Cyanogen has been quiet for a few weeks on the release front but now, the very much anticipated CyanogenMOD v5.0.5 has finally been released and is available for download. For full support of Cyanogen ROMs and updates, don’t forget to also check out the CyanogenMOD official site. I don’t know where to start with all [...]

John Walton over at DroidDog is one lucky man.  Arriving at his door was the FedEx man with a nice package containing a Sony Ericsson X10 review unit. First thing he did was pull out his video camera and start recording his first experiences with the the sleek new device. Still based on  Android 1.6, [...]

So the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers. Lucky for us more than just rain will be dropping next month. Currently offering LG InTouch Max and the Samsung Galaxy, Virgin Mobile UK is adding the much desired HTC Desire and Sony Ecrisson Xperia X10 featuring Timescape and Mediascape applications. From the press release: Virgin [...]

MoDaCo has released another version of the Desire Custom ROM for the HTC/Google Nexus One.  Alpha 17 is the latest release and is now built from the official Desire ROM. Known Issues Bluetooth does not work reliably FM Radio finds stations but does not produce any sound Footprints camera view is rotated 90 degrees Changelog [...]

Hero_Over has released an modified CyanogenMOD with his his tweaks and optimizations for your HTC / Google Nexus One.  The last update was 3/13/2010.  You can now get a high speed direct download directly from AndroidSPIN. BakedGoods 1.1: -added trackball succession (never miss a notification again) -created script to replace modded launcher 2 with stock [...]

HTCClay has released another update to his FastTest ROM, taking us to version 3.0.3. As the title suggests this is a quick ROM. As always from HTCClay’s ROMs it is also very smooth and great for everyday use. This one has a very nice new music player with some widgets for the music player too. [...]

The OpenEclair team has been pretty quiet to the general public for a while now, but the developers, wesgarner and ChrisSoyars, have been hard at work getting the new version 2.0 of OpenEclair ready for public consumption.  With the help of a select few Alpha testers, the team has been working though many issues and [...]

Can you hear the groans from Sprint customers? According to a Sprint employee at XDA-Developers CDMA Hero forum, Sprint has sent employees a memo outlining how to keep customers’ spirits up regarding the new update. This information has been taken as a refutation of recent rumors that the Hero and Moment would be updated on March [...]

Just a few days ago I reviewed AppBrain, an application/online market/app sync tool.  Overall, I found it an easy and very useful program to have, though there was room for improvement.  AppBrain went to class and became a little smarter.  Searches now filter out spam apps, these results are now just shown as light grey lines. [...]