A new carrier named Republic Wireless, a division of Bandwidth.com, is set to unveil their new network on November 8th. What do they have to offer that may catch your attention (and more importantly your hard-earned dollars)? How about unlimited voice, text, and data for only $19 a month? OK — we’ll give you a [...]

I personally like to know what makes developers and community members tick. What got them to where they are today and anything else they want to get off their chest. We recently gave you all a chance to win a copy of his latest book, ” App Inventor for Android; Build Your Own Apps – [...]

It has come to my attention that a certain percentage of Android users are getting more and more frustrated with “Bloatware”, aka pre-installed software that comes installed with a handset. While these said users feel like their space has been invaded, they seem to have overlooked the fact that some of the bloatware is actually [...]

  We’ve all been there, you get a new phone, turn it on, and whats the first thing you notice in the application drawer? A lot of useless applications that you will never use, also known as bloatware. You’ve also probably noticed that these applications cannot be removed without rooting the phone. This makes it [...]

NOTE: This post is mostly an opinion piece. It is based on my observations. Carriers have long insisted that manufacturers comply with their demands regarding phones, and that hasn’t changed with the influx of Android-powered smartphones. We have all experienced the disappointment of seeing the bloatware preinstalled on our shiny new Androids and the pungent [...]

One of my most favorite phones is now making its way to Japan. After almost a full year since the first launch of the HTC EVO 4G, it is about to make yet another splashing debut. Japanese carrier KDDI au will be launching this device as the HTC EVO WiMAX ISW11HT, however it will still [...]

This is a guest post by brucerwillkejr@gmail.com @androidbruce If you are not familiar with what ‘rooting’ your phone means or what root access gives you, it’s not unlike that of an Administrator account on a Windows machine. Without administrative rights on a Windows machine it becomes difficult to install software,printers, and other peripherals. If you were [...]

You may have read my earlier post about the potential of an unidentified 4G signal piggy backing on the current cell towers.  Well we now have more… Taker a close look at the screen shot below… No… Closer….Yes, it does say 4G. Our friendly develop community is working hard to jump on board this new [...]

Well isn’t this just the week for wild rumors and tipsters. We just received an anonymous tip informing us some of the carriers have been testing 3G/4G connectivity using existing cell phones that we already own.  Apparently the carriers have piggy backed a different signal on the existing cell towers and this signal may be [...]

Here at AndroidSpin, we talk about Android. A lot. So much that it’s easy to get confused with what’s actually available and what’s in the works. To help you out, here’s a breakdown of what you can get today from North American carriers. Prices listed are “on-contract”. United States T-Mobile HTC G1- $99.00 Motorola Cliq- [...]