Chili’s just released their new Android App and to celebrate they are willing to give you a free Android phone just by ordering $25 worth of food from chilistogo.com. There are a few catches to the offer though; the activation fee, taxes, and you must sign a new two-year contract with either of the participating [...]
If you’re a customer of a CDMA carrier – such as Verizon, Sprint or MetroPCS – you’ll know that going abroad – especially to Europe – is not the easiest of places to take your phone. AT&T customers will tell you that being able to take their phone to a whole range of countries is [...]
Google and Motorola took one on the chin today when the International Trade Commision upheld an earlier determination that Motorola’s Android handsets infringe on Microsoft patent no. 6,370,566 which involves “generating meeting requests and group scheduling from a mobile device”. This is an exclusion order, which means that in 60 days Motorola will have to [...]
If one thing is certain it’s that the smartphone industry is getting crowded. With three major Operating Systems and a fourth looking to rise from the ashes later this year, it’s hard to stick out sometimes. I feel for Microsoft, I do, they’ve got a good product on their hands in the form Windows Phone, [...]
This is a BIG topic of discussion for our editor, who is Chris and another writer, Randy Arrowood. We go back and forth on whether or not Google will give us glasses at IO or whether we will have to wait a few months for them to ship, will it be ready or not basically. [...]
Back in the day, computers were quite bulky. A laptop was more of a suitcase and a desktop was, well, the size of a desktop. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but as the years go by, hardware gets smaller while technology continues to improve. The latest innovation is a computer the size of a [...]
A lot of people across the nation are sitting around twiddling their thumbs wondering and waiting to see when customs turns the HTC EVO 4G LTE loose. It is quite the interesting issue to be faced with. If waiting around to see what the new device has in store for you just isn’t your style, [...]
Those of you a part of the elite 4.9% of Android users currently running Ice Cream Sandwich have a little something to enjoy today. Looks like developer Imangi Studios has updated Temple Run for Android, finally fixing compatibility issues the game was having on some Android 4.0 devices. A few other bugs were fixed as [...]
Ever since the iPhone and the iPad appeared, people have praised the iOS’s simplistic design in comparison to what a user gets on a Windows machine, which can be a lot more complicated for most people than iOS. Android was built by engineers and for people who want more features and functionality, and not necessarily [...]
Here in the UK I’ve been experiencing a fair amount of rain, as such, I’ve been frantically checking the weather on my phone and tablet to see if the rain is ever going to stop. To that end, Android Headlines would like to present you with the latest in our Top Ten series with Weather [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday we talked about the popular iOS puzzle game Trainyard, developed by Matt Rix, that Noodlecake was planning to release today onto Android. Well if you were waiting for this challenging puzzle game to arrive, it has now landed on the Google Play store. Along with its arrival, we now know what next week’s game [...]
LG has been making quite a splash in the smartphone market these days with their popular android devices and cutting edge specs of phones like the Optimus 2x and G2x. Both the first phones in their market to house a dual core processor. The NVIDIA tegra 2 none the less. This time around LG is [...]
EA has come out to confirm that FIFA 13 will be heading to iOS and ‘other mobile platforms’ later this year. Why some of these major game development companies have such an aversion to mentioning Android in their announcements is beyond us but we can expect to see this game released onto Android as well. [...]
A small update is available for Google Offers over in the Google Play Store. The deals service has slowly been growing its stock of available offers, and the latest version of its Android app comes at a time when more and more partners are coming on board. In terms of actual changes to the Offers [...]
Back at CES in January Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took part in CNET’s Next Big Thing Panel, where he famously said this when discussing Android fragmentation: “You have to be careful with that word,” he cautioned. He actually prefers to use the term “differentiation” to describe the situation, as his definition of fragmentation is [...]
HTC got caught off-guard a few days ago when HTC’s shipments of One X were stalled at customs because of a previous patent fight HTC had with Apple. So now they are checking if HTC infringes one of Apple’s patents or not. But HTC has already built a solution around it, by making a new [...]
Machinarium hit the Play Store the other day and is a fantastic little game that you might overlook, just like the game’s main character. That little guy is Josef and all he wants is to do is save his robot girlfriend from the city. You take control of this guy and solve your way through puzzles [...]
Remember back when Samsung unveiled a new prototype at CES this year called the smart window? Well that’s exactly what I thought of when I was reading this article. The smart wash basin from Seraku is not some super advanced sink that you just put your hands in and it cleans them for you. Although [...]
Verizon’s posted a changelog for a new update that appears to be coming to the LG Revolution. Little more than bug fixes will be found this time, but you’ll still want to know what’s new. Android security patches have been applied, picture messages will be sent properly if you’re connected to WiFi, an issue with [...]
Heliceum Games has announced that they will be bringing their unique tower defense game, called Human Defense, to mobile and touchscreen devices. Since they use the generic ‘mobile and smartphone’ phrase, we can safely assume that this means Android and iOS considering those are the only two platforms that matter these days. Read more… … [...]
Top 10 Personal Finance Apps The Android marketplace is filled with thousands upon thousands of finance apps. If you’re the type that enjoys managing money, watching stock prices or saving money, you’ll find that there are countless apps out there that can help. So, which ones are the best? Which ones are worth the download? [...]
By now you know Sega’s newest addition to the Sonic 4 series, and possibly the last one as well, Sonic 4 Episode 2 is on its way today for Tegra 3 Android devices. Well it looks like it has finally arrived in all is fast-paced platformer adventure gaming glory. Read more… … Continue Reading Here [...]
Admittedly, this type of product might not make it to the US or indeed my doorstep in Europe but, it’s nonetheless something worth looking it. With a low-level of buzz rising around Google TV lately, with Sony and LG bringing Google TV products back to shelves later on the year it appears that the world [...]
It seems that with processors reaching quad-core configurations and faster clock speeds becoming the norm manufacturers are finding more ways to push the boundaries. The new wave of one-up-mansship appears to be focuses on graphical prowess. With Apple claiming that the New iPad’s quad-core graphics out perform the Tegra 3 in a big way – [...]
Today at NTT Docomo’s summer lineup event we finally saw the company take the wraps off a working version of its NERV edition SH–06D Android handset, inspired by (and designed alongside) the upcoming third film in the Rebuild of Evangelion franchise. After using it for a few minutes on the show floor today, we can [...]
With the incoming rumor that Google will be adding a number of manufacturers to the Nexus program it runs yearly as oppose to just one, I’m sure many people are wondering who will make the cut. Of course, nobody knows who or what will make the cut to be added to the Nexus program if, [...]
Evernote’s 4.0 update for Android is a major revamp of the popular note-taking app, and pretty much everything has been redesigned, from the look, to the app’s behavior, to its functionality. Firstly, the home screen has been completely redesigned, with large square icons for New note, Snapshot, Audio, and Attach taking up nearly half of [...]
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 [...]
Mozilla has released a new version of their Firefox beta into the Google Play Store, but this latest release is unlike those that came before. Instead of using XUL, Mozilla has transitioned to a native Android user interface. Nightly builds of this version have been available for some time now, but a Google Play release [...]
We’ve gotten used to Google pushing out small, helpful new features to Google Maps, and the company continued with that practice today. You’ll now be able to type in “home” or “work” into Maps and it will auto-suggest the addresses that correspond to those locations – if you’ve already given Google that information. That means [...]
For those of you that use the official Twitter for Android App you’ll be happy to know that there is an update waiting for you. Hit the My Apps section of the Google Play Store and you’ll find the update. It fixes issues with sync settings as well as fixes issues that people who are [...]
-S-beam pictured above- Are you bored sitting in that cubicle? Need a little lunchtime reading material? What better to read than an Android smartphone user manual! Well, there could be a few better choices I’m sure. Whatever the case, the Samsung Galaxy S III is now a reading option. Get your hands on the pdf [...]
Two weeks ago Rockstar Games announced that there was a slight delay with the release of their upcoming Max Payne game for Android. Through an update on their Twitter account, Rockstar Games stated that the reason for the delay was do to last minute testing that needed to be done, mostly revolving around device compatibility. [...]
This year is the first year that Intel shipped a processor in a smartphone and it led to some pretty impressive benchmarks that you can see here. It’d seem that as always the company is always ready and willing to innovate further in order to get their foot in the door of the smartphone market. [...]
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