Archive for April 15th, 2011

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Is Samsung Doing Away with Bootloaders in Future Devices?

According to well known Galaxy S developer supercurio via a s pecial source this could be likely. This means despite the controversy that surrounds Samsung, the future devices offered could be even more developer friendly. As mentioned in the tweet above the only thing that would prohibit Samsung from...
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[Video] Droid X2 Caught Again

With the many leaked release dates and never ending delays we saw from the HTC Thunderbolt and no word from Verizon is seemed as if they were acting as if it wasn’t real. Like that device, pending any release dates, the Droid X2 has never been confirmed nor have we heard any official announcements...
Filed in: Hardware, Networks, News, Phones
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[Video] BigPlayAR and Qualcomm Bring you Mavericks Augmented Reality

  Augmented Reality allows us to use our devices in unimaginable ways, as seen by this article we posted in February. From making simple GPS navigation more interactive, to turning a sheet of paper into a full out battle arena, or even translating signs in a different country. Now AR is responsible...
Filed in: Applications, News, Software
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Nexus S with Sense – Desire S Port

You don’t often see (if you ever see) Sense running on devices not bearing the HTC logo. Sense like TouchWiz isn’t something that normally jumps from phone to phone like other ROMs such as CM7 or MIUI. It requires a lot more work to actually get any functionality, however it seem XDA member...
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Samsung Fascinate Froyo Source Code Available for Download

Among the many other Galaxy S devices that have seen offical Froyo builds the Fascinate it seems has been left behind. While some other devices have been seeing Gingerbread test ROM leaks and even offical builds from some manufacturers the Samsung Fascinate has been left, if unmodified,  running Eclair...
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Samsung Droid Charge Source Code Released

With he many leaked bit and pieces of leaked information you’d figure we’d have a release date on this device already. However it seems that all information turned up thus far has turned out to be a flop. If you have actually been waiting for the 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus equipped Droid...
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Official EVO 4G Gingerbread ROM Leaked

According to recent news and a email received by a user, the HTC EVO 4G has been confirmed as getting a Gingerbread update some time in Q2 between April and June along with the Thunderbolt. Of course this inspires nail biting anticipation for those users not already running some variant of Android 2.3,...
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Rogers Xperia Play and Arc Now Available for Pre-Order Through Best Buy

Both of these phones were confirmed as being available on Rogers April 28th. Following that news Best Buy is now offering both the Xperia Play and Arc on a pre-order sale. Unlike other pre-orders Best Buy is only taking deposits of $50 to reserve which ever phone you’d like to pick up at which...
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Desire HD Gets Sensation Port – Two Things: Sense 3.0 and Alpha Phase

We knew it wouldn’t take long for the someone at XDA to have the leaked Sensation ROM running on one of the many pre-existing HTC devices. The first device to boot the this new ROM is the Desire HD courtesy of XDA member capychimp who’s has dubbed the ROM RCMixHD. Of course this does not...
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T-Mobile G2X Now On Sale Via Web Store

T-Mobile’s first dual-core power house, the G2X, is now on sale on their online store. You can pick one of these up for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract, which seems to about average for most new handsets. Of course like most everything else offered you must opt for a voice...
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AndroidSPIN at the HTC Sensation Meet-Up

AndroidSPIN at the HTC Sensation Meet-up

Note: parts of this article were contributed by my friend Purav Desai, who was also at the meet-up As the only British member of the AndroidSPIN team, it made sense for me to be at HTC’s meet-up in London this week. After all, I wasn’t going to pass up an opportunity to have a go with their...
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