> The phone is said to be running [Gingerbread](http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/leaked-android-30-details-hint-at-tablet-potential.ars) with a custom, phone-specific skin, and will be able to play a variety of classic PlayStation and PlayStation Portable games digitally. It makes sense, in a way: this would give Sony another way to monetize its existing portable gaming content, and Google’s mobile platform would get a powerful portable gaming boost. Apple is known for its iPhone games, but thus far the Android platform has not enjoyed the same level of support…

> There have been isolated cases of spyware programs that run on the Android platform, an open-source mobile operating system created by Google. But the fake media player application, which Kaspersky dubbed “Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a,” is the first one believed to specifically target Android, Kaspersky said. > > “Kaspersky Lab recommends that users pay close attention to the services that an application requests access to when it is being installed,” the company said. “That includes access to premium rate services that charge to send SMSes and make calls.” > > The application is simply…

> “The big thing is that people with an iPhone really don’t look anywhere else,” said Entner, for their next smartphone. “It’s like having the most beautiful woman in the world on your arm. Why would you look anywhere else?” via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/153257/2010/08/ipad_halo_effect.html?lsrc=rss_main)This is the big reason why I think that despite Android’s obvious growth this past year, a future where Android “dominates” the market, and the iPhone is relegated to the…

[](http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jcieplinski/chcDndufFpekJJhuuofgAfmmvnnCiBftHtIqaJHiwgdfJivevJqeHrBHqoFb/media_httpwwwblogcdnc_qmCFa.jpg.scaled1000.jpg)via [engadget.com](http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/10/dell-streak-on-sale-august-13-for-300-on-atandt-contract-550-wi/)So this oversized phone is more expensive than any other Android phone on the market, and yet it’s running an old version (1.6) of the OS? Alternately, you can think of it as a “small tablet”, in which case it’s more expensive than…

> The RearType paper describes the project as follows: > > > “Our goal is a system that provides the tactile feedback and familiarity of a regular keyboard without cluttering the front of the display, ameliorates the occlusion problem inherent in direct on-screen touch and pen input, does not use the valuable screen real-estate taken up by an on-screen keyboard, leverages users existing skills in touch-typing on a regular physical QWERTY keyboard, and allows for text entry in highly mobile usage scenarios.” > > After building a prototype, the researchers put it through its paces with…