Archive for July, 2010

Can this be for real?  TheDude has been posting photos on Twitter of his shenanigans with the Augen GenTouch 78 7″ Android Tablet from KMart. Judging by the photos, he’s actually booting CM6 on this $150 device. Can TeamDouche be stopped?  Is CM6 going to be installed on every Android...

htcclay has released an update to his Superfly ROM built from Android 2.2 (Froyo) for the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide, now at version 1.2. Superfly TCBY V1.2 (FroYo For Slide) - Swype now Working - Wireless Location Must be Turned on for Camera Preview to Work! (Off by default.) - Camera Preview...

You may have heard about the Augen Tablet, the 0ff-brand Android tablet that showed up in a Kmart ad out of nowhere and has sold out just as quickly. I stopped by my local Kmart today to see if they had any more in stock. Unfortunately, the answer to that question was no, but the nice sales associate...

A Motorola Employee announced via the company’s support forum that Verizon Wireless will start pushing Android 2.2 (Froyo) to the original Droid by Motorola during the week of August 2. The report also claimed that Froyo could have been pushed to a small select few as a pre-launch test as early...

There are many advantages to rooting your device. One of my favorite, next to switching ROMs, is tethering. It has come in handy so many times on road trips. If you’re like a lot of people, (and myself for a long time) you are scared to death to make a mistake and ruin your phone trying to root....

Attention all of you with HTC Evos. Android 2.2, aka Froyo, is available now as a direct download from HTC! If you want to put some frosty dessert on your device, click HERE or HERE for the download. Once you’ve got the file, just follow these steps: Place in the root of your SD card Boot into...

A little over a week ago, we reported that SCVNGR has introduced their new check-in service. They are now separating themselves from other check-in service applications like Foursquare by rewarding their participants with actual prizes. This is a really cool concept and what makes this interesting...

We are all familiar with McAfee and their desktop security software. Many of our computers come with it pre-installed. McAfee, Inc  has recently acquired tenCube, the company behind the WaveSecure application. WaveSecure was released close to the beginning of 2010 and was a winner of the Android...

Huawei has introduced two new Android devices to India and has revealed that there are four more coming. Exact specs have not been given, but they are said to be running Qualcomm processors and are to be priced at Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 20,000. The Huawei U8300 (above) is a square shaped device, and has a...

The Android hacker/development community over at XDA-Developers check two more devices off the “yet to be rooted” list as we welcome the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro to the club. If you own these devices and would like to join in on the fun, you can head over to XDA...

NeoPhyTe.x360 has released an update to NeoPhyTe ROM v1.4a Sense-FroYo ·( FRF91 l Fast l 720p | 2.06 | AP2SD.Now at version v1.4a. ChangeLog: 1.4a: Zipaligned added HTC_IME mod added HTC_CIME added Footprints added Spare Parts (For fast, enter in it, window animations :FAST, transition animations:...

If you are one of the millions of customers that currently are signed up for service through Comcast for your TV and/or phone service, you will soon be able to control them both from your Android device. With other companies out there such as Direct TV offering a similarly featured application, it was...

Putting the smart in smartphones, remote access apps are a common way to control your computer when you’re not in front of it. The latest remote control app comes to us from Swedish company Relmtech.  Unified Remote is more than just a remote music control however, it allows complete access to...

In preparation for the launch of their Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung has been hitting up some developers regarding their applications. Samsung is doing everything they can to make their tablet just as successful as their Galaxy S smartphone. Many thoughts go into creating a device,...

Motorola has released the source code for the Motorola Droid X. The source code is available here or you can head over to Motorola’s open source page. Word on the street is that the source code is lacking some key elements for the ROM/root crowd, but it is still nice to have. With the current...