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September, 2009 Articles

Phandroid Podcast: Episode 7

by Rob Jackson on September 7th, 2009

Happy Labor Day… time for you to listen to Phandroid Podcast Episode 7 while you sit there and don’t labor! Lots of news and rumors regarding Android Phones and we cover it all this week including the Motorola Morrison, Motorola Sholes, Sprint HTC Hero, T-Mobile Pulse, HTC Desire, ODROID, Nebudroid, Android Market updates and more! [...]

HTC Hero: Best Deal At Best Buy

by Rob Jackson on September 4th, 2009

Just because the Sprint HTC Hero is a Sprint phone don’t think you’re going to get the best deal at a Sprint retail store… not at all. Best Buy Mobile just issued a press release today claiming they’ll have the phone starting on the launch day for $179.99. And while that is the EXACT same [...]

More Pics Of the Motorola Sholes

by Rob Jackson on September 4th, 2009

We’re less than a week away from what promises to be an awesome Mobilize 2009 Conference highlighted by the highly anticipated Motorola Android Announcement. As usual, the closer we get the more leaks seem to occur even though BGR says they’ve been holding onto these pics of the Motorola Sholes for a little bit: We [...]

HTC Touch HD 2 With Android?

by Rob Jackson on September 4th, 2009

Do you remember way back in the early 1800′s when we were all waiting for the first Android Phone to be announced and the entire universe was hoping that it was one of HTC’s new pieces of kit in the “Touch” line? Check the archives – for several months people were persistently suggesting that an [...]

Phandroid Podcast: Episode 6

by Rob Jackson on September 4th, 2009

Welcome HALF back. Several weeks ago we recorded a FULL Phandroid podcast for your enjoyment but, unfortunately, it never saw the light of the day. But we just dusted off the editing gear and cropped the best part of the Podcast for you… an interview with none other than Cyanogen! On the podcast is Rob [...]

Android Market Update: Screenshots Imminent! [UPDATED]

by Rob Jackson on September 3rd, 2009

UPDATE!!! WATCH THIS VIDEO(thanks Jordan): Everyone knows that the ability for developers to upload and users to view screenshots on Android Market is a HUGE and unmet need that has been repeatedly addressed. Today Google got one step closer to making it reality – Android Developers can log into their accounts and upload screen shots [...]

Samsung Galaxy Officially Hits O2 UK

by Rob Jackson on September 3rd, 2009

Maybe mobile carriers should just start linking to Phandroid instead of posting their own press releases. On August 27th we told you O2 UK customers were already upgrading to the Galaxy, on the 30th we told you it had gone live on the O2 UK site, and now on September 3rd the company has finally [...]

T-Mobile Pulse: First Breathe For Pay-As-You-Go Androids!

by Rob Jackson on September 3rd, 2009

Another big day for Android! Earlier today Sprint announced the HTC Hero and now T-Mobile UK has made official the Huawei-manufactured T-Mobile Pulse! The Pulse is a great looking phone, but for once it might be the service plan that everyone gets excited about. That’s because the T-Mobile Pulse is the first ever PAYG (Pay [...]

Sprint HTC HERO: Oct. 11, $179, No Chin

by Rob Jackson on September 3rd, 2009

Excuse me for sleeping! At 4AM I hopped in bed, thinking this Sprint Hero Announcement was a pretty darn good story I scooped. I wake up a few hours later to find out that it is now even more officially officialized as they have sent out a Press Release will full details! Sprint’s HTC Hero [...]

OFFICIAL: Sprint Announces HTC Hero!

by Rob Jackson on September 3rd, 2009

Look what we have here… Sprint just Officially announced the HTC Hero! The word was dropped through the Sprint Developer Network: If you can’t read the fine print, here is what it says: Announcing the HTC Hero, which will be the first Android device running on the Sprint network. By the end of September, the [...]

General Mobile DSTL1 Unboxed, Reviewed

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

It isn’t an Android Phone by a major carrier and the distribution channels are few and far between, but that doesn’t make the General Mobile DSTL1 any less of a phone!  Michael Oryl from MobileBurn just got his device, unboxed it and did a pretty thorough run through all of its features: So what is [...]

ODROID Handheld: More D-Pads, More Games

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

There aren’t a ton of outstanding, action packed games on Android Market yet but all-in-good time. Part of that is probably because none of the mobiles out there are really geared exclusively toward gaming. But that will change – take the recently announced ODROID Entertainment Device by HardKernel. Although the ODROID looks like it was [...]

Archos 5 Internet Tablet: It Has Android, We Have Details

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

Welcome to the interwebz – a place where one little bit of whispered information is soon reposted across the universe! When someone over at ArchosFans Forum found pictures/details of the Archos 5 Internet Tablet that was on sale at BHphotovideo.com, they asked, “Are these Androids?” They are… and then the whole internet peeked over his [...]

Nebudroid: Your Android Is Now An NES Controller

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

Nebudroid is an upcoming Android Application thta will allow you to use your Android Phone as NES controller! It works in several different ways, for example you can actually move it around and rotate/tilt your phone to control it in car/racing games or the screen can light up with buttons as if it were a [...]

CONTEST: Motorola Android Event Tickets, Mobilize 2009!

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

When we first told you folks about the Motorola Sholes, the comments erupted with Android Fans wanting to know how they could get tickets to the September 10th event in San Francisco. Often times these events are by Media Invitition only… BUT NOT THIS ONE! The Motorola Android Announcement is taking place at a much [...]

Motorola Sholes (Rival 2?) Slides Through Bluetooth Certification

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

The Motorola Sholes has just jumped another mandatory hurdle after it was seen today flirting with Bluetooth 2.1+EDR over at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The design name is listed as Sholes CDMA so that means its Verizon destination is on track and the Model Number is A855 which we’ve seen before. Speaking of Model [...]

Samsung Behold 2 – Definitely Android

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

T-Mobile has a been a beacon of light for the Android platform and it doesn’t seem as if they’re letting up. We were already pretty sure the Samsung Behold 2 would be an Android Phone since it was seen in close proximity to the Android name on the User Agent Profile and at the Wi-Fi [...]

Samsung Galaxy Lite Picture Emerges With Sparse Details

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

The first picture of the Samsung Galaxy Lite has emerged and it definitely doesn’t look as “commanding” as the original. Based on the extremely limited rumored specs supplied we still don’t know the TRUE reason this is the “Lite” version of the Galaxy. Supposedly it has both Wi-Fi and 3G along with a trackball and [...]

HTC Click/Tattoo Lacks Wi-Fi, Landing In France Soon

by Rob Jackson on September 2nd, 2009

One way to tell that the HTC Click is an Android Phone meant for the price conscious is that it doesn’t have Wi-FI! It would be the first Android Phone to lack this connectivity. According to the French site Frandroid (translated to English), the Click will be called the Tattoo when it launches on Bouygues [...]

HTC Desire: UnGimped Verizon Bound Android Phone?

by Rob Jackson on September 1st, 2009

It looks like the Motorola Sholes won’t be a lonely Android on Verizon’s shelves. If the following picture that a PhoneArena tipster snapped is authentic, an Android phone called the HTC Desire 6200 will be heading to Verizon Wireless as a Google Experience device (with Google branding): Coincidentally (or not) the picture was snapped by [...]