SHOW #105 - NerdBoyTV: Amazon Penny Sale

In this episode of NerdBoyTV, Ryan Yee discusses Amazon.com's "Penny Sale" on smartphones for Mother's Day, Amazon's $0.69 mp3s, an iPhone app for kids called "Animal Phone," and the Top Five Viral Videos of the week on YouTube.

A brief history of Android phones

CLICK to see list on CNET Blogs: "More than two years after the birth of the T-Mobile G1, the world's first Android smartphone, we pause to take a look back at what the little green dude has given us. Frankly, we were a little floored when we assembled all the U.S. handset releases into one list. Sure, we've known that the OS has been very busy, particularity in the last year, but we really had no idea just how busy it was. And if we expanded the list beyond handsets not with U.S. carriers, it would be even longer.

Remember that it wasn't so long ago when Android was just a concept. And not long before that, the only android we knew was Data on 'Star Trek.' But now as its market share continues to grow and the OS has landed in the tablet space, Android has emerged as a powerhouse in the mobile space.

Editors' note: This list is current as of December 10, 2010. For brevity's sake, we've focused only on models sold by U.S. carriers. We've also included upcoming handsets that carriers have officially announced.

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SHOW #90 - NerdBoyTV: Shopping for a SmartPhone

In this episode of NerdBoyTV, Ryan Yee shares some tips to keep in mind when shopping for a smartphone. The phones all look hot, but the various costs associated with these smartphones add up quickly.

Droid Incredible new king of smartphones

Droid Incredible new king of smartphones | freep.com | Detroit Free Press: "The bombastically named Droid Incredible clearly has a lot to live up to.

The smartphone -- debuting today on the Verizon Wireless network -- enters an increasingly crowded smartphone market with high-profile handsets from Google, Blackberry and, of course, the Apple iPhone.

Android-based phones have been making up some serious ground this year, though, and the HTC-developed Incredible now leads the pack.

At just 4.59 ounces, the Incredible feels great in your hand and features an unusual topographic backplate with red accents.

Packed into the Incredible's svelte and lightweight frame is an 8-megapixel camera, a 3.7-inch touch-screen display and a screamingly fast 1 GHz processor. (All of those features top iPhone.)

The Incredible runs on Android 2.1, the latest version of Google's smartphone operating system, and adds HTC Sense, which displays seven home screens of customizable widgets for easy access to things like Facebook, Twitter, text messages and weather."

Nexus One Is Out at Verizon, But 'Cousin' Will Be Offered

Nexus One Is Out at Verizon, But 'Cousin' Will Be Offered - Yahoo! News: "If you were hoping to get fixed up with Google's Nexus One on the Verizon Wireless network this week, you're in for some disappointment. But Google, which markets and sells the HTC-made Nexus One, wants you to get its 'cousin.'

That's Incredible

The Nexus One blog linked to Google's online phone store broke the news Monday that Verizon isn't in the picture. Instead, it said fans of both the Android mobile operating system and the nation's largest mobile network can 'pre-order the Droid Incredible by HTC, a powerful new Android phone and a cousin of the Nexus One that is similarly feature-packed.'

The Incredible hits Verizon stores on Thursday. It will sell for $199 with a two-year contract.

Both the Incredible and the Nexus One are equipped with a one-gigahertz Snapdragon processor, run Android 2.1, and have a 3.7-inch touchscreen, but the Incredible ships with 8GB of memory compared to Nexus One's 4GB and has an eight-megapixel camera compared to Nexus One's five megapixels. Some early previews say the Incredible also offers a better multi-touch experience.

Google touted the HDMA-compatible version of the Nexus One when it unveiled the smartphone to great fanfare in January.

In a statement, Google said, 'We won't be selling a Nexus One with Verizon, and this is a reflection of the amazing innovation happening across the open Android ecosystem.'"