The HTC Hero is the first phone to have the company’s custom Android build, named HTC Sync. If you’re lucky enough to own the phone then you should know that updates are now available. You can check out the full download/installation instructions or view them below. Ahh… the wonderful world of copy and paste: Installation [...]

Over a year ago, Android fans saw the debut of Opera Mini for Android. This past January we let you know the company launched Opera Mini version 4.2 to the Android Market. But I assume the existence of an alternative browser in Android Market has largely fallen on deaf ears – the Web-kit based default [...]

Its a shame that Samsung hasn’t gone on an intergalactic launching spree with their first Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy, but perhaps they’re just getting warmed up. While the black version of the Galaxy i7500 is only available in a select few European countries, we’re now seeing a white version of the same exact device: [...]

The amazing application Qik has made its way to the Android platform and not a moment too soon. About a month ago it released as an alpha version lacking many features and still buggy but it managed to climb into the featured list in the Android Market regardless. Qik is the first live video streaming [...]

The T-Mobile G1 is no longer the lone Android Phone on T-Mobile USA…. or in the USA for that matter (save the Google Ion).You can now purchase the MyTouch 3G Online (T-MobileMyTouch.com) or walk right into a T-Mo retail store and scoop it up. Existing T-Mobile customers have been able to pre-order the device since [...]

Well it appears that the official support screen for the Sprint Hero, yes Sprint, has gone live confirming that Sprint is indeed getting the Android-powered handset in due time. After getting the Pre and now the Hero is appears Sprint is finally getting some worth while devices. There is no word on the exclusivity of [...]

It seems these days many mobile phone owners are learning just how valuable gaining root access on their phone can be. Rooting your phone is the difference between having the same phone others have and having a phone that allows you to change various aspects such as icon, fonts and many more. Gaining root access [...]

There has not been much coverage of the little Android-powered Innocomm handset. This smartphone out of Taiwan was developed by Innocomm Corp. for those who did not put that together and goes by the name "Skate." Innocomm is an ODM manufacturer for companies such as LG, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. The company makes claim that [...]

It’s no big secret that Telenav is really pushing their services to the mobile phone market and it comes as no surprise that Android is getting plenty of the support as well. Tomorrow, August 5th T-Mobile’s MyTouch 3G will be the latest to get the navigation application. As they did with the T-Mobile G1 launch [...]

Don’t you hate it when you’ve got a load of voicemails sitting in your inbox, you get a missed call and voicemail from somebody extremely important and then have to listen and pass through all the previous voicemails before you get to your message of choice? So do we! But now you don’t have to [...]

Monday’s can really stink. I knew Phandroid readers would get a laugh out of the following story so I saved it. See that? We’re always looking out for you – and so is Joe who sent the story in [Thanks dude!]. As you know, Google gave away Google Ion (HTC Sapphire) phones to all the [...]

It won’t get that much publicity and it probably won’t sell too many units, but the Geeks Phone One is a valiant Android effort from a smaller company nonetheless. With plans to launch this Fall, the company has showed they are on the ball and their latest blog post shows they seem to be on [...]

Took a little longer than expected; but late is better than never! The lucky owners of the famed Samsung Galaxy can now bask in the glory that is root. No longer will you be without your precious busybox, or backing up paid applications for "personal use". This method looks to be pretty "iffy", so if [...]

There isn’t much in the sense of “news” here as this is all about a pic. We showed you guys the original Motorola Sholes leaked pics a few days ago. Those pics seemed to be renderings of the device – now we’ve got a live picture of a prototype! Nice progress! This suggests a prototype [...]

October is shaping up to be quite the month for Android if all these rumors prove true. We’ve already got the Hero and Samsung Q coming to Sprint October 11th. Now add a rumor from Droid Developer that the Motorola Morrison will launch on T-Mobile October 21st! The monthly menu is beginning to look pretty [...]

Since way back in April we’ve heard rumors that the HTC Hero would have an October 11th launch day on Sprint. The “source” was a forum post from someone who was supposedly familiar with the matter… seemed like a long shot. But that same source is still insisting that October 11th is the day – [...]

Based on all the leaked Motorola Android Phones as of late, we HAD to assume they’ll be pushing the platform pretty hard in the next 6 months. The company’s CEO – Sanjay Jha – provided undeniable confirmation that this is 100% the case. “The majority of our new devices will be smartphones, as we expand [...]