Archive for October 8th, 2010

This device is starting to hit high on the leaked information chart as we’ve seen plenty of images of this full-QWERTY slider that will also be capable of world roaming. The HTC Merge/Lexikon is one of the sleekest slider devices we’ve seen to date as far as design, but it poses a striking resemblance to...

Adobe AIR just launched in the Android Market this morning and Adobe has a demo showing just how easy it is for developers to develop an application on the AIR platform and distribute it inside the Android Market. In the video below, you’ll see Adobe’s Lee Brimelow develop a very basic test...

The Dell Streak on AT&T is running Android 1.6 out of the box while the Streak overseas on certain carriers has been upgraded to Android 2.1 in what we’re learning is carrier discretion. Dell has previously stated that the Dell Streak would be receiving an upgrade to Android 2.1, but decided...

With more images of the Motorola Droid 2 Global making their rounds, it seems that some official specs of this device has made it to Motorola’s website and by the looks so far, this is going to be a pretty fast device. As you can see in the image below, this device will be running similar specs...

For those of you that have been anticipating the launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 device which was announced nearly four months ago, you’ll be happy to know that they have started shipping the device. While this smaller version of the Xperia X10 is shipping with an outdated Android 1.6 (Donut)...

The rumor mill is churning a little faster now as the Samsung Galaxy Tab might be launching on Sprint November 14th. One of BGR’s ninjas dropped them a line stating that Sprint will offer the Galaxy Tab for $399 with a new 2-year contract and it’s speculated that the device will go for around...

richardtrip has released an update to DeFroST 5.0. The latest version is now 5.0. This release is supported on the following Device(s): - HTC Desire Version history: Version 5.0: Rebased kernel (latest Kali- version with fixes) Latest CyanogenMod fixes (minor stuff) New kernels posted (4.9a): Added...

Good news Yahoo! Messenger fans, it looks like the IM client will soon be taking the next step by adding video calling to the Yahoo! Messenger application. Yahoo’s VP Mobile, David Katz stated that Yahoo will offer messenger applications that support video calling. Unlike the Yahoo! Messenger desktop...

The G2 Is T-Mobile’s first HSPA+ device and with the device theoretically able to pull speeds of just over 14Mbps, we’re pretty sure Sprint should start rethinking their theoretical 5Mbps. The Samsung Vibrant is not an HSPA+ device, but it does run on T-Mobile’s HSPA network which...

If you were apart of the dedicated Android community that was able to attend the Android BBQ last weekend in Austin, TX then you already knew this day was coming as an Adobe rep announced that AIR would launch on October 8th thanks to an on the spot question by TheDroidGuy’s own Russel Holly. No...

While rooting methods have come along way since the T-Mobile G1′s root process, some have now got it down to a science. Universal Androot is nothing new to us as it brings one-click rooting, but it has shown up on the Android Market now allowing one-click goodness for everyone for the low price...