Archive for December 8th, 2011

Not even one full day after the release of the Galaxy Nexus in Canada, cash saving promos have already started to to roll out. Costco’s Wireless etc is offering a $75 cash card with the purchase of the Nexus which can be applied to the cost of the phone. It was not stated if the promo is available...

With all the back and forth shenanigans surrounding the Galaxy Nexus, we might have forgotten that Verizon will be releasing the Motorola DROID XYboard tablet pretty soon here. Verizon did announce the new tablet, but still have not announced the official date of the launch. Oh they  just love doing...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about a Go Launcher Ex theme called “cube theme“. I really loved the theme, because of its 3D look, turning all your icons into little tiny cubes. Then I wrote an article of a Go Launcher Theme that was based on the classic puzzle, The Rubik’s...

The boys over at Cyanogen have been hard at work to bring us their next delicious treat full of Ice Cream Sandwich, CM9. While other AOSP ICS ROMS hit the forums, we all still cannot wait until we get a taste of what Cyanogen is brewing up. Some phones have been getting early alpha versions, but getting...

We haven’t had a chance to really take a good look at Google’s latest ‘Currents’ application. From the looks of it it is a very nice story board/magazine style news reader app. It looks really smooth and extremely nice. Unfortunately it isn’t available for those of you that...

Sales are always a great time to get your hands on a new device for a good price. Best Buy is currently running a 3 day sale on the Samsung Galaxy S II for T-Mobile for just $149.99. Compared to the 229.99 price that T-Mobile is listing it for, you are getting an awesome deal. The price tag is available...

The Suave set of icons that are lurking around for nearly every launcher and theme app out there, have been spruced up a bit. They are extremely popular, clean and just plain nice. over the last few days the themer has gone to town and made some improvements to the icons and added in some more for your...

The T-Mobile G2X is another one of those devices that just can’t seem to catch a break. This will make attempt number 3 in getting the Gingerbread update out to its users. The first time it was via wonderful LG desktop software, that was soon scrapped. Then there was an OTA update that didn’t...

The DROID Bionic is one of those devices that, well, had some trouble for a very long time. Issue after issue plagued the device and forced the launch date further and further back. After launch it seemed like it still wasn’t actually ready for the prime time. It has been riddled with bugs that...

Wondering why you cant find the YouMail application in the Android Market anymore? Well, there’s always a story behind any disappearance, and we’ve got exactly that. It appears T-Mobile has filed a complaint with Google, saying that YouMail was causing network disruption — of course,...

Doing what I do all day is like a life long dream. I don’t know how I fit in any time for my family or for messing around with my phone, but I manage it all pretty well. One of the things most of us bloggers end up with after a few months of doing this, is a huge inbox full of information from...

Are you still playing Zynga’s Hanging with Friends? I sure am, and I was glad to see it got some attention today in the form of an Android Market update. The latest version is 4.5.0, and it brings with it a couple of new additions and enhancements. The first thing you’ll notice is the addition...

Well isn’t this a nice surprise. Seeing the huge flurry of downloads and large amount of support for the 10 billion downloads the market reached, Amazon wanted in on the action. They are now offering the same apps found in the market on special for the awesome price of a dime. The list seems to...

Yesterday many loyal Verizon customers experienced a rather large 4G outage. It even managed to trickle down a little bit and knock out some 3G service as well. Currently there are reports coming in that the outage has since been resolved and everything is back up and running. Not a horrible down time...

If you are in the market for a new Android phone and cost is a factor, this will be a very tempting offer. Rogers has dropped the contract price of the Samsung Galaxy S Glide to one cent on select three year terms. To purchase this device off contract you will be looking at shelling out $549.99 or...