Verizon Wireless plans to sell Apple’s iPhone for as low as $200 starting next month, the carrier said today. Verizon, the largest cellular company in the United States, serving some 93 million customers, said it would start selling the phone on February 10, ending AT&T’s three-year old status as the exclusive U.S. provider for the iPhone.

The iPhone 4 through Verizon Wireless will run on Verizon’s CDMA network – not their newly minted “4G” network running the latest LTE technology. iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless will also include new Personal Hotspot capabilities allowing customers to use iPhone 4 to connect up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices.

The iPhone 4 will be available on the Verizon Wireless for a suggested retail price of $199.99 for the 16GB model and $299.99 for the 32GB model with a new two year customer agreement. iPhone 4 will be available at more than 2,000 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores nationwide, online at www.verizonwireless.com/iphone, and at Apple Retail Stores.

What will it mean to AT&T? Not much, according to Ralph de la Vega, chief executive of AT&T’s wireless business. It is a 3G phone, not a faster LTE device. AT&T makes the case that their HSPA+ network is faster than Verizon’s EVDO Rev. A network, based on CDMA technology.

Credit Suisse estimates that AT&T will have 18.4 million iPhone subscribers at the end of 2010, of which 15.9 million, or 86%, will be under contract. Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, estimates that Verizon could activate as many as nine million iPhones in the coming year, or as much as 40 percent of its total smartphone sales for the year, reports the NY Times. Up to 6.5 million of those subscribers could be defectors from AT&T, he said.

AT&T diversified its smartphone lineup last week at CES, and touted new 4G Android devices from Motorola, HTC and Samsung. AT&T says it will launch 20, 4G devices this year with a dozen Android devices on tap in 2011.

AT&T’s Chief Marketing Officer David Christopher said it will offer a Motorola’s Honeycomb Android tablet in the second quarter running off its current network. LTE tablets will follow in the summer.

AT&T devices will use both their HSPA+ and LTE network. Their LTE transition will go through 2013, but won’t begin until after the first half of the year.

AT&T CTO John Donavan said combining HSPA+ and LTE results in better hand-offs between services.

Meanwhile, Sprint Nextel, introduced two WiMAX devices –– the HTC EVO Shift 4G with a Qualcomm MSM7630 (800 MHz) processor, and the MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Novatel Wireless that are far cheaper than the devices being sold by its rivals. The WiMAX-enabled EVO Shift, which sports a slide-out QWERTY keypad, is only $149.99 and Mobile Hotspot costs $49.99 (on a 2 year contract).

The bottom line is whatever works. If service is poor where you need it, iPhone fans may now have an option of jumping ship to Verizon.

If you want a “real” 4G phone, however, Sprint/Clearwire is still the only game in town…unless you buy into the “HSPA+ is 4G” argument of T-Mobile USA, of course. Or you could wait. Verizon will make available four new 4G LTE smartphones by the middle of 2011, including the HTC Thunderbolt, LG Revolution, Motorola Droid Bionic and Samsung 4G LTE.

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Back in mid-December I let you know about the Ovi Daily App Must Have Apps contest and I was informed that Nokia has announced the winners and are working on notifying the winner of the N8. The N8 winner was selected from the group of people who correctly picked the six winning apps and it was definitely not me.

The six winning apps were as follows:

• Game: Doodle Jump
• Business/Productivity: Mobile Documents
• Entertainment: Touchnote Postcards
• Music: Shazam
• Social networking: Gravity
• Utilities: Joikuspot WiFi Hot Spot

I picked 4 out of 6, but missed the Mobile Documents and Touchnote Postcards apps. I actually just installed Mobile Documents thanks to Rita’s recommendation, but have never tried the Touchnote Postcards app.

Did any readers pick all six of these correctly?

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Sling Media and Verizon have announced that they are launching a subscription service for LTE devices “beginning later this year”. The service will be a fee based subscription bringing the SlingBox experience to Verizon customers. The fee will appear on the customers bill, but is currently not yet announced. We’ll keep tabs on it for you!

“Users can enjoy their TV while having their oil changed, waiting for a flight or taking a study break,” reads the press release. “Verizon Wireless customers will be able to sign up for the offer through V CAST Apps, Verizon Wireless’ mobile storefront, beginning later this year.”

Full press release below.

Sling Media announces subscription for Verizon LTE devices

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Dell and T-Mobile USA, today unveiled Dell’s new 7-inch Android tablet, the Streak 7, a tablet specifically designed for T-Mobile’s super-fast version of HSPA+.

During the event, T-Mobile said it plans to double the speed of its 4G network this year and announced that in 2011 it will launch at least 25 new 4G devices, starting with its first “4G” tablet — the Dell Streak 7. A laptop stick, developed by ZTE, is slated to launch in the first half of 2011, and is said to be capable of delivering T-Mobile’s peak download speeds of 42 Mbps.

T-Mobile’s CTO Neville Ray said its data traffic is doubling every seven months and will be able to keep pace with demand, using Ethernet backhaul to 70 percent of its HSPA+ 21 network and is moving up to HSPA+ 42 this year.

Yesterday, T-Mobile and LG announced their upcoming Android Honeycomb-powered T-Mobile G-Slate, although that tablet isn’t expected to be available for several months. Google’s Android platform now powers three tablets for T-Mobile, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Dell Streak 7 tablet and soon the 10″ LG Slate.

The Streak 7 combines a seven-inch WVGA touch screen with Gorilla Glass, Android 2.2, a dual core 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, and full support for Adobe Flash.

A rear-facing 5 megapixel camera and a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera preloaded with the Qik Video Chat application, provide video-calling over T-Mobile’s network as well as Wi-Fi.

The new Dell Streak 7 Tablet is expected to be available in the U.S. in the coming weeks at T-Mobile retail stores, and direct from Dell. No word on price. Last week T-Mobile reduced the price of the 7″ Samsung Tablet from $600 to $500.

T-Mobile says it can deliver HSPA+ speeds in 100 major metropolitan areas (with backhaul in place), covering 185 million people in the U.S. T-Mobile claims it will increase the maximum possible data speeds offered on its upgraded 3G network to 42 Mbit/s in 2011, up from the 21 Mbit/s, the maximum speed limit of AT&T’s flavor of HSPA+. Their HSPA+ network will go to 42, and be available to about two-thirds of the network — or 140 million pops — later this year.

The 21-Mbit/s HSPA+ upgrade is the fastest that the wireless technology can be cranked with software — rather than hardware — updates, such as MIMO architecture. Qualcomm says systems with 2×2 MIMO and 10 MHz of bandwidth, whether HSPA+ or LTE, provide similar capacity, peak and cell-edge data rates, as well as similar latency. Still, 64-QAM modulation, often used in cable modems, is pretty fragile over the air and only effective very near a tower.

Operators might be able to achieve peak data rates of more than 650Mbps, thanks to an HSPA standard called Long Term HSPA Evolution, being driven by T-Mobile USA and Nokia Siemens Networks, who aim to make it available for commercial deployment by 2013.

How T-Mobile will jump to LTE remains a mystery. Perhaps we’ll find out next month in Barcelona.

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The  Press Release stated Phillip Hume “made” his first public appearance, but technically I’m still waiting for the T-Mobile Press conference to start. A press release just published makes the following exciting announcements:

• Dell Streak 7 – 4G Tablet
• G-Slate by LG with Android 3.0 and 4G
• 25 4G devices in 2011

Here is the full press release, but I’ll be bringing you more info, details, and video as it comes out:

T-Mobile USA CEO and President Philipp Humm

Highlights the Company’s Network Leadership

and Focus on Fueling Data Adoption

T-Mobile Doubles the Speed of America’s Largest 4G Network and Introduces Its First 4G Tablet: the Dell Streak 7

LAS VEGAS, Nev. and BELLEVUE, Wash. — Jan. 6, 2011 – Today at the 2011 International CES, T-Mobile USA CEO and President Philipp Humm highlighted the company’s network leadership, supported by Nielsen data confirming that T-Mobile delivered the fastest wireless data performance in the top 100 U.S. markets during the second half of 2010.¹ In addition, Humm announced the nationwide availability of T-Mobile’s 4G network, now reaching approximately 200 million people in 100 major metropolitan areas.

“In 2010, we delivered on our ambitious goal to become America’s largest 4G network, and this year our customers will be able to experience speeds equivalent to home broadband while on the go,” said Humm. “We’ll continue to focus on fueling the adoption of mobile data, by offering innovative and affordable smartphones and tablets, as well as aggressive data plan pricing and rich and compelling data services.”

T-Mobile also unveiled plans to double the speed of its 4G network this year, which will be capable of delivering peak download speeds of up to 42 Mbps. Moreover, the company announced that in 2011 it will launch at least 25 new 4G devices, starting with its first 4G tablet — the Dell™ Streak 7, expected to be available at T-Mobile stores across the country in the coming weeks. The company vowed to aggressively expand and evolve its 4G smartphone portfolio, launching additional devices capable of delivering peak download speeds of up to 21 Mbps in the first half of 2011, and smartphones capable of delivering peak download speeds of up to 42 Mbps in the second half of the year.

The cutting-edge download speed was demonstrated today by company representatives using a T-Mobile laptop stick developed by ZTE, capable of delivering peak download speeds of up to 42 Mbps and slated to launch in the first half of 2011. By doubling the speed of its 4G network, T-Mobile will offer its customers an unprecedented wireless experience, fueled by improved performance in the use of rich media applications, including creating and sharing mobile content, streaming video, and participating in multi-player gaming and videoconferencing.

The company expects 140 million Americans in 25 metro areas to have access to these increased 4G speeds by mid-2011. T-Mobile’s enhanced speed capabilities will also benefit its customers using existing 3G devices for data services, as the backward-compatible network enables 3G devices to achieve their maximum speed performance.

“We are pleased to support T-Mobile as it continues to deploy and develop its 4G network, which today is delivering next-generation speeds and performance to hundreds of millions of customers,” said Angel Ruiz, president and CEO, Ericsson North America. “We are confident that HSPA+ will continue to offer a viable and cost-effective alternative to LTE and WiMAX, providing a comparable 4G experience to customers for the foreseeable future. And, with a strong and growing ecosystem of network equipment and handsets, we anticipate that HSPA+ can develop into one of the most advanced technology platforms in the industry.”

“Consumers are increasingly embracing the benefits of smartphones, with 80 percent of U.S. mobile customers wanting a smartphone, and as many as 100 million of them not yet having one,” said Cole Brodman, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. “Our compelling offering of affordable broadband devices and consumer-friendly data plan pricing will enable customers to step up to mobile data and 4G, and our customers will not pay a toll to ride on our 4G superhighway.”

About the Dell™ Streak 7

T-Mobile’s first 4G tablet, the Dell Streak 7, is capable of peak speeds up to 21 Mbps to provide a super-fast 4G mobile broadband experience for watching movies and entertainment through preloaded content and thousands of widgets, games and applications available on Android Market™. Running the Android 2.2 operating system, the Dell Streak 7 features a brilliant 7-inch WVGA touch screen with Gorilla^® Glass, dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and full Adobe^® Flash^® Player 10.1 support.

Stay tuned!

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AT&T is making several announcements today about their “4G” devices and network expansion. AT&T says it is the only U.S. company committed to delivering 4G using both HSPA+ and LTE technologies – providing a faster and more consistent experience for customers.

AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega said Wednesday that it will step up its Long-Term Evolution investment and roll out 4G services in the middle of the year. Meanwhile, AT&T diversified its smartphone lineup and touted new 4G Android devices from Motorola, HTC and Samsung. AT&T says it will launch 20, 4G devices this year with a dozen Android devices on tap in 2011.

• Motorola Mobility showed off the Atrix 4G (right). CEO Sanjay Jha called it “the world’s most powerful smartphone.” The dual-core Atrix uses a Tegra processor, Android 2.2, and has a dock that allows for desktop Web browsing.
• HTC CEO Peter Chou also showed off the Inspire 4G, which has the next generation Sense exclusive to AT&T. The Inspire features HTML5 support, a 4.3 inch display and Android 2.2.
• Samsung Mobile Communications, said its Infuse 4G would offer the largest and thinnest screen.

AT&T’s Chief Marketing Officer David Christopher said it will offer a Motorola’s Honeycomb Android tablet in the second quarter running off its current network. LTE tablets will follow in the summer.

AT&T devices will use both their HSPA+ and LTE network. Their LTE transition will go through 2013, but won’t begin until after the first half of the year.

AT&T CTO John Donavan said combining HSPA+ and LTE results in better hand-offs between services.

Meanwhile, Sprint Nextel, introduced two WiMAX devices –– the HTC EVO Shift 4G with a Qualcomm MSM7630 (800 MHz) processor, and the MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot by Novatel Wireless that are far cheaper than the devices being sold by its rivals.

The EVO Shift, which sports a slide-out QWERTY keypad, for $149.99 and Mobile Hotspot for $49.99. While the smartphone is set to be launched on Jan. 9, the Hotspot may hit the store shelves on Feb. 27.

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Last night we told you that LG would be announcing the Optimus Black at CES this week, and today they made good. As promised, it’s just 9.2mm thick at its largest point and 6mm at its smallest, and is showing off a sharp 4-inch screen that is promised to still be energy efficient. In spite of its thin build, LG has squeezed in a 1,500mAh battery, which they are promising will last for an entire day’s use — a rarity in Android devices, so here’s hoping they can deliver. They’ve also confirmed the 2 megapixel front-facing camera, and that while the device will launch with Android 2.2 (Froyo), it WILL in fact be receiving the update to Gingerbread. Look for the device to launch within the first half of the year. Read past the break for the full press release.
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LG Officially Announces Optimus Black

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OpenFeint has issued a press release announcing that over 5 million OpenFeint-enabled titles were activated in just four days over Christmas. On Christmas Day itself, over 450,000 new users registered for the service, which set a company record.

Furthermore, Android OpenFeint games saw a 73% increase in sales over this time period, which is a pretty substantial increase. This is truly a testament to the juggernaut that is mobile gaming, and to the ever-increasing popularity of Android as a mobile gaming platform. Continue after the break for the full press release.

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Open Feint announces excellent holiday sales figures, huge increase in Android games sold

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It’s no secret that practically every manufacturer of Android devices is looking for solid tablet that can genuinely challenge the iPad. Well Toshiba just announced a tablet that could be a real contender. Running a Tegra 2 CPU, this 10.1-inch tablet is going to pack a real punch. It has a capacitive, high 1280 x 800-resolution display with an ambient light sensor. In terms of hardware, it has an accelerometer built in, a 5 megapixel camera as well as a 2 megapixel front-facing camera, and full-sized USB and HDMI ports. It weighs in at 1.7 pounds and is just slightly more than a half-inch thick. The backing is rubberized and removable, which not only allows you to change the battery, but will available in different colors allowing you more customization. As this tablet will run Honeycomb, which hasn’t even been made official by Google yet, we aren’t likely to see a working model REAL soon. Still, Toshiba hopes to have the device available within the first half of the year, and we will be watching eagerly for more information. Hit the source link if you want more pictures.

Toshiba Announces Tegra 2-Powered Tablet, Will Run Honeycomb

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Pantech just recently announced a new smartphone that will debut soon, and it looks very promising. Based on Qualcomm’s MSM8225 chipset, the Vega Xpress will be the first Android smartphone to use DDR2 memory technology. What makes this so special? It allows the device to reach impressive processing speeds by accessing the memory much more quickly than current devices. Pantech is claiming that this device will be 1.5 times faster than a similarly-clocked device with current memory technology, while also offering PC-level speed in internet browsing, application speeds, and gaming. This device should be able to double 3D graphics processing speeds, while still increasing power efficiency (a much-needed improvement in most Android handsets) by as much as 2 to 3 times. The Vega Xpress will also feature an RF antenna to further increase its usefulness. Currently announced specs:

DDR2 seems to have a lot of promise, so we’ll eagerly await some demonstrations of this tech in action.

Pantech Announces First Android Phone to Use DDR2

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Vlingo, the popular voice control application, is getting a new feature called ActionBar which allows Android users to type Vlingo commands when it’s not convenient to speak into the phone. From the press release:

Vlingo’s ActionBar enables Android users to type or speak commands to do all of the things they would normally do with Vlingo. Vlingo brings the same adaptation and predictive intelligence used for voice recognition to typed commands with the ActionBar, allowing users to initiate actions when it’s not as convenient speak to their phones — like on a noisy bus or quiet conference room.

Continue after the break to check out a video of ActionBar in, well… action, as well as the press release.

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Vlingo announces ActionBar beta

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We’ve been hearing a lot about the LG Star and all its dual-core glory. Now, finally, LG has made good on the rumor mill, and has officially announced the new Optimus 2X. The phone will come with:

• 1Ghz Dual-core Processor (NVIDIA Tegra 2)
• 4-inch WVGA screen
• Android 2.2 (Froyo), upgradeable to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• 8GB memory (up to 32GB via microSD)
• 1,500 mAh battery
• 8 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera
• HDMI mirroring
• 1080p MPEG-4/H.264 playback and recording

The LG Optimus 2X will be heading to Korea in January, followed by Asia and Europe. No word yet on when we will see this awesome new piece of mobile wonder stateside.

This. Is. Incredible. I can safely say that these specs look utterly fantastic. You can bet that this device will be the first to usher in a new age of mobile computing. Some day, when your kids are flying around with their jetpack-enabled cell phones, you’ll be able to say “I remember when”. Be sure to hit the break for the full presser, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments!

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LG announces Tegra 2 dual-core Optimus 2X, formerly LG Star

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As if you needed any extra incentive to pick up the new Nexus S on December 16th, Best Buy Mobile has announced free overnight shipping for online purchases of the device .  This means that not only can head to the store, see a working demo, and walk out with one, but you can also order one Thursday and have it Friday.

“We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the exclusive launch of Nexus S for our online customers than to offer free overnight shipping,” said Andy Heddle, head of online and direct sales for Best Buy Mobile. “People can check out the phone for themselves in our stores and then order the phone online right there at the store if need be or from the comfort of their home or office. Our aim is to make sure as many people as possible can get Nexus S in the quickest and easiest way”.

The online promo begins at 8AM EST so get ready!

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LG has started the race for bigger, badder, better LED-backlit HDTVs with a bang, announcing on Tuesday two new lines of HDTVs that use its brand-new “NANO Lighting Technology”, as well as a new sound bar with six speaker drivers and a separate wireless subwoofer.

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MetroPCS is adding to its Android lineup, but don’t expect the additions to bring a real power hitting smartphone to plate for the carrier just yet. Today they announced the availability of the Huawei Ascend, an Android 2.1 handset with a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen and 3.2MP camera. The Ascend, initially available via Cricket, joins the LG Optimus M on MetroPCS. Pricing is fair on the pocket at $179.

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The editors at National Geographic have put together a list of the Top Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010. Some look similar to species we have already seen, and some are downright odd. The article contains a slide show of the ten animals, giving a few paragraphs of information for each one. Then, if you want more details and background, you can click through to the original article for that animal.

From the cute to the sad to the scary, this list includes animals such as the Mr. Burns toad, the Yoda bat and the adorable purple octopus, shown above. Check out the complete list of Top Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010.

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We don’t see a lot of phones from Philips here in the states, but they’re noticeably more common in Europe and Asia. In that vein, Philips announced the T910, which will be running an unnamed version of the Android OS. It will feature a 5 megapixel camera and 180MB internal memory. Philips will be making the phone available in the Chinese and Russian markets soon.

Philips Announces the T910

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Sprint says “4G” Tablets coming in 2011

Paget Alves, Sprint’s President of Business Markets, said in an interview that business customers are especially interested in tablets.  ”The adoption rate for tablets in the business sector is much, much faster than we expected,” he said.  Generally business users are the type who would benefit from the lower weight and could use portability that a tablet could bring.  Alves noted the strong interest from CIO’s (Chief Information Officers) in outfitting their workforce with tablets.

Unfortunately there was no talk about which manufacturer or Operating System they might offer.  There are any number of tablets being designed, Intel recently stated that manufacturers have chosen Intel processors for 35 different models.  This leaves a huge question mark for Android users.  Android is a natural fit considering the Epic and Evo are both 4G phones, and have proven to be hugely popular for Sprint.  Yet there are so many tablets rumored to be in the design or test phase that it could be the RIM playbook or even a Windows tablet.  I guess only time will tell.

Interesting side note on “4G”

From the Forbes article….

The trend of branding all fast networks 4G will “eventually backfire,” Alves added. “Throwing around that term will make it less meaningful,” he said. “Then it will be more about delivering what people expect from a ‘4G’ experience.”

source:  Reuters and Thedroidguy via Forbes

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Imagine my excitement when I opened up my inbox this morning to find a press release from Texas Instruments that TI has officially announced their new TI OMAP4440, the latest in the OMAP 4 family of CPU’s. The new CPU boasts:

• 1.25x increase in graphics performance
• 30 percent decrease in webpage load time
• 2x increase in 1080p video playback performance
• clock speeds as fast as 1.5 GHz per ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™

According to Remi El-Ouazzane, vice president of OMAP platform business unit:

The increased performance given by the OMAP4440 applications processor illustrates TI’s ability to push mobile computing possibilities with the right processor architecture enveloped in the right platform. We seized an opportunity to enhance the platform capabilities driving the OMAP4430 processor’s success today. As OMAP4430 processor-based products hit the market in first half 2011, we’re arming our customers with a huge performance boost via an easy migration to OMAP4440 processor for their next wave of exciting devices. The resulting user experiences will radically impact how consumers continue to integrate mobile technology into their daily lives.

The new OMAP4440 will be sampling in Q1 of 2011, and TI expects mass production to start in the second half of the same year. The new CPU is said to increase capabilities of  mobile video teleconferencing, stereoscopic-3D and gesture recognition. For a full lineup of technical specs, hit the break for the full presser.

What do you think about TI’s new processing power? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

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TI announces new OMAP4440 mobile processor, speeds of 1.5 GHz per CPU core

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We’ve been waiting, speculating, rumoring, and waiting some more, but finally – Comcast has spilled the beans. In an official email sent to us here at TalkAndroid, the ISP and cable provider has officially announced their Xfinity app for Android. According to the emailr, the app will include:

• Access home voicemail and forward home phone calls from your Xfinity Voice service directly to your Android device
• Use the Xfinity mobile widget to quickly review your latest voicemail and email messages
• Sync your Universal Address Book to have all your personal and professional contacts in one place
• Review and respond to Comcast.net email
• Remotely program and manage your DVRs so you never miss a show
• View local TV listings, sort by different categories and watch Video On Demand movie trailers

And, some things specific to the Android app:

• Widgets: lets you see the two most recent email and voice mail messages; listen to voice mail messages right from the widget
• Data Storage: android allows access to storage on the devices, so you can store attachments or other files and also upload files as attachments when sending email

Pretty cool stuff here. Be sure to keep your cursor on TalkAndroid so you know when the app is officially released, and be sure to hit the break for the full email. Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Update: The app is now available on the market, and can be downloaded via appbrain or direct from the market.

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Comcast officially announces Xfinity Android app, app available for download

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The popular keyboard replacement Swiftkey has hit 500,000 downloads, and to celebrate they are lowering the price to $1.99. We apologize for being a little late in getting this one out, and to inform you that as of writing this you only have just a few hours left until midnight (Nov. 26) to take advantage of the sale.

So, what are you waiting for? Head on over to our app database or search Swiftkey in the Android Market to grab it for this low price before it’s too late!

SwiftKey announces 500,000 downloads, special Black Friday offer

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Personally, I couldn’t begin to count the hours I’ve spent on Frogger, between old-school arcades and the NES and various other platforms over the years.   It’s always been one of my favorites, so it’s the one that excites me the most.  I’m a sucker for word games, too, so I’m sure I’ll check out WordMix.

According to OpenFeint, though, all 8 of these games have been very popular on iOS.  The important thing, though, is that developers are starting to pay attention to the Android platform, and more games is always a plus.  Read the full press release after the break, and let us know which games excite you the most in the comments!

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OpenFeint Announces 8 New Games For Android, including Frogger

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Cedemo has announced the release of the Video Game Barcode Scanner, designed to help you make choices about video game purchases. The app allows you to scan the games barcode, bringing up a page of detailed information including photos, trailers, ratings, and descriptions.

Cedemo has also announced a little contest to go along with the release of the app. The prize is a pair of ezVision Video Glasses, and to enter you must simply download the app, like it on Facebook, and scan a game and share it with your friends.

You can grab the app from our app database, and continue after the break for the full press release, as well as a video.

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Cedemo announces Video Game Barcode Scanner

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LaCie has announced the Starck Mobile USB 3.0. The drive is a version of the Starck Mobile Hard Drive, but with USB 3.0 support.

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