Archive for October 13th, 2010

If you are anything like me, you gave your digital soul to Google long before Android came out. Your email, contacts, document, webspace, and so much more. One of the critical benefits to Android is the deep integration with Google’s products, integration which can not be found anywhere else. If...

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...

Music. It can either divide us or bring us together. Luckily there are plenty of options out there to make listening to what you want a breeze. One of those, Grooveshark music streaming service, has recently updated their Android app. Not only have a slew of bugs been fixed but a whole array of new...

Cricket Wireless has just announced that the Huawei Ascend is now available for pre-order for just $129.99 and will ship on Monday, October 18th. Cricket Wireless is a pre-paid carrier that doesn’t offer many Android devices, but we recently learned it had picked up the Kyocera Zio and this Huawei...

If you’re looking to score yourself or a buddy a new device because let’s just say it looks a little “rough,” you can take part in Wirefly’s Mobile Makeover contest. All you have to do is write up a reason as to why you or someone you know needs a new phone and attach a...

Today Kindle and Verizon have announced that Kindle For Android will now come on every Verizon smartphone being that it has the Android OS, of course. The Amazon Kindle for Android application is an e-reader app that brings your favorite book titles to your device for on-the-go access. As displays...

On October 18th, T-Mobile will make available the following pre-paid plans giving more options to those who want to steer clear of those pesky contracts. Below are the pre-paid monthly phone data plans and the pre-paid mobile broadband plans. Increasingly, customers are demanding affordable wireless...

It looks like the recently launched Samsung Fascinate will be the first U.S. variant of the Galaxy S to come in a color other than black. Starting October 24th, the Fascinate will be following the path of the HTC Evo 4G and will be getting its own exclusive white backing. Along with the Samsung Fascinate,...

It’s only a matter of time before the Galaxy S starts receiving its helping of Froyo and now Samsung has provided the Froyo update source code via their Open Source Release Center. If you are interested in the source code, head to Samsung OSRC and search for GT-I9000 to find the right device. Hopefully...

TweetDeck dropped their first beta release on August 12 and since then they have updated it eleven times. Now it has dropped beta status and has entered the Android Market for the low price of free. For those who haven’t tried the TweetDeck desktop version, you should check it out as just like...

Another codename has come up dubbed the Everest and we’re unsure if this is the same device or if these tablets are going to be separate versions like a 10-inch form factor and a 7-inch form factor, remember the Stingray? Droid-Life has quoted text from Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha which highlights...

While a few T-Mobile G2 handsets received an OTA update bringing features like Wi-Fi calling, tethering and a new radio, T-Mobile has issued the following statement, which leads us to believe that an update to everyone will probably come in a couple of weeks. Wi-Fi Calling and tethering/Wi-Fi sharing...

Although the community has been unable to find a way to get permanent root on the T-Mobile G2, developers are working hard to get their distros out for end users. Over at XDA, Enomther has already released a ROM for the G2. I know we all hope that a permanent root will be found soon, until then we at...

If you’ve been holding out for the price to drop for the Motorola Droid 2 then you might want to head over to Amazon as they have dropped the price of the device to 1¢. Of course, you’ll need to be a new Verizon subscriber to take advantage of this deal, but compared to buying this device...

Good news Three UK users! Those of you who are rockin’ the HTC Desire will begin to receive Android 2.2 starting tomorrow, October 14th and if you’re all about specifics, then you’ll be happy to know that Three UK says at 9 a.m. users can manually check for a system update. “HTC Desire...