Netflix for Android was just updated in the Android market and this has been a long time coming if you ask me. Apparently Netflix has finally got around to adding support for not some but ALL Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices. Back in May it was updated with like 5 new phones supported and many [...]
Well what do you know? Looks like someone got their hands on an early build of Android 2.3 Gingerbread for T-Mobile’s G2x.Have a look and let us know if you’ll be backing out of Cyanogen long enough to get yourself the official real deal Gingerbread when the time comes. As you know G2X runs Android [...]
LG Ally owners rejoice! Own an LG Ally? Well keep an eye out, you should be receiving a text message from Verizon Wireless soon informing you that you will be the lucky recipient of an update to several features for your Ally. Big Red is informing all you lucky Ally owners by text message with [...]
Canada Is Receiving Some Tough Android Love The Canadian landscape will be soon dotted by yet another Android phone. Along with the new Xoom, Telus has also picked up the Motorola Defy. As you may know, this is a MotoBlur skinned Android device so it may not be for everyone, but this is a very [...]
It was only Friday that Adobe announced that Flash 10.2 was soon coming to the Motorola XOOM tablet. Here we are with a leaked version. It does not seem to be the final release version (it might not even be the current version…) as it has some performance burps and hiccups. The leaked version is [...]
Mobile World Congress(MWC) had full of surprises which was held this year and now it has become the past. CeBit is almost six days from taking place in Germany this year. On this bombshell, Chinese manufacturer Hanvon decided to give a peek on their latest tablet/e-reader for the German market. The tablet is named as Hanvon [...]
Huawei’s latest product- IDEOS S7 Slim, is not that hard to differentiate from the original IDEOS S7 . The physical changes are obvious with some cut-off in size and swapping the resistive panel with a capacitive one. Due to the replacement of the panel, the screen does not have the soft feeling because of the [...]
Verizon and AT&T are getting ready to raise the stakes to their competition with their 4G Android smartphones (HTC Inspire 4G and HTC Thunderbolt respectively). The four major US carriers will have at least one 4G Android-based smartphone and which makes it assuring that next generation of wireless technology has arrived. Having all these said, [...]
Approximately 4 million people in the US have purchased one of the variations of the Samsung Galaxy S. Approximately 4 million people in the US are STILL waiting for the Froyo (2.2) update for these phones. There have been many delays and many reasons as to why this update hasn’t been released in the US [...]
LG Ally owners can now rest easy, thanks to an internal document from Verizon, the Ally will finally be seeing an Android 2.2 Froyo update soon. The leaked document(seen below) comes courtesy of AndroidCentral, and announces the official release of Android 2.2 OS(Froyo) specifically for the LG Ally. With the Froyo update comes new features and [...]
Everyone with a Samsung Galaxy S phone on Verizon has been on the Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) rollercoaster ride lately. Froyo is coming, Froyo isn’t coming, and there have even been rumors of no Froyo at all. Will these phones be stuck with Android 2.1 forever? Well, with no scheduled maintenance updates in sight, these [...]
UK Customers of Vodafone who have been eagerly awaiting Android 2.2(Froyo) for their HTC Magic can finally sit back and relax. The company has announced via the Vodafone forum that the Froyo update for Magic devices is here in a two-stage OTA, one to prep the device, and another to install Android 2.2. You wont [...]
Google has added voice recognition settings to their latest update of Google Voice Search. Voice recognition is definitely something new and often times it is hard for the application or software to not only understand what you are saying, but to recognize your voice. Google takes it a step further and attempts to perfect voice [...]
On Friday, Samsung Canada tweeted some good news about upgrades for the Canadian versions of the Galaxy line. We already knew that Android 2.2 (Froyo) is available for the Vibrant on Bell, Virgin Mobile, and SaskTel. A link to the Samsung website reveals that those with “Samsung Galaxy S Captivate (SGH-i896) or Samsung Galaxy S [...]
Good news for Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant owners! According to the internal doc we received it shows that December 10th is the day that Android OS 2.2 Froyo will become available! Dated today but effective on the 10th it reads “The new Android Froyo 2.2 software release for the Samsung Galaxy S is now [...]
And the modding begins. Paul O’Brien of MoDaCo has ported the Gingerbread launcher from latest Android update (2.3) and is now available in the Market as an app. It is modified to work for devices running Android 2.2 (Froyo) and is the stock launcher. The app is a little on the heavy side with 5.31 [...]
There have been a number of Froyo leaks for the Samsung Galaxy S line. However this time its official, our friends over at XDA developers forum were able to locate what looks to be the final Android 2.2 build for the Epic on Google’s servers. It has been a long wait and just on the [...]
Office Depot has now put their face back on the map in the mobile technology world by offering the Android-powered ViewSonic G tablet. The tablet is packing a punch almost as noteworthy as the fact that Office Depot will be providing this device. The tablet is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor which boasts some [...]
As in the above image the Motorola Defy is a work horse of a phone that is meant to take some abuse. Weather you work out in the field or just happen to have butterfingers when it comes to handling your phone this is a perfect option for an Android device. The reviews have been [...]
The Evil Empire of Jobs and Company may have announced Beatles coming to Itunes, but all that was trumped by GOOGLE and their announcement of a Market Update, which is more like an overhaul. So the dev tools are indeed better. So the Publishing Interface will now have Hi Res Graphics, Promotional Videos, Featured Images, [...]
Well it looks like the elusive HTC Droid Merge will be showing its lovely sleek-looking head at Verizon this Thursday. Seeing as this is Verizon’s first HTC phone to sport a physical sliding keyboard, they will be holding a launch event in Seattle for the HTC Droid Merge World-Phone so there is one more World-Phone [...]
The guys at mobilesyrup in Canada has managed to squeeze details about future update on Telus branded phone. According to James Bishop, Manager, Product Marketing; TELUS Consumer Solutions says that those users who have the following devices will be getting Android OS 2.2 shortly: Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate: early this winter – Android 2.2 LG [...]
Well it looks like the people over at the XDA forums have managed to get their hands on a Froyo (2.2) build for the Samsung Epic 4G. The post describes it as a little buggy with issues such as slow browsing, audio skipping and screen brightness issues so if you are really desperate you can [...]
Last week, Sharp announced two new glasses-free 3D phones for Softbank. The 003SH and the 005SH have similar features including Android 2.2, Sharp’s UI, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and a 3.8 inch 3D display. The 003SH has a 9.6 MP camera, Touchscreen only being released in December while the 005SH has an 8 MP camera [...]
Looks like NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is at it again. He never has had a problem letting his opinion be known and this time he takes aim at Android tablets and the Galaxy Tab to be specific. The current selection of tablets and those to come soon do not impress Jen-Hsun Huang. He’s calling the [...]
Tired of the same old launcher? Well sometimes we all get that way and we look for something shiny and new. With so many Home Replacement Apps out there, we crave more. More just got better. Leaked last night was the Dell Streak UI and I must say its pretty stellar on my 2.2 Vibrant. [...]
The Samsung Galaxy line has been a major success on all four carriers and it’s only getting better now that Froyo 2.2 ROMs have begun to leak. The T-Mobile variant, the Samsung Vibrant, is the first to receive the update while the Epic 4G is said to be coming soon. The first ROM comes by [...]
Well, it appears the rumors were true. Bell’s newest addition that they claim “might just be the fastest smartphone ever” is up for sale today for $129.99 with a 3 year contract and $499.99 without. Thank Bell for sending out a mass e-mail to all existing and potential customers. Check out the specs on this bad boy [...]
Remember how 2.2 voice action hit the third-party Vlingo so hard that it has to alter the price to free in order to compensate? Well, I think this is what happening right now, except with remote security. Now, Google is offering a features that third-party apps already offer, remote security. Those features will include the [...]
Looks like Archos is gearing up for a little Santa action. They are going to give all their Generation 8 tablets an Android 2.2 update. Our friends over at ARMdevices.net got a little hands-on time with an updated tablet. The Beta is said to be working smoothly and you can really feel the 1GHz Cortex [...]
A tipster sent in a snapshot to our friends over at MobileSyrup, as you can see there is a quantity listed as “in transit.” This means the devices have shipped and are en route to your local store. Bell has the device pegged for a November 3rd release date and with this information it looks [...]
That’s right folks. The PlayStation Phone that has been rumored, shot down by Sony, and so on, has surfaced again. This time with a bunch of photos and a possible late 2010 or early 2011 release. I would lean more towards the 2011 since testers have called the prototype you see here “kinda buggy”. Of course there [...]
Gaming and tablets seem to go hand-in-hand since the release of the iPad, and we are getting closer to the release of the first major contender to its reign with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. It seems like Gameloft is planning on releasing three of its HD games for the Tab when it’s [...]
If you haven’t quite caught on, no one has really attached a version number to the Gingerbread. Google has never commented on what the next version number will be after 2.2. We’ve seen speculation ranging anywhere from 2.5 to 3.0. Now, a new piece of evidence has surfaced. A post/reply in a threaded discussion from [...]
It’s like a long-lost love story, you have a Galaxy S Phone and Froyo is in reach, then it just magically fades away. I know this is frustrating, upsetting and heck it might make you want to brick your phone or flash a rom and be done with it. I have a Samsung Vibrant and [...]
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