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Sprint is steadily adding new markets to the 4G club. If you live in Rochester or Syracuse, New York,  Merced or Visalia, California, Tri-Cities or Yakima, Washington and Eugene, Oregon, you can go ahead and use your HTC Evo 4G and enjoy the luxuries of your 4G devices with speeds of 3-6 mbps. Read...

There have been many attempts at increasing the battery life of modern day smartphones, some have involved changing the clock speed and adjusting the voltages using the kernel, some are just simple tips and techniques that involve killing background applications and adjusting your screen brightness. ...

I have wished, dreamed and read everything I can on app development. For some reason, I can’t wrap my head around it. Just doesn’t compute (pun intended). It looks like the guys at Google are about to help make my life and dreams come true. App Inventor Beta for Android. With this simple yet powerful...

Have you ever been a Nextel user? If so, did you find the chirp feature convenient and fun to use? Well if you do, there is an Android application that provides the exact same type of service free of charge called TiKL. You can find the download information at the bottom of this post. This application...

Although the application currently has not been released, I did a little checking to see what might be on the horizon. Over at ZodTTD.com I found some rather exciting news.  Zod and his partner Yong, who brought us the GameBoid and Nesoid products, are stating they should have a release in the next...

Sure, there are plenty of docks out there to choose from, but they are rather plain-looking. With a little bit of time and creative thinking, you can make your own phone dock. You can’t get any more basic than a paper dock. Simple, cheap, and easy, the paper dock can be unfolded and easily carried...

The long awaited first beta release, happily named RC1 (release candidate), has finally dropped. This is an AOSP-based build with lots of work from many contributors. It’s stable for everyday use according to Cyanogen. The change log is rather extensive so rather then post it, just click HERE....

Google and HTC designed the Nexus One as a phone to set the standard for future Android devices, a bleeding edge device that was supposed to be perfection in the making.  They did an amazing job with the hardware, but the software has taken the edge off what could have been the creme de la creme of...

Now, without having to know a whole lot about how to build a live wallpaper (LWP) from scratch, you can! Thanks to a developer over at XDA-developers by the name of madwolfchin, you can create your own LWP with a tool he created called Ownskin UGC. Madwolfchin has set up a few examples for us with customizable...

This really is amazing news, and a testament to just how popular Android has become. In September 2009, the Android Market had only 10,000 apps. Now, just 10 months later the Market has over 90,000 apps and is on track to surpass 100,000 before the month is over. If Android Market continues to grow...

Proving one again that a rose phone by another other name is just as sweet, Verizon has launched a promo video for their upcoming Samsung Fascinate. Does it look familiar to you? It should, it’s pretty much the exact same video that was launched by AT&T. Just in case you’re getting your...

If you happen to be some of the few that are currently with US Cellular you can now be the proud owner of an Android powered device, the Samsung Acclaim went on sale today. I looked up the pricing online and it’s not too bad, $99.95 after a $70 visa card rebate with the purchase of the $30.00...

Admittedly, we all would like to know just how tough our phones are, but when push comes to shove most of us will still slap on the screen protectors and cases. It’s a good thing there are others out there willing to test the limits. Korean outlet Media IT put the Galaxy through the paces. Starting...

NTP is a small patent holding company that started a battle with RIM nearly 10 years ago regarding wireless email patent infringements. NTP won the suit for a whopping $612 million dollars in 2006. They later tried their patent suit again, suing Palm for the same thing, but the lawsuit was put on hold...

Kingklick has released an update to KiNgxKxNexus [Alpha2] FroyoDesire2Nexus {7/7/10}.Now at version Alpha 2. Broken: * Bluetooth * Camcorder * Visuals get kinda screwy at times Changelog Alpha 2 - Fixed Calls - Youtube playback fully functioning - Voice detection fixed Alpha 1 - First release ALPHA -...