Gameloft has been giving their users plenty of grief over billing errors and the way they would rather have their own store than put their games in the Android Market. Aside from those two issues, they only allow you to re-download bought games to the same device, but will be out of luck if you have a [...]
HTC or someone is trying to leak images of the Incredible HD. Knowing this, makes you wonder that is there a release expected soon? The image was seen in Gizmodo and a glimpse of the status bar along with the nice 4G notification with LTE capabilities. Verizon plans to showcase 4G LTE devices on January 6th. So [...]
You can already play Mafia Wars from Zynga on your Android phone, but now prepare to place all your bets on Zynga Poker and play some Texas Hold’Em available in the Market. I am sure Zynga Poker will be just as popular as its Facebook counterpart. You can play Texas Hold ‘Em with up to [...]
Firefox has just unleashed a new beta version of Firefox 4 mobile web browser for Android and Maemo devices, and it’s loaded with new features. Here’s what’s new: Android Improved support for Android keyboards, both hardware and on-screen New Android-style menus Fixed a bug in opening links from other apps Support for uploading files “Save [...]
If you’re the owner of a 2011 Ford Fiesta, then you just got an early Christmas present. Ford just announced that AppLink for Ford SYNC now supports Android as well as BlackBerry devices, and that people who purchase a 2011 Ford Fiesta will be the first to be able to use AppLink with additional models [...]
Motorola has just posted their software update plans for various devices, which is sure to leave some users rather unhappy. While it’s not surprising that older devices like the Cliq XT and Devour won’t be getting anything higher than Android 2.1, what is surprising is that — from the way the chart reads — that the [...]
After releasing the T-mobile service, Google decided to celebrate the anniversary of its Android market carrier billing services. This time, they have expanded this service to AT&T. The meaning of all this is that if your Android device is on AT&T service then you would no longer be required to use debit/credit cards for your [...]
All of you must have gotten the new Android Market through a small update. If you feel that the green colour is too bright and would like to have dark colours then do not worry. There is a solution provided by three members (jeffsanace, fernando sor and thebowers)Â together of XDA Â forums. They have created three [...]
With the Samsung Nexus S just released a few days ago , you would think an update wouldn’t already be on hand, but apparently theres one floating around, said to contain some bug fixes and an update for Google Maps. It is really small in size, at 1.9MB, so definitely nothing major.  The OTA does bring the device to [...]
We’ve all known by now that the Hummingbird GPU would be a lot better than Qualcomm’s Adreno GPU, but we didn’t really have any comprehensive GPU tests until now. Plus Quadrant and Neocore have historically favored the Qualcomm chips. Now we get to see with all benchmark tools, some tests the AndroidAndMe team did when comparing [...]
We’ve been promised the web-based Android Market will get many improvements ever since Google I/O back in May, but so far Google has been mum about it. It looks like we might get at least some improvements very soon. How do we know this? Check out these changes for the market, that make it more [...]
NexusKang just got an update thanks to Kmobs, which adds support for Android 2.3 plus the Nexus S live wallpaper as well as a few minor bug fixes. The app is definitely worth checking out if you’re a fan of the original live wallpaper for the Nexus One, because it allows you to take that [...]
Here we have it, the newest video, this one shows off Mail’d which appears to be quite a good client, I feel pretty excited by it and can’t wait to add email accounts to my new Adam (yes still getting one). Tomorrow’s video could be anything fun at all. Stick here for my next posting, [...]
It should come as no surprise that Samsung would join the already packed line-up of manufacturers clamoring to get their LTE devices ready for Verizon. Â Motorola, LG, and HTC have all already been rumored to have their 4G devices in the pipeline for release in the coming months. Â It is interesting to note that this [...]
Pantech is showing off an impressive Android smartphone in South Korea. What’s so impressive? It comes equipped with DDR2 memory (probably 512 MB) making it 1.5 times faster than earlier smartphones using DDR1 memory. Due to be available from KT and LG Telecom in South Korea later this week, the Pantech Vega X runs Android [...]
A new Version 3.0.0 of Moto Blur has been leaked for the Droid 2. Â It appears this version comes with all of the updates that the Droid Pro came with, including the profile selection ability and new launcher. Â This version is definately an improvement to Blur overall and it is running smoother than ever. Â Hopefully [...]
Motorola is said to be grabbing the name Xoom in all the countries it can. This means they plan to be using it in an upcoming product. Could this be their Honeycomb tablet? It doesn’t seem to apply to phones, because the trademark was obtained in a category that involves: “mobile computers and related accessories, [...]
YouMail, Voice Mail Tailored for You App Name: YouMail by YouMail Inc. Description: See, play, read, and manage your YouMail voicemail, right from your phone. Most US Carriers supported. Sorry, doesn’t work with flex/pre-pay accounts. Requires you to Forward your Unanswered calls to YouMail. How it works: Forward your voicemail to the YouMail App and [...]
Like Santa’s elves, the good folks over at XDA-Developers are working overtime to bring goodies this Christmas. And the goodies they’re bringing come in the form of Gingerbread for the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Incredible. XDA user, r2DoesInc had this to say on XDA’s forums: Who ever said we need verizon? Or even [...]
We all know the Android Market is full of many useful applications and games. There is however, plenty of spam, spyware, and for some people, offensive material. While it can be easy enough to avoid these things, with the ever-growing list of applications added every day, its almost impossible not to run across one of [...]
One of the more interesting things about the Nexus S is that it has a Near Field Communications sensor, which could make some mobile actions, like code scanning, a lot easier and faster in the future. The Nexus S is the first phone to have it, but all the other phones that will have Gingerbread [...]
If you really want to show just how much of a loyal Android fan you are, you are in luck. Samsung, along with Negri Electronics  is offering a limited edition Nexus S with the back cover with Android robots underneath the Google and Samsung brands. This is available at Best Buy, where you can already [...]
SPB Software is currently looking for people to beta-test their 3D user interface for Android-powered phones. Â SPB is a new, pluggable modular 3D platform that’s specially optimized for today’s mobile devices. The SPB UI Engine is a unique 3D interface that’s designed to utilize industry standards such as Open GL ES. Because the SPB UI [...]
Today is a day full of cellphone leaks, it seems. Now it’s HTC’s turn to send in a “leak” with pictures of what seems to be its upcoming Incredible HD for Verizon. The phone may be the same one as the HTC Mecha, which is supposed to be an LTE phone. Things can be confusing [...]
In the last few weeks we’ve heard a lot about the new HTC Android device of a thousand names. It has gone by the HTC Knight, the Evo 4G Shift, and Speedy. It sounds like it will be another great addition to the Sprint Android line up, but what do we call it? Now the device we’re not [...]
Now this is the way to ring in the Christmas season! US Cellular is now offering the Galaxy Tab for $200 with a $100 mail in rebate and a 2 year contract. This is a huge price drop from the $499 it was before, however the customer will be required to sign up for the [...]
The release of the Nexus S brought dozens of new features to the Android world, both in the hardware and the software department. One of the features that isn’t as widely known as some of the more appealing aspects is the NFC chip that Google decided to include. Gingerbread brought official support for this bad [...]
Apparently, WP7 is selling more units at launch than Android did. Does that surprise anyone? Well, it may surprise those who thought it wouldn’t sell anything at all, but if it had half a decent chance to grow in this very young market, you shouldn’t be too surprised that it’s growing faster than Android at [...]
Tron:Legacy really doesn’t need anymore promotion, the trailer is pretty cool by itself. To spread its 3D greatness to the Android world, a new location-based game developed by Coca-Cola Zero is bringing light walls to your neighborhood, kind of. LiveCycle tracks you by GPS and lets you create a light trail wherever you go, with the goal of trapping [...]
If the HTC EVO Shift 4G will be its official name, we now have “official” unofficial pics of the new Sprint Android device in the wild, thanks to a source of news site PhoneArena. The Shift 4G for Sprint packs some of its big brother’s features, but is now rumored to have a processor clocking 800 MHz instead [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S line of phones has been a major success both in North America and worldwide.  Since the June launch in Samsung’s home country of Korea they have sold 2 million units in that country alone.  That puts the total sales number up to 9.3 million and on pace to sell 10 million [...]
The Nexus S has only been available to consumers for about two-weeks and we already have a simple one-click root solution thanks to Paul O’Brien (Mr. MoDaCo). Paul has released a new Superboot, which gives users the ability to flash an image to give them instant root privileges. While there is a previously released ADB-based [...]
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is less than a month away and there will no doubt be numerous Android-related devices on display. Leading Chinese semiconductor company, Fuzoh Rockchip Electronics Co., LTD, will be at CES to show off their new mobile Internet platform codenamed, RK29xx. According to their press release: RK29xx will supply powerful support [...]
Viewsonic is blaming unsatisfactory Google support for larger-screen devices like their 10.1 inch GTablet. It was discovered that Flash Player 10.1 plugin had not passed Adobe’s certification process. Many concerns have been reported of poor ‘user experience’. Numerous issues surround getting its custom UI working perfectly with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2Â chipset. This weekend Staples stopped selling [...]
Sony Ericsson’s Playstation Phone has been rumored for some time now.  New information states that the official name could be Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play, if a new batch of freshly-registered domains can be trusted. Right now the pages do not hold any content and are just place holders to stake out the name. We are supposed [...]
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