Mobile
Gizmodo explains how
multitasking works on mobile phones.
HP has purchased Palm. This was the
Engadget live blog during the acquisition.
HTML5 killed Flash, not Apple. It just works better and
is more efficient on mobile devices.
The
beta version of Skyfire 2.0 for Android has been released.
The Nokia E72 can now be
purchased in white and comes with a new firmware update (for all E72s).
Motorola has
posted a small Quarter 2 profit.
Verizon subscribers can now get their hands on WebOS 1.4.1.1 for Palm.
Android is expected to boost HTC's Quarter 2 sales by a
whopping 36 percent.
By next month, Sony should be announcing
Android Dragonpoint for TV.
The Sony Dash is now officially
on sale.
The HTC Droid Incredible should be shipping
very soon.
Microsoft's Kin could possibly be available on a
large number of networks, outside of Verizon and Vodafone.
Three new Android phones have
appeared in Asia.
Android 2.2
will support Flash.
Nokia says that the new (leaked)
N8 has early software and isn't ready for review.
Miscellaneous
Check out Volksvagen's foldable Bik.e
electric bicycle.
Japanese scientists have created
"elastic water."
The Better Marriage Blanket
absorbs farts and saves marriages.
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows a worm named
Schmidtea mediterranea to
regenerate its head and brain.
Check out this sweet
8-bit arcade guitar.
Find out more about the BattleBots that are
competing at the RoboGames.
There is a new
Video Games badge for Boy Scouts.
An emoticon stamp? \(^o^)/