Wondering why the HTC EVO 3D isn’t supported by Netflix after its older, but weaker brother has gotten the goods- Well, it technically is supported, it just isn’t visible to anyone with an EVO 3D in the market. Users have reported downloading the unmodified .APK and being able to use it without fail. No root, [...]
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Ok, this is just getting crazy. Apple fires at Samsung, Samsung fires at Apple, Apple fires back, Samsung fires back, so on and so forth. We get the drill. But this legal battle has just taken a very interesting turn – Samsung wants to ban the sale of certain Apple products here in the United [...]
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As promised, HTC has offered Desire owners some news on the status of the phone’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, saying they’ve begun testing on it this week. In a post on its official Facebook page, the manufacturer said – Hi all- We’re excited to share that we are testing our build of Gingerbread for [...]
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Flickr seems to be a great place to find unannounced phones because there are a few pictures on the site that were taken by a Motorola Droid HD. The user also has pictures taken from a Droid 3. Not only that, the photos are geo-tagged from inside Motorola’s offices in Libertyville, IL. Is it the [...]
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Looking to take advantage of a window that may have allowed you to get out of your contract before it expired without paying up- Guess again – Verizon’s not going to let that go over easily. In response to a story we reported on where Verizon was said to soon be increasing their monthly regulatory [...]
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Waking up to an update is always good. Waking up to a significant update to Skype is even better. Our friends at Skype are finally delivering on their promise and have released a new version of their Android application to allow video calling. I immediately installed the application, of course, but was disappointed to find [...]
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I know that there were a bunch of Android fans out there that were waiting impatiently for Netflix to finally launch its app for Android users. Once the app hit it was welcomed, but as some found out the app only supported a limited number of handsets leaving a bunch of Android users without streaming [...]
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Skype has announced that it has updated its Android app and the new update brings something that Skype fans have wanted on the Android platform for a long time. With the new update, Skype for Android now gets video calling. Video calls with the new app can be made between android devices and between Android [...]
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Skype, one of the most popular audio/video calling applications on the desktop and now property of Microsoft, has been long criticized for lacking any video support on Android and being generally unstable and prone to crashing. In an effort to rectify the situation and raise that 3.6-star Market average, the company released a major version [...]
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HTC has announced that its Android 2.3 Gingerbread build for the HTC Desire is now going into quality assurance testing, one step closer to being released for owners of the former flagship smartphone. According to the company’s Facebook page, the Desire Gingerbread ROM will be put through its paces from this week, though there’s still [...]
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Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Google+ Its been hard to think of much else today. Google opened the flood gates and hundreds of thousands of people were able to receive invites to Google+. Everything else, well… is in the Android Overload. Enjoy. Desire HD receives Android 2.3 update on [...]
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It’s been a crazy day here at Phandroid and the internet was turned upside down tonight with Google allowing invites to their new uber exclusive Google+ social network. The flood of new peoples from all over the world actually but quite a strain on Google’s servers causing them to shut down the invite service for [...]
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If the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was a little too big for you and were waiting to get your hand on a smaller version of it with 3G support, worry no more! The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has just appeared at the FCC, under the code name A3L-GTP7300, with the 3G emblem. Early reports claim that [...]
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Alberto Vildosola on Jun 29, 2011 at 8:16 pm Do you remember Sprint’s Samsung Conquer 4G- You certainly should ’cause we showed it to you barely two weeks ago. Well, Samsung and Sprint have stopped with the foreplay and just went ahead and announced the thing. There’s no info on pricing and availability, but I’m [...]
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The last time we talked about the Samsung Conquer was a couple of weeks ago when it was just a rumor. Apparently, Samsung decided to “sneak” in the new Sprint mid-level Android device, on their website. The Samsung conquer 4G will have the following features: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) 3.5-inch HVGA 320480 display 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 [...]
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We all knew this was coming. With the flood of anxious Google/Android loving followers rushing to get into club Google+, the demand was so huge, so “insane,” it had to be shut down. A short while ago we reported that after 24 hours, Google+ users were finally allowed to invite friends and family to join [...]
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Are you ’¿in the market for a new phone- Are you planning on switching mobile carriers, but aren’t sure how much it will cost you- If you are on budget like everyone else, you may want to check out our comparison chart of both voice,data, messaging and tethering plans on all four U.S. major carriers. [...]
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Looks like Acer just might be planning to release a new sliding tablet sometime around the 4th quarter of this year according to Digitimes’ sources within the supply chain. While we don’t know too much about the rumored device, these sources leaked that Acer’s new slide tablet will feature a 10-inch display, ARM-based processor and [...]
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Everyone is going crazy to get in the most exclusive social networking club from Google “Google +1″ , well we have invites and want to share them with our readers.All you have to do is post your email address below in the comment section and we will try to give out as many invites as [...]
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Music discovery lovers everywhere rejoice! Shazam, the popular music discovery app for Android, has been updated to bring a much needed feature: music previews. Up until today, the app did a great job at tagging songs, but lacked the ability for you to actually listen to a snippet of the song prior to making up [...]
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So, it looks like Google has opened the invite system for those cool kids already in their new Google+ social network. Maybe the club isn’t so exclusive after all. Of course, you have to have someone already on the inside and even then, they’re only allowed to send out a limited number of invites. If [...]
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What you see before you here is the FCC label for the HTC EVO 3D. The EVO 3D that ZOMG has a T-Mobile 3G radio inside! Gets you going, doesn’t it- There are a couple of possibilities here: One is that, sure enough, it’s coming to T-Mobile in the United States. But the other, more likely scenario is that it’ll [...]
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Good news for music lovers, popular music discovering service, Shazam, has been updated in the Android Market. While the last update brought with it unlimited music tagging until Jan 1st, 2012 and social networking options, this new update brings with it music previews — something that has long been missing from the app. Now, after [...]
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There will be more Samsung Galaxy S II news coming throughout the day today… but for now you can add Virgin Mobile to the list of carriers that will be releasing this jacked up Android device. This will be available “in the coming weeks” but Members can get a sneak peak at t… Continue Reading [...]
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We broke this story not too long ago when a tipster sent us some pictures of his SPH-D600 on Sprint. We didn’t have an actual name to go on but it looks like that has changed with Samsung’s newest unveiling of the Conquer 4G for Sprint. While I wouldn’t call the device a “budget phone” [...]
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Even since Google+ and a matching Android app were released yesterday, we’ve been salivating and trying to get through the invite-only wall as hard as we could with no avail. Today, Google brought the wall down and allowed anyone already on Plus invite their friends, which, if you ask me, is how the service should [...]
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UK based comparison uSwitch have released some data that shows the Samsung Galaxy S II is the top selling handset in the UK for the month of june. In the top ten we have the Galaxy S II holding first place with the Apple iPhone 4 in second. After that its various Android handsets mainly [...]
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Once an HTC ChaCha with its AT&T branding – making it the Status – showed up in a candid pic, we knew it only had to be a matter of time before the smartphone was officially announced. Sure enough, just hours later, HTC has added the Status to the other models on its [...]
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In just a day or so the HP TouchPad will be available in stores, giving hungry webOS fans something to feast on. Today, our pal Derek Kessler at PreCentral.net has unleashed his monster TouchPad Review. The specs are right on target with the rest of the tablet market, including Android, and while it may be a [...]
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Ready for a mid range 4G phone on the Sprint network- If so, it looks like the Samsung Conquer 4G will be right up your alley. Samsung posted some details about this one on their website today, and it looks to be a solid entry level Android smartphone: 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen1 GHz CPU3.2MP rear [...]
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You may or may not have heard of or even seen the enTourage Pocket eDGe Dualbook before but what you have is a 6″ eRader and a 7″ Android tablet in one. It may not be the prettiest or the fastest but I could see a few uses for the device. For more information you [...]
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Google announced their newest social layer yesterday, after the failure of Buzz led them to re-examine what people want, and how they use the web. Plus, or +, which will inevitably lead to naming frustration, combines four facets: Circles, Sparks, Hangouts and Huddles, each supposed to make… Continue Reading Here Can Google’s Plus (+) take [...]
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August has been shouted as the time that the Carphone Warehouse will be selling the latest Android phone from Sony Ericsson. The Xperia Ray , a phone running Android 2.3, Gingerbread with a 3.3 inch screen and the mobile version of the Bravia Engine , a front facing camera and a whopping 8.1 megapixel on the [...]
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One of the phones from HTC that was showed to the World at the start of 2011 was the HTC Salsa. Very much like the HTC ChaCha the phone has a dedicated Facebook button allowing you to share almost whatever you are doing so friends and family alike can get an insight in to all [...]
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I never would have thought in a million years that Shazam would be one of the most used apps in my app arsenal. Yet, I find myself using the application almost daily. I have a long commute to work and often come across a new tune that quickly catches my interest. The days of hearing [...]
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