Google’s new OpenSpot application for Android just made life a whole lot easier by helping you find parking spots. For those of you who drive in a city, remember how hard it is to find a parking space? I can’t drive yet, but trust me, the number of times my dad has had to circle around the neighborhood looking for a free parking space is too many to count (try every Saturday in Flushing, Queens). More »

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From Ziggytek: Google co-founder Larry Page accuses Steve Jobs of “rewriting history” when the Apple CEO says that Google followed Apple into the smartphone market. Page insists that Google had been developing phones long before Apple unveiled the iPhone in 2007. Although Google did buy out a small firm called Android a few years prior to the 1st generation iPhone launch, early prototypes of Android shown in late 2007 were reminiscent of BlackBerrys. More »

From Ziggytek: Woz was enthralled with his Google Nexus One when he purchased it, and although he still loves Android’s useful voice recognition, he thinks that its open source foundation (ironically) makes it too similar to Windows, an operating system that tries to do everything but staggers at doing anything well. More »

HTC has recently reported sales for Q2, and let me just say — it’s good being HTC right now. Despite earlier financial forecasts, sales grew 58% year-over-year to 60.5 billion New Taiwan dollars (roughly $1.9 billion) and net income grew 33% year-over-year to NT$8.6 billion (USD $268 million). More »

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Bearing the same name as the T-Mobile version, Bell’s Vibrant is Canada’s crack at the Samsung Galaxy S, which, at this rate, will reach every carrier in the world, though Bell seems to be saying that the phone is and exclusive. More »

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From Ziggytek: Motorola’s Droid X is stirring quite a ruckus among smartphone connoisseurs and is bound to be a big seller for Verizon. The full-page New York Times advertisement that Verizon took to promote the upcoming phone is informative and derisive, as it makes fun of the iPhone 4’s ongoing antenna reception problems. More »

If Google is trying to send the public a message with its Android walking a dog and Android skateboarding t-shirts, it’s trying to say that Android can do anything. One need not look further than the new Android skateboarding t-shirt. More »

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From Ziggytek: Available exclusively in the UK from eXpansys, the £299.99 VAT included ($452) Huawei is a 7-inch (800×480) Android Eclair slate that is a promising alternative to the Dell Streak, which is £130 more. More »

In one of the tests (Linpack), the Nexus One has an unfair advantage over the Evo 4G and Motorola Droid X because Google’s machine is running Android 2.2, which we all know is a performance whore. Anyway, check the 720p embedded clip to see the three phones stressed, and why the Droid X is supreme. More »

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In a blatant demonstration of passive disregard for its valuable customers, Sprint has callously declared that its Samsung Moment and HTC Hero will never see Android 2.2 FroYo. More »

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