Android Central (via Gizmodo) brings us the latest in a long — long — line of… er… iPhone inspired smartphones. This one, however, will be running the Google mobile OS: The OPhone is 1mm bigger than the original iPhone, has a dedicated camera button, 5MP camera, flash, microSD slot and 3.5mm headphone jack. Yeah. Sounds pretty flippin’ sweet to us too.Source: The iPhone Blog

28-Dec-2008 Make it through the post-apocalyptic wasteland... Bought FALLOUT 3? Getting it for Christmas? Either way, Making your way through this massive post-apocalyptic wasteland isn't an enviable task, as there's a vast assortment of vile creatures ready to rip your limbs off. And with over 50 hours of travelling in front of you, we reckon you'd best go out there equipped Source: Computer and Video Games UK

Open Source Software is about more than just the Linux operating system, and 2008 brought advances in the form of OpenOffice.org, IBM Lotus Symphony, Firefox and Android. But Linux is still the heart of the FOSS movement, and this year brought key developments in the operating system as well.Source: LXer

Then annual Google tradition (or shall we say obligation?) of giving out holiday cash gift  to its employees worldwide is not happening this year. Google is putting this annual practice into halt and instead decided to hand out the G1 Android Phone to all its employees worldwide.Source: The Bloggers' Times

"Let's be frank, the impressive number of folks jumping ship to new OSs and other companies claiming increased smartphone market share are clear indicators that plenty of customers want something other that Windows Mobile, and the latest words out of Microsoft's largest mobile partner certainly reconfirm our suspicions.Source: Pocket PC Thoughts

TECH.BLORGE.comGoogle Android Cutting Into Windows Mobile MarketsharePocket PC Thoughts, Canada - 55 minutes agoA unnamed HTC executive speaking to Smarthouse admitted that the sales of its flagship Android device are, in fact, hurting sales for HTC's Windows Mobile ...Sling Media releases new version of SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows ... the unwiredHot Touch Screen Phones to take you into 2009 TECH.BLORGE.comall 4 news articles

... One of Hulu, Joost, etc get integrated into the Xbox 360 and/or PS3. — Netflix on Xbox for the Yes. Google launches “Android for Set-Top Boxes” but gains little traction in the foreseeable future. — Nope, didn’t happen (though I still believe they are working on it).Source: Jeremy Toeman's LIVEdigitally

... Palm's CEO Ed Colligan called this an "undeniably difficult period." Indeed. With so much of the smartphone narrative and consumer excitement focused on iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android, Palm has largely been left out.Source: O'Reilly Radar

... to tell whether a link leads to a phishing siteThe iPhone browser doesn't display full URLs making it easier for the bad guys to trick users Hackers are only just getting a real look at the Android OS so there is not much to report however, one security flaw was revealed only days after the G1 went on sale.Source: ReadWriteWeb

... Wal-Mart got plenty of attention when it picked up T-Mobile's G1 Android phone at the end of October. The main reason? Its pricetag. Wal-Mart offered the G1 for $148.88, about $31 less than T-Mobile's direct deal.Source: PC World