The chances of getting an unlocked bootloader on the AT&T version of the HTC One X looked pretty grim a few weeks ago when HTC hinted that AT&T was the reason for keeping the bootloader of this phone locked down. Many AT&T Android enthusiasts were in an uproar and frantically trying to find a way [...]
Keep your fingers crossed Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners, with some luck you’ll be getting your 4.0.4 over-the-air update sooner than later. Moments ago the official OTA update appeared on Google’s servers. This is nothing new, the same OTA update file appeared on Google’s servers a few weeks ago and was promptly removed after numerous people [...]
If you haven’t heard by now, the official stock Android 4.0.4 ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S3 was leaked to the world on Saturday. Samsung’s latest heavily customized version of Android, TouchWiz, comes in at a whopping 800MB. If you had any doubts in your mind that Samsung was focused on bloatware software, look no [...]
HTC has had quite the debacle with their new smartphones, the HTC EVO 4G LTE and the HTC One X. Recently, the phones got held up at customs due to potentially infringing on an Apple patent. The Taiwanese company was under fire from the tech giant last year due to this same thing. Back in [...]
Samsung is a big leader in the Android smartphone market, but just how big? According to recent sales statistics, Samsung accounted for 40% off all Android smartphone sales while no other company went over 10%. This is a pretty big difference and goes to show just how well the South Korean company is doing in [...]
Recently debuted, the Samsung Galaxy S III is the next generation smartphone in Samsung’s wildly successful line of smartphones. Featuring a 1.4 GHz Exynos quad core processor, 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display, and new features such as S Voice which is very Siri-like, it’s a very anticipated phone. Ahead of the release date later this month, [...]
The patent war continues… Last December, Apple won a patent suit against HTC, banning the importation of HTC Android devices. The ITC determined that Android’s messaging application and and web browser infringed upon Apple patent #5,946,647. This patent covers automatically converting phone numbers and email addresses into clickable links that open a menu of options, functions we are [...]
This is somewhat of a shake up to the status quo we’re bringing you today. The Wall Street Journal has learned – from sources ‘close’ to the matter, naturally – that Google is planning to partner with multiple OEMs come fall to deliver Pure Google experiences to the masses. It’s said that Google is looking [...]
With more power comes thicker phones, right? Not exactly. LG has announced that the Optimus 4X HD, their first quad core smartphone, will be hitting Europe in June. At just 8.9 mm thick, it’s right on par with several other phones on the market. Quad core phones and tablets are gaining more and more steam [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S III was recently announced and has been the talk of many circles. With features such as a quad-core processor, 4.8 inch Super AMOLED HD screen, S Voice voice recognition, and pebble like design, it’s shaping up to be one of Samsung’s most successful smartphones yet. One concern however and with any [...]
Samsung is known for the Galaxy line of phones and the Galaxy Nexus is one of the go to smartphones of Android aficionados. Straight Talk, a pre-paid carrier which runs on Verizon’s network and is most notably available through stores like Walmart, is getting the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim which basically looks like a mini Galaxy [...]
After Samsung announced the Galaxy S III at their launch event last week, it was no time at all before LG hoped to steal some of the spotlight with their new smartphone, the LG Optimus LTE2. One of the features that’s gained some attention and hasn’t been done before is the 2GB of RAM onboard. [...]
Smartphones have truly become a big part of our lives. It’s hard to believe that just 10 years ago we had little brick style phones with a 320×240 display and allowed you to do an amazing number of tasks such as make a phone call, play snake, or store phone numbers. With platforms such as [...]
Virgin Mobile, the popular pre-paid and unlimited data service that charges far less for data plans, is going to be getting the HTC EVO V 4G on May 31st. It used to be that the big carriers would get the best phones while pre-paid services would get rather “meh” devices, however, that’s changed considerably with [...]
HTC has been rolling out quite a few and very popular smartphones over the years. The HTC One X has been getting rave reviews and the HTC EVO 4G LTE is currently available for pre-order from Sprint. Another phone that will be available from multiple US carriers this summer is the HTC One V. While [...]
Over the past six months, HTC has been setting an example in the smartphone manufacturer industry. They have been actively supporting the Android development and modding community by providing bootloader unlock tools for nearly all of their devices. From the original G1 and all the way through to their latest flagship phones, more than 45 [...]
Earlier in the week, before the Galaxy S3 swallowed up the entire internet, Nokia decided to launch a fresh batch of litigation against a number of its rivals. Its fired off 11 suits in total against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic covering a total of 45 patents. The company has filed suit with HTC and Viewsonic [...]
For those of you that missed the true message behind today’s Samsung Galaxy S3 announcement and are frantically comparing Samsung’s latest against other manufacturers devices in terms of hardware, please don’t. In my opinion, Samsung is not trying to sell you hardware. They are trying to sell you software. They are selling software features and enhancements. They are [...]
With the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy SIII today, other companies want to get in on the action also. One of these manufacturers is the Korea based Pantech, and they are locally releasing their 4.8 inch phone later this week. They call it the Vega Racer 2 and it is an LTE phone with a [...]
It looks like Samsung is trying to deliver one more hit to Apple by launching more “pop-up” retail locations. This isn’t the first time these retail stores have seen the light of day. Remember back during the launch of the iphone 4s? They had opened up retail locations in Australia just down the street [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S III is making quite the airwaves today. Announced with several new features and specs such as a 1.4GHZ quad core processor, 1GB RAM, 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display, and much more, Android fans are very much looking forward to getting their hands on it. Thanks to tech bloggers covering Samsung’s launch [...]
Not to fear our Canadian friends. Samsung is very intent on making the launch of their Galaxy S III a success and part of that is making the new smartphone available in countries across the globe very soon. Samsung Canada plans on having the phone this summer. MobileSyrup mentions that it will mostly likely hit [...]
Samsung announced a great partnership at their launch event for the Galaxy S III. People who buy the smartphone will also get 50GB of free storage for two years from DropBox, a leading cloud storage service with Millions of users. Cloud hosting has become increasingly popular as Internet speeds have increased, at least in many [...]
The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III will easily be Samsung’s biggest launch yet with the device coming to nearly 150 countries such as Europe on May 29th and the 4G version for the USA in June. With that said, sources are saying that Sprint will be getting the phone as well which will [...]
Today is Samsung’s launch event, Unpacked, for the much anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone. Among the 4.8 inch display, 2100mAh battery, 8 megapixel camera, and more, the new smartphone brings some very interesting features. One of those is a feature called S Voice which looks very similar to Siri. Ask a question and it will [...]
The new flagship device from Samsung has just been announced and – unsurprisingly – its got one of those ever-so-pretty Super AMOLED – weighing in at 4.8″ at 720p – displays onboard. However, whilst the display is undoubtedly super, we’re all left wondering how super it can be seeing as it hasn’t been blessed with the [...]
Motorola Mobility continues to lose money and relevancy in 2012. In Q1 2011, Motorola Mobility posted a loss of $62 million. A year later, their Q1 2012 earnings are even worse, falling to a staggering $86 million loss. Motorola is best known for their Droid series of Android phones. Launched in November 2009 on Verizon [...]
Talk about next gen phones- when I think about this, I think about Tony Stark working in his laboratory building some sort of cool new toy! Imagine, not touching your phone to do stuff? That’s exactly what Huawei wants us to do. Huawei is a Chinese telecommunications supplier. They have been expanding into the smartphone, [...]
Since Google and Samsung are aligned to create devices, HTC and Facebook are doing it too. The social media giant is working with HTC according to the latest news from DigiTimes. You might remember the HTC ChaCha? It was a small screened, touch/QUERTY keyboard device with Facebook integration. What about the Salsa ? It [...]
Our sources familiar with the matter have gotten some tasty tidbits to share with us about the upcoming version of Android, Jelly Bean. The word is that there’s Galaxy Nexi – that belong to members of internal test groups for google – out there running preview builds of Jelly Bean If you’re visiting Android Headlines [...]
Samsung has unveiled a detailed list of their devices, currently supported in the United States, that shall receive an update to the latest flavor of Android. Samsung has updated their official support pages stating they’ve been closely working with carriers and Google to get Android 4.0 out as quickly and smooth as possible. The following [...]
We all remember the notes that used to get passed around in class. Sometimes they were good, sometimes they were bad, but they were almost always a hot commodity and if you didn’t ever get any you were left behind feeling uncool. Well, big news potentially for T-mobile customers has come just over the horizon [...]
One of the first dual core smartphones to make its way to Sprint, the Motorola Photon 4G, is coming out with a sequel which will be coming to the carrier. Details are a bit scarce at this time, no name or any mention of specs, though one can expect a potentially fancy name, but uncertain [...]
Nokia, which was once the number one mobile phone manufacturer on the planet, isn’t exactly at the top of food chain anymore. Back in early 2011, the Finnish company announced that they would be getting rid of Symbian, their previous operating system, and partnering up with Microsoft by using the Windows Phone OS. Over a [...]
Intel processors are quite well-known in the desktop, server and notebook market. Now they are finally headed to Android smartphones. Intel announced Thursday that the XOLO X900 will be their first Intel powered smartphone and it will be available on April 23rd in India. The XOLO X900, manufactured by Lava International, runs on a single-core [...]
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