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Pandora for Android adds Ford Sync AppLink compatibility

<DIV class=separator style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR05x-uej_W7UDd0In3SLRkRcadzjad6AMbmJa8RoiUc26J4eJfROz4jTlmbFFOjdaagOu8SbmQ82JZ8HVrowwBSUNllcndAdn6Sl-S_bj10w13GbwUGvMCibdtlunxdAh5SBvCyMd9BM/s1600/pandora-android-sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR05x-uej_W7UDd0In3SLRkRcadzjad6AMbmJa8RoiUc26J4eJfROz4jTlmbFFOjdaagOu8SbmQ82JZ8HVrowwBSUNllcndAdn6Sl-S_bj10w13GbwUGvMCibdtlunxdAh5SBvCyMd9BM/s1600/pandora-android-sm.jpg"></A></DIV>Hey, new Ford Fiesta owners: did you realize that your plebeian family hauler is actually one of the most geek-awesome vehicles on the road today? We were just reminded of that today on news that the latest version of Pandora for Android supports Ford Sync's AppLink technology, a protocol that lets smartphone apps chat with your car's entertainment system. In short, that means that you'll be able to control Pandora with your car's physical buttons, knobs, and doohickeys along with voice controls, hopefully giving you another great reason to keep the phone firmly planted in your pocket (or storage compartment) and your eyes on the road. The update's available now -- and while you're downloading, you might as well start gathering paperwork for the dealer to run your credit report.

Pandora for Android adds Ford Sync AppLink compatibility

Hey, new Ford Fiesta owners: did you realize that your plebeian family hauler is actually one of the most geek-awesome vehicles on the road ...

Android Skype update brings ability to run to SD, Galaxy S compatibility, but with a big catch

<DIV class=separator style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT5sD5jyn7N3pEzWOm4vpSYX5R6R0zfFYqbisEYzPnmU4P1ninZBx8HRbUFhGHzb6R0h8A05Sm1VkktqBhYoAEY8LhjxFR2aVUVX7Gvh0lPKr0fknYxhsd9aSXm9korr7hp-zE9uVHOQ/s1600/skype-android2010-12-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT5sD5jyn7N3pEzWOm4vpSYX5R6R0zfFYqbisEYzPnmU4P1ninZBx8HRbUFhGHzb6R0h8A05Sm1VkktqBhYoAEY8LhjxFR2aVUVX7Gvh0lPKr0fknYxhsd9aSXm9korr7hp-zE9uVHOQ/s1600/skype-android2010-12-16.jpg"></A></DIV>Sick of seeing that little hard disk with an exclamation point popping up on your Android handset? Yeah, us too. Thankfully we can now count Skype among the apps that can be moved to external storage. This new release also adds compatibility with the Samsung Galaxy S -- but there's a catch. Android 2.2 is required, which many Galaxy S owners may or may not actually have yet and, while some are said to be getting a dollop of FroYo this very month, we've certainly heard that before.

Android Skype update brings ability to run to SD, Galaxy S compatibility, but with a big catch

Sick of seeing that little hard disk with an exclamation point popping up on your Android handset? Yeah, us too. Thankfully we can now count...

Verizon: LTE modem handoff has two-minute delay, fix (and Mac compatibility) on the way

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmeUofVXQq8EONLtgZiqPrQMYl4tkiwQ1mpZfDCuYClK-kvp9V67wZc2opiR8bsc8usabAmYgDKxFFcXIeUeDuSrV-AJEydF1RCs8i9_jkNUaIVtL8nSGDL2qwEEIpCUVQFkLdYDVdzo/s1600/lgvl600main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmeUofVXQq8EONLtgZiqPrQMYl4tkiwQ1mpZfDCuYClK-kvp9V67wZc2opiR8bsc8usabAmYgDKxFFcXIeUeDuSrV-AJEydF1RCs8i9_jkNUaIVtL8nSGDL2qwEEIpCUVQFkLdYDVdzo/s320/lgvl600main.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br>
<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003FCO9XE&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Though we found Verizon's new LTE network pleasantly speedy in early testing, there are a few rough edges to the tech -- Verizon's USB modem have difficulty handing off connected users from an EVDO network to an LTE one, and of course, they don't yet work on Mac.<br>
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Verizon: LTE modem handoff has two-minute delay, fix (and Mac compatibility) on the way

Though we found Verizon's new LTE network pleasantly speedy in early testing, there are a few rough edges to the tech -- Verizon's ...