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Rumor mill: HTC Dream details leaked?
TmoWorld
has
just
published
a
slew
of
specs
and
pricing
information
about
the
HTC
Dream,
most
of
which
has
yet
to
be
confirmed.
Despite
it
bordering
on
rumor
territory,
the
information
bears
mentioning,
if
only
because
it
does
sound
pretty
plausible.
First,
TmoWorld
claims
that
the
launch
date
is
October
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For now, the HTC Dream is still just a dream
News
broke
Monday
that
the
FCC
has
finally
given
its
seal
of
approval
to
the
HTC
Dream
handset,
which
is
purported
to
be
the
first
cell
phone
to
carry
Android,
Google's
open
platform
for
mobile
handsets.
It
appears
that
the
HTC
Dream
will
feature
Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth,
and
a
"jogball"Read more
Buzz Out Loud 790: Netflix, FIOS, and a boyfriend
Natali
Del
Conte
joins
us
today
for
a
discussion
of
whether
it's
more
difficult,
these
days,
to
get
FIOS
installed,
get
a
Netflix
disc
delivered,
or
find
a
decent
man
in
New
York.
No,
she's
not
taking
applications.
Also,
confirmation
of
iPhone
3G
issues
which
Molly,
stunningly,
has
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Buzz Out Loud 789: We like the Moon, don't break it
Veronica's
back
with
us
today
as
we
record
from
the
New
Media
Expo
in
Las
Vegas.
We
talk
about
the
woes
of
the
modern
Web,
and
specifically
Netflix's
problems
on
the
back-end.
Also
there's
some
news
about
Windows
7,
or
at
least
news
about
when
more
news
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Todd Sullivan: Round 2
On
his
own
site
now,
Todd
Sullivan
fires
back
at
the
Macalope,
asking
Is
That
The
Best
You
Got?
Well,
the
Macalope
doesn't
know
about
"the
best".
It
was
OK,
he
supposes.
Good
for
a
Wednesday
night.
But
"best"?
Hmm.
That's
kind
of
asking
a
lot,
Todd.
It'Read more
Seeking Alpha: Logicians need not apply.
Seeking
Alpha's
Todd
Sullivan
really
doesn't
like
Apple's
exclusive
agreement
with
AT&T
(tip
o'
the
antlers
to
John
Gruber).
His
dislike
of
it
is
so
intense,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
that
his
"analysis"
of
the
deal
has
burst
free
of
the
restraining
coil
of
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Can the rumored gPhone beat the iPhone?
Even
though
Google
told
the
world
last
year
that
it
had
no
plans
of
releasing
its
own
hardware
and
would
instead
focus
on
the
software
side
of
cell
phones,
very
few
people
actually
believed
the
assertion.
After
all,
with
the
iPhone
performing
well
all
over
the
world
and
a
whole
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Deadline for Android Developer Challenge extended
News
of
the
Android
SDK
(download
for
Windows)
by
Google
has
been
quiet
for
the
past
few
months.
However,
last
week
we
a
found
notice
that
the
submission
deadline
for
the
Android
Developers
Challenge
has
just
been
extended
to
April
14,
2008.
It
appears
that
the
Android
team
has
made
"Read more
Verizon Wireless warms up to Google's Android
It's
been
an
interesting
week
for
America's
second-largest
cell
phone
carrier.
First,
Verizon
Wireless
announces
it
would
support
unlocked
handsets
and
third-party
applications
on
its
CDMA
network,
and
yesterday
the
company's
CEO
said
the
carrier
may
support
Google's
new
Android
platform.
"We're
planning
on
using
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Don't expect Google to take on AT&T
Google
is
lining
up
financing
to
bid
on
wireless
spectrum
in
the
Federal
Communication
Commission's
upcoming
700MHz
auction,
and
it's
already
built
a
small
high-speed
wireless
network
at
its
headquarters
in
Mountain
View,
Calif.,
to
test
out
what
it
could
do
with
the
spectrum,
the
Wall
Street
Journal
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