The only phone currently running a non-hacked version of Google’s latest OS incarnation is the Nexus One, with all the other Google-powered smartphone users of the world still anxiously scrolling up and down the ‘About Phone’ page waiting for an over-the-air upgrade to arrive. But that won’t stop us getting excited about Android 3.0, which Google [...]
Intro Heard I was getting this phone and got excited. Its a pretty cool phone from what I hear, plus there are four versions and I get to try them all, different take on one phone four different times, awesome. This one is pretty cool as expected. Looks This phone has a look I have [...]
Twitter now and days is virtually the newest and latest interesting gossip goods warehouse right next to blurry camera shots and “lost” devices. Recently, Mark Moons (HTC Europe Rep.) tweeted out that HTC would begin the Froyo rollout to their devices starting with the Desire. Though HTC says, it’s “possible” and are pulling a Motorola [...]
We already figured Cincinnati Bell would be bringing the Motorola Milestone XT720 for their customers at one point or another: an entry for the device on their support page and the device being listed on one of their rebate forms tipped us off to that fact. They’re finally acknowledging that the device is – in [...]
Oh this keeps getting better. Motorola zinged Apple with a Droid X ad a while back, now Apple dissed Motorola’s Droid X in a recent video and we even conducted a poll that showed the opposite of what Apple said. Well apparently Motorola goes by the motto of “We don’t get mad, we get even” [...]
Citizens of the US, now is the time for action! The Congress app is a new and innovative way to get involved with what is happening on Capitol Hill. The app is organized into two sections: Legislators and Bills. In the Legislators bit, you can select “My Location,” and it will give you your two [...]
Dell has just announced that its first smartphone, the Dell Aero, is going to be released by AT&T at the beginning of the second week in August. The pricing for this inexpensive consumer-oriented model running Google’s Android OS has also been revealed. Dell was once a important part of the PDA market offering devices running Microsoft’s Windows [...]
UK readers, this is for you. Sky’s digital tv service can now be controlled via a handy new app for your Android phone. This new app will allow your phone to be a remote control for the service, but it also allows you to log into your account and view programming available. You can also [...]
In an unprecedented move for carriers with Android phones, Verizon appears poised to update their entire lineup of high-end Droid phones to Android 2.2 within the next couple of weeks. History tells us that the carriers, handset makers, and Google have been somewhat uncoordinated with previous firmware upgrades, but Verizon has the chance to change [...]
This is an intro to rooting your Sprint Evo 4G or ANY Android device for that matter. I want everyone knows what root is and why you might need it. Whether you have a G1, Mytouch 3G, Slide, or Nexus One then you’ve probably heard about rooting or jailbreaking your phone and I just want [...]
T-Mobile is close to unveiling their first HSPA+ handset, but no hard details about the phone have been available yet. According to the leaked T-Mobile roadmap, we believe this device is the HTC Vanguard (scheduled for release on September 9th), but still no one knows for sure what the phone will look like. Some have [...]
Dell’s released a handy video addressing some Streak FAQs. The gist: They’re planning on going with Froyo, although it’s running Android 2.1 for now. It’s also not compatible with T-Mobile 3G. But when can you actually buy one? That’s the real question, and one that was maybe kinda sort of answered today when this image [...]
Like every popular open source project, Android is dogged by the fragmentation threat. It’s the nature of openness: the lack of a formal hierarchy means many different flavors of an operating system or package could appear on many different devices. At OSCON, I asked “Learning Android” author Marko Gargenta if fragmentation is a looming problem for Android. [...]
Last week Google annouced that it received its last shipment of much-hyped Nexus One phones, and will no longer be carrying them in US markets or sell them online. Did you notice? Probably not, because, to put it simply, the Nexus One, while a feature packed and sleek phone, just couldn’t match the competition. I was [...]
Droid Life has some photos from a Motorola Droid (original) user, who received an offer to upgrade to new smartphones, including the not-in-stock-on-any-planet DroidX. What’s interesting is the Droid owner says he hasn’t even finished his first year on the contract, let alone a second one. Plus they’re offering upgrades on 3 of his family [...]
Last week the Motorola DroidX was rooted after a week on the market. Rooting the phone was a multi-step process worthy of shutting down a nuclear reactor. Then the un-rooting procedure was developed, just in case you didn’t want your phone open to every piece of malware awaiting a chance like a wide-open device. But [...]
If you’re yearning for a round of Tomb Raider or Final Fantasy VII but tossed your old PlayStation 1, hey! PSX4Droid is here, for $5.99. Unfortunately very few users got to try it out due to a Google Checkout problem that prevented installation. Developer ZodTTD reports in his twitter feed that over 6000 people purchased [...]
Coming just days after Motorola said they were undecided about releasing Android 2.2 for the Milestone, modmymobile member dext3r released his own update image based on the Froyo FRF91 build. This should please all Milestone users, who may have thought they would be stuck with 2.1 forever. The release, named MotoFrenzy v.01a comes packed with [...]
Verizon assured their customers that Motorola would have plenty of DroidXs in supply, but that isn’t what happened soon after it launched on July 15th. Customers ordering a new DroidX have been told to wait until August. Verizon’s HTC Incredible was already back-ordered, and industry-watchers assumed that some customers would switch to the easier-to-get DroidX. [...]
Androidheadlines.com reported earlier that Google had shut down its web store after selling out of its Nexus One phones. That happened on July 21. There were rumors circulating that T-Mobile would be offering the Nexus One at their retail stores. As you can see above, Nexus One was a product that was “sold and marketed [...]
It’s called the world wide web for a reason….it reaches the world. Mark Zuckerberg recently made some comments on his Facebook page that his Blackberry was hurting his thumbs and that he was either going to get an iPhone or an Android phone. That was followed up with, “This week I got an iPhone. This [...]
According to a few twitter posts, Google has started responding to those of you requesting invites to use their new Android App Inventor. This is basically an app that simplifies application writing. This excites most people, but there has been alot of articles and rumblings about Google cleaning up the market and that there are [...]
It’s known that Mobilicity is fully against Chatr launching, threatening Rogers and stating that “they’re trying to destroy our success”. Today during Rogers Quarterly Investment Community Conference Call Rob Bruce, President of Rogers Wireless was asked about the new discount brand “Chatr” strategy and his thoughts on Mobilicity’s concern about the impending launch. In response [...]
The CTIA (Cellular Telephone Industries Assocation), better known as The Wireless Association, has a message for anyone thrilled with yesterday’s Library of Congress DMCA ruling: Not. So. Fast. The Library of Congress had issued a ruling on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and it’s this section that has CTIA so hot and bothered: Persons making [...]
Trefis analysis is produced by a team of analysts who build detailed models for each company on the platform Trefis.com. Motorola recently announced the sale of most of its wireless networking equipment businesses to Nokia for $1.2 billion in cash. This transaction is expected to close by the end of 2010. We think this was [...]
HTC has had a real problem meeting the demands of the consumers with the heavy hitting devices like the HTC Droid Incredible and the HTC Evo 4G. In June, we heard that the Taiwanese manufacturer was going to switch the display on the Google Nexus One, the HTC Desire and the HTC Droid Incredible and while nothing [...]
A shortage of AMOLED displays has HTC looking to Sony’s Super LCD to meet the demands for the Verizon Desire, and Google’s Nexus One. Samsung furnishes it’s AMOLED screens for High-end HTC Android based smartphones, but has largely been unable to accommodate the growing demand for such phones. HTC’s Peter Chou cites an increasingly high [...]
A Hero’s Tale We reported yesterday on how UK HTC Hero users were using Facebook to voice their anger and hurt at having been left out in the cold when it came to the 2.1 update. Hot on the heels of our report and probably inspired by it, Orange announced that the update was going [...]
App Name: LoKast by NearVerse Description: LoKast allows you to discover and share music, videos, photos, contacts, and web links with others nearby. LoKast is available with cross-compatibility between Android and iPhone devices. How it works: LoKast is an application that helps you find all types of media from a [...]
App name: Awesome Drop by Dashwire Description: An easy way to put files on your phone by dragging and dropping them into a web browser on your computer. How it works: Awesome Drop is used to transfer any docs from another computer to your phone. In order to use it you go to a website [...]
App Name: Bistro Cook by Quasar Studios Description: Show how fast you are and be the best bistro cook around! How it works: Bistro Cook’s casual game play mode is a game option that allows you to make food and serve your customers as fast as you can. When you load the game you are [...]
Google’s Android 2.2 update to several Android mobile devices is coming soon, the new version of Android is arguably one of the most advanced mobile operating system, it delivers functionality that could rival Apple’s iOS 4. From the performance comparison between Android and iOS 4 we can see the Android is better than iOS 4 in [...]
Along with Bigfoot, the lost city of Atlantis and the Bermuda Triangle, the lack of Android tablets continue to be an unsolved mystery. The millennials and Gen-Ys and even late Gen-Xers that read this column won’t remember the reference or understand the context, but in my opinion, besides his role as Mister Spock on Star [...]
Nokia is conducting a rather interesting experiment over at their Conversations blog. They’ve asked their readers to submit a list of specs to their design team, from which the designers will design phones around. So let’s take a peak at their list of desired features: Notice what it says next to OS? “Open source operating [...]
There’s still no official pricing from TELUS as to what the anticipated HTC Desire pricing will come in at. It “coming soon” though. A couple weeks ago we posted a screenshot that shows this 2.1 Android-powered device to be priced at $79.99 on a 3-year. Thanks to a tipster who works at Walmart for sending [...]
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