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Reports are buzzing that the Motorola Droid’s auto-focus lense may now be, well, focusing. But you’ve got to use a little elbow grease to get the job done. Though no official word has been given, users are reporting that an oily substance thinly coats the Droid camera and that if you take a cloth and wipe it down really good, you’ll start to get those magical green indications that your camera is focusing. Not to mention, pictures will turn out a little better. I know you lazy folks enjoy hands-off OTA updates to fix your every problem, but embrace the Amish lifestyle for once and use a physical piece of matter along with human labor to accomplish your goals. Once you do, tell us if you’ve noticed an improvement on your Droid camera?

As we suspected, many new Palm Pixi phones came out of the box with webOS 1.2.9 installed. That’s all well and good, since webOS checks for updates on a regular basis and downloads them in the background while you carry on with your daily business. Problem is, the Update app will only download over EVDO and WiFi, which in a way makes sense. EVDO and WiFi are nice and fast in comparison to the other wireless alternative on Sprint: 1xRTT. So what is 1xRTT? Essentially, it’s Sprint’s 2.5G network, runs at a blistering 60 kbps to 80 kbps. Yes, kilobits per second, a speed that roughly translates to 10 kilobytes per second, in which case downloading the 126 MB webOS 1.3.1 update would take nearly 36 hours, and that’s assuming you managed to maintain peak rate for that whole day and a half. There's a reason that you don't see 1xRTT advertised much: it's really slow. So it’s understandable that Palm would just not let you even try to deal with updating when you’re in a 1xRTT zone....

Nokia has finally released its Maemo5 based smartphone – the N900. Maemo is Nokia’s next generation mobile OS. It is a Linux-based platform that seeks to take on such juggernauts as the iPhone OS and the Android. The N900 has intrigued the tech community and people in general with its bevy of features ever since it was first announce. But when you look at it closely enough, it seems like it is too little, too late yet again. Reminds me of the N97 really. On the surface, N900 is an attractive package. When it was first announced, the decent sized capacitive resistive touchscreen, the new interface, large internal storage, QWERTY keypad and TV out features made quite a splash. From the images, it also seems like there are sensors in the front. So far I have not found out what they are meant to do but they are likely to be a front facing camera and related sensors for video conferencing . Maemo5’s interface looks good, I will tell you that. If you are looking for something that that re...

After my rather direct note earlier today I thought I should get a bit of balance going in the form of some good things about Vodafone 360. The primary 360 interface is actually rather intuitive. There is perhaps nothing better than sweeping your finger to the left, watching the little profile squares swoosh about and taping on the picture of your wife. That displays a nice little profile box giving you the opportunity to… - call - text - send an email - send a message (I haven’t worked out the difference yet, I think that’s a 360 message) - or view their location It’s nice. I do like it. I’ve moved my family into the ‘family’ section. I’ve moved some work colleagues into the ‘work’ section. Likewise with friends. It’s — psst, don’t tell anyone I wrote this — quite enjoyable. The biggest problem I’ve got at the moment is that none of my friends, family or work colleagues are using Vodafone 360. In fact, they’re not using Facebook much at all. And that’s a bit of an arse. It’s not ...

If you love Android and Android loves you, perhaps you can consummate your relationship with an early Valentine’s Day gift by purchasing the Xperia X10 on February 10th. That’s right folks – in their UK Sony Ericsson Store has an announcement that the Xperia x10 should be available on February 10th and you can pre-register for information about the device as well. But that’s not all: we’ve also recently been blessed with a couple promotional videos and samples of pictures and videos taken with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. First let us get the official angle with some X10 promotional vids: And how about a video and a couple pictures taken with the Xperia X10 by none other than the Official SE Blog itself: The picture quality seems nothing short of fantastic… but I would take that at face value. There isn’t any way the SE Blogger would have posted crappy pictures and you never know, maybe it took awhile to get pictures these good to come out. But no matter what, the phone at least ha...

By way of a quick heads up for those of you who have been waiting for the Palm Pixi to become available via Sprint as the Palm Pixi became available from Sprint as of yesterday and can be yours as of now for just shy of $100. “We are excited to offer the new Palm Pixi to our customers in time for the holiday season, and it’s a great addition to Sprint’s industry-leading device portfolio,” said Kevin Packingham, senior vice president – Product Development , Sprint. “Simply put, this phone is fun and easy to use; with its multi-touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard, it’s a great device for messaging and social networking at a price everyone can enjoy, and delivers so many of the great features people love about Palm Pre in a fantastic new form factor, making it a huge hit for consumers.” Palm Pixi Key Features & Specifications: High-speed connectivity (EVDO Rev. A) 2.63-inch multi-touch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color 320×400 resolution TFT display Gesture area, which enables sim...

Nokia announced the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, an entertainment hub that combines mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), social networking, music and gaming in one compact 3G device. With mobile broadcast TV consumption on the rise - by 2012 there will be over 300 million people worldwide watching TV on their mobile phones - this handset offers easy access to anyone wanting to enjoy an exceptional live, on-the-move TV experience. "The introduction of the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition responds to the arrival of DVB-H broadcast mobile TV networks in new markets and offers an affordable device for new and existing customers alike. Customers are increasingly watching a variety of programmes on their mobiles, such as drama programs, news and sport, for a longer period of time. The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition has the sound and image quality to hold the audiences captive." Watch TV. Anywhere. Thanks to the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition's DVB-H technology, programs burst through the QVGA...

Data center virtualization, cloud computing, the growth of mobile applications and social computing are just some of the hot topics at the 2009 RSA Conference Europe that is currently under way in London - and they are redefining the way information security is applied. To embrace them and seize the opportunity to build better security into the information infrastructure, RSA proposes Seven Guiding Principles encompassing the critical elements required to build an effective information security strategy within today's evolving security landscape - and this are the principles that they themselves apply: 1. Security must be embedded into the IT Infrastructure -- Security should not just be integrated within the infrastructure, it should be embedded within it. Teams from RSA and Cisco have joined forces to embed data loss prevention into devices such as the Cisco IronPort email security gateway. RSA and VMware have also engaged in a technology partnership to embed core s...

Samsung Bigfoot   Status : Rumored on T-Mobile USA Touchscreen : Full Touchscreen with Full QWERTY horizontal slider Dimensions : Unknown Camera : 3 MP Battery : Unknown Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : Unknown Extras : Unknown Price: Unknown

HTC Dragon   Status : Rumored on T-Mobile USA Touchscreen : 4.3 inch 800 x 480 pixels Touchscreen Dimensions : Unknown Camera : Unknown Battery : Unknown Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon Internal/External Memory : Unknown Extras : Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled Price: Unknown

Samsung Galaxy Lite/Samsung Spica   Status : Rumored Touchscreen : 3.2 inch AMOLED 320 x 480 Touchscreen with hardware buttons Dimensions : 115.9 x 56 x 11.9 mm; 116.7 grams Camera : 3.2MP Battery : 1500 mAh Li-ion Battery Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : 1GB Extras : Wi-Fi, bluetooth and 3.5mm headset jack Price: Unknown

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3   Status : Rumored Touchscreen : 4-inch/800×400 Full Touchscreen Dimensions : Uknown Camera : 8MP w/ Flash and AutoFocus Battery : Unknown Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : 1GHz Qualcomm Snap Dragon processor Internal/External Memory : Unknown Extras : Bluetooth and wi-fi enabled Price: Unknown

Motorola Calgary   Status : Upcoming on Verizon Touchscreen : 320 x 480 Full Touch, Horizontal Slider with Full QWERTY Keyboard, and an optical joystick Dimensions : Unknown Camera : 3.1 MP with Autofocus Battery : Li-Ion Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : 256 MB/MicroSD Extras : Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth Enabled w/ a 3.5mm headset jack Price: Unknown

Philips V808   Status : Rumored Touchscreen : Unknown Dimensions : Unknown Camera : Unknown Battery : Unknown Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : Unknown Extras : Unknown Price: Unknown

LG Etna   Status : Upcoming on Vodafone Touchscreen : 3 inch 240 x 320 pixels Touchscreen with Full Slideout QWERTY Dimensions : 101.6 x 50.8 x 16.8 mm; 108 grams Camera : 2.0 Megapixels Battery : 800 mAh Standby Time : 250 Hours Talk Time : 4 Hours Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : Unknown/microSD/microSDHC Extras : Bluetooth, USB enabled Price: Unknown

HTC Lancaster   Status : Rumored on AT&T (possibly canceled) Touchscreen : 2.8″/240 x 320 pixels QVGA Touchscreen with Slideout QWERTY Keyboard Dimensions : 109 x 54 x 17.1 mm; 110 grams Camera : 3.0 Megapixels Battery : 1,350 mAh Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : Unknown/microSD Extras : Bluetooth enabled Price: Unknown

Lenovo O1   Status : Upcoming on China Mobile Touchscreen : Unknown Dimensions : Unknown Camera : 5 MP w/ Flash Battery : Unknown Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time : Unknown Processor : 624 MHz Internal/External Memory : 8 GB / 16 GB internal storage Extras : Wi-Fi Price: Unknown

Dell mini i3   Status : Upcoming on China Mobile Touchscreen : 3.5 Inch/640 x 360 resolution Dimensions : 58 x 114 x 15.6 mm; 163 grams Camera : 3.2 MP w/ Flash and AutoFocus Battery : 950mAh Li-ion Standby Time : Unknown Talk Time :Unknown Processor : Unknown Internal/External Memory : Unknown/microSD card slot Extras : No Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS enabled Price: Unknown