Archive for November 4th, 2010

The Second Beta of Firefox 4 for Android is now available for download. It’s faster and sleeker, loads pages more quickly and of course its install size has been reduced. Looks like it’s almost ready to go live. I have already installed it and am impressed with the performance so far. As mentioned in...

This update was just noticed by a member of the Androidtapp team just a little bit ago actually. It adds a small functionality to your Visual Voicemail service that will display what your callers said in their Voicemail to you. Which sure does beat having to listen to them all the time. It particularly...

Android and iPhone have been going at it ever since I can remember. We all want to see the gap between the 2 OS’s get closer.. Over the last few months we have been slowly gaining on iOS here in the states but it would seem that overseas in Japan, we just knocked the iPhone out of its lead. The...

While Google Instant is pretty much full of WIN on your computer, Google has now officially brought a beta version to your Android device. As you can see in the screenie above, typing the first few letters of what you’re searching brings up possible matches making Google’s search engine...

PopCap games has finally let everyone know they are hard at work to bring these titles to the Android community. All I can say is, “It’s about time!” I have been addicted to Peggle on every platform I could get it on. This goes to show that our community can get anything done if we...

Last week we reported that Motorola was recruiting testers for Android 2.1 on the Backflip and thanks to a helpful tipster, it looks like Motorola is trusting their software development team and has set a date for the update to go live on November 9th. The update will only be accessible via your computer...

Earlier this morning we reported that a maintenance OTA update would be coming to the HTC Droid Incredible on November 8th and thanks to some helpful readers, it looks like this update will bring the V Cast App Store along with it making the Droid Incredible the first Android device to get it. Check...

  While news of the Motorola Milestone 2 has died down since it was first leaked on Motorola’s YouTube channel, we’re now learning that the it is currently available to order on Amazon Germany and will ship on November 9th. The Milestone 2 is the GSM version of Verizon’s Motorola...

Long before Galaxy Tab and ViewPad talk was circulating around the Android community, there was the Notion Ink Adam and while this has been the subject of many delays it finally looks like this device will be going public just in time for Christmas. According to Notion Ink’s blog, new developments...

Still hanging on to your Droid Eris? Then we have some good news for you! For those who have not yet retired this device, you will be happy to hear about a cool project for it. A group of developers known as Team ADX has been working on Dual Rom – the first Droid Eris ROM that will boot both 2.1...

The LG Optimus One family of smartphones are making their way to consumers as T-Mobile just launched their LG Optimus T yesterday. It looks like Sprint will be launching their version, the LG Optimus S, this Sunday. The LG Optimus S will be available in the Charcoal color only this Sunday as the purple...

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The launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab is drawing near as dummy units are beginning to show up at Verizon locations. The Samsung Galaxy Tab brings Android 2.2 along with its 7″ TFT display. It’s looking like Verizon is getting some more dummy love as the Samsung Continuum dummy units are...

Who can’t remember back in June when Steve Jobs said that Hypercard was more popular than Flash? Furthermore who wasn’t aware of the hate-hate relationship between Jobs and Adobe and Jobs’ decision to not use Flash as part of his IOS? Well fast forward to yesterday when the Skyfire,...

Not too long ago we brought you news that Gameloft was going to bring 3 games to the Galaxy Tab by the time it was launched. Well, it looks like those numbers have changed, in a good way though. Gameloft now has 7 of their most popular titles ready for your new Galaxy Tab device. I must say they look...