IT'S WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18TH, I'M JEFF BAKALAR
AND IT'S TIME TO GET LOADED.
T-MOBILE HAS FINALLY ANNOUNCED THE SEQUEL
TO THE G1 SMARTPHONE THAT LAUNCHED THE ANDROID
REVOLUTION TWO YEARS AGO. THERE ARE NO DETAILS
YET, EXCEPT A TEASER PAGE ON T-MOBILE'S WEBSITE,
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT WILL RUN ON T-MOBILE'S
H-S-P-A PLUS NETWORK. H-S-P-A PLUS IS A SORT
OF IN-BETWEEN 3G AND 4G TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL
POTENTIALLY GET 56 MEGABITS PER SECOND, COMPARED
TO AT&T'S VANILLA H-S-D-P-A 3G NETWORK'S SPEED
OF 14.4 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
MICROSOFT IS GETTING READY TO RELAUNCH ITS
FLIGHT SIMULATOR SOFTWARE WITH A TEASER FOR
A NEW TITLE CALLED FLIGHT. THE NEW FRANCHISE
IS AIMED AT A MORE CASUAL AUDIENCE WHO JUST
WANT TO HOP IN AND FLY. FOR SOME EARLY SCREENSHOTS
OF THE GAME, HEAD ON OVER TO CNET.COM
IN MORE MICROSOFT NEWS, THE COMPANY HAS YET
TO ANNOUNCE ITS NEW ARCH TOUCH MOUSE, BUT
ENGADGET IS REPORTING THAT AN ONLINE GERMAN
STORE HAS POSTED IMAGES OF THE NEW DEVICE
ON ITS WEBSITE. THE MOUSE ARCHES FOR A MORE
COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE, HAS TOUCH-SCROLLING,
A BATTERY LIGHT, CAN TRACK ON ALMOST ANY SURFACE
AND IS WIRELESS. THE ARCH TOUCH IS RUMORED
TO SELL FOR $69.95 AMERICAN.
CORPORATE USERS WHO WANT TO SYNC THEIR PERSONAL
CALENDARS WITH THEIR WORK CALENDARS CAN REJOICE
TODAY. GOOGLE HAS UPDATED THEIR CALENDAR SYNC
TO SUPPORT OUTLOOK 2010... BUT JUST THE 32-BIT
VERSION. FOR NOW THAT MEANS GOOGLE CALENDAR
SUPPORTS I-CAL, I-O-S DEVICES, BLACKBERRYS,
ANDROID-DEVICES, SYMBIAN-DEVICES, WINDOWS
MOBILE AND NOW OFFICE 2010.
YAHOO HAS REDESIGNED ITS MAIL SITE SO THAT
IT DISPLAYS BETTER ON THE IPAD. USERS WILL
NOW BE GREETED BY AN IPAD-FRIENDLY MAIL INTERFACE.
WHILE SENDING MESSAGES STILL HAS ITS LIMITATIONS,
USERS WILL HAVE MORE OPTIONS WHEN RECEIVING
MAIL SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO FLICK THROUGH
PICTURE ATTACHEMENTS IN THE IPAD'S PHOTO APPLICATION
AS WELL AS SEARCH ALL INCOMING TEXT AND ATTACHMENTS.
THOSE ARE YOUR HEADLINES FOR TODAY. I'M JEFF
BAKALAR FOR CNET.COM, AND YOU'VE JUST BEEN
LOADED.