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#“Swype Beta Re-Opened” Swype is pleased to offer an (updated) Android Beta! Here are the details: In English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, and introducing French and an early, *UNSTABLE* preview release of Chinese Pinyin Now includes support for Double-Tap-to-Edit, Cursor Restore, and Voice-to-Text (requires Google Voice Search be included in your system firmware) HVGA, WVGA, and WVGA854 Resolutions - don't worry we'll detect this automatically. Sorry, no QVGA Limited End User Support - mostly via our forum If your phone came pre-installed with Swype »

#“Finally found the perfect place for my Yahoo sticker” I was thrilled to grab some Yahoo stickers at Le Web recently. They'll be worth loads when Yahoo is a long distant memory. I wondered where to put one and finally figured it out this evening. I cannot think of a more apt location. »

#“Android Gingerbread Running on my HTC Desire” Thanks to the brilliant Richard Trip, whose DeFroST ROM I use every day on my phone, we now also have the a rough cut of Gingerbread on the Desire. Initial impressions are that not much has changed except for some bling. I know most of the changes are under the hood. Seems to be rock solid. Haven't found any problems yet. »

#“How the OpenSource Community Saved a Piece of Crap Device” Until my recent falling out with DealExtreme over their refusal to refund me for a returned item, I spent a lot of money on their site buying various gadgets and gizmos. The trick is to buy really cheap things so that if they break or aren't quite what you wanted, you can bin them or try and use them for something else. »

#“Android Bing Tastic” Yeah it's stupid and I laughed when they announced it and strictly speaking it's only supposed to be available on Verizon, but I'm now using Bing Search on my HTC Desire too. Nose, face, spite, etc. »

#“I was all excited about Mapquest Open for about 30 Seconds” Then I zoomed into Bandon. This is as close as I can get:   But Mapquest Open is using OpenStreetMap data. And OSM can zoom in wayyyy beyond that.    What's the problem I wonder?   »

#“This Season I’ll Be Mostly Wearing Bing” via youtube.com For kicks n giggles I am not going to use Google Search for a week and I'm using Bing instead. Not just because I am getting very uncomfortable with how Google is hijacking Local search results but also because competition and variety are good things. Dare ya. »

#“Ad Distracts Me from TIME Story” So I started reading about the TIME Zuck story on Gawker, lost interest about aparagraphin (it's TIME FFS, my Dad stopped buying it in about 1987) and suddenly I spotted the GAP Ad with its Foursquare button. Totally brilliant. Effectively a Facebook Like button for a product that will give me 30% off when I show it on my phone in-store. This is where 4SQ can nail it. »

#“Nexus S, no headphone jack. This has to be a typo, right?” C'mon. »

#“Android 2.3 Details Announced” Today we're announcing a new version of the Android platform Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It includes many new platform technologies and APIs to help developers create great apps. via android-developers.blogspot.com Ooh nice : * Enhancements for game development * Rich multimedia: VP8 and WebM, as well as support for AAC and AMR-wideband encoding. * New forms of communication: Support for front-facing camera, SIP/VOIP, and Near Field Communications (NFC) »