Getting left behind sucks. There is no other way to put it. It can be felt with most Android powered phones. You buy a phone and a few weeks later you hear about a new version of Android that you won’t get for a long time. Google knows of the issue and is hard at [...]

About a week ago at the CTIA event, Verizon disappointed many customers when they failed to announce the Nexus One as its newest device. Even more disappointment was felt when the carrier failed to even hint at a possible release date that was more certain than a vague “Spring 2010″. Yesterday some news came down [...]

This morning Engadget reported that the Milestone (Europe’s version of the Droid) finally gets its 2.1 OTA update. From the limited information Engadget got its hands on nothing really stands out as unexpected other than that apparently Google Earth is included as part of the update and that there will be nine home-screens. Stateside the [...]

Last week we reported to you that Google was participating in a revenue sharing program with service providers and some handset makers: “….part of the answer appears to be that Google is sharing advertising revenues with carriers that use Android, according to multiple sources who are familiar with the deals. In some cases,  Google is also [...]

“Why won’t you just die!!!” This morning when I woke up, I found that my G1 was sitting on my desk (not strange as this is where it stays most of the time), but what struck me as odd was the fact that the phone seemed to be on and the notification LED was flashing. [...]

A common error that most people get from flashing an old ROM to a new ROM is that their phone never leaves the boot animation screen or some apps don’t work as well before flashing. A simple way of solving this problem is by going to the terminal emulator and type the following codes: 1. [...]

Over at XDA devs and users alike have been working together on a community project known as XDAndroid. The project has already been successful on a few devices and recently there has been a lot of focus on the HTC Rhodium (TouchPro2). Basically, the phones that run WinMo can be booted into Linux, and for [...]

It has been about 20 days since AT&T released the Motorola Backflip. Many in the Android community were initially angered by it because AT&T had stripped all Google content to replace it with Yahoo and AT&T bloatware. On the 12th of March Motorola released the source (minus the proprietary bits of course) in an apparent effort [...]

Another Sunday afternoon, another edition of Android gossip in the twittersphere. Today we find some Android newbs and pros, random facts, frustration, and sound advice. bcpk @duggan I bought four games yesterday. And then refunded them all, because you can do that on Android fozzyfan #Tweetcaster with no ads is awesome. #Android raphaelsavina Just updated the [...]

AppsVu has joined the online store crowd with clean and simple interface. It’s designed to help anyone quickly find that particular app by searching across the Android Market as well as the fast-growing app reviews community of AppstoreHQ, AndroLib, and Cyrket. Search results are presented quickly, with a useful meta data including the price, rating, [...]

A new game called “Blastosis” has been released on the Android Market for your 800×480+ Resolution devices (ie Droid/NexusOne/Newer-Gen Devices).  The game is a traditional 2D scrolling shoot’em-up from Siliconis Games. Your home system was just conquered by the evil Blastosis aliens.  Now its payback! Intense, fast old-school shoot’em-up with new-school high-resolution graphics.  Blastosis:Invasion was designed with [...]

Did you know that 1 in 4 mobile phones are either lost or stolen each year.  When you lose your credit card you make a quick phone call and the card is cancelled so anyone who finds it or the person who stole can no longer use it. iTag has launched a new service that [...]

Zenonia, which has been available on iPhone for about year, has come to Android. From the press release: Gamevil, a leading mobile games publisher and developer, today announced that its award winning classic action role-playing game Zenonia is now available on Google’s Android Market. The game will support both HVGA and WVGA screen resolutions and [...]

Sprint’s new HTC EVO 4G smartphone is being hailed as the new ruler of the Android empire. But has the crown really been passed? The HTC EVO 4G, unveiled at the CTIA Wireless exhibition this week, sure has a feature-list fit for a king. The phone boasts a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with HDMI output, dual [...]

While at CITA last week, the guys over at AndroidGuys had a chat with Mike McSherry, the CEO of Swype. If you aren’t familiar with Swype, it’s a new text input program for touch screen devices. You can read more about Swype’s features here. The big question posed to Mike was, “Swype is great, so [...]