http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/forum/newsing en-US Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:18:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha q http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/search.php http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/android-robo-truck#post-1894 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:17:47 +0000 rob-nz 1894@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Cool!</p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/android-robot/#ixzz0hbsRt05f" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/android-robot/#ixzz0hbsRt05f</a> </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/apple-lawsuit-against-htc#post-1646 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:56:42 +0000 rob-nz 1646@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Possibly, although a lot of owners of recent high spec HTC Winmo 6.5 phones (like HD2)may be disappointed when it comes to upgrade time.</p> <p><a href="http://bitURL.net/?xt65an" rel="nofollow">http://bitURL.net/?xt65an</a> </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/apple-lawsuit-against-htc#post-1645 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:50:37 +0000 Ben 1645@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>I was wondering if it's a pre-emptive strike against Windows Phone 7. I'd imagine that the initial WP7 devices will be built by HTC. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/apple-lawsuit-against-htc#post-1642 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:29:25 +0000 rob-nz 1642@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>As everyone no doubt knows by now, Apple has launched a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC.</p> <p>Engadget has done a review of the 20 listed patent infringements and it makes interestting reading.</p> <p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/</a></p> <p>A couple of things are fairly obvious; this might be filed against HTC, but the number of OS level patents cited suggest Google and Android are squarely in Apples sights.</p> <p>Second,the suits are filed in two different jusisdictions, the ITC and the US District Court. The different patents listed in the two filings are also interesting for the glimpse they give into apple's strategy here.</p> <p>Lastly, it's interesting that multi-touch didn't get a look in. It may be that Apple realised that the prior work of the likes of Geoff Han and Microsoft in this field might make it a difficult barrow to push. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/the-power-of-new-media#post-1191 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:02:26 +0000 rob-nz 1191@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>This is pretty cool..</p> <p>Take an Android phone, a Facebook homescreen widget and save the world...</p> <p><a href="http://bitURL.net/?928htq" rel="nofollow">http://bitURL.net/?928htq</a> </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/new-samsung-i8520-android-with-prohector#post-1189 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:36:15 +0000 Ben 1189@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Holy heck. That's nuts. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/new-samsung-i8520-android-with-prohector#post-1185 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:01:22 +0000 rob-nz 1185@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Groovy!</p> <p><a href="http://phandroid.com/2010/02/15/samsung-beam-halo-i8520-already-gets-3rd-name/" rel="nofollow">http://phandroid.com/2010/02/15/samsung-beam-halo-i8520-already-gets-3rd-name/</a> </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-1080 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:53:00 +0000 rob-nz 1080@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>"Also like my last Blackberry Bold anything on 3g sucks power big time, and since i will probably use this more than my blackberry its going to need recharging frequently"</p> <p>Yeah.. same with HTC magic.</p> <p>Wifi not as big a drain as 3G I've found on my HTC Magic with Android 1.6.</p> <p>GPS is the biggest battery killer.</p> <p>I usually have it in a cheapo Disk Smith cradle and plugged into the car power socket when doing battery intensive stuff like bluetooth stereo and GPS anyhow. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-1079 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:49:48 +0000 rob-nz 1079@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Interesting.. does the Parallel Imported model still get Over-The-Air (OTA) updates to firmware etc?</p> <p>I gather there was an OTA update starting last week for Nexus phones overseas, enabling multi-touch pinch zoom in some core apps and fixing a 3G bug. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-1040 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:59:36 +0000 harry 1040@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Got one this week from parallel imports on the north shore<br /> <a href="http://www.parallelimported.co.nz/htc-google-nexus-mobile-phone.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.parallelimported.co.nz/htc-google-nexus-mobile-phone.html</a> </p> <p>I got there last one, but more arriving.</p> <p>My quick notes are:<br /> Wow its pretty slick, very fast, multi tasks a dream and appears to be a lot of Apps available on the "Android Market"</p> <p>It running Android 2.1 so i believe a lot of bugs have been sorted.</p> <p>Some cool features are once you sign in to the Facebook app it will auto pull your facebook friends photos and load into your corresponding contact list.</p> <p>Its runs slicker than my ipod touch and as I'm not a apple/Mac fan i bet this will be a winner.</p> <p>Appears to have a couple of small issues, firstly on charging it gets pretty hot.<br /> It will sync easily with Microsoft Exchange contacts and emails but there is no Exchange calendar which will annoy the heavy business user.<br /> There is a third part App that google recommends that can sort that out though, havnt tried this yet.</p> <p>Also like my last Blackberry Bold anything on 3g sucks power big time, and since i will probably use this more than my blackberry its going to need recharging frequently.</p> <p>My 50cents worth<br /> Harry </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-1001 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:01:51 +0000 Anonymous 1001@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name"></span></div><p>Expansys may say &quot;Normally less than 5 days&quot;, but are currently out of stock &quot;for 2 to 3 weeks&quot;. Queried if they had shipped any, but got no answer. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-946 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:07 +0000 Anonymous 946@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name"></span></div><p>You can buy the UK version at Expansys. <a href="http://www.expansys.co.nz/d.aspx?i=193939" rel="nofollow">http://www.expansys.co.nz/d.aspx?i=193939</a> </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-936 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:58:04 +0000 Anonymous 936@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name"></span></div><p>just use an ip blocker program so the google site doesnt think your in america. thatl get you into the store on the website however they only ship to american addresses, thats where shipito comes in and you use their address and they will forward the phone to you when they recieve it off google, beats waiting for any carrier to get it here </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-925 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:04:23 +0000 Ben 925@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Mauricio <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=97&amp;topicid=55452&amp;page_no=1#287319">speculates</a> on what versions/frequencies will be available. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/google-nexus-one-new-zealand-availability#post-924 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:00:45 +0000 Ben 924@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Widely telegraphed, the Nexus One has now been officially released. Unfortunately <a href="http://google.com/phone">the page</a> gives a big fat &quot;not available in your country&quot;.</p> <p>Google announced during the launch event that Vodafone has joined their direct-sales &quot;program&quot;. We can presume in this context that &quot;Vodafone&quot; probably means &quot;Europe&quot; and not necessarily NZ.</p> <p>I&#39;ve asked Vodafone directly and will update when I get a reply. </p>