LG Optimus 2X a dual-core LG Star?
by James Tromans on Dec 14, 20101 Comments">1
Here is a video of the LG Optimus 2X perhaps also known as the LG Star (SU660). Alledgely set for the Korean market, the video above displays this device working with HDMI the way phones should work with HDMI. It’s seamless, smooth and works rather well. This device looks very similar to the LG Star that we have already given some read-time too. The difference allegedly being that the LG Optimus 2X is a dual-core equivalent. In a video presented after the break, we get to see the Optimus 2X apparently wipe the floor with the Samsung Galaxy S. Of …
Motorola’s 10-inch Honeycomb tablet to land on Verizon
by James Tromans on Dec 13, 20102 Comments">2
Engadget have posted a number of blurry cam photos of a new Motorola Android tablet that appears to be landing with Verizon. This device is set to have a 1GHz Tegra 2 T20, along with a 32GB of storage and up-to-32GB microSD card. It also packs a 1280 x 800 multitouch screen and a gyroscope. Things are aptly finished off with 512MB of RAM and it appears as though we might even see a micro-USB port, a mini-HDMI port and a 3.5mm headphone socket. Of course, this device is set to offer Android Honeycomb and is alleged to be the …
Google Instant for Android going worldwide
by James Tromans on Dec 10, 20103 Comments">3
Google have recently revealed that their popular desktop search modification called Google Instant has now found its way to Android devices world wide. Google Instant is a new feature by Google that returns the results of your searches as your type. The general idea is that you do not have to type the whole thing in order to find what you are looking for and the whole search experience is quicker. This feature is now available for Android devices worldwide, but you will have to enable it first. In order to do so you should browse to www.google.com on your …
Notion Ink Adam available for pre-order at $375.33
by James Tromans on Dec 09, 20101 Comments">1
For those that signed up, Notion Ink’s Adam will become available for pre-order at 00:00 AM tomorrow Indian Standard Time (IST), which is 1.30pm EST today (9th December) in the States. For the rest of us, we can get involved 6 hours later. As Notion Ink point out, their launch has made them the number 2 blog on WordPress after Oprah Winfrey. But enough of that, let’s remind ourselves of what the Adam has going for it. First of all, it runs their own build of Android called Eden, which is based on Android 2.3 but brings many of the …
Samsung Galaxy S to receive Gingerbread update
by James Tromans on Dec 09, 20102 Comments">2
Since the recent official announcement of Android 2.3 and the unveiling of the Google Nexus S produced by Samsung, many people have speculated as to whether the Samsung Galaxy S series of phones will receive an update to Android 2.3 as well. The driving force behind these queries lies in the fact that the Nexus S and Galaxy S series share many similar hardware features, thus making a port of Gingerbread rather likely. Plenty of other websites have speculated as little as 2 hours ago (at the time of writing), but it would appear as though the matter has been …
Google Nexus S with Gingerbread
by James Tromans on Dec 07, 20102 Comments">2
Google have officially announced the Nexus S flag-ship smartphone running Gingerbread, aka, Android 2.3. This phone offers a curved ‘contour’ display which is designed to fit ‘comfortably in the palm of your hand’. It provides Samsung’s 1GHz Hummingbird processor as well as front rear facing cameras. One of the other highlights of the device is that it packs 16GB of internal memory along with near field communication (NFC) hardware that “lets you read information from NFC tags”. Gingerbread is the fastest version of Android yet, and it delivers a number of improvements, such as user interface refinements, NFC support, a …
Sony Ericsson LiveView
by James Tromans on Dec 06, 20100 Comments">0
Back towards the end of September, we announced the news that Sony Ericsson will release a small accessory for your Android phone. Slashgear have had the chance to perform a review on the unit, which if executed well, could be a really neat little holiday present. LiveView can interface with your Android device to bring you news from Twitter, Facebook, sms, calls and pretty much anything else you can imagine. This can also include Google Maps, which I think is great. Unfortunately, SlashGear have some tough love to show for this device. Like I mentioned in our initial post, the …
Android Gingerbread landing today? We’ll be hereto
by James Tromans on Dec 06, 20101 Comments">1
We’re not 100% certain, but the word on the wire is that Gingerbread might come out of the oven today, and if so, we’ll be here for the tasting. If the rumors are correct, we may very well see the next iteration of Google’s Android OS today, offering a whole bunch of new features including HTML5 support, Near Field Communication (NFC) and possibly even an open source video codec that encroaches on Flash’s space. Why so positive? Well, good old Mr. Rubin is set to take stage at the D: Dive into Mobile conference today. This event is well known …
Best Buy sale on Android phones this holiday season
by James Tromans on Dec 03, 20100 Comments">0
It would appear as though Best Buy are offering free hand-sets when you sign up for a new contract this holiday period. It is nice to see a US store offering what a lot of Europeans take for granted, and that is a free hand-set with your contract. There is one solitary Blackberry device on offer, but other than that, Android seems to be the platform of choice. Here is a run down of the devices on offer. HTC Droid Incredible on Verizon LG Optimus S on Sprint HTC Aria on AT&T Sony Ericsson Xperia on AT&T LG Ally on …
ngmoco releases Pocket God for Android
by James Tromans on Dec 02, 20104 Comments">4
I’m not really up to speed with all of the top iOS developers and applications, but allegedly, Pocket God was first published by Bolt Creative. Now, ngmoco are a well known iOS app development team, and it would appear as though they have been called upon to help with this port. Together, the two firms have released a version of the popular game Pocket God for the Android OS. Unfortunately, it would appear as though they are suffering from some of the same issues Rovio had when they first release Angry Birds. Mobile Crunch are reporting that the game will …
Google Gingerbread UI officially revealed, and unrevealed
by James Tromans on Dec 02, 20100 Comments">0
So the strangest thing about this is that Google officially released a video of the Gingerbread UI, without realising it. It actually made it a whole week before anyone really noticed. The video in question was meant to be walk-through of Google’s new voice search. Th walk-through covers the feature on a number of different devices, and one of them is an Android device with a green and black UI; Gingerbread! Google promptly took down the video once they realised what they had done (Doh!), but it had thankfully made its way elsewhere and is thoroughly mirrored. I have to …
Android causes Motorola to split, say hello to Motorola Mobility
by James Tromans on Dec 01, 20100 Comments">0
Business Insider are reporting that Motorola will split into two new companies. One company will house its mobile phone business, while the other will contain pretty much everything else. The companies will be called Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions, respectively. So what is the reason for this split? It turns out that the primary driving force behind the split is due to the sudden growth of the smartphone market, and in Motorola’s case, the sudden growth of Android. This is because Motorola have decided to ditch Windows Mobile, Symbian and the like and focus 100% on our friendly green robot. …
LG Star Android Tegra 2 smartphone hands-on
by James Tromans on Dec 01, 20100 Comments">0
GSM Israel have produced a wonderful hands-on video revealing the upcoming LG Star. As you may expect, the 7 minute long video is not in English, but provides a great overview of the phone’s appearance and a sneak peak into its feature set. The interface certainly bares similarities to Samsung’s Touchwiz UI, and aspects of HTCs interface too. The device itself is larger than the iPhone and more comparable to the Samsung Galaxy S. The screen looks very sharp, even next to that Retina Display. It offers HDMI out and of course packs the dual-core Tegra 2 chip which is …
Android outselling WP7 15:1 ?
by James Tromans on Nov 30, 20103 Comments">3
MobilesPlease.co.uk have published sales figures from their network of mobile phone partner sites. According to their statistics, Windows Phone 7 sales are off to a sluggish start. Indeed, Android devices appear to be selling 15 times as many units as WP7 devices. Furthermore, Symbian devices are outselling WP7 three devices to one. It is important to note that these figures cannot be verified nor are they necessarily representative of the market as a whole. Furthermore, Android has a lot of momentum at the moment and if we compare Android’s start, it too was cautious. [Source: MobilesPlease]
Text Input with PenReader for Android
by James Tromans on Nov 30, 20100 Comments">0
Paragon Software Group has released its popular PenReader handwriting recognition tool for Android smartphones. If you do not have Swype and hate using an onscreen touch keyboard, this might be of interest to you. This neat little application will allow users to input handwritten text to their mobiles “naturally and easily” without actually requiring an on-screen keyboard. The application has support for 30 languages, PenReader will integrates 100% with the Android OS and as such, you can use it in place of the default keyboard in any application. There are four types of input method, Joint-up text recognition mode Letter-by-letter …
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