Archive for July 6th, 2010

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Droid X Shipments Arrive Early

With the Droid X launch a little more than a week away, it seems like some people are just plain lucky. Droid-Life is reporting that people are receiving some Droid X devices early. Were these people some of the ones who changed their original Droid Incredible order or is this part of some weird conspiracy...
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Android Coming to Your Living Room

We heard at this year’s Google I/O about Google TV and we also heard about Google and Logitech teaming up with the settop box called the “Revue.” The Revue just passed through the FCC and they were nice enough to bring us some images of the device. Specs of the Logitech Revue include: Android...
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HTC Vision and HTC Ace Headed for the UK?

The HTC Vision that we started seeing over the weekend is already on the move. According to Omio, two HTC devices with Android are headed to the UK in October and one of them is the HTC Vision. What is the other device you ask? That device is being called the HTC Ace. The HTC Ace we know nothing about...
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1Password App to Rule Them All

Previously only available on Macs and iPhone devices, the password app 1Password by Agile Web Solutions is coming to both Windows and Android 2.1+ devices. Do you use the same password every time you register at a new web site because it would be impossible to remember them all if you didn’t,...
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ROM: meLIanTQ’s AOSPDesire_0.9.5.1 [FRF91] For HTC Desire

meLIanTQ has released an update to [ROM 2.2_r1] AOSPDesire_0.9.5.1 [UVOC|Gapps91|FBSync Fix](06/07).Now at version 0.9.5.1. Changelog: 0.9.5.1: Debug Version -Fix Permissions -Fix Module -Icon HSDPA Features: Added: -Google Apps from FRF91 -SuperUser of ChainsDD -Busybox -Fully Deodexed and zipaligned -binarie...
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White HTC Evo Hits Best Buy Stores Early

Great news folks! Some Best Buy stores have begun to receive the exclusive white HTC Evo. The launch is not supposed to start until July 11th, but Engadget is reporting customers receiving theirs now. The even sent un-boxing photos. Check your emails or your current phones because you might get surprised...
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HTC Evo Root Method Released Following Latest OTA Update

Following the recent OTA update sent out by HTC, many phones were getting bricked along with other problems, but enough of that. Inside the HTC update was security patches that patched the previous vulnerability in which root was originally attained. Their was a bounty in the XDA Forums for the person...
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Samsung Galaxy S Sheds Its Skin

We can see the Samsung Galaxy S meets the same fate as the Droid X tear down. Samsung has sold over 200,000 units of the Galaxy S in South Korea alone and we’ve come to learn that there’s always someone that has to tear down their device and share it with the rest of the world. Korean site...
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ROM: TravisJames’ Eclair2Cliq_Alpha5 For The Motorola Cliq

TravisJames has released an update to Eclair2CLIQ.Now at version Alpha5. Alpha5 is the latest version of the first Android 2.1 (Eclair) ROM available for the Motorola CLIQ. Changelog: Alpha5: 2D Hardware Acceleration(up to 79 fps) LED Light fix YouTube SD/YouTube HD Added Font-Size to Messaging Application 5...
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Overbite Project Bringing Gopher to Android

Here is something new and interesting for the Android community. The Overbite Project, a collective whose goal is to bring back Gopher to the internet via plugins and applications, is developing an app for Android. If you aren’t familiar with Gopher, it’s an early network protocol that predates...
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Motorola Milestone Gets Maintenance Update In Greece Others To Follow

Motorola Europe’s Facebook page announced an OTA update to fix a few bugs on their Motorola Milestone this morning and soon after, retracted the update stating a technical glitch has halted them from going live. Later, they posted again stating: “Ok, so here’s the deal: apologies for...
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Samsung’s Hummingbird Processor Show’s What It Can Do

The Samsung Galaxy S is equipped with the Hummingbird processor which has a GPU that is said to produce 3 times faster performance than it’s competitor on the market today. The video below is proof. The HTC Desire is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. These two devices go head...
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HTC Chalks Up A “W” For Q2 Raking In $1.88 Billion

HTC is headed to they bank and chalking it up as a win as they have brought in $1.88 billion in Q2 revenue, surpassing their expected $1.6 billion. If you are unaware, quarter two includes the months of April, May and June. HTC builds devices that not only push Android OS, but Windows Mobile and Qualcomm’s...
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Twidroid Becomes Tridroyd; Android passing on Androyd

Popular Twitter app Twidroid has been purchased by TweetUp, good news for the company and us as well.  As part of the deal, Twidroid has changed their name to prevent any potential confusion or trademark infringement with Lucas Arts. PASADENA, CA – JULY 6, 2010 – TweetUp, Inc., announced today...
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Droid Incredible Gets New Shipping Date

Blood is boiling for Droid Incredible customers, as the shipping date has now been bumped back to August 3rd. We reported just nine days ago, that the Droid Incredible was pushed back to July 27th. I think this is the “nail in the box” for some, seeing that the Droid X launched July 15th,...
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