Motorola didn’t make a big deal of it, but the Droid X’s lack of physical keyboard could be its biggest distinction from the original Droid smartphone. It’s obvious why Motorola would drop the sliding keyboard from the Droid X: The phone’s 4.3-inch screen adds enough bulk already, and tacking on a keyboard would’ve turned the [...]
The HTC EVO 4G and Motorola Droid X are both awesome, second-generation Android phones and have their own exciting features, but the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones has a few specs we might call third-gen and it could still come out on top as the hottest smartphone this summer. For starters, the Galaxy S has pure numbers [...]
The G1 has already received Android 2.2 thanks to some hard working hackers, but there is still an outside chance that T-Mobile could upgrade the device over the air. Before I get your hopes up, just remember T-Mobile has the final say on firmware upgrades and their official response for the last couple of months has [...]
If you had any doubts about the Samsung Galaxy S hitting T-Mobile as the Vibrant on the 27th of June, well, your doubts were well founded. The embargo apparently ends at midnight on the 28th! We know this becauseT-Mobileclue.com is counting down to that very second, and we know that the puzzle from that site [...]
Intel expect to release a version of Android 2.2 suitable for x86 based devices such as Atom tablets and netbooks within the next few months, in the expectation that the popular OS’ availability will encourage use of their own chips rather than those of rival ARM in netbooks and tablets. Speaking to APC, Intel VP of [...]
BGR’s heard word from their Sprint contact that Sprint and HTC are getting ready to release a maintenance update for the HTC EVO 4G. The update will apparently address several issues that EVO owners have been griping about, including improved Wi-Fi performance, a sync issue with the device’s built-in Facebook application that could’ve been severely affecting battery [...]
Even though we’ve been talking about the Samsung Galaxy S coming to Canada for about a month now… it’s now confirmed as Samsung themselves have put up a registration page for interested Canadians to be kept in the loop. It’s going to be available “this summer” and operate on Android OS 2.1 with an “Astounding [...]
HubSpot recently published some interesting data on Facebook pages and which categories are the most and least “liked”. Interestingly, Smartphone pages, and technology pages in general, score remarkably poorly – less popular even than pages for pets and with only slightly more “thumbs up” than your average local store. The truth of the matter, say [...]
You might know T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G as the HTC Magic, depending on where you are from. You might even know it as the DoCoMo HT-03A , but whatever you call it, the chances are it won’t just be the name that differs from country to country, because the firmware does too. There is very little [...]
I want to share some great news for Android users who make international calls. Rebtel, one the largest independent VOIP companies, launched a new app for Android that makes international calling between users of Android devices absolutely free. The beauty of the app is that it runs in the background and will intercept users from [...]
Since last year, the Android platform has seen a string of sugary, feature-filled updates starting with Cupcake (v1.5), followed by Donut (v1.6) and finally Éclair (v2.0/2.1) in November 2009. Each release has effectively addressed bugs and has introduced several new features like UI tweaks, Exchange support, HTML5 support and so on. Android v2.2 continues the [...]
Verizon’s Droid X is the latest big-screen Android phone Here she be, folks, the Motorola Droid X on Verizon, fresh off its coming-out in New York City. If you missed all the hoopla, it’ll be available July 15 for $199 after the usual two-year contract and $100 rebate. Our initial impressions are quite good. Wanna read them? [...]
Even in glow of the newest super phone the Droid X, a dark spot formed. At the Verizon Droid X party the announcement was made that the Moto Droid X will be showing off its abilities with FroYo and Adobe Flash, but not as soon as you might wish. The hope was that the device [...]
These two phones have lead to some heated discussions between many Android fans. EVO 4G and Droid X are very similar in many aspects. What we are discussing today is WiFi Hotspots. If we break it down by the specs of each device, it looks like this. Droid X can act as a WiFi hotspot [...]
The answer is, well, technically yes, but it is going by the name Vibrant. The Samsung Vibrant is the phone that T-Mobile subscribers have been hanging on to their upgrades for. This handset features an 4″ super AMOLED display with 800 X 480 pixels. It boasts a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor and comes with 16 [...]
Recently we updated to Google Maps 4.3, its the latest and greatest and even though the changes were small, in some ways they equal big things! The one I want to cover today is Latitude, it seems like a do nothing service, maybe see where your friends are and if they around you, provided that [...]
Oh, you want to see the Motorola Droid X in moving pictures? We’ve got you covered, with 10 minutes of the Droid X in our hands, after the break, of course. (And don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of comparisons with the Evo 4G. It’s coming, folks.)
Blockbuster on Demand Presented by V Cast Video Brings New Hit Movies to Droid X. Imagine being able to legally see the latest new release rentals that you would find on the shelves of your local Blockbuster or in your local Blue Box, right on your mobile device. That is now a reality with Blockbuster [...]
So I made this video in a hurry after rushing to my local Best Buy to pick up the Evo’s they just got in stock. I was buying it for a friend who I was adding to my Family Plan and after setting it all up and grabbing a quick bite to eat, I set [...]
If the results of the following video hold any truth, the Samsung Galaxy S’ Super AMOLED screen may be just a little more than a beautiful looking piece of glass. Compared to the HTC Desire’s screen, at least, the multitouch tracking and response seems much better. Both points are read with little loss in tracking even when [...]
How does Android’s latest size up against the iPhone 4 and HTC’s Droid Incredible, Evo 4G, and Nexus One? Now that we’ve got the Motorola Droid X in our fat little fingers, let’s size it up against some of the other big boys out there. Above, the Droid X specs side by side with the [...]
Skyfire is releasing the 2.1 version of their mobile browser for Android today and it’s already outperforming native mobile Flash 10.1 in tests on battery life, video quality and speed. Skyfire 2.1 is debuting with over 500,000 users already established on Android in just six weeks. Skyfire has been the most-downloaded third-party Android browser since it launched [...]
While many of us are still waiting to get out hands on the Dell Streak and hoping that it will show its face on a U.S. carrier, it appears that the Android tablet keeps unveiling more hidden gems to those who have been able to get their hands on one already. Nearly all Android devices that [...]
We first heard that 100,000 Android devices were being activated every day back at Google IO in May. Well, at the Droid X launch today Google’s Andy Rubin announced that 160,000 Android devices were being activated every day! Also, the Android market now officially hosts over 68,000 apps! This is great news for Android users. [...]
The long awaited Huawei S7 tablet is being launched in the UK. Online retailer Expansys is will be the first mobile shop to offer the device. The 7″ tablet will be sold exclusively through Expansys. The S7 has a 800 X 480 pixel capacitive display and runs Google Android 2.1. It also comes with GPS, [...]
App Name: SoundHound by Melodis Corporation. Description: What’s that song? Hear it and identify it FAST with SoundHound – just hold your phone up to a speaker, and SoundHound names the tune in as little as five seconds! It even works if you sing or hum the melody. The paid version is 4.99 for unlimited music [...]
Here’s how you know an official Android tablet is being worked on in some back room somewhere. When speaking with Google VP Andy Rubin earlier today, the subject of an Android tablet was brought up. When asked wither or not we’ll be seeing one before long, Rubin was ready with the stock response of, “We [...]
App Name: Game of Life by Hasbro Description: The Game of Life, also known simply as LIFE, is a board game originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley, as The Checkered Game of Life. The game simulates a person’s travels through his or her life, from college to retirement, with jobs, marriages and children (or [...]
Vlingo Voice released a new beta to beta testers today. The new beta features a new “Superdialer”. This feature can be used by touching the Vlingo button on your phone and saying “find pizza” for example. The program will list all pizza places near your location with a green phone button that can be pressed [...]
App Name: Rush Hour Description: Your goal is simple: get the Red Car out the Exit Gate by moving the Blocking Cars and Trucks out of the way. The puzzle features 2500 brand new challenges and adds bonus features including Hints and Auto-Solve! Plus, players are challenged to solve the puzzle in the fewest possible [...]
DroidForums just received this shot from an internal Verizon system showing that the Motorola Droid is scheduled to receive Android 2.2 by the end of July. Our sources have been in our ear claiming that the Droid 1 would actually receive Froyo some time before the Droid X launch, but we’ll take end of July. [...]
Motorola, Google and Verizon have just officially announced the DROID X at their launch event in NYC this afternoon, and it may just be enough to tempt you away from that Apple Store queue. Built around a 4.3-inch 854 x 480 capacitive touchscreen and a 1GHz processor, the DROID X lacks the QWERTY keyboard of the original DROID but [...]
Now that the Android 2.2 source code is available, the development community can begin to tear it apart and cook up some custom ROMs for those users with rooted (hacked) phones. The team behind the popular aftermarket firmware distribution CyanogenMod is already hard at work and they are racing to get Android 2.2 on as [...]
Thanks to Droid-Life for grabbing this video from the big Droid X announcement today, we can all see some of the features and more views of the device. Although the whole promo did not get captured this is enough to get our minds wandering a little more. Check out the video below. That is one, [...]
For quite some time we have all known that iTunes’ position at the top of digital music’s distribution tree was one that could not last forever. Now, whilst Apple still retain their dominance of the market, their position as leader is about to come under serious threat, and it doesn’t take Stephen Hawking to figure [...]
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