Google Earth now available on Android 2.1
After a totally nonchalant, non-announcement type of showing by Erick Tseng at Eric Schmidt's MWC keynote last week (thanks to Phone Scoop for pointing that out), the Android version of Google Earth is now available in the Market for download to the Nexus One (and, in the future, "most" other devices running 2.1 or newer). Previously, it'd only been available as a mobile app on the iPhone -- a rare example of Google treating Apple's platform better than its own -- but with modern Android handsets getting extraordinarily speedy, it makes sense that they'd want to bring the graphics-intensive app home. It's not as useful as Google Maps in the strictest sense of the word, but with touch control (multitouch in particular), it's endlessly entertaining -- and assuming you've got an unlimited data plan and a few free megabytes of app storage space, it's probably a must-download
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: apple, earth, entry, erick tseng, google-earth, google-maps, graphics, iphone, mobile, nexus one, phone-scoop, platform-better, result
BlackBerry Curve 8910 getting its FCC on
Alright, look, RIM: it's no longer alright to be selling GSM smartphones in the year 2010 without HSPA.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 8910, bands-the-fcc, BlackBerry, exhibits, from-the-folks, phone, phone-scoop, reckon-it-won, rim
Saygus VPhone Hands-on and Videos | Android Phone Fans
As reported last week here on Phandroid we had gotten word of another Android Powered device set to launch on Verizon's network. We were able to bring you some.
Categories: Android, htc, Other Tags: device, features, htc, keyboard, phone-scoop, previous, saygus, saygus-vphone, verizon, video
Casio, Hitachi and NEC In Talks to Merge Phone Businesses …
Phone Scoop Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Casio, Hitachi and NEC have entered into talks with the goal of merging their respective cellphone businesses.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Other, Phone Street Tags: gigaom, india, khali-henderson, merger, microsoft, phone-scoop, search, seeking-alpha, skype, telephony-unfiltered, telepocalypse, usa, voip