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The Daily Engadget: Older Androids Get Google Nav, Apple Strikes Back

by Tim Stevens on November 24, 2009 at 09:25 AM

The Daily Engadget: Google Brings Navigation to Earlier Androids, Apple Strikes Back
Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we compile this daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links in each story below.

Google Brings Navigation to Android 1.6
Just a few weeks after the impulsive members of the Android community ran to their closest Verizon Store to get a Motorola Droid and its navigation capabilities, leaving behind them a wake of discarded myTouches and reason, Google has given Android's first early adopters something to smile about: Google Navigation for older Android 1.6 handsets.

Apple Hits Back at Verizon
Verizon seems to have shaken a hornet's nest with its iPhone attack ads, and has been met with legal and advertising retaliation from AT&T. Now, Apple's getting into the game, too, with its own anti-Verizon ads.

Large Hadron Collider Makes First Protonic Bang
It's been endlessly delayed and constantly feared, but the Large Hadron Collider is now fully functional -- or functional enough to start firing protons, at least.

Core i7 iMacs Arriving Dead
The recently upgraded line of iMacs look great and perform better than ever, but not all of them are doing so well. Several online reports have new iMac models showing up with cracked screens or, in many cases, completely dead.

iPhone Camera Mod Is Ugly, Effective
Need more zoom? Easy. Get yourself a lid from a pickle jar, some tiny lenses, and some hot glue. With just a few hours of work, and a little bit of electrical know-how, you'll have yourself a telephoto iPhone -- and a decidedly ugly handset.

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