If there was ever any doubt that the Motorola RAZR and the new all new and improved RAZR MAXX possibly weren’t the same phone, that has been laid to rest with this screenshot. As you can plainly see, both devices are running the exact same build, kernel — even the model number is the same. [...]
Picking Up Where BlackBerry Left Off HTC and IBM have announced a new partnership aimed directly at the enterprise sector by taking care of the major issue that has stopped Android from being a key player for IT administrators. HTC will now ship their phones and tablets with an IBM software suite that first and foremost addresses [...]
The hottest new tablet has just received a slight update. While the update seems relatively small, it brings the software version of the Transformer Prime to 8.8.3.33 and looks to have camera enhancements such as improved camera focus and some minor fixes such as enhanced GPS speed. The update should be available for all of you Transformer Prime [...]
I never could get over this device’s name but the Casio G’zOne Commando hAs repOrtedly beGun (okay, I’ll stop) receiving an OTA update for those of you that fell in love with the device’s rugged good looks and durability. The ‘Mando update includes new Netflix compatbility, a few security patches, improved proximity sensor and update [...]
Robots Take Over Your Desktop: Android OS on MS-Windows A year and a half ago, Suman Saraf was on a trip to Switzerland, and his young daughter Mahi was bored. He gave her his Android smartphone to play with, as any quick-witted parent would do under the circumstances. When they came home from their trip, [...]
Right now we are seeing Amazon expanding technologically across the board, and their release of the Amazon Appstore for Android has seem to be quite successful. One of the major reasons the Amazon Appstore has been able to succeed, is the availability to download a free paid app every day. While that is primarily why I [...]
All you HBO fans can now pop the bubbly, because HBO Go for Android has finally hit the market. Now you can fully stream your HBO television shows straight to your mobile device, and you need to have a HBO subscription of course. Engadget was able to easily enter their Verizon FiOS account information and [...]
Motorola CEO Sanjay made another great announcement today regarding software upgrades to its Android lineup. He spoke about the learning curve the industry went through as a whole last year regarding the timeliness of software upgrades and feels Motorola came out on top. He mentioned it wasn’t until June 2010 that they started to [...]
During copious amounts of speculation and rumours, Christopher Meinck of Everything Android posted a quick hands-on preview of what he is calling the new Twitter 2.0 for Android. This latest, unreleased update appears to focus on refining the UI and we think it looks pretty slick. The home screen with the 6-pack menu is now [...]
Research firm Canalys has announced very good news for Google. According to their research, in Q4 2010, 32.9 million Android devices were sold compared to Nokia’s Symbian which sold 31 million. No doubt Android has had a bigger reach than even Apple, which remains in the number three spot. That’s because their software is not device-specific, [...]
If you’re one of the frustrated users that bought a carrier locked Dell Streak 5 (AT&T), then your world may be about to drastically change. According the latest Best Buy employee news, the official OTA update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) should start tomorrow. You’ve been asking and now there’s an answer! The Dell Streak will [...]
It was only a matter of time before the phenomenal success of Angry Birds was taken to a new level. That’s exactly what happened this week when Rovio announced their collaboration with 20th Century Fox for a version of Angry Birds, based on the upcoming family film, Rio. If you’re not familiar with Rio, it’s [...]
Not trusting your Android phone with your text messages? A solution may be at hand. In fact, two solutions for two different problems that caused some phones to send text messages to unintended recipients. Google just sent out an update on the notorious SMS Bug, saying they think they’ve discovered the issues and have fixes [...]
Poor Motorola DROID 2. Despite launching with the latest version of Android operating system (Android OS 2.2, or Froyo), it never got the love that its older cousin, the DROID X, received. And it turns out that the D2 is plagued by a an Exchange issue that was already fixed in the DX. Talk about [...]
AT&T Wireless has posted on their website (by way of AndroidCentral) a new software update for the Samsung Captivate that will begin rolling out to customers starting today. They will schedule their OTA update 15,000 customers at a time from Tuesday until Friday, until all customers have received the update. Software updates to the Captivate [...]
Smartphone User Interfaces are getting a lot more complex and some of them are quite impressive. Rightware Oy, an eight-month-old Finland-based graphics software firm, has just released Kanzi User Interface solution to beta. This UI design product creates three-dimensional UIs for mobile, embedded, and automotive displays, and as of the beta, Android devices are now [...]
Motorola has agreed to purchase two-year-old software startup 280 North, co-founded by three USC graduates. 280 North created a well-respected web development framework known as Cappuccino. As their developers phrase it, “Cappuccino is an open source framework that makes it easy to build desktop-caliber applications that run in a web browser.” The rumored sale price [...]
Whether you’ve rooted your Droid or not, don’t worry – you’re going to receive the Froyo update. Those of you who played nice with their Droid, are going to receive a filled called “FRG22D”, which is 45 MB in size, while those who have rooted their phones, are going to receive a bigger update called [...]
AppBrain, the web-based app-finder site, has added more categories to sort popular Android software. The site already had top lists for what was hot now, just uploaded, or by app type. You could find out what was hot this minute or this week, and what apps were top-rated. Now you can also see what apps [...]
HTC Wildfire users rejoice! Well, lets explain first. The HTC Wildfire has been somewhat rooted thanks to user MartinEve at XDA. It does not unlock NAND (no custom ROM’s, sorry), but it does allow running apps that require root access! SuperUser, YAY! As always, you need to be super careful when doing this. Here are [...]
P3droid is at it again! Shortly after Koush released Clockwork Recovery for the Droid X, P3droid has come up with the leaked Froyo OTA (Over The Air) build and has packaged it in .zip format for our pleasure. The update.zip will upgrade your system and baseband, and wiping your phone is not required. I would [...]
Friday is finally here and you know what that means, the Dell Streak has arrived at AT&T. The sad part is, it is shipping with Android 1.6. Thanks to some guys over at MoDaCo forums, the Android 2.1 build is already here. Follow the Download instructions and you will have 2.1 on your Streak in [...]
Avi Greengart over at Slashgear has some advice for handset manufacturers who want to succeed in the Android market. It’s worth a read, and then it’s worth some comment. Greengart likes Android’s “non-obtrusive notification system” and compares it favorably with iOS’s. In case you don’t have an iPhone, let’s just say iOS relies heavily on [...]
Motorola employee, Matt, says that Motorola plans to address the issue of low volume on notifications on the Droid X with an upcoming software fix. He did not mention when Froyo would be released, however. For now, you can use the top 3 tones: BollyWood Dancin’ Fool Digital Phone This is a great phone with [...]
The MyTouch Slide receives an much needed software update starting tomorrow August 4th and will continue through August 19th. The update is mainly for maintenance and will not be the 2.2 Froyo update. Sorry to let you down, MyTouch users! The software update will be Over The Air (OTA) and will bring some big bug [...]
Last week the Motorola DroidX was rooted after a week on the market. Rooting the phone was a multi-step process worthy of shutting down a nuclear reactor. Then the un-rooting procedure was developed, just in case you didn’t want your phone open to every piece of malware awaiting a chance like a wide-open device. But [...]
Provided you can locate an APK file outside of the Android Market, it really isn’t all that hard to install illegally obtained copies of paid apps onto your Android phone at no expense to yourself (unless you use an AT&T Android phone, har har har). Seeing the potential trouble this could cause for hard working [...]
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, starting Monday, that is intended to make it easy for people to write applications for its Android smartphones. The free software, called Google App Inventor for Android (http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/), has been under development for a year. User testing has been [...]
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