community) and seamless video and other Facebook links posted by friends.

New features in Skyfire 3. 0 with Facebook connect:

Popular content – you just finished reading a story about one of your favorite websites and want to quickly decide what to read the following.Click on the button the popular SkybarTM and instantly see which content on the site is the most popular within the 500 + million Facebook users community.Recommendations from friends are prioritized and appear at the top of the list. FireplaceTM Feed Reader-A simple but addictive tool that a filtered list of your Facebook feed only contains links to browsable Web pages, pictures and videos posted by your Facebook friends. Facebook Portal integration – with one touch, you can access your Facebook feed, profile, and fast-growing location service Places. Facebook Like Button-Skyfire 3.0 disables the Facebook Like button on each page of the Internet.No scrolling around to find the button on the page, click the SkybarTM if button to easily "as" or "as opposed to" the page you are viewing or share the page with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email.

Skyfire OneTouch SearchTM – users enter one search term and can choose to search Google, Facebook, VideoSurf, Digg, Twitter, or Amazon with a single touch and without having to navigate to individual sites.

"Skyfire 3.0 with Facebook connect makes mobile browsing social, "said Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire."This is just the latest innovation made possible by the Skyfire Rocket PlatformTM and illustrates why Skyfire, as the first Web browser ever powered by a cloud service, a must-have for Smartphone users.

Skyfire 3.0 with Facebook connect for Android is now available for free for a limited time only in the Android Market.

Note: Facebook and the like are registered trademarks owned by Facebook Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Skyfire 3.0 with Facebook Connect is not affiliated with Facebook ™ but is authorized by Facebook to use the Facebook connect-trademark. Adobe and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

About Skyfire:
Skyfire has is dedicated to the use of cloud computing to multimedia experiences on mobile phones, and the first "compression as a service (CAAS) provides for wireless carriers and device makers. Skyfire of technology is visible to the consumer by means of the Skyfire browser app, which makes Skyfire to refine the technology with millions of users. The app was named the # 2 all time-app for Android by TechCrunch, and was the top pick in a PC World September 2010 comparison of all Android browsers. Skyfire won the best Mobile Application-people's Voice at the 2009 Webby Awards and was named a Top App of 2009 by the New York Times ' Gadgetwise. Skyfire of iPhone browser, launched in November 2010 to reach quickly the best-selling app rank on the Apple app StoreSM, as the first way for iOS users to access videos designed for the Adobe Flash PlayerTM. Skyfire is based in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. for more information, visit www.skyfire.com, or Skyfire follow on Twitter at twitter.com/skyfire.

  Skyfire 3.0 to add the Facebook social layer to browsing
Skyfire has already for a little bit now. When I first used it, it felt like a second class browser. Skyfire emerged around the same time I was exploring Dolphin Browser HD and Opera Mini, and was really just noise. Noise that allowed me to Flash videos on certain sites to see, and that made it cool. Skyfire grew on Android, until they were ready  blitz along the destructive, snide remarks from the iPhone fanboys on Engadget and Gizmodo ensure that quite a sensation on two platforms.That's a pretty serious performance already, but it is clear that the team of Skyfire not going with their 3. 0 update delay!
I was wrong about Skyfire is the first time, and I was ready to repeat the error. Skyfire 3.0 adds a layer of social interaction with Facebook connect. In browser access Facebook Feed is fast and easy to use. The Facebook-layer you can plug in your Facebook on many aspects of navigation service. You can be on a Web site, reading an article and "If" the article, share it with your friends on Facebook.
Have a great video? you can share something that is playable in the Skyfire converter with your Facebook friends. Facebook don't really do for you?Yes, me, that's OK. Skyfire keeps still you enough to get you under "OneTouch search", which allows you to search for anything with Google, Facebook, Twitter, VideoSurf, Amazon, Digg, and more, if your database.
Skyfire 3.0 a look. it's a solid, fast browser with a ton of features that the first step towards the social experience to the mobile Web. from the first time that you open, Skyfire has their UX team did everything they could think of both himself aside, and the app comfortable to use. it is free in the Android Market, so go nuts!

Acer plans to offer three options of the Tablet PC with two support from Google Android OS and Microsoft's Windows 7 running.
The world's second largest computer manufacturer, Acer, has announced her not-so-surprising plan on the budding tablet computer market early next year. Acer has revealed the first details about three different models, two of which are on the Android operating system and the other will run on Windows 7.
The difference between the Android-based options is in the first place size: it will be a 7-inch version and the other 10.1-inch. The 7-inch model focuses on mobility and offers a 1280-by-800-touchscreen display with an aspect ratio of 16-by-10.The smaller Android tablet also features a front-facing HD camera, support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and "a really great sound experience" by Dolby mobile technology.
The 10.1-inch tablet is a bit bigger than the iPad 9.7-inch screen and, with 13 mm, is also slightly thicker too. it will also feature 1080p display capabilities, aluminium housing and a 10-point multi-touch and gyro meter control focused on gaming.
Both of the Android models offer HDMI support and wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi and 3 g.Expect in april of next year are available.
The Windows 7 version will be offered as a 10.model only.It features front-and rear-facing Megapixels cameras, both a docking station that a full-size physical keyboard includes. this model will be of 15 mm, slightly thicker than the 10.1-inch Android version. it will also support for both Wi-Fi and 3 g connections. it will be available in February 2011, rather than the Android models.
Of course, there are still many details to be worked out on all three devices. to begin with, we are still waiting to hear what Acer will ask these things also how much they will cost.
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We end the hottest holiday tech trends 2010 tablets with motion gaming and Internet streaming boxes for your TV, and offer our picks for some of the best to buy.
In the world of toys, you may remember the year of the Cabbage Patch dolls, the year of Furby, and the year of Tickle Me Elmo. In the tech world is more like the year of the netbook, year of the Wii, and year of the Kindle. Objects can be glitzier, more expensive and less prone to be downgraded to a Cabinet in six weeks, but let's be honest: adults want what's hot just as much as the kids they used to be. And gadgets seems it year after year.Looking to tap into the vacation time spirit of 2010? here's what totally geek wish lists popping up, and some of our favorite items in each category.
 Touch-based computers have kicked around in one form or another for a decade now, but it took Apple finesse (and heavy-handed marketing) to convince consumers that it was finally time to groping glass. The Apple iPad ($ 499 +) sales plowed through three million in June of this year and some analysts have even declared the fastest-selling gadget ever.Not surprisingly, have imitators piled op. Samsung Galaxy Tab (prices vary) may be the best, but we still don't recommend one over an iPad unless you buy it for someone who is at the very sight of a fruit-logo sist. If you're not quite sure you're ready to buy, you can keep an eye on Notion tablet ink of Adam, which is the entire class to a promising second generation could lead.
 We already not going through this craze in 2006? Well ... Yes.But this time Microsoft and Nintendo are the cost-effective. Both Giants have brought out extensions for their existing consoles that the same arm-waving with pleasure that the Wii such a hit four years ago. Microsoft Kinect ($ 150) is the more innovative, allowing players to ditch controllers all together and just the motion of their body to use for control, while Sony PlayStation move ($ 100 for the bundle with one controller) is the more accurate, adding a glowing orb to the top of a magic wand Wii-style for a surgically precise control that more will appeal to hardcore gamers. Kinect looks like the early winner in popularity, but the kiddie-style games from now could make moving a better buy to satisfy bloodlust.
 Phones that have more than just call obtain steam for years, and this holiday season brings us the best selection of yet. While the Motorola droid is the only real competitor to the iPhone 3 g S has was last year, 2010, led to a whole series of heavyweight Android competitors such as the Droid X ($ 200), HTC EVO 4 G ($ 200) and Samsung Captivate ($ 200, also known as the Galaxy-S). And hey, Apple's benchmark competitor got even better with the iPhone 4 ($ 200 +) bring an insanely high-resolution screen of the retina, a 5-megapixel camera that can take the place of a point-and-, and an even faster A4-processor.
If you haven't already cancelled cable to save money with streaming Internet TV, this is the year to do it.Not surprisingly, Apple and Google lead the charge in the living room;Apple with the Apple TV ($ 99) now does so the Netflix streaming and Google with Google TV, a new platform available on the Logitech Revue set-top box ($ 300) and Sony Internet TV ($ 600 +).If you have the benefit of the underdog, Western Digital WD TV Live Plus ($ 130) plays more file types than the Apple TV, while also handling 1080p HD, and D-Link Boxee Box ($ 200) just about any format under the Sun, 1080p support, and has one of the slickest interfaces out there, although it still may have some kinks to work out.
Why even consider an e-reader with tablets like the iPad around? Technology, battery life, connectivity and price. An e-ink reader is easier on the eyes, can last a month on a cargo, the nook ($ 199) and the Kindle ($ 189) both come with free lifetime 3 g access, and both readers have been had cut prices to the bone to compete with the likes of the iPad. If you're on a budget or just a bookworm, meaningful they really more. between the two we prefer Amazon's Kindle library for its reliability, and ease of use.
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Love it or hate it, the Motorola droid PRO is apart of the Android family and is even dubbed DROID series worthy by Verizon. The Droid PRO features a full-QWERTY keyboard of the device face that business users and BlackBerry users from the previous might enjoy.
Our friends at Wirefly is back with a review of the Motorola droid PRO kick-off with a size comparison with other devices like the Samsung fascinates and BlackBerry Torch. check out the list below.


Features of the Motorola droid Pro are:
Android 2.2 Motoblur UI3.1? displayfull-QWERTY keyboardWorld roaming possibilities (dual GSM/CDMA) advanced e-mail and calendar options
If you the characteristics and form factor of the Motorola droid PRO graves, be sure to hit up the AndroidSPIN mobile phone store and pick up this device for $ 50 on a new contract of 2 years of service. every person to pick up the Droid PRO for $ 50?
Wirefly Through: