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Another video of the HTC supersonic appears in the wild and this one shows a whole lot of nothing that we didn’t already know, however, it’s still proof this thing exists. If it turns out anything like the rumors are pointing to, ie 4G Sprint device, then we are very excited over here at the Droids. Otherwise, stop teasing us lucky few who have a Supersonic…yeah you know who you are. Continue Reading…
Everyone loves the feeling of unwrapping, opening and experiencing their brand new, maybe not even on the market yet gadget, for the first time. It brings a sense of completeness, like this new toy has filled some sort of void in your life. Well, the fine crew over at Slashgear have gotten to experience that very feeling with the HTC Legend and we are lucky enough they took photos and videos of the experience for all of us to share and bask in the joy of Unboxing. Continue Reading…
Motorola Backflip
AT&T has put together a nice introduction video of the Motorola Backflip and provides a nice 
3min+ video demonstrating the phone’s features and capabilities. It’s a really nice video and if you are thinking about the Backflip at all, I’d suggest giving it a watch. I’m particularly liking the back track pad area as a way to navigate the Android screens. Continue Reading…
Google has been running their series of Nexus One : The Story for a few days now. Today is episode 5: Day One. This video is about a day in the life of a Nexus One user, from waking to the Android alarm all the way until using the Google Sky Map app to look at the stars at night. One particular area of interest is a quick shot of what could be the car dock accessory for the Nexus One. It’s not a great shot, but it’s a little preview. Continue Reading…
This is a screen shot of the latest Nexus One: The Story YouTube video of how the Nexus One came to be. This is from Episode 2, Display & 3D Framework, near the end of the video clip. I realize this is just a rendering for the video, but I found the all white Nexus One to be rather interesting. Come on HTC/Google, let’s see some colors next time around. White, Black (all), Reds, Greens, Yellows, Blues….to see the video, Continue Reading…
Vimeo launched a mobile version of their site Wednesday, allowing iPhone and Android users to stream their videos via their mobile browsers. This means transcoding their videos into a format other than Flash, since only the Hero (and, of course, the Droid Eris) support Flash out of the box. They appear to be using Quicktime to encode the videos.
Currently, the number of videos that have been converted is limited to videos picked by Vimeo’s staff, but that will be expanding soon. Blake Whitman, Vimeo’s Director of Community, told CNet: “In the future, like the next several weeks–maybe longer, we’ll be offering Plus users the option to transcode their videos to an iPhone version too.”
In an unscientific test, video quality was excellent, and seemed to be higher-resolution than the mobile version of YouTube – at least on an iPhone 3G. Videos loaded and buffered quickly, and on AT&T’s admittedly pitiful 3G network, the video never got ahead of the buffered stream, even on longer videos.
This is definitely good news. Competition is good, and providing mobile video is an excellent way for Vimeo to increase their exposure. They have a lot of catching up to do. So point your ‘Droid’s browser to http://www.vimeo.com/m to check it out!