Archive for October 12th, 2010

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Android BBQ in Austin and asked at one of the seminars what the developers and the rest of the folks in the room thought about the upcoming release of the Windows 7 Phone.  Basically everyone roared with laughter and had outright dismissed Microsoft...

Last month we were invited to tour the office of Aurora Feint Inc, developer of the recently released Android version of Open Feint. While there we were fortunate enough to be given the opportunity of conducting a pair of one hour interviews with some of the top men that work there so we could ask them...

At a private press-only event in a swank ballroom in New York City, Sony Consumer Electronics stood alongside partners Intel and Google to debut the Sony Internet TV and the Sony Internet TV Blu Ray player both with Google TV. There will be 4 variants of the flatscreen television starting with 24″...

ZTE has officially announced their latest device, the ZTE Light. ZTE recently launched the ZTE Racer which is a budget friendly device and obviously you can see how the market has changed as Android tablets will soon be launching everywhere. ZTE Light brings another dimension to internet access with...

Wirefly’s Cell Phone Professor is back with another video comparing Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G and the T-Mobile G2 in terms of processing speed. To give you guys a recap of what’s under the hood of these two devices, the Samsung Epic 4G features the 1 GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor...

Previously known as the eStation Zeus (Printer) and eStation Zeen (Android tablet), the Photosmart eStation C510 is now available via HP for $399.99 and the Android tablet detaches and brings a functional tablet allowing printing directly to your printer without the need of a PC. Features of the Photosmart...

The Froyo train is coming soon to the Motorola Milestone as Motorola has stated that Android 2.2 is currently in testing and user trials for the firmware are set to begin next week. We’ll assume that it’ll still take a couple of weeks before you will see this OTA bringing Froyo goodness...

  Rumor Alert! While many devices have yet to receive Android 2.1, it looks like Android Police is reporting that one of their sources, who supposedly is very close to the Android core, has tipped them saying that Google is going to drop the SDK (Software Development Kit) for the next version of Android...

Better late than never, right? If you still have the myTouch 3G you’ll be happy to know that your device will be receiving an OTA update that will bring you delicious Froyo which is scheduled to start rolling out tomorrow. While many of you impatient users have already been running Froyo thanks...

So, the word has been going around that some T-Mobile G2 users have started receiving an OTA update that brings some anticipated features to the device. According to the XDA thread that first mentioned an OTA update, it looks like this update is bringing the following: Wi-Fi Calling application Hotspot...

So it still seems everyone is up in the air on what the Motorola MB860 is (it is commonly being referred to as the Olympus – a supposed Tegra 2-enabled tablet – even though we are still expecting the Stingray MZ600 to be one of two), but it’s just gotten its certifications for WiFi (September...

The Motorola Defy can defy just about anything like water, dust and scratches and if you’re looking for a rugged device and live in Germany, you now have your chance to pick one of these bad boys up as it is now available via The Phone House. The Motorola Defy is coming in black or white and you...

Vodafone Spain is offering up the Samsung Galaxy Tab for just €199 on an 18-month contract. The Galaxy Tab has been embedded in our minds and is the first Android tablet to come out that we can actually brag about as far as specs go. Features of the Samsung Galaxy Tab include: Android 2.2 7″ WSVGA...

The highly anticipated HTC Desire HD is now available via T-Mobile UK and is coming free depending on what plan you choose. The HTC Desire HD was announced alongside the Desire Z, which is not yet available, at the HTC event in London and we’ve seen many new features coming to these devices like...

If you’re wondering what devices Virgin Mobile plans on launching during the holidays, you’ll want to check out their “Holiday Hardware” roadmap that shows every device they plan on launching. As you can see above, many of the devices aren’t Android based but you can see...