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U.S. Defense Department standardized on an ancient version of Android
Muktware.com believes that the U.S. DoD’s choice to standardize on Android is a setback for iOS. But, it is really a setback for Android too.
Android Approved By Pentagon For DoD Usage, Major Setback For iPhone
Heres why. The DoD chose to standardize on some unidentified Dell device running Android OS 2.2 (Froyo). Froyo was released on May 20, 2010 and superseded by Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) on Dec. 6, 2010. New smartphones based on Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) are currently emerging from the pipeline. So, the DoD standardized on a version of Android several generations old.
Reference: Wikipedia – Android version history
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Merry Christmas to me from Apple: 6th-gen 8GB iPod nano sent to replace 1st-gen 4GB iPod nano
I received a Christmas (or perhaps, more accurately, Festivus) gift of sorts from Apple this afternoon.. My recalled first generation 4GB iPod nano was replaced by a silver colored sixth generation 8GB iPod nano (the one with a touch screen).
Am I a satisfied customer? Yep!
Happy Festivus Day!
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Can’t get enough of The Doctor? Get the ComiXology powered Doctor Who iPad app
If you can’t get enough of The Doctor, check up the updated Doctor Who Comics app which is now powered by ComiXology. ComiXology also provides the engine for the DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and many other comic book publishers.The free app for the iPad features three free Doctor Who comics that you download and read. If you already have a ComiXology account for one of the other apps, you can use it with this Doctor Who Comics app.
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Remember FloTV? AT&T Just bought its (Qualcomm’s) spectrum
A bit over a year ago, I asked:
Qualcomm Shuttering FLO TV By Year’s End. What Will Happen to the Former UHF Channel 55 Spectrum?
Flo TV streamed TV shows to feature phones with special Qualcomm hardware that processed signals in the spectrum that used to be UHF channel 55. Flo TV was created by Qualcomm to use the spectrum it bought from the FCC. I never quite understood how the service could scale even after speaking with its head of programming back in August 2009.
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Installing PhoneGap & Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Phonegap’s Jesse MacFadyen posted some great news and good info for web developers who want to build for Windows Phone. Be sure to watch the video embedded in the blog entry for installation information. The problem is that the video is the only clear source of information because Jesse’s blog item…
PhoneGap for Windows Phone Dissected
more or less points back to the PhoneGap blog item…
PhoneGap for Windows Phone: Getting Started
which in turn points back to Jesse’s blog item. The problem is compounded because, as Jesse points out in his blog, the PhoneGap download link currently points to an older release [Note the download link pointed to a version 1.3 when I checked but it appeared to be a different release from the one on github]. The current release is on github. So, here’s a list of links that gets you the downloads.
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