Archive for October 21st, 2010

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world with no cables?  Well Android Manager WiFi makes that dream seem more like a reality, giving you the ability to sync contacts, music, messages, photos, and much more without the use of your USB cable. It even allows you the ability to receive messages from...

According to a source close to CNET, Barnes and Noble will be making an announcement on Tuesday October 26 introducing a new Android-based full-color touch-screen e-reader. To some, this is not a major announcement, but to the sources communicating with CNET, it’s going to be a rather big deal. ...

Train with a trainee: Introduction to Java, Week 1 part C First and foremost, and I can’t stress this enough, I am not a developer. I want to be though and that’s what counts. If any of the information provided in this 12 week series is incorrect or can be made simpler, please let me know. This...

You may have noticed various blogs and tweets chattering about the UK survey that claimed men chose Android much more often than women. No big surprise there. I was going to pass on the story, because I’m starting to feel like a broken record on the subject of women and Android, until I started seeing...

Our speed hungry friend coolbho3k who recently revealed that the G2 has been overclocked to a stable 1344MHz, has even more recently released a YouTube video of the device running benchmarks at a staggering 1420MHz! As most of you know, the T-Mobile G2 comes stock with an 800MHz processor.  Seeing...

Details have come to light about Verizon’s 4G LTE network as an internal document shows LTE in comparison to the competition. As Sprint’s WiMAX network tops out at roughly 5Mbps, Verizon’s LTE looks to start off with that speed maxing out at about 12Mbps. Check out the other document...

Good news for those of you who speak a different language that were previously unable to take advantage of Google’s Voice Search application on your Android 2.2 device as Google Voice Search has received an update adding support for the following languages: Russian Czech Polish Turkish How...

Train with a trainee: Hello World App And Emulator Set Up: First and foremost, and I can’t stress this enough, I am not a developer. I want to be though and that’s what counts. If any of the information provided in this 12 week series is incorrect or can be made simpler, please let me know. This...

Acer has been hard at work on the Liquid Metal smartphone and their line of Android tablets. The image above is the Acer Liquid Metal that last we heard would be launching sometime in October, but it could be pushed back to November since the news has been kind of quiet. Rumored features of the Acer...

We knew that T-Mobile’s myTouch 4G line was coming in various colors and now we’re getting a first look at what’s to come as CellPhone Signal managed to grab these leaked images. The colors are red, black, plum and white and we don’t know if all of these colors will be available...

Motorola is currently seeking 1,000 testers for the Android 2.1 update for the CLIQ and T-Mobile is helping with the efforts as the above internal message informs TMO employees of a message posted in the T-Mobile Forums. The message can be found below along with the registration link. Those who would...

Train with a trainee: Android app development from the ground up: Week 1 First and foremost, and I can’t stress this enough, I am not a developer. I want to be though and that’s what counts. If any of the information provided in this 12 week series is incorrect or can be made simpler, please let...

While many are eager to see what is to come with the latest Android release known as Gingerbread, the video below shows off a unique “screen off” animation that while it’s not groundbreaking, it’s still pretty cool to see something different. The device is the Google Nexus One...

Angry birds has quickly become my personal favorite app on my phone but also it’s the most frustratingly addictive app I have. We all love a good challenge but for those who are quick to give up, there is a cheat out there that allows you to access locked levels without going through the each...

The highly anticipated HTC Desire HD and the entry-level Samsung Galaxy Europa are headed to Three UK and will be available for free on select plans. The HTC Desire HD will be coming free on plans starting at £30/mo. while the Samsung Galaxy Europa will come free on plans starting at just £20/mo. Features...