Deep breaths, this month is almost over. And with the ending of this month we should see the end of all the rumors. As we are getting closer to the rumored release dates of the Motorola Xoom and the HTC ThunderBolt, Verizon has put out some pretty clever commercials. In the first commercial for the [...]
Have a Sprint Samsung Epic 4G? Been waiting for Android OS 2.2 (Froyo)? Well now you’re in luck, with Sprint officially starting the rollout process for the Froyo update. The update brings to the Epic 4G plenty of new and improved features and functions including: Upgrade of the Google OS from Éclair to Froyo (2.2.1) Ability [...]
Thanks to the miracle workers over at XDA Developers, the “tablet only” Android OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) has found itself showing up in the strangest places. Now it’s being ported to a Nexus One Android smartphone. Need an OS update? According to XDA’s site, member bypass23 along with a fellow developer have used a Honeycomb SDK to compile [...]
You can’t go anywhere on the web these days without running into a social network of some kind. Sometimes you can feel a bit like a fly caught in this web of bad people soliciting candies for favors, but I digress. It’s nice to know that there are friends out there and they’re all dorks for [...]
Namco is bringing the addictive game, Flight Control to Android. The game is hard to put down once you get the hang of it. The object of the game is to keep the skies safe by not letting planes crash into each other, by keeping up with the schedules. The game features 10 aircraft, a [...]
Whoa, not another HTC story! Well, at least this one isn’t about the beleaguered Thunderbolt (and we still don’t know when that one’s getting released, heh heh). Actually HTC doesn’t seem like the bad guy in this story, but read on, because there’s a bit of finger-pointing going on. Last week AT&T released the HTC [...]
The rumor about the Motorola Xoom launching initially lacking Flash support has been verified by Motorola. This is an interesting update as the Xoom is the flagship Android 3.0 Honeycomb device and in fact the tablet on which Google designed Honeycomb. The lack of Flash support would appear to be a software issue on the [...]
I got sitting here thinking, and thinking. I use Google’s Listen product for podcasts, it is in “beta” and works pretty well, you can’t really skip ahead and sometimes it gets glitchy from skipping, it doesn’t have pictures and little things or chapters like iTunes but it works. I can listen to a full podcast [...]
As of late, it seems American wireless providers are trying to push customers away with every move (well, mainly Verizon Wireless with their cancellation of New Every 2 and changing the return policy from a month to 14 days; and AT&T with their data plan changes, effectively taking away unlimited data and making it more [...]
Are you still waiting for your Android Smartphone or Android Tablet to arrive? Are you so excited that you want to have a bunch of apps ready to install right away? Well, Amazon has just introduced a solution for you. Amazon Appstore for Android has been in the works for some time now, and will [...]
The fact that Sony Ericsson chose to call it the Xperia Play won’t change the fact that to most people it will be the Playstation Phone. With a separate store on the device that has ported Playstation games and that familiar Dual-Shock look, it will easily be a well-received device by the Sony Community. That [...]
Get ready, Canadian residents! The Google Nexus S is getting prepared to arrive! This information comes from MobileSyrup who got their hands on one. They say that the phone will “be launching across multiple carriers sometime in Q1 (so by the end of March).” Any users out there been waiting for this phone? Hopefully it [...]
Here we go again, another hill to what seems to be a never-ending roller coaster for the HTC ThunderBolt. Best Buy’s Buyer’s Guide listed another price that we first assumed, but were hoping would not be true. This price is $299 for a two year contract. Who knows with Best Buy. Their “price” of $249 [...]
“If you go to a nightclub in any city in the world, the pretty girl has an iPhone or a BlackBerry, She doesn’t have an Android phone. She has no emotional attachment to an Android phone. It’s too complicated. It’s a geek device, it’s all wrong.” These are the words of Frank Meehan, CEO of [...]
Here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, Best Buy’s pre-order Motorola XOOM page has just gone live! By now we’re all aware of the high sticker price, but I’m sure Motorola feels you’ll want it so bad, you’ll fork over the $799. Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha points out that with 3G/4G connectivity it’s [...]
XDA Developers user Kennethpenn dumped the Motorola Atrix 4G system files on the internet allowing anyone to download the complete system dump, ringtones, wallpapers, boot animation, and build prop. If you have any desire to check some of these out for yourself and put them on your own device check out the original XDA-Developers post which will [...]
The picture you are seeing above is a snapshot of what we understand to be Verizon Wireless’s inventory system. At the top of the list is a Sony device. This device happens to be the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play that was officially announced this past week at MWC. This might mean that the phone is [...]
With Sony planning to release its tablet codenamed S1, Sony Ericsson have some surprises too. At the TDIA booth in MWC 2011, Sony Ericsson’s Android-based 4G tablet was announced. The tablet is still a prototype and was spotted by NieuweMobiel. The TD-LTE 4G (used by China Mobile) badge was seen at the bottom on the [...]
Update, 6:58 pm: see end of story for more details on game play. Don’t feel like having any WORDS WITH FRIENDS? Maybe you’d rather shoot them instead? Now you can do both! Zynga has finally released their first version of Mafia Wars for Android devices! It just hit the Market, and just a few thousand [...]
The Motorola Xoom has had a tough ride over the past few weeks. Before it has even hit the shelves there have been rumours as to the price and some very unhappy perspective buyers voicing their opinions on the very subject. With preparations well under way for stores to swap one for some hard earned cash in the form of displays arriving will people warm [...]
The Acer Liquid MT has officially gone live for customers of Canadian carrier Rogers. While it might not have the strongest specs, it does have an affordable price. Running Android OS 2.2 FROYO, the Liquid MT’s main features include: 3.6″ hi-res (480×800) capacitive touchscreen display 5.0 MP camera with 4x zoom and video Qualcomm 7230 800MHz processor (based [...]
Intro The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is not to be mistaken for the Epic 4G from Sprint this is a T-Mobile phone that is a bit more than the Vibrant and all of its equals. It still very similar but enough of an upgrade that if you didn’t have the Vibrant you could get this, [...]
If you’ve been considering the Atrix, but were concerned about Motorola’s ever expanding customization tyranny, then worry no more. Thanks to developer DesignGears over at the XDA-forums, the Motorola Atrix has been rooted! Now, as soon as you get this brand new beast-of-a-phone, you’ll be able to remove the bloatware, activate wifi hotspot, and run [...]
A source close to Droid-Life sent them this picture showing that the dummy units are arriving at Verizon Stores right now (although no official release date has been set by Verizon). In addition to the dummy units, the real units are arriving as well (according to the same source). Multiple reports and leaks are pegging the date [...]
A Lenovo Spokesman announced Friday that the company first tablet computer, the LePad, is set to launch this June between $399 and $449. The tablet will be sporting a 10.1” screen, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 2GB RAM, 32GB Internal Storage, running Android 2.2. As PCWorld points out, “Lenovo is the world’s fourth largest PC maker, and dominates the Chinese [...]
Expansys has a pre-order page up for the LG Optimus 3D that has the price for the first glasses free 3D Android phone at £514.99. This is for a non-subsidized version (meaning buying it without a 2-year contract agreement, so at full value). This is pretty hefty price tag, but with dual 8 MP cameras, and [...]
Coming through the grapevine now is the rumor that Verizon just approved a subsidized price of $599 on a two-year contract, instead of the full price of $799 for the Motorola XOOM. The savings of $200 does sound attractive, but just remember you are tied in for two years. The way tablets are coming out [...]
A big thank you to EA Games for giving Android one of the most addictive games ever made. Bejeweled 2 has arrived at last for all to enjoy, so long as you happen to live in Canada, Japan or the US. Our friends in the UK will have to wait for their shot of Bejewled [...]
The folks over at TmoNews have gotten word that some Wal-Mart stores have been getting the new Samsung Galaxy S 4G. Even better yet, all of you on T-Mobile looking to upgrade to this new phone may be in luck if you can convince one of their employees to sell you the phone early (some [...]
The unconfirmed rumor on the release date for the Motorola Atrix 4G has turned out to be true. AT&T’s Atrix 4G is in fact being released on February 22 at RadioShack, according to their Facebook page. The phone will be for sale at $149.99 with a two-year contract for eligible upgrades and new customers. Are [...]
I have been using a Google CR-48 for a few days now. Really, it is quite a piece of kit. The CR-48 is a reference design notebook/netbook for Google’s Chrome OS. They have been giving them away, somewhat randomly, to people who apply for them at http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-cr48.html. If you are a lucky, chosen person, it [...]
HTC Thunderbolt Supposedly Ditching Skype, Isn’t Even True LTE Smartphone It’s been hours since we’ve heard an HTC Thunderbolt rumor, so I was beginning to worry. Fortunately, this one just broke within the hour over on Geek.com. Supposedly, Verizon has decided to ax Skype’s video chat from the much-discussed, but yet to be officially-given-a-launch-date smartphone. [...]
SPB, who have been around in the mobile market for sometime now supplying various applications, has announced that its new application, SPB TV 3.0, is going to be the place to be for broadcasters around the World to offer their content. Be that free or subscription-based to various platforms, SPB is there. That is quite a bold [...]
HTC Splattered All Over Conference, Pushed Out of Dual Core Plane by Their Exclusive Provider A funny thing happened on the way to Mobile World Congress 2011: 2010′s best mobile phone manufacturer got caught taking a siesta right before Barcelona. All the other major mobile manufacturers duly announced dual core devices arriving within a few [...]
You don’t have to go home, but you gotta take the Android slide out. Mobile World Congress 2011 is officially over, that’s a wrap. The lights are turned off in Barcelona, and all the Androids are locked back up in their cages. With everyone stumbling back into reality, it’s time to take a look back [...]
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