Archive for February 7th, 2011

Without playing with it for myself I can only speculate. Being the first of it’s kind, I think it’s a novel concept, however it being a Kyocera and knowing the track record as well as the fact it has the same hardware phones have been coming out with for the last year now, aside from the...

Samsung’s Galaxy S 4G, the Vibrant’s long lost, big brother, is set to hit Walmart shelves later this month. At a price $148.88 with a new 2yr contract  it starts out cheaper and more feature packed than the Vibrant did. Sporting a front facing camera and 4G capabilities, it’s really...

Following the news that Team Whiskey (TW) has updated their most recent set of ROM’s to version 1.2. I was unable to provide appropriate screen shots. For that I sincerely apologize. You will soon see why I couldn’t add those valuable screen shots though. Shortly after I installed the latest...

I’ve arrived at the venue for the Sprint event. I’m a bit early but wanted to share some quick photos from outside. More to come in the next few hours.

Our good friends over at Team Whiskey (TW) have moved up their latest Bionix V ROM to version 1.2. As usual, they have brought us another great compilation for our poor neglected Samsung Vibrants. As they continue to bring us all the latest and greatest builds of their custom ROM, one has to stop and...

TmoNews reports on behalf of one of their sources, which was followed by an official announcement from T-Mobile via twitter, on a new sale similar to the Father’s Day Sale of last year. Some of the smartphones being featured in the ad are the Samsung Vibrant, HTC G2, HTC HD7, HTC Mytouch 4G and...

It is no surprise that we all love the onslaught of Angry Birds from Rovio. We know that the company that is set to release another amazing title to to the market for the up coming holiday, Valentines day. I am really looking forward to that.  In the mean time though, Angry Birds has made an update...

I actually didn’t catch this whole ad while watching the super bowl, just remembered the Android robot. After watching it completely it’s clear that Sony was correct, “Android is ready to play.”, with new thumbs no less. With all the hype surrounding a Playstation influenced...

What an uber fail from Motorola. We just received a tip that linked us to the Motorola support forums that stated the following: “After  comprehensive testing of the Android 2.1 upgrade for the CLIQ  XT, we  have concluded that this device will remain on Android 1.5.  We  realize  many...

Staying on top of the issues,  Sprint releases another update, this one being for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. No major issues to fix, but some of the fixes include: new drivers for LCD supplier, QIK software update to 0.04.77, and Exchange email fixes. As with most Sprint software updates it’s being...

  This is not the Kyocera Echo. Just meant to be a representation. Photo provided by Engadget We posted earlier about Sprint’s plans to announce a new Android device, dubbed the Kyocera Echo. New updates via the Wall Street Journal report that this device will feature dual 3.5″ touchscreens....

Google has done a pretty amazing job of keeping up with new developments and making me smile. With updates to their Google map services, e-mail apps and software, they are always moving towards making my life and others lives easier. This is not about what Google has done for me, it is more of a request...

Sprint announced today via twitter they have released a maintenance update for the LG Optimus S (LS670). Fixes include: SD card detection error, new drivers for LCD supplier, and removing the first time language selection from the startup wizard. The update, LS670ZVC, will be released in stages with...

Vodafone U.K.will soon be offering exclusive white Google Nexus S device we got a glimpse of a few weeks ago. While sporting a new lavish pale exterior the device retains all of it’s current hardware: 16GB internal memory, 1GHz processor and the 4″ Super AMOLED touchscreen.  Stay tuned Vodafone...

Another tablet to join the ranks? Huawei tweets “The Huawei IDEOS brand expands to include tablets. Take a look at the latest S7 Slim which will be launched at MWC.” via their official twitter account. While no additional details were provided, including specs, they did offer up some photos...