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Apple and OLED

[New reports](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/january-launch-of-10-inch-amoled-apple-tablet-near-impossible.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) are surfacing, putting to bed the rumors that Apple’s new Tablet will have an OLED screen. Thank god we’re getting that out of our systems now, so people won’t be screaming about it next week. (Who am I kidding? People will be screaming about this for the next five years.)The argument against OLED in the Tablet this time is a logical one; there simply aren’t…

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And the Cycle Continues

> Flurry’s report mentions that the Nexus One lacks the “wow factor” and the general perception that the device is not seen as revolutionary, but rather just evolutionary from other Android phones. via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/145673/2010/01/nexusone_sales.html?lsrc=rss_main)Looks like the Nexus One has suffered the [fate of all Android phones](http://jcieplinski.posterous.com/nexus-one-of-many-in-a-long-line-of-android-f) a bit earlier than expected. The story has turned negative in less than two weeks, and before the next “iPhone Killer” even arrives.…

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Don't Return your Nexus One between 14 and 120 days.

> Bottom line: canceling the contract in the first four months leads to $550 in charges (don’t call them penalties!), on top of the $179 paid for the phone itself. After four months, only the T-Mobile fee applies. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/warning-nexus-one-users-dangerous-fees-ahead.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)Ars Technica has taken a closer look at the terms and conditions of buying a Nexus One. Yikes. I thought the hike on the Droid’s early termination fee to $350…

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Android Marketplace May or May not have seen its first Malware

Priceless quote of the day from this article, originally published in Computerworld, about a possible string of malware apps in the Android marketplace that were pulled by Google after being discovered: “That’s the way things are for Windows,” he pointed out. “Nothing is approved by anybody, and it’s worked very well for Microsoft.”How can anyone write that with a straight face? Of course it’s worked out well for Microsoft. Never mind Microsoft’s users. Google will make out fine no matter how many users get their…

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I don't know why I bother writing about tech sometimes. Ihnatko always says it so much better

Thoughts on what an Apple tablet should be – or not I won’t be writing a full-on “predictions about Apple’s upcoming tablet” article, because I can’t do it any better than he just did. I agree with all of it, and I have nothing to add. So I think I’ll just go back to work now.…

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