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September, 2009 Articles

Android 1.6 (Donut): SDK Available, Big Backend Updates

by Rob Jackson on September 16th, 2009

We teased you last week when we told you that Cupcake had arrived… but now it really has – at least for developers. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, Xavier Duchrohet announced the availability of Android 1.6 SDK and provided a list of changes. Among them are support for additional screen resolutions (QVGA, [...]

ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet with Android Announced

by Rob Jackson on September 15th, 2009

We have known for quite awhile that this day was coming… and it is finally here. Today, ARCHOS officially announced their Android Tablet: In this new era of open source and collaboration, applications and software are blooming throughout the world. Everyday sees a new gold nugget that will overwhelm the market. That’s the magic behind [...]

CLIQ Coming To More Than T-Mobile In USA

by Rob Jackson on September 15th, 2009

An article from the Wall Street Journal says that Motorola is in talks to bring the Motorola CLIQ to other operators in the United States besides just T-Mobile, the launch partner. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha spoke at a financial analysts conference in San Francisco and this excerpt from the WSJ says it all: Motorola Inc. [...]

Remember The Milk For Android

by Rob Jackson on September 15th, 2009

You may already be familiar with Remember The Milk, an advanced To-Do list that utilizes location awareness, background activities and other features of Android. Today they’ve launched the PRO version. You can download it for FREE from the Android Market but you’ll need to be a Remember The Milk PRO subscriber to use it which [...]

ODROID On Video, HDMI Out Looks Sick

by Rob Jackson on September 15th, 2009

The actual device looks like a hot mess but the HDMI Output exhibited here shows the ODROID – an An Android Multimedia and Gaming Device – hooking us up with some pretty hot HD Video: It actually looks promising. And what’s more, if you’re playing video games on this device and can use Video Out [...]

Anonymous Android Browsing

by Rob Jackson on September 15th, 2009

Google has their own web browser – Chrome – right? And that web browser has a feature called “Incognito” that allows you to open up a window that saves NO personal information, cookies or anything of the sort while you’re connected through it – right? So why doesn’t the Android browser have the same feature? [...]

OpenTable Launches On Android Market

by Rob Jackson on September 14th, 2009

If you’re a foodie, restaurant lover, or just someone who always eats out because you’re too lazy (or busy) to do anything else, there is an Application on Android Market for you – OpenTable. The application, which is already available on the iPhone/BlackBerry/WebOS, allows you to view nearby restaurants, check out their profile and make [...]

HTC Hero Update Makes Lag Go ByeBye

by Rob Jackson on September 14th, 2009

The HTC Hero launched to rave reviews across the board, save for one tempered irritation that also seemed to be noted across the board – UI lag. Last month we showed you that a fix was on the way and now we can confirm it is finally arriving. The above shows the available update for [...]

LG Makes Etna Official As GW620 [PRESS RELEASE]

by Rob Jackson on September 14th, 2009

Life will soon be good as LG Electronics has made their first Android phone – the rumored LG Etna – official with a press release announcing it as the LG GW620. The GW620 follows the HTC Dream and Motorola CLIQ in its form factor, offering a 3-inch touchscreen with full slideout QWERTY keyboard. Besides a [...]

Motorola CEO Talks CLIQ, BLUR and Selling The Company?

by Rob Jackson on September 11th, 2009

The guys over at Gizmodo dug up an interesting video of Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha discussing the company’s new phone (CLIQ), new service (BLUR), Android strategy and potential sale on CNBC. Wait what – potential sale? Here is what Gizmodo’s John Herman said about the video: Motorola isn’t depending on the Cliq to revive their [...]

Motorola DEXT Hits Orange UK in Early October

by Rob Jackson on September 11th, 2009

American’s know the first Motorola Android Phone as the Motorola CLIQ but for everyone else the device is called the Motorola DEXT. Neither device had a release date identified beyond the general “4th quarter” timeframe, but now if you check out the Motorola DEXT page on Motorola.com (bottom right) we get more details: There you [...]

INQ Mobile Set to Enter US Market with Android

by Elias Chiddicks on September 11th, 2009

Remember INQ Mobile? They would be the people who came up with the “Facebook phone.” Given that idea you can certainly understand why the company would be after the customizability of the Android platform. In a recent conversation with PCMag, CEO Frank Meehan revealed that INQ is hoping to join the US Smartphone market soon. [...]

Motorola CLIQ Review: In Depth First Impression

by Rob Jackson on September 11th, 2009

The speculation is over. Today Motorola announced their first Android Phone, the Motorola CLIQ, running their custom version of Android called Motorola BLUR. After spending some time with the device we have both praise and criticism – which we’ll discuss in depth below – but first we should acknowledge the bigger picture. Congratulations to Motorola! [...]

That Sprint HTC Hero Just Got Sweeter

by Rob Jackson on September 11th, 2009

As if Sprint customers weren’t already happy enough to have an Android headed their way with the Sprint HTC Hero, today Sprint just announced a service plan that they teased as “revolutionary”. I might not go that far myself… but it kicks butt indeed. The bottom line: your “Everything Plan” just got a little more [...]

Motorola CLIQ Free On Contract? Maybe, Maybe Not.

by Rob Jackson on September 11th, 2009

Those guys at EngadgetMobile are quick. For a period of about 5-minutes, they spotted the Motorola CLIQ on the main T-Mobile website and it was listed at $399.99 straight up or 100% FREE on a 2-year contract: Really? Free? They tried incessantly to “Add to Cart” which didn’t work and T-Mobile wised up and removed [...]

Donut Has Arrived!

by Rob Jackson on September 10th, 2009

Remember when Cupcake Arrived? Well now the tasty dessert has a friend of its own kind – a larger than life Donut next to the Robot and Cupcake is at Googleplex! This was sent in to Phandroid by Daniel@Google – Thanks Man! As I told him, we’ve been HECTIC over here trying to cover the [...]

Motorola CLIQ: Official Specs From Motorola

by Rob Jackson on September 10th, 2009

There were a few missing pieces of the spec puzzle based on the Press Release that was published by Motorola and T-Mobile. Things like processor, RAM, ROM… you know – stuff that we need to know in order to accurately compare the CLIQ to its rivals. Well the good old MOTODEV site has the specs [...]

Motorola CLIQ Demo and Simulator!

by Rob Jackson on September 10th, 2009

These people work FAST! In addition to all the other Motorola CLIQ/BLUR information that has been pleasurably monsooning upon us comes a full video intro, product demo and CLIQ simulator directly from T-Mobile. First visit this link and then click on MOTOBLUR Demo on the right: Alternatively you can open up the link directly, but [...]

Motorola CLIQ: Specs & Details Galore!

by Rob Jackson on September 10th, 2009

So you followed our Live Blog, checked out our Motorola Cliq Pictures and Videos but you really, really want to know all the freaking DETAILS! We obey your command. First of all we want to point out that Motorola’s quick-working marketing team already has an entire CLIQ mini-site up and running that gives you tons [...]

Motorola Cliq Pictures, Videos & Blur!

by Rob Jackson on September 10th, 2009

So we just finished up our Live Blog of the Motorola Cliq announcement. Now you’ve got the information but how about some multimedia goodies? I snapped some pics and grabbed some video that I think you’ll enjoy: Motorola Cliq Announcement: Motorola Blur Promo Video: Fireside Chat with Head Android Andy Rubin, T-Mobile exec Cole Brodeman [...]