When Samsung introduced their Galaxy S II flagship, one of the biggest enhancement over its predecessor was the inclusion of a Super AMOLED Plus display. The differentiating factor between the two was the move from a PenTile matrix display to a screen that featured true RGB pixels, providing a much smoother representation of color and [...]
When the HTC Rhyme launches on Verizon come the end of this week, Target will be the exclusive third-party retailer of the handset. The exclusive period will last for three weeks, as learned from this internal document provided to us by a friendly neighborhood tipster. During that time, Target will offer a guaranteed “Trade and [...]
Today U.S. Cellular has just announced three new exciting Android products to their existing lineup. We have the HTC Wildfire S entry level smartphone, the HERO S, and the HTC Flyer Android 2.3 Gingerbread tablet. All devices will come running with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will be available starting next month. The one we probably [...]
Last week we brought you leaked info about the upcoming LG Esteem, a 4G device aimed at customers who want entertainment services and a multimedia experience on their smartphone. Although originally slated to drop on MetroPCS, today the company has made the announcement official. The phone will be available for 9 plus tax after a [...]
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We’ve all been (or will be, at some point) in this situation: you’re sharing expenses with your roommates, when suddenly no one has the funds to cover a particular bill. It’s unclear who is supposed to be responsible for the unpaid bill, but, because of one person’s shortsightedness, it’s up to everyone else to make [...]
Today LG has officially announced their new higher end Android smartphone for MetroPCS. This may not be a top tier high end smartphone, but for MetroPCS it’s one of the best they have to offer and is available now. Earlier last week the LG Esteem was first leaked online and it spilled the beans on [...]
US Cellular just droppeed word that it's adding a trio of HTC devices to its lineup — devices that we outed back in July along with the rest of USCC's roadmap. Here's what's on tap: HTC Hero S — We can safely say this is the one that was labled the Desire II in our [...]
Samsung announced Wednesday that they’ve reached a licensing agreement with Microsoft over the sale of their many tablets and smartphones. Samsung has agreed to pay Microsoft royalties for all devices running the Android operating system. How much exactly will remain a mystery for the time being. Is it me or does anyone else find it’s odd that Microsoft makes [...]
For those of you looking for another cloud based music player, you might want to check out a brand new offering called Jamcast Player, which enables digital audio streaming from your home PC to Android devices. This is more like Subsonic Music Streamer or Audiogalaxy, rather than Google Music, which stores your music. With Jamcast [...]
The game that many people have been waiting for is finally here! 9MM, the highly anticipated GTA-like game, is finally available in the Android Market. In the game, you play the role of a bad-ass cop named John “Loose” Kannon who’s looking for a gang leader. Although you have the law on your side, you [...]
An update is being pushed to the Asus Eee Pad Transformer bringing its software build number to 8.6..5.13. Most notably, the update raises the tablet’s Android version to 3.2.1. It also brings about bug fixes, updates to pre-installed applications, and enhanced WiFi stability. New Farsi language support and improved language translation also come along with [...]
In more Galaxy Tab news today T-Mobile has confirmed they will indeed carry the Galaxy Tab 10.1 according to this tweet. In case you missed it the Tab hit the FCC earlier this month with T-Mobile 4G bands so we had a feeling this was coming, and now its been confirmed although that is all [...]
The CyanogenMod and FreeXperia development teams have announced that they'll be bringing popular custom firmware CyanogenMod to all of Sony Ericsson's 2011 Xperia phones, along with many older X8 and X10 devices. The developers promise full support — with the exception of FM radio, which is still being worked on — starting with the next [...]
We’ve gotten some great news on the Amazon Kindle Fire today including its Silk browser. What is it exactly you ask- Well basically, the browser will share a web page’s loading workload between the Kindle device itself and servers out in the cloud. Sounds pretty cool right- Check out the video above for full details on how this [...]
Today, I stumbled on an article on Market Ticker that was very interesting to say the least – perhaps too interesting, because at first glance it may seem crazy, but at least some parts may turn out to be true eventually. The author argues that the firesale of the HP Touchpad may have inadvertently end up [...]
After unveiling their 4G LTE service in Ottawa a few months back, Rogers is spreading their next-gen network to three new cities and detailing plans for the release of their first compatible tablet and smartphone offerings. Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver have all received their taste of LTE love, bringing high-speed cellular services to a large [...]
More consumers are choosing Android over other smartphone operating systems, according to a new report by Nielsen. Although Android commands the U.S. smartphone market with over 43% of market share, over 56% of the people polled who purchased a smartphone in the past 3 months said that they chose an Android device. The preference of [...]
Here we are at Day 3 of our 500,000-member giveaway. And we were originally going to give away one spare (or extended) battery for your smartphone of choice. Instead, let's do three. Hit the link below to enter to win one of three spare or extended batteries for your phone, courtesy of the Android Central [...]
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So the big Amazon Kindle Fire announcement day comes to a conclusion. We have the announcement, the specs, the first TV spot, information about a cool new cloud-based browser and a collection of hands-on impressions. Are you convinced enough to preorder one yet- Sure, there’s no Honeycomb and it doesn’t have the bells and whistles [...]
ASUS started pushing an update to the Eee Pad Transformer this morning that brings some minor bug fixes, app updates, improved translations, a new feature called "Supernote," and, most notably, Android 3.2.1 to the tablet/laptop hybrid device. Among the bug fixes and improvements, you should notice a better experience while using the stock browser with [...]
It’s no secret that we love developers here at AP — they are what fuels the Android ecosystem, after all. To show our appreciation for the elite group that get to call themselves ‘devs’, we’ve already successfully sent five on their way to various conferences to help further their skills and networking. At the beginning [...]
Today Amazon has officially unveiled the new Kindle Fire and already we have a flood of comments coming in regarding all sorts of things from price, availability, and accessories. Shipping November 15th for 9 you can pre-order it now, as well as see our hands-on images here. We should see plenty of accessories soon but [...]
Swissinfo.ch has a new Android app out (news and the like). And to celebrate, it’s released the above video, which we’re still trying to wrap our heads around. But we couldn’t not share it with you. And if you want to check out the Swissinfo.ch app, links are after the break. read more … [...]
If there are any country music fans out there who are simply crazy for the genre and would like to transform their phones to reflect that, Sprint has released the CMT ID pack for their Sprint ID-enabled phones. It comes with the following collection of apps: • CMT Insider: CMT Insider gives access to country [...]
While the entire tech world is abuzz with news of the just-announced Kindle Fire, MetroPCS unveiled the latest smartphone to land on its 4G LTE network: the LG Esteem 4G. The Esteem is sporting some nice mid-range specs, and looks to be the clear winner if you’re considering MetroPCS as your carrier-of-choice: 4.3-inch 480×800 display1GHz [...]
What do you get when you take a traditional web browser, crunch it through some cloud servers, compress the data and make it more mobile friendly by sharing the load locally as well as in the back end- That’s Amazon’s Silk browser. Actually, it sounds a bit familiar, but it’s going to get some prominent [...]
T-Mobile’s confirmed via Twitter that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 certainly is headed for their store shelves, but “coming soon” is all they could offer in the way of details. They didn’t mention if this would be WiFi-only or have support for their 3G or 4G networks. They just ant you to know that it’s [...]
If country music is your thing and you're a Sprint customer, the latest Sprint ID may be right up your alley. The folks from CMT have teamed up with Sprint to create the ultimate country music Sprint ID pack complete with apps, widgets wallpapers and more. Included in the pack aside from Rhapsody, Soundhound and [...]
Amazon has just announced their latest device, the Kindle Fire tablet. The Kindle Fire is based on Android, and will allow you to do more than just reading books. Use it to read books, access emails, play games, listen to music, browse the web, watch movies and TV shows, and much more. The Kindle Fire [...]
Now that we’ve gotten all the juicy details on the Kindle Fire (specs, announcement, Silk Browser, TV advertisement) it’s time to check out some opinions and impressions. We weren’t able to attend the event ourselves, unfortunately, so we’ve rounded up impressions from some of the outlets that were. BGR says it’s an incredibly compelling offer [...]
Along with the announcement this morning of the Kindle Fire, Amazon also had something else exciting to share with everyone. They’ve developed a brand new cloud-based accelerated browser specially for the Kindle Fire and future Amazon tablets — called Amazon Silk Browser. Essentially this is a browser that uses the many cloud based services and [...]
We already gave you some details earlier, but that was before it was made official on stage in New York City by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Pricing is 9, and it’s available now for pre-order with a ship date of November 15. It will include a 30-day trial of Amazon Prime which allows you to [...]
The LG Optimus Slider, or LG Enlighten that’s supposed to be going to Verizon and Sprint, looks like it’s going the pre-paid route as well. Best Buy has this slider listed on their web site as “Coming Soon” at a price of 199.99. At this price I can’t image there would be any dual-core goodness in this [...]
The Amazon tablet that we’ve been waiting for is finally here. Today, at an event in New York city, Amazon unveiled their Android-based tablet, the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire features a 7-inch IPS display, Gorilla Glass, a dual-core CPU, Wi-Fi, 8GB of internal storage, and weighs less than a pound at 14.6 ounces. The [...]
As Amazon chose to focus on the experience rather than the specs (well played) in their unveiling for the Kindle Fire, we were left to find the specs on our own. They’ve listed most of the specs we care about on the device’s page at Amazon, though, so let’s see what we’re getting with the [...]
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