If you’ve been paying attention you may remember that we told you about a possible delay for the Dell Streak‘s Android ‘Froyo’ 2.2 update. At the time we told you it had been delayed to the middle of January but did not have official confirmation as to the validity of this rumor. Unfortunately, Dell has just come forth to let us know that the Android 2.2 update for their 5-inch Streak tablet/smartphone has indeed been delayed.

To make matters even worse, Dell did not state the reason for this delay instead going on to say that they will be continuing to work with AT&T to address the issue. Honestly though, I’m not a computer science major but what gives with these delays? Is it really that hard to port a new version of Android to these devices? I mean, the guys over at XDA-Developers seem to have no trouble doing it, so why not these actual big name companies?

What ever the case may be, we will keep you updated with any future happenings.

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Everyone is shopping this time of the year. The Christmas season, especially in America, has everyone out buying gifts for their loved ones. To most people, this season is the season of paper receipts and checklists for gift shopping. But us iPhone users are better than that. We have Gift Plan, by Glasshouse Apps.

Gift Plan is the ultimate shopping list for upcoming occasions. The app is gorgeously designed with pixel perfection. With Gift Plan, you’ll not only stay on top of your Christmas shopping this year, but you’ll do it in style…

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It’s the Christmas season, so there are inevitably going to be a number of Christmas themed games and updates that will hit over the next few weeks, but very few will match the bizarreness of Big Bad Brush’s new app, Kung Fu Santa.

Like any good Santa based action game (what?), Kung Fu Santa starts with a simple note, telling you (Santa) that ninjas have stolen all the Christmas presents. The game then starts with you in an endless high score game trying to recover your missing presents while killing the evil ninjas that are trying to ruin Christmas.

The gameplay in Kung Fu Santa feels like strange play on Ninjump, except that there are three poles to jump between instead of the sides of two buildings. As the game progresses, presents fall down the poles while evil ninjas, gaps in the poles, and poison goop all try to stop your quest. In the end, there’s no way for Santa to ‘win”, as gaining a new high score is the only satisfaction you’ll get.

What really sets Kung Fu Santa apart from Ninjump are the controls, but not in a good way. Instead of simply tapping the screen to jump across, you have to watch for your position on the polls. For example, if you are hanging from the right side of the center pole, you have to tap the screen twice to get to the left pole, once to hang off the left side and another to jump over. With things falling from the sky at random intervals, the inclusion of body placement does add some difficulty, but it comes off as slightly annoying. Killing the enemies is also a bit of a struggle. To kill an enemy in Kung Fu Santa, you either have to jump into him of slide down on his head. On paper this sounds fine, but at times you’ll jump across to kick a ninja off, only to unexpectedly die for no reason. All I can come up with is that the ninja was hanging off the far side of the pole and was unhittable at the time, but there really isn’t a good way of telling which side of the pole the ninjas are on. As a rule, I just did my best to avoid the ninjas, which destroyed my plans of defeating the evil ninja thieves.

In fact, after a few minutes of play the whole game seems fairly pointless. Unlike Ninjump, the closest competition to Kung Fu Santa, the controls are frustrating, the concept of jumping on to and from poles is a bit boring, and there’s really nothing to keep you playing time and time again. Sure, the graphics and the sound are alright, but the game is definitely lacking in the likability department. In a game with a great set up plot, more should’ve been done to cultivate the ninjas vs. Santa story.

[ Kung Fu Santa Review is a post from 148Apps ]

Nokia may not be in the news as much as Android or the iPhone but that doesn’t mean they are a small company by any means. In fact, thanks to their international marketshare, Nokia is one of the world’s largest cellphone manufacturers.

Now that Nokia has a new main-man, the company is looking to bring their offerings up to date. One such device that looks to do this is the Nokia X7. Like Nokia’s past devices, many have wondered if the X7 will be offered unlocked and overlooked by wireless carriers. Luckily, the Nokia X7 has appeared today sporting none other than AT&T’s branding.

No word on when this device will actually be made available but as always, we’ll keep you posted.

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I’ve always been quite partial to Spotlight, I use it all the time to launch apps that I have tucked away in a folder somewhere, and I find that it is an extremely effective way to use my iPhone.

With that in mind, my ears always perk up whenever a tweak makes a claim that it can improve Spotlight, and ListLauncher is one such app. Just how does it work, and does it really make launching apps faster?

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