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It’s still not hitting the bulk of Nexus Ones as far as we can tell, but for what it’s worth, Google has unleashed the source code for Android 2.2 today, which is a solid sign that the code’s been bulletproofed to the Open Handset Alliance’s satisfaction and is ready for deployment across a number of phones from different manufacturers and carriers. It’s still ultimately up to a bunch of gatekeepers in suits to decide when various models will get the upgrade, but this is basically zero day — so let the countdown begin.

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pYES. WE. DID. a href=”http://www.worldcup.cbssports.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,13041%7E2077324,00.html?tag=bodyBorderamp;ttag=WC10_cover”The 1-0 American victory over Algeria/a in the Group C World Cup game this morning caused us to start the podcast a little later than normal, but we’re back and feeling proud to be Americans–not even two disallowed goals can keep us from victory!/p

pOn today’s episode of The 404 Podcast, Jeff gives you a First Look at a title=”Microsoft shows off Kinect, new Xbox at E3 (live blog) — Monday, Jun 14, 2010″ href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-21539_7-20007501-10391702.html”Microsoft’s Kinect motion control system/a, a href=”http://www.google.com/googlevoice/about.html”Google Voice/a is finally out of beta and available to the masses, and we’re still reminiscing about toys from the ’90s, stuff like the a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkboy”TalkBoy/a, a href=”http://www.yoyoplay.com/duncan.html”Duncan YOYOs/a, and a href=”http://www.knex.com/”K’Nex/a!/p

pa href=”http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-voice-for-everyone.html”Google has officially opened Voice /ato anyone that wants to sign up for the Web-based communication service. It gives you a central number that rings all the phones in your life including your office and cell. Best of all, you don’t need to throw away your existing number; you can forward texts to your e-mail, do conference calls, and even transcribe voice mails into text before managing all your calls online./p

pGoogle Voice also a safe way to give out your contact information to people that haven’t yet earned the right to know your real phone number. And if things don’t work out, the service also lets you send a call to voice mail, treat it as spam, or block it out entirely. Are you listening, ladies?/p

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pToday’s Calls From the Public continues yesterday’s conversation about a title=”The 404 607: Where we’ve got our finger on the kill switch (podcast) — Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010″ href=”http://www.cnet.com/8301-13952_1-20008447-81.html”14 trends from the ’90s/a with a crazy story about a serious POG injury, we get a visit from the Ghost of Episodes Past, Wilson’s gives a thumbs-up to the new “A-team” movie a href=”http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/10/mr-t-a-team-movie-denies-graphic/”despite what Mr. T has to say/a, and Jeff has a mysterious call from a female admirer with a serious case of laryngitis./p

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Eight months after Motorola debuted its first Droid phone, the company has refreshed the device to include a bigger screen, a focus on high-definition video and Flash compatibility.

Motorola’s new Droid X phone is the successor to its original Droid smartphone introduced last October. The $200 Droid X (after a $100 rebate and with a two-year contract) will run Google’s latest Android 2.2 Froyo operating system and will include Adobe Flash Player 10.1. DROID X customers will the 2.2 and Flash updates wirelessly over-the-air in the latter half of the summer.

“It is pretty spectacular,” John Stratton, chief marketing officer of Verizon told attendees at the device’s launch. “When you have a screen and form factor like this — very thin and lightweight — it screams video.”

The new Droid X will have a 4.3-inch touchscreen (854 x 480 pixels resolution) — about the same size as the HTC EVO 4G and much bigger physically than the 3.5-inch display on the iPhone 4, which is 960 x 640 pixels.

The phone includes a Texas Instruments OMAP processor with 1-GHz processing ability, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory that’s expandable to 40 GB using a storage card.

It also has a 8-megapixel camera, a step up from the 5-megapixel one in the earlier version. The camera can capture 720p video content and offers HD playback via HDMI. What’s missing is the dual camera that’s now a part of the iPhone and HTC Evo.

The Droid X announcement comes a day before the public debut of the iPhone 4, although Apple’s phone is already in the hands of some lucky customers as well as a few carefully chosen reviewers.

The Droid X will be the star in Motorola’s portfolio. So far Motorola has launched a number of Android phones, including the Cliq on T-Mobile, Backflip on AT&T and Devour on Verizon. But its first Droid phone remains a best-seller. Meanwhile, Apple is charging ahead with its latest iPhone, which is gathering generally positive reviews (though AT&T’s network has been criticized). Many Apple users have already started receiving their pre-ordered iPhone 4.

Droid X is Motorola’s 11th Android smartphone. The phone will start shipping July 15 and will be available exclusively on Verizon’s network.

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See Also:

• Review: Motorola Droid
• Motorola Droid Set for Android Upgrade
• 20 Android Phones You Can Buy Today (or Soon)
• Independent App Stores Take On Google’s Android Market

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pIt’s our annual E3 episode (and no, we weren’t really there.) Actually, we talk about more than just E3; there’s some BP oil spill stuff, a Foxconn followup, some Web-browser-war talk, and likely a Steve Jobs impression thrown in for good measure./p

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