Archive for December 7th, 2010

It’s the holiday’s, well almost, and we’re having a clear out of our review devices and decided it’s time to give back to the community. We’ve got 3 Android Tablet to give out to three lucky winners over the next few weeks and all you have to do is follow the instructions,...

OK ladies and gentlemen, here it is, the device of the future. I realize you’re all probably tired of hearing anything new about the Google Nexus S built by Samsung, so I’m not going to take up too much of your time.  I’ve been reading everything I can about the Google Nexus S and...

Swype has just released an update to Swype BETA for Android. The Beta, which is now at version 2.15.56.14870, features more prominent improvements to the installer, some new changes to the Swype app and some bug fixes. This update basically focuses on refining the installer. Here is a change log of...

Mozilla Firefox (Fennec) has been a in beta status for quite sometime now. They have sure come along way since the first test build was released. It is shaping up to be a contender as browser of choice for many. Thankfully it sounds like Firefox will be hitting the Android market with in the month. An...

DVQ stands for Dynamic Video Quality, which will continuously and automatically adjust your video and audio streaming quality in the application based on your data connection. Which is total Greek to most people and that is just fine. In a nut shell, it will make your video calling more fluent, less...

If you had previously signed up to receive newsletters regarding ChromeOS you should have received an email like the one above.  I had signed up but not with the current gmail that I use so I didn’t receive this myself.  I am still trying to figure out exactly what the deal is.  When clicking...

  It been a long time coming but it’s finally here. After months and months of release push backs, Comcast has finally released the official XFINITY Mobile app for its subscribers. The new app boasts of some promising features that might make other cable providers jealous. The Xfinity Mobile...

LG USA has said on their Facebook page that there are minimum requirements for Gingerbread.  As you can see in the conversation they state that the Optimus S and T, as well as Optimus One overseas, will not be upgraded to Gingerbread due to not meeting the minimum requirements. This might also answer...

We brought you the first look on Honeycomb earlier today. Now feast your eyes on the new Google Maps update that Andy Rubin showed off at the Dive Into Mobile conference last night. The upcoming Maps update is loaded some new goodies that are praiseworthy. New features include a much faster performance,...

It’s been barely 24 hours since the official SDK for Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread was released and custom ROMs have already started to surface for a few devices. The HTC HD2 is not the only one with a custom Gingerbread port. The Droid Eris, HTC Evo and HTC Wildfire are also among the first to...

The contest has just begun to get your hands on a FREE Nexus S device. The first thing you want to do is follow the official Nexus S twitter account @googlenexus. There will be puzzle’s submitted to the masses for you to try and solve. Tweet back your answer to the puzzle and the first eligible,...

Yesterday, Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify made a bold prediction which was that soon, music will overtake photos as the most used media on smartphones.  While I personally don’t know if I agree, the people at Flow’d seem to think so. Music fans can now interact with their favorite musical...

Sound familiar? According to the folks at Google the Google Chrome Broswer is experiencing phenomenal growth.  Google is used to doing things on a grand scale, Android for instance, has seen a 300% increase in usership in the last year.  If these preliminary figures are an indication of a trend, Chrome...

The LG Optimus U is not your 1Ghz insane Android device. It is however a marvelous little entry to mid-range phone. The device is just another version of Verizon’s LG Vortex device. Packed with Android 2.2, 2Gb SD card expandable to 32Gb, 3.2 megapixle camera with video and mobile Hotspots, allowing...

In September we heard news that EA Sports would be working to bring some of their great games to the Android platform for devices running Android 2.1 or higher. Thank goodness they are still keeping to that promise and we won’t have to buy a new phone or wait for our updates to 2.2 or even 2.3...