One of the lesser known founders of the Open Handset Alliance, Myriad Group AG, unveiled yesterday their Dalvik Turbo virtual machine meant to replace the standard Dalvik VM that currently powers applications that run on the Android. For those of you that don’t know… Dalvik is the virtual machine which runs the Java platform on [...]

The Motorola Devour is the new Android handset that got to spend time in the bathtub with Megan Fox. Yes, even I’m jealous. Verizon Wireless officially announced the Devour last week and it’s supposed to launch in March. But the guys and gals over at PhoneArena received a tip that the handset will launch early [...]

The Xperia X10 isn’t even out the door yet and already, Sony Ericsson is talking future OS upgrades. Sumit Malhotra, announced in a lengthy blog post last week that the X10 will not be shipping with the Android 2.1 OS but rather with the 1.6 OS. He says that after many discussions regarding what consumers [...]

We received a little update on the Rogers debacle today. Apparently Rogers really, really wants to make sure their customers are aware that they need to apply the “bug fix” and are calling and texting their customers multiple times daily. There have even been reports that outgoing calls are redirected to Rogers customer care. The [...]

Linus Torvalds, self proclaimed phone hater and founder of the Linux kernel, just bought a Nexus One and he loves it. He wrote about it in his blog yesterday. He described cellphones as “an opportunity to be irritated wherever you are”. He was hesitant to purchase a handset from the internet without having seen it [...]

For your viewing pleasure… (Thank you, Q)

@htcclay is the original builder of SuperD (well the base ROM anyway) and is still close with his cohort @benbuchacher (pronounced boo-cocker sorry Ben) who built the new kernel we see in SuperD as well as what Clay is using for his FastTest ROMs. I have to say this is my favorite ROM to date, [...]

A Mozilla engineer has posted the first screenshot of the Firefox web browser running on Android. Mozilla’s Vladimir Vukicevic is currently working on porting the mobile version of the Firefox browser to Google’s mobile operating system. The first results, seen in the screenshot above, were posted to Vukicevic’s personal blog Tuesday. This means that, yes, [...]

Grab some popcorn. Sit back. Please remember to silence your cellphones (and your crying child). And enjoy the show! Google is releasing a series of short films on the official GoogleNexusOne You Tube channel showcasing the making of the Nexus One. They started on February 4th and are releasing one a day. There are five [...]

AT&T is officially in the game. They’ve already announced that they plan to launch at least 5 Android smartphones (no official word on which phones yet but we know they’ll be from Dell, HTC and Motorola) and now they’re going after Android developers. According to Android and Me, AT&T is sponsoring an application contest for [...]

I want my VOIP. Now. Please? Enough with Skype Lite. I want the real deal. Too bad no one cares what I want and I am not exactly  “iPhone friendly”. According to the video above, Skype will soon have an app out for the, *big huff* iPhone, that will support actual Skype calling over 3G [...]

We know AT&T is ready to commit to Android with at least five phones, but they have yet to make any official product announcements. That hasn’t stopped AT&T from courting Android developers though. The carrier recently held their Developer Summit at CES (where they announced support for Android) and now they are sponsoring an application [...]

Enomther has released a small update to his Nexus One ROM for the Google Nexus One phone. Be sure to read the changelog below… 2/3/2010 – v1.5.1 – fixed signing issues with the GAPPS, this will fix the “login” and sync issues. PLEASE NOTE: If you are experiencing these issues, a “wipe” is in order [...]

Six Android handsets enter, One handset leaves. Yes, that was a Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome reference, so?  Meet the contenders (clockwise above): MyTouch 3G, HTC Hero, Motorola Milestone/Droid, Acer Liquid, Nexus One, and the Samsung Galaxy. These six handsets were forced into a battle of display quality by the guys over at AndroidHD. And I [...]

This may not be “news” but I think it’s a pretty cool way to advertise an Android app. The Weather Channel is displaying a QR code that allows Android users to scan the screens of their televisions and download the Weather Channel app to their phones. Say hello to mainstream advertisement, Android. And it’s fun [...]