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Here is a little gallery of pictures of my new Dell Streak comparing it to my iPod touch, Nexus One and my Archos 5 Internet Tablet.

The Streak is an extremely slim device but feels a tad large for phone use. For web browsing the larger screen is perfect and produces good colours. Only the AMOLED screen on my Nexus One looks better but the Streak has the advantage of better visibility in sunlight.

Compared to my Archos 5 Internet Tablet, the streak is faster and more stable than Android on the Archos. Both run Android 1.6 so there is no advantage over the other except for full support for Android Market on the Streak with copy protected apps. Only the non copy protected apps show up on my Archos with the Android Market hack.

Overall I’m impressed with the streak and having 1,664MB of app storage avaiable compared to my Nexus One’s 196MB and my Archos 5′s 138MB means that the Streak will have plenty of storage for apps. The included 16GB Micro SD card leaves plenty of room for media too.

I’m very happy with it so far!

Hardware shown:

• Apple iPod Touch 32GB (In Belkin case)
• HTC Google Nexus One
• Archos 5 Internet Tablet
• Dell Streak

Sources: Dell Streak o2 UK, Dell

I saw this app mentioned in the comments of an article recently and the comment sparked my interest when it said that bTunes was just like the iPod app from the iPod touch and iPhone.
In the video below you can see the similarities between the two.

Its pretty good but is missing things like coverflow. One useful enhancement it has is the ability to go to the next or previous track by simply swiping on the album art left or right or double tapping on the album art to pause and resume playback.

It also features a homescreen widget and lockscreen controls so you have plenty of ways to control playback. A good app overall and it is available on the android market.
Sources: bTunes, Android Market

It seems that the original iPhone and iPod touch’s time for iPhone OS updates is over.  According to an iPhone preview OS page, both of the first gen devices are excluded from updates.

iPhone OS 4 Compatibility

iPhone OS 4 will work with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the second- and third-generation iPod touch this summer, and with iPad in the fall. Not all features are compatible with all devices. For example, multitasking is available only with iPhone 3GS and the third-generation iPod touch (32GB and 64GB models from late 2009).

If this leaves first gen owners on iPhone OS 3.1 is unknown but it seems the pioneers of iPhone OS will be stuck without updates.

iPhone, iPod touch and iPad fans must be getting excited now. In less than 2 hours, Apple will be showing the world a preview of iPhone OS 4.0.

For those of you unlucky enough not to be there (myself included) here are some liveblog links of the event:

• Computerworld
• Engadget
• Gizmodo
• Slashgear

The wait is almost over!

BoyGeniusReport have found some references to new iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad models in the latest version of iPhone OS 3.2.

iPhone 3,2, iPhone 3,3, iPod 4,1 and iProd 2,1 all refer to new hardware versions.

The wait is on to see what kind of hardware Apple will be coming out with this year to update it’s iPhone and iPod touch lineup and what upgrades both will recieve!

Source: BoyGeniusReport

My lovely wife bought me a new toy yesterday, an 8gb iPod touch. It’s a nice little media player but her 32gb model is easily faster with it’s increased CPU, GPU and RAM.
We’ve had a brief session of Let’s golf multiplayer which worked really well and I now have access to my old iPhone apps from when I had my iPhone 3g.

Now the wait is on for an iPhone os 3.1.3 jailbreak.

Here is another quick video showing Raging Thunder 2 running on the iPod Touch & the Nexus One

Whilst both games seem to run exactly the same, the Nexus One has the benefit of a higher resolution screen meaning it is running at a higher resolution than the iPod touch (480 x 320 pixels on the iPod, 800 x 480 on the Nexus One).

Apologies for not being able to “steer” the cars. My hands were full with the camera.