Archive for October 7th, 2010

G2-Hinge

[UPDATED] T-Mobile G2 Hinge Hangs by a Thread, No Springs Attached!

I received my T-mobile G2 this morning and was fully planning to start a review and give you guys some feedback on how the new G1 replacement handles my day to day tasks.  We’ve all heard rumors and read posting about loose hinges and reduced memory in the G2′s currently shipping and...
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android-mozilla-firefox

Firefox For Android Drops Alpha Chains Heads Into Beta

For those of you who haven’t been following the long journey of  development for Firefox for Android, the application has been in alpha for a very long time and today Mozilla has upgraded the Firefox for Android to beta status (cheers). Keep in mind that this application has just reached the...
Filed in: Applications, Update
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ATTearlyupgradeFAIL

AT&T Amps Up Early Upgrade Fee For Smartphones By $125

While AT&T just announced three new handsets it looks like AT&T has also made some changes to their early upgrade policy by increasing the fee from $75 to outrageous $200. I guess if you’re willing to dish out $399 to upgrade you might as well go the $499 and get the device without a contract. AT&T...
Filed in: News
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android31

Android vs. Apple (Part Two)

In my first piece I have acknowledged the incredible competition between Apple and Google and gave ample credit to both as the two dominant forces in the mobile industry. I am not writing this to degrade Apple in any shape, form, or fashion. I am however giving you my opinion of why I think Google...
Filed in: News, Uncategorized
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Gestures

Dolphin HD Browser Adds AndroidSPIN RSS Add-On

Dolphin Browser HD is the most popular FREE web browser on the Android market with more than 250,000 downloads currently. The browser  is only applicable on Android 2.0+ devices. With many other browsers out there in the Android market competing for your time and money, one must have something that...
Filed in: Applications, News, Software
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Defywater

T-Mobile’s Motorola Defy Water Resistance Test

We originally heard about the Motorola Defy during the summer as the “Michael Jordan” or other variants of that name. This was to be the first water resistant Android device and it is. When we arrived at the Motorola booth at CTIA’s Enterprise and Applications conference in San Francisco...
Filed in: News
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Sony16mpcam

Sony Introduces 16MP Camera with 1080p HD Video Coming to Devices in 2011

While most of you were blown away by the 14MP beast on the Altek Leo, it looks like Sony has developed a camera that will trump that and bring along 1080p HD video with it. The 16 MP Exmor R-based CMOS sensor will be landing in devices next year (which is only a couple of months away). “IMX081PQ”...
Filed in: Manufacturers
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augenlead

Augen to Step Their Game Up by Bringing Six Tablets by the End of 2010

You all remember the Augen GenTouch 78 K-mart tablet that was available for $150? Then you’ll be surprised to know that Augen plans on offering up six new devices in the next few months. Augen is definitely stepping up their game as these half-dozen tablets will be running Android 2.2 and will...
Filed in: Tablets
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hootsuite-logo

Full Version of HootSuite Coming Free to the Android Market Next Week

When it comes to Twitter applications, people have their own preferences, but everyone likes a free application, right? HootSuite comes in two versions at the moment, a free application that has limited functionality and a paid application that cost $2.99 that unlocks every feature. Coming on October...
Filed in: Applications, Update
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CherryPalTab

CherryPal Announces 7-Inch Android 2.1 Tablet That’s Easy On The Wallet

If you’re in the market for a tablet, but don’t necessarily need the high-end tablets that will be break the bank then CherryPal has that tablet for you. They have announced their new tablet which wasn’t designed to take on the iPad, but it’s sleek form factor and price may...
Filed in: Tablets
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ROM: eViL’s NXSense HD v.0.6 For Google Nexus One

eViL_D has released an update to eViL`s NXSense HD v.0.6. The latest version is now 0.6. This release is supported on the following Device(s): - HTC Nexus One: Google Nexus One REQUIREMENTS: Recovery: Amon Ra`s Carebear 1.9.0 Here (user=xda, pass=xda) or ClockworkMod Partition: 512MB SD-EXT Minimum Patience Instructions: Boot...
Filed in: Device ROM
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MyTouch

Feeling Up The Upcoming T-Mobile myTouch Prototype

So here it is, the myTouch coming soon to T-Mobile. The device you see here is just a hardware prototype and unfortunately we can’t get a look at what UI this device will be running, although we would assume that this will feature the same Espresso UI as the myTouch 3G Slide. Features of the...
Filed in: Phones
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AppBrainQR

Update Hits AppBrain Brings More Awesomeness To Web And App

There are some of you out there that do not know about AppBrain or forget about AppBrain when it comes to browsing applications from the Android Market. If you don’t know about AppBrain, you might want to as they have just updated their Android Market application that brings many new features....
Filed in: Applications, Update
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SkypeHacked

Skype App Hacked Allows 3G Calling

As many of us know, Skype has broken the chains of Verizon exclusivity and is now available in the Android Market and available for everyone. The version of Skype that launched was only available over Wi-Fi, but thanks to Xeudoxus, a modder behind Dark Edge themes, he has tweaked the application allowing...
Filed in: Applications, Mod
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galaxy-551-AndroidSPIN

Samsung Makes The Galaxy 551 Official Heading To Europe Next Month

While Samsung has been spitting out devices left and right, they have also unveiled their Galaxy 551 which although the specs might not impress you it still is running Android so we’ll take it. As you can see above, this full-QWERTY slider features Samsung’s TouchWiz UI and although the...
Filed in: Phones
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