Samsung is a very smart company. They understand what us users want. They have already released the source code for the international version of the Galaxy S, and now they have taken it a step further and released the code for the Samsung Captivate. The Captivate is a Galaxy S phone carried by AT&T. This [...]
Members over at XDA Developers have done it again. If you own a rooted HTC Aria and would like to wirelessly tether your phone, you’re in luck. Below are instructions for installing the unofficial version of the Wireless Tether app. Credit goes to XDA members attn1, acedj123 for extracting the .bin, hashbrown, breakeven and the [...]
Add two more to the list! Experia X10 Mini and X10 are now rooted, thanks to the developers at XDA-Developers. Rooting a phone gives you full access to it, allowing you to change features that would otherwise be locked on a non rooted phone and load custom ROMs. Visit the folks at XDA-Developers – www.xda-developers.com.
Logitech’s Google TV companion box is coming to a television near you, bringing “seamless search and access to content anywhere on the Web” to the small screen. If it isn’t enough to challenge the way we’re watching TV, Logitech and Google TV want to take ongaming conventions as well. Logitech CEO Jerry Quindlen’s excitement could [...]
Samsung is giving away 12 Galaxy S phones in 12 days. The contest started on July 26th, so hurry up and get over to their Facebook page and enter the contest. All you have to do is click the “Enter Now” button, type in some basic information including your cellular provider (contest only open to [...]
Forget the iPhone. It’s a closed system. So says Jim Greer, CEO of Kongregate, in a joint interview Shawn Freeman and Chris Petrovic of Gamestop, reported by VentureBeat. Greer’s firm was just purchased by game seller GameStop. The merger announcement was this Tuesday. Greer explains the unsuitability of the Apple iOS platform as opposed to Android’s [...]
Samsung has been very active in the Android world lately. On Wednesday, August 11th, they are “celebrating a new dimension of wonder” in New York. One can only speculate that this will be to announce their new Samsung Galaxy tablet. Rumors are that they will be announcing their new personal media player that is derived [...]
The Epic 4G is coming soon. Sprint will soon have another Android mobile phone to keep the HTC Evo company on their 4G network. Other Android phone fans are comparing this new Samsung release to their Galaxy S, which launched in June. Now that the specs are out (or at least leaked), let’s see how the [...]
Verizon has started briefing employees on the new Motorola Droid 2. This was previously rumored to be coming out in August. Generally, Verizon starts trainings 2-3 weeks prior to the release of a new device. This screenshot is from that training. Here’s my question: why does that say “the most powerful Android?” What about the [...]
Huawei Technologies Company Ltd. of China launched two Android phones in India today, and looks to send four more by the end of the year. The technology giant has taken it’s first steps into India’s open market with what customers and analysts are hoping to be mid priced Android phones boasting HVGA screens. The actual [...]
The numbers are in and Droid X was very successful in its first week. The phone was released on July 15th and has sold 300,000 units. The phone has been thought to be a rival to the Iphone which went on sale on June 4th. Many experts thought that the phone could capitalize on the [...]
Samsung’s Android tablet is subject of all kinds of rumors on how soon its launch will be. Will it be in the third quarter of this year? Or is the date August 11th significant? Samsung is hosting a “new products” event then, presented by Samsung President Tim Baxter. This tablet, called the Galaxy Tab (after [...]
One of the most dependable ways to get rumors about new phones is through carrier inventory screenshots. This one is from Vodafone D2 in Germany. It lists an HTC Desire HD (Ace) and an HTC Desire Z (Vision). We have heard of both of these before. We had a specs leak on the HTC Ace [...]
Motorola Android fans now have a handy chart from the Motorola developers to map current upgrade push dates for their Android phones. FroYo lands on the Droid starting tomorrow August 2nd, and the Droid X upgrades are expected “in late summer.” Motorola will continue to make updates to the chart as timing and availability details [...]
French Android blog FrAndroid reports GSM versions of Motorola’s Droid X and Droid (Milestone) 2 could be hitting Europe by the end of 2010. Photos showing the two phones with Verizon branding on the website confirm there is little more than speculation on the rumor at the moment, given the source of the rumor cannot [...]
Today is a developers dream. Recently Samsung released the source code for the Captivate, and now Motorola has released the source code for the new Droid X phone. There is a lot packed underneath the 4.3″ screen. Devs are now able to start creatng custom ROMS for the device which is extremely popular in the [...]
The Motorola Milestone XT701 Android smartphone has many things in common with the original Milestone smartphone, but ditches the physical QWERTY keyboard. The Milestone XT701 also adds HD video recording and a Xenon flash to a lighter, more attractive form factor. We criticised the original Motorola Milestone smartphone for feeling awkward. Motorola has responded by ditching [...]
AT&T is getting into the Android game lately. With this FCC filing we can guess that this phone is built for AT&T. Engadget spotted a listing in the FCC from Motorola named “Sage,” and its packing 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA that works on the same 850 and 1900 MHz bands that AT&T [...]
Wildfires not burning so bright As elsewhere, the HTC Wildfire was met by a blaze of enthusiasm in the UK, and yesterday’s news that Android 2.2 for the handset is ready (appearing on launch lists in China) should have stoked the fires even further. For some though, the flames have been extinguished somewhat, by a [...]
Google’s Adwords has been adding a few tricks for mobile advertising. Location extensions allow custom advertising on a full mobile browser. Back in January, Google introduced click-to-call phone numbers, to call a number just as easily as clicking a website link. Now, Location Extensions provide expandable maps that would-be-customers can click to find a business. [...]
Samsung is hard at work. Not only are they rockin an awesome Galaxy S line of phones, but they also have new tablet they have been working on. It is called the Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy Tab is modeled after the Galaxy S line of phones, so you know this thing is going to be [...]
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