by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

T-Mobile USA just announced, via its Twitter account, that the Motorola Charm Android smartphone will be available starting on August 25. The device has been delayed for a while, but we figured it would be…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Today T-Mobile USA revealed that its first HSPA+ powered 3.5G smartphone will be called the G2. It launched a teaser page saying as much. No real details are there, not even a photo, but the…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

CNET is reporting that the CEO of ASUS, Jerry Shen, said that his company was planning to offer an Android based Eee Pad tablet in March of 2011. The comment was made during the company’s…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Google just announced some cool new functionality for smartphones running Android 2.2 Froyo, like the new Motorola DROID 2 that I received this morning. Voice Search lets you use your voice to dictate messages, look…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Well now, this is a pleasant surprise. Today Cellular South announced that it is now offering the Motorola Milestone to its customers for $149.99 (after mail-in rebate).  The Milestone name had been used only by…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Today Verizon Wireless officially launched the Motorola DROID 2, which will go on pre-sale on August 11 (tomorrow) and be in stores on August 12.  It runs on the Android 2.2 smartphone OS and comes…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Here’s a quick video I shot that shows some of the changes brought about by the Android 2.2 Froyo firmware update for Verizon Wireless’ Motorola DROID smartphone.

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Dissatisfied with your Android smartphone’s stock web browser, but just too damn lazy to try out Dolphin HD yourself?  I’ve got just the thing for you! Here’s a video tour I shot on my Samsung…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Well, somebody had to be first, and it seems that Sprint will be the first carrier (U.S., at least) to offer the Android 2.2 Froyo OS update to its users – specifically, to its HTC…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Today Google unveiled a new Android Market licensing system for developers to use in their apps instead of the copy protection system Google currently offers. This new API will allow an application to verify that…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Yesterday I shot some video footage of the Motorola i1, the first Android powered smartphone to work on iDEN push-to-talk networks, such as those run by Sprint Nextel and Boost Mobile in the USA. The…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

I just finished uploading my two part video on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro Android smartphones. In spite of the fact that I really disliked the original Xperia X10,…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

While it doesn’t come as an over the air download, it is now possible for Cellular South customers to manually update their HTC Hero smartphones to the Android 2.1 operating system. The download file and…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

According to the Verizon support site, a firmware update for the LG Ally is on its way out to customers. The update will take the phone to firmware version VS740ZV8. It offers the following improvements:…

by Michael Oryl, 2 years ago

Russell Jefferies wrote a review of the new HTC Wildfire for our sister site, MobileBurn.com.  The Wildfire is very much like the high-end HTC Desire, except for a downgraded screen, CPU, and price. Here’s an…