Archive for October 19th, 2010

Android has come a long way in the last two years as a mobile platform, with 5 main firmware versions seen on devices around the globe and increased support for exchange users it’s no wonder it’s the fastest growing mobile operating system in the world. One area that is often overlooked, however,...

There are things we all dream of doing and one of them high on my list is to design my very own Android 2.2 powered handset.  May you’re dreams come true in the form of a small startup company in Germany going by the name of synapse-phones. It seems every man and his dog has been trying to...

Many of you collect these Android Bell figurines, but a new Vampire themed Andy simply title “Power Vampire” comes in a special edition window box will soon be the craze as it becomes available on Halloween day, October 31st, at 2pm EST / 11am PST for only $10. These are limited edition...

An update (version 1.2.0) has hit the social network client HootSuite that brings Facebook integration along with UI improvements and bug fixes. HootSuite recently ditched the “lite” version and has now made the previously paid application available for all users for the low price of f-r-e-e! Grab...

  Do you love gaming on your Android phone and will do anything to your device to achieve the best gaming experience you can? Then follow this guy’s lead as he pretty much destroyed his Samsung Epic 4G keyboard to better his experience. We’re sure there are better ways to go about playing...

Just a week ago we saw a leaked internal screenshot of the HTC Desire Z as Bell has started making the necessary arrangements to receive this “Z” hinged beauty, now it looks like we have confirmation of the device, along with a launch date. As you can see in the image above, the HTC Desire...

When Motorola said that the Droid X could not be rooted, the modding community was quick to prove them wrong and even with a locked bootloader, custom ROMs are being flashed daily on this device. One thing that hasn’t been done on the DX until now is overclocking that 1 GHz TI OMAP processor,...

Samsung has officially prices and dated accessories for their Galaxy Tab just weeks before the device launches on November 1st internationally. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of the most highly anticipated Android devices to hit the market in 2011 and since it’s unveiling at CTIA followed by the...

I have recently been experiencing horrible issues with the T-Mobile HSPA+ network and the HTC G2. Allow me to go into this further. I am getting around 16mbps down on the HSPA+ network, however I am unable to receive calls or make calls while on the HSPA+ network. Also when connected to the HSPA+ network...

As Gingerbread talk has been making its way around the community as we recently learned that the Gingerbread SDK would be dropping sometime this week and the first blurry image of Android’s latest treat was leaked yesterday. We’re learning now, courtesy of DigiTimes that Google has reached...

The T-Mobile G2 may still be locked up fighting off permanent root, but that doesn’t keep Michael Huang, the overclocking guru behind SetCPU, from overclocking his device to 1.344 GHz (Um… yeah, that’s crazy fast). Thanks to the newly released kernel source, Android modders are now...

According to the same Verizon tipster that stated told Droid-Life that Verizon was launching 4 devices on November 11th, some more information has been shared pegging the dual screen Samsung Continuum and the LG Vortex for an October 29th launch. While the Samsung Continuum is another Galaxy S device,...

With the holiday season steadily approaching, it looks like Verizon might be pegging a November 11th date to launch 4 Android devices giving customers multiple options. A couple weeks ago we heard a rumor that the HTC Merge would be launching on the 11th and now we’re learning that the Motorola...

A little over a week ago we first learned that video chat would soon be coming to the Yahoo! Messenger application, but we didn’t think it would be just over a week before we’d find the app placed inside the leaked T-Mobile myTouch ROM. The application is said to run over 3G/4G and Wi-Fi...