The overwhelming majority of Android enthusiasts assume that the global announcement by HTC on June 24th will be to announce the often rumored HTC Hero – we would be excited for that alone. But the Economic Daily News is reporting that HTC will announce TWO phones at that event: the HTC Hero and the HTC [...]

We’ve seen the videos from Haykuro’s HTC Hero ROM and apparently the brand new UI is called “Rosie”. The upcoming June 24th HTC Event flyer shows a hipster laying in the grass with a rose laying on his chest, further proof that the issue at hand will be the announcement of the HTC Hero with [...]

ShopSavvy has been one of the most popular applications on Android Market since Day 1. But apparently, for a large number of users, ShopSavvy is missing from Android Market. The problem has been running for so long and so deep that ShopSavvy’s developers – Big In Japan – are asking for users to help them [...]

For those unfamiliar with Google 20% time, Google gives its engineers one day each week (1 out of 5 = 20%) to work on personal projects that, while being developed for the company, provide them an outlet to program their passion. As described on the Google Jobs page: We offer our engineers "20-percent time" so [...]

The cool thing to do these days is announce you’re working on an Android Netbook, possibly even show a prototype, but leave a bunch of the pieces to the puzzle missing. That is exactly what ECS did at the Computex show with their T800 Netbook. They had the sexy netbook on display with a specs [...]

Something big is brewing. We’ve just been informed that HTC is holding an event in London where they will be celebrating a GLOBAL announcement about the future of HTC design. A satellite event in New York City will also be taking place. All signs point to the HTC Hero being announced and we would be [...]

I’m not going to waste too much time on this because it is… annoying. Garmin-ASUS just announced they’ll launch an Android Phone next year. Sometime in 2010. If you really need any more explanation why this is simultaneously pointless and annoying, please refer to CrunchGear.

Yesterday, Acer joined the Open Handset Alliance with intentions to bring an Android Phone(s) by 4th Quarter and we also saw a prototype Acer Smartbook running Android. Well the Acer news keeps pouring in because the company is now saying it will launch an Android Netbook or Android Smartbook or whatevery you want to call [...]

Apparently Acer has issued a press release declaring their membership in the Open Handset Alliance. We already knew Acer was working on Android devices but formally joining the OHA suggests a higher level of commitment and dedication to the Open Source platform. In the Press Release they reiterate expectations to launch an Android Phone in [...]

Although the battle for the Netbook trademark has officially come to an end, Qualcomm is straying from the term. In the (first) video shown below the Qualcomm representative refers to the device as an ASUS Android Netbook, but when and if this device reaches market it will likely be called a Smartbook – a combination [...]

I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot of people asking why Andriod 1.5 Cupcake has the on-screen keyboard as promised, but why it doesn’t auto-rotate or why they can’t force it into landscape mode. Don’t panic… it is there… you just need to enable it by default in your main phone settings: The soft keyboard [...]

When Google officially launched Sky Map a few weeks ago I was incredibly excited. The past few years I’ve really become interested in the universe beyond earth, sparked by the amazing images from (and story of) the Hubble Space Telescope. I enjoy looking at the night sky, and while deep/philosophical thoughts aren’t uncommon, sometimes I’m [...]