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Is it an e-reader? A two-faced tablet? Something else entirely. Hard to say for sure, but just as it promised, NEC has furnished a boatload of details surrounding its heretofore mysterious LT-W Cloud Communicator. This dual-screen Android 2.1 device shares a pair of 7-inch resistive touchpanels, both of which have a non-glare (huzzah!) panel and an SVGA (800 x 600) resolution. Under the hood, we’re looking at an ARM Cortex A8 processor, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, a three megapixel camera, optional 3G, SDHC card slot, a single USB 2.0 connector, an ear-ratting monaural speaker and a bundled stylus pen. There’s also an internal accelerometer, GPS sensor and a battery that’s good for up to five hours in ideal conditions. It seems as if NEC is aiming this at folks looking for a more sophisticated e-reading device rather than those looking for a quirky alternative to the cadre of slates already on the market, but there’s no word yet on a US price and release date. Needless to say, we’ll be digging for both here on the show floor. One more look is after the break.

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This article was written on March 13, 2007 by CyberNet.

Google has added a feature to Google Video that is something Gmail should have received first. When sending a video to a friend you see a form similar to the one pictured below, and now you can click on the “To” link to display a popup window for your contacts:

It is a nice feature that I think may come in handy, but why isn’t it available in the place we need it the most…Gmail? Sure Gmail will autocomplete your contacts for you as you type, but many people have troubles remembering the people they have on their contact list.

There is a suggestion page that Google has setup for Gmail in case anyone has ideas of new features. Right now you can select up to five options from the following:

Personalization
 Customize my Gmail color scheme
 Create my own keyboard shortcuts
 Automatically email my new Gmail address to all of my contacts 
 Always display external images sent by my contacts

Organization
 *Filter my outgoing messages
 Switch Conversation View on or off

Bells & Whistles
 *Delete attachments from a message
 Import messages from my other email accounts
 Automatically apply new filters to old conversations

Helpful Additions
 *Ability to add or remove messages from conversations
 Click a button to delete a message
 *Control whether people I send mail to are added to Contacts

I put an asterisk next to the four options that I chose, and then in the box for “I have a better idea” I entered in:

Contact selector for composing an email message

If you want to see this feature on there then you should enter in the same thing, because the more people who write in the same thing the faster it will get integrated.

News Source: Google System

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Here we are a mere day away from the ThunderBolt’s probable announce at Verizon’s CES press conference, which, by our rough count, gives us at least one more opportunity to see the LTE-capable monster leaked in the wild. That opportunity comes courtesy of AndroidSPIN, who claims that we can expect a 1GHz single-core processor, 8GB of internal storage with microSD expansion, 8 megapixel rear and 1.3 megapixel front cams, Android 2.2.1 with Sense, HTC-customized mapping and nav (probably HTC Locations with offline caching), and DLNA compatibility — but no built-in HDMI. Every one of those specs was either already expected or believable enough, though the lack of HDMI — if true — would still give the EVO 4G some bragging rights more than six months after its release. Score one for longevity, eh?

[Thanks, Taylor S.]

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Can’t say we’re surprised to hear this at all, but Bloomberg BusinessWeek says Google’s working on its own NFC-based mobile payments system. That makes perfect sense, given that Eric Schmidt has been enthusiastically extolling the virtues of NFC since just before Google launched the Nexus S — which, of course, features an NFC chip. BusinessWeek says the system might launch as early as this year, although we think Google’s got plenty of infrastructure work to do first — and it’s facing plenty of competition from the likes of Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, who are launching their own Isis payment system, as well as direct device competition from RIM and Apple. Should get interesting — we’ll see if we hear anything at CES this week.

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This article was written on May 29, 2007 by CyberNet.

Apparently GreenBorder users have known this news for a couple of weeks now, but it’s just spreading around the Blogosphere.  On May 11th, Google made their next purchase on a long list of recent purchases — GreenBorder.  They are known for their “signature-less” approach to protect computers from viruses, spyware, and other threats by isolating each Internet session from the rest of a user’s computer. When a page on the Internet is considered safe, it will place a green border around the page – hence the name.

Buzz around the Blogosphere is that a Google Browser is imminent and this would be a part of it, however, I don’t think Google is taking this route.  It seems as though they’re just trying to get themselves more involved with browsers in general, whether it be Internet Explorer, Firefox, or even Maxthon which Google recently invested $1 million in.

Google has consistently denied that a Google Browser is in the works, even as far back as 2004. They’re too involved with other browsers and getting themselves integrated in other browsers to make their own Google Browser.

There are a handful of things that Google could do with GreenBorder, like using it for their Gmail service. They could also just open it up as a free service that everybody would be able to use. Currently at Download.com, GreenBorder is available for $29.95, but knowing Google, this will change shortly. Google may also find a way to integrate it into their Toolbar with an easy way to enable or disable it.

While the acquisition is being finalized, GreenBorder is not offering their applications for download or purchase on their site. Also, there is no word on how much Google paid for this purchase. All that Google has said about the deal is that they were impressed with their small team of engineers, and “believe they can help to build products and features that will benefit our users, advertisers and publishers.”

Source: Google Blogoscoped

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