If you needed further evidence that the launch of the Motorola Droid 4 is almost upon us, look no further than the Droid Does site, where the device has just landed, complete with full technical schematics and stuffs. Although you wont be able to buy the Droid 4 just yet, you can sign up for [...]
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Motorola and Verizon are getting ready to release the Droid 4. The phone is now listed on the famous Droid Does website, a good indication that launch is not far away. According to the guys over at Droid Life, Verizon could start selling the Droid for as early as Thursday, February 9 for a low [...]
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The Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T won’t be here until February 19th (presales begin on the fifth of this month) but its source code is already available for developers to download. This will allow folks to get started on creating ROMs well before its launch but don’t expect to see a lot of that happening [...]
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A few weeks back, when we had the opportunity to join up with Sony during CES, we got a first hand look at the upcoming stain resistant, fast charging, Xperia S smartphone. We were pretty impressed with Sony’s presentation of its soon to be Solo flagship device, but were even more pleased to learn that [...]
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Last week we told you about the believed Galaxy S III appearing on Samsung’s official UAE site as model number GT-i9300. The device has since been pulled from the sites listings but the model number has recently appeared elsewhere on the interweb in the form of a Wi-Fi certification. Unfortunately there is no additional information [...]
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The folks at Sky have announced that their Sky Go application will soon be coming to Android! A launch is slated for February but no other details were given. The service itself will also be receiving more content options and channels, as well. Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Arts and Sky Sports F1 HD are [...]
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As we reported on Thursday, Valve Software recently took the wraps off the Steam mobile app for Android (and iOS), as part of a limited beta. Steam users could register their interest by downloading the app and entering their details, and over the past day or so, the first beta invites have started to roll [...]
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We've rolled through this week like there was no tomorrow and we've finally reached the weekend. We packed a lot of coverage into this week so be sure to get yourself caught up by skipping a few pages back. Looking for more? Head on into the Android Central forums and dig in: HTC Rezound Forums [...]
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Following the launch of third party app Steam for Android, the folks at Valve have released an official application of their own. Their steam for Android focuses on a lot of the same things that the third party app does. You can look at the latest deals, browse community groups and profiles and stay up [...]
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With other hardware staying the same, the only way Motorola plans to differentiate the RAZR MAXX from the original is through its 3300mAh battery. Forget that it adds a bit of thickness onto the device, this thing holds some juice! A tip has gone out that February 6th will bring us a demonstration of said [...]
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Those holding off on the currently available ASUS Transformer Prime in favor of the TF700T model and its HD display will be waiting a while from the sounds of a recent blog post by ASUS UK. While providing an update on the Transformer Prime TF2012′s GPS and WiFi woes, it was revealed that those in [...]
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With the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX lined up for a potential January 26th launch, Verizon has seen to it to drop the pricing on the standard Droid RAZR. But that isn’t the only thing that is dropping. To reach the new 9 price point storage space has been sacrificed. For the money you will find [...]
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The Canadian mobile carrier wars are beginning to heat up for 2012. Since the initial launch of the Galaxy Nexus, we’ve seen the 9.99 price for a 3-year contract with Virgin Mobile, Bell, Rogers and Telus. However, Telus first went aggressive in a stunning move by recently offering the phone for only .99 which not [...]
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We spent a considerable amount of time at the Motorola booth here in Las Vegas, looking at all of their newly announced Android phones. One of those phones was the Droid RAZR MAXX which is basically the original Droid RAZR with almost double of the battery. Knowing all of that, the only piece information missing [...]
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The good boys over at Droid-Life have gotten their hands on another MAP list that shows us the pricing of several new devices. While the LG Spectrum and the DROID RAZR MAXX have already gotten official pricing we still have yet to hear anything from Big Red on the DROID 4. It appears it’ll be [...]
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A bit of news worth pulling out of our booth visit to ARCHOS has everything to do with Ice Cream Sandwich. The update is headed to their 10-inch G9 tablets, with a launch currently penned in for the first week of February. The upgrade from Android 3.2 to 4.0 will apply to the currently available [...]
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ViciousMIUI was released for Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus only a few days after its initial launch, and since then we’ve been eagerly waiting for developer DroidVicious to release a completely functional MIUI port. Just two days ago, he did just that. He claims everything works within the new build, and most problems can be fixed with [...]
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NVIDIA’s main CES 2012 press event is about to kick off – join us for a live play-by-play below starting Monday, Jan 9th at 4PM. NVIDIA CES 2012 Live Blog… Official Android Police t-shirts are now on sale, with over 25 designs to call yours. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These: Sony [...]
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Lost in the CES shuffle was a tweet late last week from US Cellular in which they teased their coming 4G LTE network. More importantly, they have given a time frame on when to expect the first devices. Things should kick off with a 4G-enabled tablet in March and the lineup will be rounded out [...]
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Owners of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer are about to get a sweet upgrade in the form of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Asus’s UK branch confirmed via its Facebook page that the first Transformer would be getting the update sometime after the January 12 update that is currently scheduled for the new quad-core Transformer [...]
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Asus UK have taken to their Facebook page to let us all know the state of their Ice Cream Sandwich update for the original Transformer. To cut a long story short, it's good news. They're confirming the update is incoming, although exact date is still TBC. What they have said is that they're working hard [...]
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Oh boy!!! It looks like we’re getting close to the inevitable launch of that elusive DROID 4 phone. Yes the phone should have been launched last month, but we’ve seen numerous hints that the delay of the phone wouldn’t be for too long. How can we be so sure? Well the DROID 4 also known [...]
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While we still may be a bit of ways away from the LG Spectrum we’re learning more and more about the device every day. Just a few days ago it was revealed that the Spectrum would be Verizon’s version of the LG Optimus LTE. Today, we’ve gotten a downloadable user guide for the device. Seeing [...]
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The Motorola Droid 4 (XT894) has recently received its DLNA certification which one, lets us know it has DLNA functionality but more importantly, it gives us another clue that a Verizon launch will soon be upon us. Word on the street is the device could hit as early as February 2nd but no one can [...]
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Joining the ranks of the Galaxy Nexus, the Galaxy Note is one of the most awaited Android devices right now. An AT&T variant of the phone/tablet picture has been circulating all over the net without giving us an actual launch date. AT&T has been known to be very secretive about their upcoming products and getting [...]
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Let the leaks begin! CES is only a few days away and during the onslaught of emails going out to members of the press, one accessory maker, AnyMode, has inadvertently revealed the expected launch date for the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy Note in an email invite. As the official OEM vendor for AT&T, [...]
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It looks like we get to start covering CES 2012 stories before CES even begins. Sega has announced that they will be debuting / showing off their upcoming Android title called Virtua Tennis Challenge. While this will be for all Android devices eventually, it looks like the launch will be an Xperia Play exclusive from [...]
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Last month Google started offering millions of songs for just $.49 and full albums for only following the 10 billion apps downloaded announcement and the launch of the new music store. If you have yet to take advantage of the deal you might want to start grabbing your selections right now because Google just announced [...]
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With all the complaints I’ve seen in our comments sections about devices being too large, who knew there would be such a huge market for tabletphones/phoneblets like Samsung’s Galaxy Note. The Korean phone maker announced today that they have shipped over 1 million units globally of the device since its October launch (not to be [...]
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Looks like someone at Best Buy slipped and let the cat out the bag a little too soon. In plain site on their Reward Zone site, Best Buy has a picture of the unreleased Motorola Droid 4. The phone, which has yet to be announced, is now rumored for a February launch. It looks like [...]
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No, we are not showing these images in an attempt to tease you any further, they were just too good not to pass along. Recently, a Droid Life reader did some snooping around in a DROID 4 SWF file and dug up some great pictures. By the looks of things, this rendering seems to be [...]
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If you have, a B&N Nook Tablet that you have some custom stuff on and you don’t want to have to worry that an OTA update will come along and ruin your set up, check this out. A developer going by Indirect on the XDA-Developers forums has devised a way to block those OTA updates. [...]
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You had to see this coming. A new leaked Verizon doc is showing the Droid 4 — rumored to be launching tomorrow — has been postponed all the way back to February 2nd of next year. This no doubt comes as bad news to those of you looking to get your hands on a 4G [...]
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We’ve been hearing that the DROID 4 will launch this Thursday, December 22, and now more evidence (above) has surfaced confirming the date. Unfortunately, all of this is unlikely. This is a DROID branded launch and a rather big one since it’s a 4G LTE device. We all know that before DROID releases, there is [...]
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Our friends over at BGR are claiming, thanks to a trusted source, that HTC is all geared up to change strategy in 2012. The company is reportedly going to be “shockingly quiet” for most of the first quarter and will release fewer devices overall next year as opposed to what we’ve seen this year. It’s [...]
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