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Skifta promises easy DLNA media-shifting [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

One of Qualcomm’s more low-key demonstrations from today is actually the one thing you can try most readily yourself. Skifta aims to make media shifting more straightforward, using a single client PC or Mac that can then be accessed by any DLNA and UPnP client in your home or remotely. The system works using a simple web-based interface which will work on your desktop or cellphone browser (the Skifta team had an HTC Hero on hand to do just that), and then that content from pretty much any DLNA device gets funnelled around.

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Video demo after the cut

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HTC “carefully looking” at netbook possibilities

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 No Comments

HTC’s CEO Peter Chou has reignited speculation that the company is preparing some sort of netbook. Chou apparently told reporters at the Taiwanese launch of the HTC HD2 that the company was “carefully looking into that category and how it can be part of that”; the comment echoes the chief executive’s vague allusions to a tablet or MID style device when SlashGear talked to him at the HD2’s debut in London last month.

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Motorola Droid Review

By Vincent Nguyen on Wednesday, Nov 4th 2009 21 Comments

If you can predict a device’s success by site stats then we’d say the Verizon DROID by Motorola is going to be a hit. A week after launch and the DROID is still topping the charts for reader interest, and you’ve been peppering us with questions and comments about the Android 2.0 device. Set to hit shelves this coming Friday, the Verizon DROID is already being heralded as the device that will change Motorola’s fortunes; is that hyperbole, or is the DROID really that good? We’ve been putting the smartphone through its paces, so read on for the full SlashGear review.

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Android 2.0 detailed: Exchange & Facebook, simple YouTube uploads, more

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 16th 2009 No Comments

android 2 0 screenshots 1 Android 1.6 is only just rolling out to users of specific smartphones, but already we’re getting particularly excited about what’s set to occur in OS 2.0. The Boy Genius Report are doing nothing to minimize that excitement, either, with a photoset and run-through of just what’s going on in the latest 2.0 builds. Android 2.0 brings with it not only native Exchange support and a fresh – dare we say it “grown up” – new UI, but native Facebook integration, a unified email inbox and new Maps app.

Google have also obviously been working on streamlining usability, too, with more functional desktop widgets that step beyond mere shortcuts. You’ll be able to trigger a YouTube upload in literally two taps, from recording through titling and describing footage then squirting it off to the video sharing site, direct from the homescreen. Meanwhile, while there’s no multitouch support in either the browser or the new, layer-toting Google Maps app, there is double-tap to zoom.

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Acer 2010 smartphone range to be more than 50% Android?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 2nd 2009 1 Comment

Acer look to be following in the footsteps of HTC, with the company rumored to be planning to shift much of its focus from Windows Mobile to Android. According to the usual, shadowy “industry sources” that hang out in the bars DigiTimes frequents, Acer intends at least half of its new handsets in 2010 to be based on the Google-led Android platform.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 20 2009

By Chris Davies on Sunday, May 17th 2009 No Comments

We kicked off the week with a review of Sony’s OLED Walkman X, coming away mighty impressed by its iPod-besting audio quality. Equally impressive was Flip Video’s Ultra HD pocket camcorder; if only we could say the same for SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone. While on paper this media-shifting app should be a 100-percent winner, AT&T’s decision to bar streaming over their 3G network has left us and many would-be users upset.

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HTC Shift gets Windows 7, new lease of life

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 5th 2009 No Comments

Last we heard of the HTC Shift, it looked like the company was considering axing it. That seems a shame, given that Gear Diary’s Mitchell Oke has discovered it gets a new lease of life with Windows 7.

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HTC Shift gets UK price cut; replacement or retirement imminent?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jan 15th 2009 No Comments

Is HTC planning the imminent demise of the Shift UMPC? Retailer Expansys has slashed the cost of the compact touchscreen device by £450 ($656), bringing it down to $499.99 ($731), as part of a promotion through their email newsletter. The Shift has a 7-inch touchscreen, runs Windows Vista, and has integrated tri-band UMTS/HSDPA; it’s based on a low-power 800MHz Intel processor that’s looking pretty tired compared to the chip company’s latest silicon offerings.

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HTC S740 WM6.1 Smartphone Review

By Chris Davies on Monday, Dec 22nd 2008 1 Comment

After the runaway success of the Touch HD, HTC offered us another smartphone to try out. If the HD was all about superlative media, the HTC S740 takes us back to smartphone basics: no touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, and a hardware QWERTY keyboard. A step backwards or one in the right direction? SlashGear set to finding out.

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ASUS R50a UMPC versus HTC Shift

By Chris Davies on Monday, Dec 15th 2008 No Comments

Now that the price of the ASUS R50a UMPC has come down, even if only a little, it’s brought the touchscreen handheld into the consideration of a few more buyers. While we already know that the $1,399 UMPC performs well, its time to see how it shapes up to a stalwart of the segment, HTC’s Shift. The ASUS has a faster CPU – Intel’s 1.33GHz Z520 Silverthorne – than the Shift, so as expected it’s a step up in performance at least.

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