Motorola wants you! (to design silly graphics)
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 13, 20090 Comments">0
This is all a tad (and when I say tad, I mean really) silly. In anticipation of future Motorola Android devices, a Motorola admin has challenged folks to create creative images using the Android character, and upload them onto the Motorola Facebook page. Feel free to send in your submissions here.
Multitouch to come to Android in Eclair?
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 13, 20093 Comments">3
Cnet is reporting that it believes that multi-touch support will come with the Eclair (2.0) update for Android, and not in Donut (1/6). As for devices, Cnet also mentions that they believe the upcoming Motorola Sholes for Verizon will be the first phone to come with the Eclair update, and that it will make its debut on October 6 at the MotoDev event in San Diego. For those of you who have hacked multi-touch support onto your G1′s, how significant would this inclusion be? Is multi-touch as essential as it’s been made out to be? It is already available in …
How to root the MyTouch 3g
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 12, 20091 Comments">1
Amon_RA on the XDA-Developers forum has just blessed the Android community with a comprehensive step-by-step process for gaining root access to the MyTouch 3g. While the necessary items to root the device are mainly software-based, users will need two SD cards. One is used to create a “Goldcard”, while the other will be used to run the edited update file on the device. The instructions, along with the necessary files, can be found here.
Thinkfree Mobile released for Android
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 12, 20091 Comments">1
Just as we announced a Documents to Go version 2.0, which supported a greater variety of Office formats, Thinkfree released an Android version of its mobile software. Thinkfree Mobile supports the viewing, editing, and creating of all Excel, Word, and PowerPoint documents of any version. Another neat feature of the application is that for users of the Thinkfree Office software, Thinkfree Mobile will allow users to access online files (saved through the desktop software) directly from their mobile device.
HTC Magic sells 1 million units
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 12, 20091 Comments">1
Digitimes is reporting that Peter Chou, the CEO of HTC, has announced that HTC has sold over 1 million HTC Magic devices. Although this milestone may seem less noteworthy, seeing as the Magic was released on many carriers around the world, the figure demonstrates that the Android fan base is shaping up quite nicely.
Documents to Go version 2.0 released
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 11, 20090 Comments">0
The 2.0 version of DataViz’s Documents to Go for Android has now been released. The update allows users to edit PowerPoint, Word, and Excel in their native Office 2007 formats (DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX). We know that a lot of users rely on Documents to Go to manage documents on the go (would you look at that), so go ahead and get the update! For those of you who aren’t willing to pay for the full functionality of Documents to Go, Dataviz has also just released a free version of their software that allows users to open and view both …
Dell to release a China-only mini3i Android phone after all
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 11, 20091 Comments">1
Mobile Crunch has discovered a Chinese site that appears to have an official announcement of the release of Dell’s mini3i Android-powered smartphone. The article (in Chinese) indicates that the Dell phone will be released through China Mobile under the OPhone category. This is not to be mistaken with the Lenovo OPhone that we had previously reported on. Apparently China Mobile intends on using the term “OPhone” as an umbrella word for all Android devices that it will release. All China Mobile “OPhones” will be required to support the Chinese homegrown 3G TD-SCDMA standard, which has shown relatively slow adoption. [Editor’s …
Motorola Sholes specs emerge
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 11, 20090 Comments">0
While we just showed the specs for the Motorola Morrison, today the specs for the Motorola Sholes have emerged through Softpedia. Like the Morrison, the Sholes is expected to come to Verizon’s CDMA based network. The processor on the device is a 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8+ that will run on the unreleased Eclair (2.0) version of Android. The ARM Neon technology that runs on the processor has been optimized for greater 3D graphics and game physics. In an indication that the device will favor detailed gaming, the Sholes will also come with a PowerVR SGX 530 GPU. As …
New Android MIDs: Eston Mid-02 and SFR-M!
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 11, 20090 Comments">0
Despite Google’s recent announcement of its Chrome OS, MID manufactures seem to be unfazed, as they continue to develop MIDs running the Android OS. The Eston MID-02 slider will have a 4.3 inch resistive touchscreen with the ability to boot into both Windows CE 6.0 and Android. The M! PC Pocket device will run Android and will be offered on the French carrier SFR. It will be a rebadged version of the Compal P8860. It will feature a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, an Intel Atom Z500 processor at 800MHz, 512MB of RAM, and it will have a 4GB solid state drive …
Lenovo OPhone due next month
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 09, 20090 Comments">0
The Lenovo OPhone has been announced to be released sometime next month through China Mobile. The device runs a customized skin over top of Android that appears to take some of its look and feel from the iPhone. The device will sport the Chinese TD-SCDMA 3G standard that has grown slowly as a result of slow adoption. [via PCWorld]
HTC Fiesta/T5252 coming to AT&T?
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 09, 20090 Comments">0
Cellpassion has just discovered some XML code on an internal HTC page that indicates that an HTC phone called the Fiesta is coming to AT&T. The T5252/Fiesta is thought to run the Android OS, even though the XML file doesn’t indicate that. The HTC Fiesta is listed to have a “numeric keypad” and a QVGA display, which puts the phone at around a mid-range phone. While the phone specs aren’t the most impressive, more Android phones are better than none right?
Leaked images of Android Facebook app
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 07, 20090 Comments">0
LeakDroid has just leaked (haha) some screenshots of the upcoming Facebook application for Android smartphones. Although the app is currently without a release date, the screenshots seem to show a well-designed app that even allows for “liking” posts, a feature which is currently unavailable to Facebook applications on Windows Mobile devices and the iPhone. The third screenshot suggests that the app will provide a Facebook widget to update statuses, and read posts. Screenshots after the jump.
TeleNav Released for the MyTouch 3G
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 04, 20090 Comments">0
TeleNav has just announced its turn-by-turn GPS navigation app for the MyTouch 3G. This announcement comes just at the heels of the myTouch 3G release. The app mirrors those that TeleNav has already released for the G1 and the iPhone, which received excellent reviews from ZDNet (videos and screenshots included) and from AndroidCommunity. The TeleNav GPS Navigator app compromises nothing, just like one might expect from a standalone GPS navigation system. Like most navigation systems, the app shows maps in 3D, in addition to displaying local points of interest and gas prices. A built in directory allows users to search …
HTC to Release Hero and Click in China
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 04, 20090 Comments">0
According to IDG News, HTC has announced that they have plans to release two new Android phones in China this year marketed under their Chinese subsidiary brand, Dopod. They hope to be the first to release Android devices in China. The two devices to be released are named the Hero (at 5,600 Yuan or $820) and the Click (at 3,400 Yuan or $500). The Dopod Hero is nearly identical to the HTC Hero released in the west, whereas the Click will be a low-end Android device with a removable front cover that has never been announced outside of China. The …
Visual Voicemail now offered by T-Mobile USA
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 04, 20091 Comments">1
While 3rd party applications such as PhoneFusion and others have already brought visual voicemail to Android devices, it T-Mobile has released an official visual voicemail application for Android phones. Phandroid provides these instructions for adding visual voicemail to your T-Mobile Android device: Call T-Mobile customer support (611) and request Visual Voicemail for your Android phone. Download T-Mobile Visual Voicemail from the Android Market. Launch the application and allow it to synchronize your voice mails. We can safely assume that T-Mobile plans to pre-install visual voicemail on future T-Mo Android devices. So go call T-Mobile and get your visual voicemail today!
- Best Gangster Games On Android
- Review & Giveaway of Andru: Android Themed USB Charger
- The Carriers Hate the iPhone (And Love Android)
- Using an Android Smartphone as Your PC
- Verizon LTE Xoom Getting An Update (HLK75H), But It’s Not Ice Cream Sandwich
RECENT POSTS
POPULAR POSTS
Previous
NextSTAY CONNECTED
#DEVICES
COMPARE ANDROID DEVICES
Previous Page- Page 1
Facebook
Google+
Twitter
FAVORITES