Sony Ericsson is making an attempt at making their phones, the best option in terms of Social Network integration. For starters Facebook will come pre-installed. Considering that almost every customer would be downloading the app anyway, this is a good idea and allows them to integrate Facebook into the core software. Facebook has been doing [...]
Samsung just can’t win this week. First, still no Froyo for the Fascinate, and now this. The recent DL09 OTA for the Verizon Samsung Fascinate seems to have accidentally caused an issue with the Emergency call feature available with the pattern screen lock enabled. When working as it should, the Emergency call button will allow [...]
If you’ve been patiently waiting for your Samsung Fascinate Froyo upgrade, no thanks to Samsung and Verizon, you’ll be waiting just a while longer for that official Android 2.2 OS release. On the bright side, it looks like a developer over at XDA has been busy working with a leaked build of Froyo for Fascinate, [...]
Chinese company Huawei is dominating its court case involving both Motorola and Nokia Siemens, winning a temporary court order banning Motorola from disclosing any of its information to Nokia. Defendants in the case include Motorola, which holds the network equipment unit being sold and Motorola Mobility, which makes phones/set-top boxes, and holds Huawei intellectual property related [...]
There’s an accusation floating around that the Notion Ink Adam tablet based its custom email app on open-source K-9 Mail, but no credit was given to original developers. Coder Jesse Vincent discovered his K-9 Mail code being used for Adam’s 3-pane email system as the foundation, and there was no mention of his work in [...]
On an invitation from LG for their Mobile World Congress (MWC) it says, “Into the new dimension.” Could that mean rumors are true, and we’ll soon get a look at 3D smartphones? It sure sounds like that may be exactly what this phrase indicates. Oh 2011, what an exciting year you are shaping up to [...]
Another promo has been released via Motorola’s YouTube channel advertising the forthcoming Xoom tablet. It’s similar to what they have released before, but this time giving more specification details. The ad again has hands utilizing a Minority Report-like touchscreen where they turn dials and select different options. Some of the specifications shown in the promo [...]
We have two big rumors that we’re hoping are completely true. The first being a February 11th release date for the 4G HTC Thunderbolt, the phone that was HTC’s big unveiling at CES and the phone that was said to be released as the first 4G phone for Verizon. Androidcentral forum member TBolt2011 has supposedly talked [...]
The LG Optimus 2X and the Motorola Atrix 4G are the first of the next Gen Tegra 2 Dual Core Superphones to make it to the market. They both pack a serious punch and take smartphones to levels of performance and capabilities never before seen. The question at hand: which one deserves the crown? Fit [...]
There have been a number of reports about the NOOK eBook reader. Barnes & Noble did not expect the numbers that they had estimated. It was taken by surprise as they had believedthey created an edge as an Android -based color eReader. Their 3G version did not have an impact in the market and therefore, [...]
It was back in April of last year when Google announced Cloud Print, which would allow printing from any device, OS or browser without having to install software. After all that time, Google is finally releasing a beta version of Cloud Print which works with mobile docs and Gmail for mobile. Rolling out over the next [...]
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc was introduced to the Android world at CES a couple of weeks ago, bringing quite a bit of intrigue along with it. With no dual-core processor the Arc might not be the most powerful device heading to the market, but it is feature-packed and comes with the latest Android OS(2.3 Gingerbread). Website HDBLOG.IT were [...]
Good news for all you rooted HTC Hero users out there, the developer aosp has released an almost completely stable Gingerbread (2.3) ROM. This is very exciting to see people working on getting users the newest Android OS before manufacturers do. So, if you happen to have a rooted Hero lying around, give this bad [...]
At CES 2011, the Motorola Atrix was announced which will feature Android OS 2.2 Froyo with Motoblur (will be later upgradeable to Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread). The smartphone has 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-Core processor, 1 GB RAM and 1930 mAh battery, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and 720p HD video recording, VGA front-facing camera, [...]
So, we all know there were a lot of tablets announced at CES this month. But just how are consumers supposed to keep track of them all, what OS they come with, and what size the screen is? Well, Shawn Dubravac is here to help. He is the man behind the list you see below. [...]
Google’s I/O 2011 conference’s site has gone up for all to view. Though, registration is not open yet, they have listed the prices to attend and the are as follows; $450 Early Bird Price through 4/16/11, $550 starting 4/17/11, Academia (student or faculty) is $150, and BootCamp is an extra $100 regardless of your registration [...]
Oh wait, I remember The HTC Merge!! It’s all coming back to me now. This is the phone that briefly appeared on Verizon’s website in November and was pulled off almost instantaneously. There were many leaked specs, dates, user guides, and the 360 degree view of this gorgeous device that was all over the internet. [...]
With no official promo material released for the HTC Flyer tablet, you’ve got to use your imagination right now. While we can’t see it yet, we can piece the Flyer’s specs together thanks to a leak to news site AndroidGuys. None of the following details have been verified, but according to the leaked info the [...]
After some weeks of speculation (yeah, we Android enthusiasts are always expectant to new products… obsessively expectant…). T-Mo News brings some new info on the official release dates of three of the new T-Mobile Android products for this year (let’s not forget about the Motorola Cliq2). A new leak has revealed the launch dates for [...]
Google does not have an app yet for the weather info they provide on their search engine, but has now made it more “app-like” when going through the browser. Google Mobile posted on their blog that they have now added a slider feature to the weather info given. From the Google search address bar, just [...]
There have been a lot rumors surfacing recently about the pricing of a few of the new devices that were introduced to us at CES 2011. This time, there’s a rumor supposedly originating from a Best Buy employee about the pricing of that cool laptop dock for the Motorola Atrix. He said that an AT&T [...]
From our good friends over in Germany, BestBoyZ, we have released pictures of a half white Google Nexus S. Now, I can’t read German, but i assume it will be going there first if they’re the first site to release any pictures. But this is definitely a phone I’m sure a lot of us would [...]
Back in February our friends over at Mobile Burn demoed a pre-release version of a Motorola music app that incorporates several popular applications into one another. A newer version of this program has recently leaked, and it has a handful of useful features! Some of the programs integrated into the music player are; Youtube Searching [...]
The Motorola Glam XT800 features a dual-Sim, not only for GSM carriers, but CDMA carriers are also supported. There are two Sim slots, one for GSM and the other for CDMA. Although not very powerful under the hood, you can expect it to attract a lot of world travelers that can benefit from having more [...]
NVIDIA played a huge role in this year’s CES in the mobile zone. They are expected to include their dual-core Tegra 2 processors for the upcoming smartphones. If it is true, then it is going to change the processing market for the mobile devices. But, now they are planning to release “Tegra 2 3D” chip [...]
Notion Ink Adam Android tablet has taken long time and way to reach the customers. It has been in controversy with regards to the delay in releasing and hailed by some for its arrival. After taking more than one year in development, it has started shipping units and reaching the customers. But that is where [...]
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LauncherPro has released an update which features homescreen transition animations. This feature is available to all LaucherPro users irrespective of having the Plus version. In addition to the normal smooth sliding effect, the update allows you to have four more effects – Scale, Rotate, Flip and Cube. I have tested all the effects and they [...]
Androidheadlines.com is growing very fast and looking for volunteer staff. If you are an Android fan and would like to be part of our team please apply. This is an opportunity to have your voice heard and help inform and educate readers about all the latest news in the Android world. A lot of people [...]
I’m sure everyone that’s been driving for some time has been stranded in the middle of nowhere, right? Well I have, and it’s not too much fun, especially if the weather is bad. Now there’s a better way to give you piece of mind, provided you have a AAA account. Android users can get help [...]
The Motorola Xoom is the new flagship tablet from Google. It will be the first to ship with Android 3.0 Honeycomb and will initially be a Verizon exclusive. Up until now we have only seen the tablet running videos of what we can expect to see when it ships. In the new video it appears [...]
BBM is special messenger that Blackberry users have enjoyed and bragged about for sometime. I have used it before and it is a convenient messaging app that I wish I had on my Droid X. KiK messenger in the app store has made an attempt at this by making a cross-platform messenger, but the problem is no one [...]
The awesome, insane LG Optimus 2X is highly anticipated around here since being announced as the world’s first dual-core Tegra 2 phone. To satisfy some of the feelings we have about this phone, we’re posting a 20-minute hands-on with the device. The only downside, we don’t speak German, so we don’t exactly know what is [...]
So a while ago Notion Ink held a contest, it was for people to make a logo and win a prize, the prize was a discount. It seems there were 40 or so people who won and those people were promised a discount from what it sounds like. From what I remember, this is the [...]
LG Ally owners, wait no further. Android 2.2 OS (Froyo) update is now available. Not to shabby for a mid-range popular device. This is a lot more than we can say for the even more popular Samsung Fascinate. Oh well Samsung, maybe you’ll be ready when Android Jello is announced. Your device will prompt you when [...]
From the document above, we can see that among other things that on February 17 the new honeycomb tablet called Motorola Xoom will debut for sale. Though the exact price is still unknown, there are rumours about the price range hitting $700. It’s quite a lot but we don’t know anything for sure right now. [...]
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