Google Gets Tough In the Fight Against Android Fragmentation Google is starting to change their approach towards the massively successful Android platform, the major focus is to eliminate fragmentation. Many of the OEMs have stated that Google is trying to achieve this by having all customizations go through them before being made public. This corresponds [...]
Fuzebox Upgrades its Android App to Use New OS, Device Cameras FuzeBox has long been a video conference call provider and has now released a system for Android users called Fuze Meeting. The multi-party, 720p HD videos work via 4G, 3G, or Wi-Fi on Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) or OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) enabled devices. The [...]
Who’s Getting the Samsung Nexus S? Well this time, it’s all about Canada. It seems like every major carrier in Canada is getting the Samsung Nexus S, but it’s Mobilicity that’s gaining the spotlight this article. Mobilicity: Let the Training Begin Bell, TELUS, Rogers, Mobilicity, etc. are all getting the tech-savvy Nexus S sometime in [...]
Canadian wireless carrier Bell is soon to release the HTC Incredible S, but at a slightly lower price than originally advertised. The first time we heard about this phone being released, we heard $499.95, but now we are hearing about their price on contract. For a 3 year contract, $99.95 . It looks like we are [...]
Kyocera Echo Unboxing Video, from Distributor Wirefly Ok, I know there are a lot of naysayers about this phone but I must say I’m impressed with it after seeing it un-boxed and I think you will warm to it too. The gang over at Wirefly have released an unboxing video of the dual screen Kyocera [...]
HTC Thunderbolt Overclocked, Takes on all Comers The HTC Thunderbolt 4G Android phone from Verizon Wireless has been commanding attention since its March 17th debut. Now, developer Derek Rodriguez (@drod2169) has given us yet one more thing to love about it – lightning fast processor speed. Rodriguez has created a kernel that boasts a processor [...]
Leaked Gingerbread for HTC Desire Z Available for your Modding Pleasure Yes HTC Desire Z fans, rejoice because Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) has arrived. If you head on over to XDA here you will find the goodies in question, supposedly a leak from HTC itself. HTC G2 owners can also use this leak if they wish [...]
Here Comes a Galaxy not far away: Samsung Galaxy S Plus! A new Samsung Galaxy S is on its way! The extremely popular line that has graced all four major carriers in the US is kicking their name up a notch. Thats right, who would want a Galaxy S when there will soon be a [...]
Sprint Has Samsung Nexus S 4G Webpage Up Looks like Sprint officially have their Samsung Nexus S 4G page up and running. Listed as “coming soon,” the webpage itself is full of information regarding the phone itself from the cameras to the NFC chip. Pre-Order Samsung Nexus S 4G on Sprint You can pre-order the [...]
Vimeo has just announced the official launch of their application for the iPhone. This versatile app lets you upload, edit, manage and watch your videos right from your iPhone, according to the app description on Vimeo’s site. “Why should I care about an iPhone app?” you ask? Because it’s coming to the Android OS at [...]
Motorola: I Canz Lock Ur Bootloader? It seems that no one in 2010 tried harder to lock down their phones than Motorola. While the company has indeed provided some good hardware, the locked-down nature has annoyed a lot of Android fans, and there was only so long they were going to take it lying down. [...]
So the guys at Teamdouche are working overtime, as the paint on their third release candidate for Cyanogen mod 7 hasn’t even dried yet (it was released a couple days ago) and now the fourth release candidate is available for download. This one promises fixes to some minor glitches and I’ll be flashing it shortly [...]
Dummy models of Google’s Nexus S phone have started to appear at Rogers stores in Canada. Dummy phones are non-functional display units. Their appearance often heralds that a store is going to be selling the functional version soon. We have known for a while that the Nexus S would be coming to Canada, but we [...]
One of the things developers often consider when comparing the opportunities for revenue in Apple’s App store and Google’s App Market is that in the latter case there projects could not be monetized using in-app purchases. The issue even lead some developers like, Spacetime Studios of Pocket Legends fame, to come up with their own [...]
The screenshot you see to the left is the notification one Atrix user saw prompting him/her to update their phone to the newest software. This is no Gingerbread update unfortunately, but something is better than nothing. This update addresses the following: Improved Fingerprint reader performance. Improve battery performance for longer battery life. Display will turn [...]
Amazon Cloud Player Service: Music Industry not Thrilled It was almost to good to be true (if you’re in the US anyway). Seems that the record labels are none too happy with Amazon’s timing of the release of its newest venture: Amazon Cloud Player Service. According to Reuters, Amazon does not seem to have any [...]
Sony Ericsson Announces Unlocking of Bootloaders on Xperia Phones Android developers have yet another reason to rejoice today: Sony Ericsson will be unlocking the bootloader on some of its hottest phones. In an announcement on its developer blog, the Japanese/Swedish manufacturer responds to the common cries from the developer community to allow their phones’ bootloaders [...]
HTC Releases Kernel Source for Thunderbolt HTC seems to have caught the spirit of the open-source community. They’ve released the kernel source for the HTC Thunderbolt, which is big news for the owners of this cutting-edge handset. Those of you who appreciate the significance of this announcement are probably skipping right to the download link [...]
HTC’s Flagship Pyramid Spotted The HTC Pyramid is a gorgeous device and improves upon the Thunderbolt’s design in many way. Combine the looks with a very impressive spec sheet and you have a wonder on your hands, but is it Pyramid special? That decision will have to wait for a complete hands-on, but in the [...]
Samsung Droid Charge will help Rule the Air on Verizon The Droid branding is commonly known as a collaboration between Motorola and Verizon. While they do have some of the more popular Droids, it has never been an exclusive branding. The day the original Motorola Droid came out (11/7/2009) HTC also released a Hero-variant called [...]
As you can see above, Phandroid has gotten their hands on what looks to be a roadmap for releases due out on Verizon Wireless throughout April. This list includes a handful of big name Android phones that are expected to be hits. First, there’s the Samsung Charge (which will be Droid branded when released) the [...]
SE Xperia Play Ads: Wow! Sony remains to stay absolutely genius with their ads. The PS3 guy Kevin Butler cracks me up every time. So to keep the entertainment going they have Kristen Schaal giving you a cutesy hilarious look at the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Below you will find five new ads for [...]
Cellular South’s HTC Merge might not have Android Market, features Amazon Appstore The HTC Merge, basically Cellular South’s doppelganger of Sprint’s HTC EVO Shift 4G, looks to be quite the interesting prospect. According to a Cellular South press release, the phone will be the first to come preloaded with Amazon’s Appstore. What’s more surprising is [...]
Mozilla’s Firefox Web Browser has been made official. The popular desktop browser has had many updates over the past few weeks so it can run as good on our phones. The biggest issue many are having is the fact that there is no support for Adobe Flash, so no watching videos from the internet or [...]
New Birds, Same Angry! Angry Birds Rio on the Way to Android Market Angry Birds Rio, spinoff of the highly addictive Angry Birds games, is coming to the Android Market sometime this week. Rovio announced via Facebook that an ad-supported version would be coming as soon as a couple of issues were sorted. Amazon Has [...]
A&T Responds to HSUPA Complaint from Better Business Bureau, Says will Enable It in April We’ve been following AT&T’s upload speed issues for a while, and now they have finally admitted what their customers have complained about for weeks: Yes, AT&T has been limiting upload speeds on their so-called “4G” network. AT&T’s HSPA+ network is [...]
AT&T to Allow Amazon Appstore on their Android Devices If you’re with AT&T like I am, then you know how stubborn they are about having a tight grip on Android handsets. Probably one of the things I hate most about AT&T, is that they removed the system option to let me download third-party apps (applications [...]
Viewsonic has released its ViewPad 7, it’s everything you could need, a smartphone, a computer, a game center, and an ebook reader all in one! With the ViewPad 7, you will have all of the latest information in the palm of your hands straight from the web, and now you can get one and try [...]
The 2011 Chinese IT Leadership Summit held its opening banquet last night. Lenovo’s CEO, Yang Yuanqing wisely chose the setting to announce the slimmer successor of the upcoming LePad tablet will be released in September or October. Rumors speculate the tablet will still run on Android but making this announcement so early could hurt sales [...]
Amazon’s Cloud Music Service Steals Google’s Thunder The Online retailer has been aggressively taking the Android Market by storm as of late. Their Android App store is up and running and their new cloud based music service is also up and running. All music purchased through Amazon’s music store is avaialable to be stored as well as [...]
I’ve been rooting and playing around with custom roms since day one with my HTC Evo 4G (supersonic), and one of the custom roms that remains on my handset a good portion of the time is Cyanogen Mod 7. Cm 7 is a good way to get some Gingerbread (Android 2.3) goodness on your handset [...]
What is Makible? Makible is kind of a startup company that is creating a new way of making things. They connect up with communities and help to create products that solve their common problems. It seems like they are just now getting started since they announced that this is one of Makible’s first products, yet [...]
Root Your Wi-Fi Only Motorola Xoom! Ok, for the sake of the story, I’ll pretend to be surprised here. The always reliable gang over at XDA Developers have managed to release a root method for the Wi-Fi Only Motorola XOOM tablet. This is good news for those users who have bricked their XOOMs using the [...]
Bon Voyage! HTC EVO 3D Heading to France The HTC EVO 3D was a feature of the CTIA Wireless show last week and US network Sprint will be dishing it out to lucky US customers. Soon the French will be getting hold of it too. It looks like it will be keeping the same name but [...]
Something new at the FCC? It’s LG Optimus 3D! There’s a new phone making its way through the gauntlet known as the FCC. This time it is LG’s Optimus 3D. This 3D phone from LG has everything needed to make a big splash whenever it enters the Android phone market. What’s so good about LG [...]
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