Pantech reveals third Android device. (Boy, they’re getting “Sirius”)

Yucka yucka yuck. Terrible joke. Hey, I try I guess. Anywho, Pantech has taken off the wraps on their third Android device, dubbed the “Sirius” (no relation to Sirius radio). As for specs — it’s dare I say “average” affair for a high-end Android device these days — packing a 3.7″ WVGA AMOLED display, 1GHz Snapdragon muscle, 5mp shooter, 500MB of onboard storage, WiFi, and Android 2.1 (thank god all wrapped in a minute in 11.5mm shell. (Too thin?)

Salivating yet?

You don’t go to the store and buy a new computer with Windows 2000. Why do it with your smartphone? [Android fragmentation]

I could point this post in th direction of the Twist and how it in and of itself is a lower-end cellphone, but really, it’s probably going to end up something like “Fragmentation is killing Android”. Well, the truth shall set you free they say. So here goes nothin’…

Would you want to see HTC pick up Palm?

With as promising as webOS looked early last year, it’s truly disappointing to see something with so much potential languish due to poor managerial choices and outright disgusting hardware. HTC on the other hand is a master at beautifying the ugly. While webOS itself isn’t ugly and in fact quite the head turner, would a company as successful as HTC benefit from picking up Palm — a company, or more importantly mobile OS with plenty of potential with a simple lack of direction?

The 24″ screened GameBoy

If there was ever one thing about the GameBoys of years past that I’d have to find fault with, it would be the tiny screen. Ya, larger LCD screens at that time were cost prohibitive. But come on. Is another inch or two too much to ask for? Times have changed for the better and now we can have any size screen we want for relatively little cash…

Opera Mini approved, now available in App Store

For those who thought Apple lacked common sense and was destined to ruining the App Store one useless rejection at a time, good news. Apple has approved Opera Mini for the iPhone! Coming from the BlackBerry world, I used to live by Opera Mini. It saved my sanity many times. On the iPhone, Mobile Safari is actually an amazing browser to begin with, so the immediate benefits aren’t as pronounced.

Even still, Opera Mini iPhone Edition is a great addition to any iPhone. Personally, I think it looks a lot better than Mobile Safari in the appearance department. Though looks aren’t everything. Real tabbed browsing and greatly reduced loading times when on slower/weaker connections compliments of server side compression mean you really should take at least a few minutes to test it out.

I’ve said all there is to say. Now it’s up to you to do the rest. Give Opera Mini a go and let us know what you do/don’t like.

Opera Mini for iPhone [iTunes Link]

LifeHacker

Last.fm to begin outsourcing on-demand streaming. Turning into “music discovery service”.

Fans of Last.fm, soon you’re going to notice a big, big change in how your music streaming service of choice operates. In 2009, you’d type in Last.fm into your browser and go about streaming your music. In 2010 — not anymore. Last.fm announced today that they are aborting all on-demand streaming. Suicide you say? We’ll see…

What can iPad do for you? How about playing N64 games? [Emulator + Video]

There’s something about emulators that just have some mysterious aurora around them. On one hand, using them or the ROM’s that actually make them useful is often considered “illegal”. Of course, if the developers and publishers of the original titles would actually embrace the modern age, this would all be a moot issue. But alas, modern copyright/IP law has failed massively in keeping up with technology. But that’s a discussion for another day, for today we have something a little more relaxing to talk about…