Archive for March 4th, 2010

While the selection in the UK is already slim pickings for you Android lovers, it now appears that Vodafone UK had discontinued the HTC Magic due stock level issues.  The other bad news news is that they don’t see a sequel like the MyTouch 1.2 that has been launched here in the USA. At least...

Aside from a brief press release by Archos last year, this tablet phone gave us quite a tease with it’s specs: it was to pack a slimmer 4.3-inch touchscreen than the internet tablets, with a sharper 854×480 resolution, HSDPA, a 1GHz Arm processor, 3.5g enabled, and a thin, 10mm shell. It skipped...

The guys over at AndroidCentral got their hands on the new Android from Motorola and here’s their initial thoughts: The Motorola Devour (running Android 1.6 with Motoblur on Verizon) made its here this morning, and we’ve had a couple minutes to give it the what-for. Despite playing second...

Don’t live in the US but still want to be able to use free Google Navigation? Well, now you can… and it’s pretty simple You will need a rooted Android device (I have done this on the G1), ADB drivers installed on your computer and to download the hacked version of Google Maps from...

T-Mobile is definitely out to please their customers. They (and HTC) were the first to hook us all up with Android, they pushed their service plans further and harder causing the industry to follow-suit, but for some reason their owner still wants to sell them? I’m hoping T-Mobile stays in business...

First, there was the Macintosh. Then it was the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad. Next up in Apple’s arsenal: The lawyers. No doubt, when Apple announced Tuesday that it was suing HTC for allegedly infringing on its patents, only one company may have been named, but Jobs & Co. were issuing...

Cyanogen has release an update for his CyanogenMOD for the T-Mobile G1 / HTC Dream / T-Mobile MyTouch3G taking it to version 4.2.15. He’s taken some of the new features that he’s been incorporating into his Nexus One ROM and working to keep his older ROMs up to date.  Glad to see that the...

Oh Hello beautiful! Guys remember the HTC Incredible. The first shot of the smartphone was leaked a month ago. Then after a time, we saw the Incredible crawling in Verizon inventory.  Then the video shows up in which the Incredible was running on Verizon.  Now the Incredible shows up again, not the...

Mplayit is a Facebook application directory that supports the Android platform.  Head over to the site, search for you favorite application and share it with your friends. Also supported on Mplayit is the Blackberry, iPhone and other Mobile platforms.  They are all thrown together at mplayit.com in...

Welcome Android to the world of useless free and paid apps, brought to you by BIC . Is this a sign that the Android market is growing, useless apps?  Should there be a review process or limit on lighter and other useless apps? Tell us your stance and what you think of the market in the comments. Not...

A article on the Nexus One Blog tells us that spare batteries will be available: One of the great things about the Nexus One is that you can easily remove and replace the battery. If you would like to be able to carry a fully charged spare battery, we recommend official Nexus One batteries for performance...

Microsoft just release application that reads tags (sorry no QR Codes) for Android, it was already available for WinMobile, iPhone, BlackBerry and Symbian. Microsoft Tag lets you discover information and entertainment by scanning mobile barcodes with your phone. Download the Tag Reader, scan a Tag anywhere...

I will be doing more in-depth articles as of tomorrow but heres a little tip for Android ring tones Heres a app that will extend the functionality of the original ringtones built into your phone. App Category: Ringtones App Name: Rings Extended ( Dianne Hackborn) Download Code Features: Can be set...

  A post on MobileTechWorld says : I had the chance to talk to HTC a couple of hours ago during their local HTC Legend/Desire/HD Mini presentation. There was obviously nothing new to learn (especially since I already got some hands-on action last week at the MWC). The only new piece of info I got was...

Remember that spiffy mod that was presented to the Nexus one giving you the ability to rotate your phone any direction? Well now Benbuchacher has it working on the G1 enabling you to tweet backwards. You can look forward to seeing this in the next version of SuperD. Stay tuned and we’ll try to...