Samsung Germany sent out an email newsletter with its plan to provide a battery-enhancement pack, the Samsung power pack EBB-U10. It not only replaces the battery, but the entire back case. According to Eurodroid (via TalkAndroid), the battery pack provides 8.5 hours of additional talk time and 500 hours of standby. This might be worth [...]
Xperia X8 in India Think of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is the X10′s little brother. Running 1.6 and decidedly slower and dimmer than its bigger, tougher sibling, the X8 is the latest phone rumored to hit the Indian market where it will be nicknamed the Shakira. Spice of life Indian company ‘Spice Mobile’ market [...]
Callpod has announced an upgrade to Keeper, an advanced password manager and data encryption application. According to Talk Android, the app was updated to include support for the recent Android handsets, the HTC Incredible and Motorola Droid X. The application is provided free of charge with a 30-day trial or a paid version to unlock [...]
Can’t find what you’re looking for in the Android Market? Even AppBrain‘s sorts and filters are no help? Or you’re an Android developer and nobody’s downloading your newest creation because nobody can find it? Would you like a way to share good apps with your Android-using friends, or hope one user discovers your app and [...]
Do you love Android, but wish that the homescreen was like a Zune HD? There’s an app for that. It’s called Zune Home, and it is a homescreen replacement like LauncherPro or ADW.launcher. It basically gives you a customizable scrollable list as your homescreen. It looks kind of nice, but you lose all of the [...]
All the guys sporting the helixlauncher and are keenly waiting for their froyo update to arrive,there is a sad news for you guys,the helixlauncher and the android version 2.2 codenamed froyo do not go well together.There have been various people complaining about a force close loop which arises as soon u reboot your phone with [...]
Google Chrome OS Index is a human edited directory. Google Chrome OS Index is not officially associated with Googleâ„¢ in anyway, but if you enjoy watching Google do battle with Windows for you computer software needs – whether they be apps, widgets, or programs. This index has been compiled to bring together web sites that provide [...]
The creator of Tap Snake, a simple game that turned out to have spyware under the hood, insists his app was not a virus or a Trojan, as described by the Android community. The free Tap Snake game allowed a paid app, GPS Spy, to monitor a second phone’s location if Tap Snake was installed [...]
Whether you’ve rooted your Droid or not, don’t worry – you’re going to receive the Froyo update. Those of you who played nice with their Droid, are going to receive a filled called “FRG22D”, which is 45 MB in size, while those who have rooted their phones, are going to receive a bigger update called [...]
The Rogers Magic+, essentially an HTC Magic (or T-Mobile MyTouch3G), has been stuck at Android Cupcake 1.5 for a dog’s age! This may come as a surprise to some people who have long since been upgraded to 2.1 or even 2.2, but certainly 1.6. When 1.6 was announced, HTC put this message up on their [...]
Rogers is not doing too bad of a job bring Android phones to Canada lately. Today they are launching LG Optimus GT540 AKA “Loop”, which looks pretty good on the outside, but it’s not on the same level on the inside, featuring the obsolete Android 1.6 version. I suppose you can’t complain when it comes with [...]
Corning Inc announced on Monday that they designed the glass that makes the Samsung Galaxy S display sturdy. Corning Gorilla glass is used as a protective cover and is earth-friendly. The glass consists of an ultra durable alkali-aluminosilicate that can resist almost all scratches due to the chemical properties of the glass. The Samsung Galaxy [...]
Samsung has just made the Galaxy Tab, their upcoming tablet, official. There is a teaser video and everything. We know very little officially, but the rumors say that it would have all sorts of enviable features like 1024×600 pixel resolution, 3.2MP camera, QVGA front camera, GPS, 3G support, 802.11N WiFi, 4000 mAh battery, and 16 [...]
Still waiting on that DROID X or Incredible? The waiting will continue until morale improves. Economic morale, that is. The reason you’re still waiting is due to that recession that seems to have hit every market sector except Android smartphones. Chipmakers scaled back production last year when demand slacked off by 30 percent, and now [...]
Without much fanfare, Dell has opened up sales of the Dell Aero for AT&T. It seems that the rumors about timing and specs were correct. It is available for $99 on 2-year contract, and $299 without (although still locked to AT&T). Here are the specs: 624MHz Marvell CPU Android platform 1.5 complete with Android Market [...]
When you make a good mobile OS that is free for everyone to use, and has a great eco-system behind it, this is what you get: an iPad alternative that costs only $50, which is 10x less than the cheapest version of iPad. Now, I’m not saying that this is a high end tablet, but [...]
Through looking at the forums, it seems that there is an issue with the EVO’s micro USB port. The problems don’t seem to affect too many users. This could be an issue because you wouldn’t be able to charge the battery. Android has not been an OS that is known for good battery life, so [...]
It has been reported that the Toshiba Smart Pad will be released at IFA 2010 in Berlin, but a little pictures of the device in advance doesn’t hurt anyone. This tablet has appeared online before it’s expected debut as do many others. This device in particular has a certain look to it that looks to [...]
Samsung has definitely pushed this device pretty hard and now they have created a decent commercial to promote the epic. Seem like a tactic that paid off for Verizon, but will this pay of for the Epic? I’ll let you be the judge of that. What do you think of this commercial? Is it Epic [...]
Archos, a french hardware manufacturer recently announce the will be releasing no fewer than 5 new tablets at the IFA conference in Berlin. It is interesting for Archos to release so many at the same time. There hasn’t been any information about the types of tablet devices, size or hardware that will be put inside [...]
It seems that we’re going to see a new generation of smartphone chips every year or so. In January this year we saw the Nexus One with a Snapdragon CPU of 1 Ghz, and by early next year we’re going to see dual core CPU’s of up to 1 Ghz each core, and with 1080p [...]
Sony Ericsson has come out with an Android product yet again and this time it is an App.Sony Ericsson released its android powered smartphone in the first quarter of this year and now to show its dedication towards android it has released an instant messaging service which is called as ‘Hanashi chat’.This is an instant [...]
When the first pictures leaked of Dell Thunder, Dell got quite some attention from the tech world. It seemed like people were ready to accept Dell as a smartphone manufacturer because those phones renderings that got leaked looked darn good. With the launch of their mini-tablet, the 5″ Dell Streak, Dell showed some promise, but [...]
Just weeks ago we learned about the new Archos 32 PMP/MID and how it debuted at the FCC. Now new details have emerged on the Amazon pre order page. This device will have a 3.2-inch TFT LCD touchscreen with 400 X 240 resolution, an 800 MHz Arm Cortex A8 processor with DSP, and 3D OpenGL [...]
E-readers have not been a hot topic as of late due to the growing popularity of tablets. Tablets have much more functionality. Because of this, companies are moving to a fuller featured e-reader such as a new model PocketBook is working on. The new model will boast a 7 inch color TFT display running on [...]
Google Earth has just updated to include exploring what makes up 70% of the earth, the ocean. The update will work for most phones on Android 2.1 or later. Included in the 1.1 update: A layer called “Explore the Oceans,” which features hundreds of photos and videos submitted by users The gold highlighted icons represent [...]
After multiple reports surfing around the web it seems that Verizon is ready to push out the final build of FROYO FRG22D which will include Flash 10.1 and a minor security update. The OTA will be 1.6mb a lot smaller than the previous FROYO update and it will include what we have been waiting for [...]
Ok T-Mobile Android fans – this looks like the real thing. Yes, UMA on the Motorola Charm is coming your way according to the slide above. One caveat though, no one is sure what “UMAlite” means, but it makes sense that it falls under the Motorola/T-Mobile Co-Development Project. That is the only way something of [...]
PocketGear, which has just recently acquired mobile app store Handango, has just secured a $15 Million investment from some big names like Blackberry Partners Fund and Eric Schmidt’s (CEO of Google) technology investment firm TomorrowVentures LLC. The goal of this round of fund-raising is to grow PocketGear’s sales and marketing group, continue their mobile application [...]
So the Motorola DROID 2 has been out for about a week, and it’s time for a “minor update.” Verizon is started pushing a firmware update to DROID 2s. Engadget reports that text and picture messages can now scroll, but the “severe signal strength issues” they addressed in their review are still very much present. [...]
AppBrain, the web-based app-finder site, has added more categories to sort popular Android software. The site already had top lists for what was hot now, just uploaded, or by app type. You could find out what was hot this minute or this week, and what apps were top-rated. Now you can also see what apps [...]
App Name: TweetDeck for Android Beta by Tweetdeck. Description: TweetDeck for Android Beta connects you with your social network contacts. How it Works: Tweetdeck for Android Beta is similar to the other Twitter apps however for anyone who uses Tweetdeck Desktop it integrates Twitter with Facebook, Buzz and FourSquare contacts so you can see them [...]
A software company called Macrosoft (sound familiar?) released an app called PhoneQ. This app allows you to make a schedule of calls to be made specifically while driving. You set up a queue and a schedule, and then turn it on. When the appointed time comes, your phone will present the call and you have [...]
Android Top 40 Hottest Apps for Aug 16th-Aug 23, 2010 Free Flash Player 10.1 UPDATED by Adobe Systems Flash Player lets you browse the full web and access all your favorite online videos, games and apps. Visit m.flash.com … 50,000-250,000 downloads, Rating 4.64 (12734) Free Instant heart rate UPDATED by Modula d.o.o. Measures your heart [...]
XM Radio is now availabe to download directly from the XM Canada website. The application features: listening over wifi or 3G, plays in background, browse other channels, and create and store channels. For a monthly subscription plan, the price is $7.99, or $2.99 monthly in addition to your current subscription. If you just want to [...]
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