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T-Mobile G-Slates Arrive at Stores, Boxless, Dateless

T-Mobile G-Slates Arrive at Stores, Boxless, Dateless

April 18, 2011 | Comments (1)

T-Mobile G-Slate Delivered to Retail Outlets, No Boxes, No Release Date Announced Yet Rumors of an April 20th release date for the T-Mobile G-Slate, the Android OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet built by LG, continue in wake of the units’ arrival at retail locations.  T-Mobile has already tweeted that thus Wednesday will be the official release [...]

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Motorola Asks Facebook Fans What They Want; They Tell Them.  Ouch.

Motorola Asks Facebook Fans What They Want; They Tell Them. Ouch.

April 18, 2011 | Comments (4)

Motorola Asked Facebook Fans What They Wanted. Surprise! Facebook has a new feature where anyone can start a poll, and if you don’t like the answers already provided, you can add in some of your own.  Up to 100 answers can appear in these new Facebook Questions. So what do you think happened when Motorola asked [...]

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Leaked: HTC Incredible 2 User Guide, Specs, 4/28 Launch Date

Leaked: HTC Incredible 2 User Guide, Specs, 4/28 Launch Date

April 18, 2011 | Comments (2)

HTC DROID Incredible 2 Confirmed for April 28th Launch, Leak-a-Palooza Here Friday’s leak of ad materials indicated that the HTC DROID Incredible 2 was going to launch fairly soon.  Now we have more leaks to share, and a confirmation of a rumored April 28th launch date for HTC’s newest Android smartphone on Verizon.  Let’s not [...]

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Canada Has Q3 Release Date With Galaxy S II

Canada Has Q3 Release Date With Galaxy S II

April 18, 2011 | Comments (2)

Canada Has Q3 Release Date With Galaxy S II The Samsung Galaxy S II announced at this year MWC has what it takes to follow in the large footsteps made super successful original Galaxy S. At this point they are still in talks with carriers, but rest assured it will be available. The Galaxy S [...]

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DROID X2 Out In The Wild

DROID X2 Out In The Wild

April 18, 2011 | Comments (2)

Droid X2 In Action The Droid X2 has not yet been confirmed, but it has definitely been showing up everywhere as of late. This time a tipster at TechnoBuffalo sent in a video along with pictures of the new Verizon phone. As has been shown the Droid X2 is almost identical to the original Droid X [...]

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Tablet Tweaks for CyanogenMod 7

Tablet Tweaks for CyanogenMod 7

April 18, 2011 | Comments (1)

What are tablet tweaks? If you install CM7 on your tablet, you have the option to make some significant tweaks to make it easier to use. A lot of these tweaks allow you to make the tablet more like a phone (certain notification tweaks). What can I tweak? The notification bar is a good place [...]

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Security Alert: Skype Exposes Your Private Info

Security Alert: Skype Exposes Your Private Info

April 18, 2011 | Comments (1)

Skype For Android Exposes Private User Data These days, protecting one’s personal data online is a major concern to almost everyone. If you’re not looking out for threats to your identity and private data, you haven’t been paying attention. Yet somehow, in the midst of all of this, Skype, one of the most popular apps [...]

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Gingerbread Delivered to the Samsung Galaxy S, Source Code Released

Gingerbread Delivered to the Samsung Galaxy S, Source Code Released

April 18, 2011 | Comments (2)

Gingerbread Update Live for European Samsung Galaxy S Not only are European Samsung Galaxy S smartphone owners reporting that Android OS 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) is live for update on Samsung Kies, Samsung has also released the source code. The exciting news was reported on both xda-developers and agemobile.com, an Italian site.  Galaxy S owners would use [...]

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Samsung Replenish, a Green Phone for Sprint

Samsung Replenish, a Green Phone for Sprint

April 18, 2011 | Comments (0)

When you are shopping for a new phone, is the eco/green factor important to you?  If so, you should check out the Samsung Replenish, coming soon to Sprint.  This phone is definitely not high-end.  In fact, it barely has better specs than the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. The Samsung Replenish is housed in [...]

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Acer Icona Tablet heads north; Pre-orders now available at Future Shop!

Acer Icona Tablet heads north; Pre-orders now available at Future Shop!

April 18, 2011 | Comments (2)

While we are waiting for the influx of Honeycomb tablets to arrive, it’s nice to know Acer is thinking of more than just the U.S.. The Acer Icona A500 is now available to pre-order at Future Shop locations in Canada! This is sure to be a hit with its impressive specs and price tag.Rumor has [...]

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REVIEW: Eco V268 Bluetooth Headset

REVIEW: Eco V268 Bluetooth Headset

April 16, 2011 | Comments (1)

Review of the Eco V268 Bluetooth Headset Intro Recently I was able to use a new Bluetooth headset, the Eco V268. It wasn’t the newest, or latest and greatest but was probably the cheapest and most efficient, not to mention SMALLEST bluetooth headset on the market. I was able to put it in my ear [...]

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Teamwin’s Kernel Manager makes Kernel Flashing Simple

Teamwin’s Kernel Manager makes Kernel Flashing Simple

April 16, 2011 | Comments (2)

Kernel Developers have a new way to Distribute their Work Have you ever thought how cool it would be to have a fast way to flash new kernels on your rooted device with a custom ROM without having to boot into recovery, go through the whole painstaking process of flashing, wiping caches and rebooting? This [...]

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Want to Become a News Reporter for Androidheadlines.com? We’re Hiring!

Want to Become a News Reporter for Androidheadlines.com? We’re Hiring!

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

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 [...]

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More than just a Swimsuit Issue; Sports Illustrated now on Android

More than just a Swimsuit Issue; Sports Illustrated now on Android

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

Sports Illustrated comes to Android Devices Sports Illustrated magazine: the most popular sports magazine in the world is expanding its digital “All Access” subscriptions to Android Tablets and phones! The newest app has XOOM-sized support if you install the “Sports Illustrated – Tablet” version of the app, and it really reminds us why magazines should [...]

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IMPRESSIONS: The Kyocera Echo, My First Day

IMPRESSIONS: The Kyocera Echo, My First Day

April 15, 2011 | Comments (3)

First Day with the Kyocera Echo, A Power User’s Reactions I have had my first day with the Kyocera Echo today, and I found some things out. First of all I opened my shipping box and found that I had TWO boxes to pull out. I wondered WHY TWO? One I found out was the [...]

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Sony Ericsson Market Channel Makes its Debut

Sony Ericsson Market Channel Makes its Debut

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

Sony Ericsson Launches its own App Channel on Market As most of us know, when we open up the Android Market we have Apps, Games, and your carrier’s app channels right under the featured scrolling apps. Well Sony Ericsson is now the first manufacturer to distribute their own channel in place of the carrier channel in the [...]

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Samsung Galaxy 551: Bell Adding Another Android Under Its Belt?

Samsung Galaxy 551: Bell Adding Another Android Under Its Belt?

April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

Samsung Galaxy 551 on Canadian Carrier Bell The past year Canadian carrier Bell Mobility has released a number of Android phones; the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant was the one that most users bought. One of the newest additions, the HTC Incredible S was another great release as well as the new superphone, the Motorola Atrix. Other [...]

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Windows-Android Dual-Booting Tablets By Gigabyte Coming in July

Windows-Android Dual-Booting Tablets By Gigabyte Coming in July

April 15, 2011 | Comments (2)

Gigabyte to Release Dual-Booting Tablets, Android and Windows Gigabyte Technology, the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer is going to start releasing two Android tablets later this year. The larger tablet will be able to run Windows alongside Android OS 3.0(Honeycomb). Gigabyte will also be releasing a tablet that can run Windows 8 next year. Their Senior Vice [...]

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Think Bootloaders Should Be Unlocked? Sony Ericsson Agrees With You

Think Bootloaders Should Be Unlocked? Sony Ericsson Agrees With You

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

Bootloaders: Locked or Unlocked Over the last few months, there has been talk about bootloaders for Android phones. Some companies think they should be locked down and some think that they should all be unlocked (I won’t mention any names). Well there is one company that is changing their mind on this issue, and it [...]

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ROM Leak: HTC Sensation Test ROM… PORT!

ROM Leak: HTC Sensation Test ROM… PORT!

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

HTC Sensation ROM Leaks, Could Demo Sense 3.0 on Most HTC Devices Within less than a week since the HTC Sensation has been released, its Test ROM has already been leaked. Only a few select HTC devices will be getting the new HTC Sense 3.0. You can download and look at the ROM, do whatever [...]

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HTC Droid Incredible 2 Ads Debut, Launch Waiting in Wings

HTC Droid Incredible 2 Ads Debut, Launch Waiting in Wings

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

As we’ve seen already The HTC Droid Incredible 2 is almost ready to officially launch on Verizon Wireless. But now over at Androidcentral, forum user Nick1020 has come across a few new marketing ads for the upcoming sequel of the HTC Droid Incredible. These pictures give the Incredible 2 the offical Verizon Droid branding and the fact it [...]

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Evo Joining the Cookie Party? Leaked Evo 4G Gingerbread ROM

Evo Joining the Cookie Party? Leaked Evo 4G Gingerbread ROM

April 15, 2011 | Comments (3)

HTC Evo 4G: Leaked Gingerbread ROM Means Something in the Oven The HTC Evo 4G is definitely Sprint’s flagship phone. Since it’s made by HTC and came out right around the same time as the HTC Droid Incredible, an Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) update was expected by most. So when it was discovered that an [...]

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Official: The T-Mobile G2x Now Available

Official: The T-Mobile G2x Now Available

April 15, 2011 | Comments (5)

T-Mobile G2X Now Available T-Mobile has delivered on their announcement that the LG G2x would be available online staring April 15th. We checked the T-Mobile Online Store and the phone is indeed shipping, and set to arrive for in store purchase April 20th. If the LG Optimus 2x/T-Mobile G2x is the dual core “4G” device [...]

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Droid X2′s Boot shown in Video, Definitely Dual Core

Droid X2′s Boot shown in Video, Definitely Dual Core

April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

Motorola Droid X2 Boot Sequence Doubles Your Pleasure The Motorola DROID X is one of Verizon‘s most recognizable phones. Its large screen and unique curve can be easily seen from a distance, and was a tremendous hit. The upcoming Motorola DROID X2 looks so much like the original it would be hard to determine which is [...]

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Motorola Atrix 4G, XOOM Land in Latin America in mid-April

Motorola Atrix 4G, XOOM Land in Latin America in mid-April

April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

Latin America Slated for Motorola Xoom, Motorola Atrix 4G Here in the States, we’ve already have been basking in the warm glow of the Motorola Atrix 4G and the first Android OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet, the Motorola XOOM, for some time now. Now all the Android fans down in Latin America will have their prayers [...]

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Incredible and Optimus get Sweeter this summer with Gingerbread updates are coming!

Incredible and Optimus get Sweeter this summer with Gingerbread updates are coming!

April 15, 2011 | Comments (0)

Gingerbread Goodness Coming to HTC Droid Incredible and LG Optimus 2X With the number of Android phones out there, it generally takes some time for them to get updated to the latest Google has to offer. The manufacturers generally have their own personal touch, or skin, to the OS and it could take some time [...]

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Sprint Has Motorola XOOM 4G up its Sleeves?

Sprint Has Motorola XOOM 4G up its Sleeves?

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

An Addition to the EVO View 4G Sprint is adding the HTC EVO View 4G under its arms this summer. But did they have something else up their sleeves? The evidence continues to grow about the Motorola XOOM, the dual core, Android OS 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet heading to Sprint. This Motorola XOOM is 4G-enabled. PocketNow has released [...]

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Samsung Replenish Sprouts Pictures

Samsung Replenish Sprouts Pictures

April 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

Samsung Replenish: Android Goes Greener than its Robot Sprint is holding a press event today, April 15, talking about the wireless industry implementing eco-friendly practices. It is at this event that Sprint plans to unveil the lead phone in this green movement, Samsung’s Replenish. The above image was released with the following description today. “The [...]

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Regina 3D Launcher, The Free SPB Mobile Alternative

Regina 3D Launcher, The Free SPB Mobile Alternative

April 14, 2011 | Comments (4)

Regina 3D Launcher is SPB Shell 3D Without the Price Seems like only yesterday that SPB Shell 3D was entering the big wide world with aspirations of being the main piece of eye candy for your phone, it even got some pretty good reviews! Yet in the fast paced world that is Android, it only [...]

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Beautiful Widgets Updated for Honeycomb, Still Lives up to its Name

Beautiful Widgets Updated for Honeycomb, Still Lives up to its Name

April 14, 2011 | Comments (2)

Beautiful Widgets Now with Honeycomb, A Treat for the Eye and Your Device Beautiful Widgets first came to everyone’s attention as “that clock widget that looks a lot like HTC’s.” Their full support of user-created themes and add-ons have made them a heavy favorite within the Android community. Besides clocks, Beautiful Widgets specializes in weather, [...]

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PocketCloud gets Honeycomb Update, Still the Best way to Connect to your Computer!

PocketCloud gets Honeycomb Update, Still the Best way to Connect to your Computer!

April 14, 2011 | Comments (1)

PocketCloud, now with Honeycomb Goodness, Remote Access from your Android Device to your Computer Wyse PocketCloud is a great way to connect to your PC or Mac, either while you are at home, or from anywhere you have an internet connection. You can connect by using a local IP address (your computer’s digital address) or [...]

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Has The Droid Bionic Been Scrapped In Favor Of The Tegra 3 Powered Motorola Targa?

Has The Droid Bionic Been Scrapped In Favor Of The Tegra 3 Powered Motorola Targa?

April 14, 2011 | Comments (8)

Rumor: Droid Bionic Scrapped? A rumor began today stating that Verizon would be scrapping the Motorola Droid Bionic in favor of the previously rumored superphone the Motorola Targa. Let me just say that it is true that the Bionic has been having some problems lately as reported by testers of the awaited dual core LTE [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S II Zooms Past Competition in Early Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy S II Zooms Past Competition in Early Benchmarks

April 14, 2011 | Comments (4)

Samsung Galaxy S II Spanks HTC Sensation Rival in Benchmark Test The Samsung Galaxy S II‘s 1.2 GHz dual core Exynos CPU has been benchmarked and it is fast! If you’ve never seen a 3053 Quadrant benchmark score (top image), you’ll be interested to hear that that’s exactly what Samsung’s new superphone has done.  It absolutely [...]

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Carrier Billing coming to all Sprint Customers

Carrier Billing coming to all Sprint Customers

April 14, 2011 | Comments (4)

Sprint gets the ball rolling on carrier billing Sprint has finally gotten on the ball and released carrier billing for the Android Market. What this means for Android users on Sprint is that you will be able to purchase Android apps on the Market and charge them to your phone bill. As of April 14th [...]

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Google’s Music Service Rumored out of Sync with Industry

Google’s Music Service Rumored out of Sync with Industry

April 14, 2011 | Comments (3)

Rumor: Google Music Not Getting in the Groove Rumors are circulating the web that Google is not happy with record labels and the prices the labels are demanding. Paying, after all, goes against Google’s open/free Android source code and recent gift to Kansas City, Kansas.  Supposedly, Google may go the Amazon route and not bother [...]

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