Archive for July, 2010

Have no fear, the answers are here. One of AndroidSPIN’s contributors, Jason Bowdach, shared a chart with the team today regarding a very nicely done breakdown of what the CM6 UI Tweaks actually do. Being a faithful Cyanogen follower since I rooted my G1, I know that all his tweaks can be a...

 Samsung is putting everything they have into the Galaxy S series of phones. If you’re unsure about that, just look at the recently released marketing campaigns for both the Captive and Vibrant.  Just yesterday, Samsung’s website released the official drivers for the device....

Meet Neer. Similar to Google Latitude, it tells you when contacts are near you, but don’t mistake the two; Neer is not a Latitude copycat. First, Neer restricts your social group to just the people closest to you, then it restricts location awareness to just the places you choose. Neer is for...

LeeDroid has released an update to LeeDrOiD Mod V1.6 (26/07 l FR91 l Fast l Stable l Multilingual + CIME).Now at version v1.6. Change Log: V1.6: (Tested, No known issues bar the missing walpapers) Reworked from the ground up heuge apns list < if yours doesnt show up just clear defaults (cant...

With top devices being released with HDMI out ports like the HTC Evo 4G and the Motorola Droid X, some were a bit confused as to why Samsung did not add the feature into the design of their latest device, the Samsung Galaxy S. We know that the Galaxy S offers video out via its 3.5 mm jack, but that...

Droid-Life has managed to get more details regarding shipping dates for the two devices, the Motorola Droid X and the HTC Droid Incredible. What they have learned is that if the payment has been made/order placed, specifically for the HTC Droid Incredible, from July 16th – July 28th, your device...

When Google announced App Inventor a few weeks ago, there was certainly a lot of excitement about it for developers and non-developers alike. This is because App Inventor is a great tool not only for learning programming, but for being able to create simple prototypes quickly, without the usual  programming...

For a while now I have been waiting for a good news reader app such as Google Reader for my Android device. I think I have finally stumbled on an app noteworthy of such praise – Pulse! Earlier this year Steve Jobs raved about Pulse on the iOS platform during his WWDC keynote and just a few weeks...

What has been described as a test release, the test build you see running on this Samsung Galaxy S is not the complete build and is just a tease of what we could see coming to your device when the official OTA update finally arrives. Samsung Firmwares originally released the two files roaming the web...

Samsung wants the Galaxy S to be a huge success and I think they have proved their point so far. Three UK has now made the Samsung Galaxy S available on their network offering the device on plans starting as low as £35 a month. Available plans: Internet Texter 500 Internet : 1GB Texts : 5000 Minutes...

In the past two days, we have seen the Motorola Droid X running Android 2.2. First, was a screenshot taken from a Droid X, followed by an image today showing off the whole device with an obvious “2.2″ located under “Firmware Version.” It seems that more images have surfaced after...

rodigezstyle has released an update to RoDrIgUeZsTyLe MCR r6 Port [v1.1] Sense/Apps2ext/FMRadio/BT [07/28/10] .Now at version v1.1. RoDrIgUeZsTyLe MCR r6 Port v1.1 Changelog: - Full Data/Cache Wipe needed !!! - Low Space on Phone Memory Fixed (Now 98MB Free Space on Phone) - GPS Fixed - WiFi Fixed -...

For the first time in three years, Sprint is finally showing positive numbers. What does this mean? This means that this is the first time in three years that Sprint has actually gained customers compared to how many they have lost. Sprint needed a device like the HTC Evo 4g and they’re not slowing...

It looks like Froyo might be on the move as early as tomorrow.  HTC Benelux director Mark Moons, has stated via his Twitter account that HTC will begin rolling out the Android 2.2 update to the HTC Desire and AndroidWorld suggests that the Desire will be followed by the HTC Wildfire and the HTC Legend....

A couple of days ago we reported a tip that the Motorola Droid X, the Motorola Droid, and the HTC Droid Incredible will be receiving Android 2.2 as early as next Friday. Things are looking good so far, as a Froyo update for the HTC Droid Incredible has been leaked and images surfaced of the Motorola...