There was a lot of talk about Dell’s first Android devices earlier this year, but after it got sent “to a little corner called China” the majority of people chose to forget about the device, assuming the company’s first North American challenger was further away. But CrunchGear has word that after a few revamps it [...]

We showed you the ins and outs of Sprint’s very first Android Phone – none other than the Sprint HTC Hero – last week. That gives the carrier a solid and proven Android Phone as their first model… but what about folks who crave a hardware keyboard? For them, Sprint has the Samsung Moment: Mighty [...]

Round one of the Android Developers Challenge 2 is officially complete: The response to round one of the Android Developer Challenge 2 has been phenomenal! We originally expected that it would take two weeks to get all the necessary data to complete scoring. Over the last 10 days, more than 26,000 Android users reviewed and [...]

When Eric Schmidt held up the Verizon HTC Hero at this morning’s big VZW/GOOG press conference we were unable to determine exactly what phone Lowell McAdam was holding. Not any more – it is definitely the Motorola Sholes/Tao/Droid: If you couldn’t tell, the picture was taken by the Associated Press and was sent in by [...]

Check out this picture of Google CEO Eric Schmidt with Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam at this morning’s Verizon and Google Partnership Press Conference: What are those crazy guys holding in their hands? To me – along with the rest of the interwebz – seems to think it Verizon’s version of the HTC Hero (held by [...]

I’m already taking notes so I figured why not let you guys peek in: 11:24 – One day… one day we’ll have a LIVE BLOG go off without a ridiculous amount of problems. This time we were lucky (and unlucky) because we didn’t miss anything monumental. Except for this little quote that slipped in about [...]

Verizon and Google issued a press release announcing their partnership on mobile and wireless products and services – namely Android – and held a webcast to discuss their plans moving forward. Some very interesting developments came from discussion as Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Head Android Andy Rubin explained what this [...]

Take that iPhone! That’s right, Stuff Magazine has named the HTC Hero Gadget of the Year as part of its 2009 Stuff Gadget Awards event. The revolutionary touchscreen smartphone, which is based on Google’s Android system, received the honour for its innovative take on social networking, slick multi-touch interface and superior multimedia skills. Editor and [...]

Best Buy’s Reward Zone program appears to be living up to its name, as members get to pick up their new HTC Hero on Friday rather than wait a whole other 48 hours for it. This means, if you really plan it well, you can pick up your Hero on Friday and a) make co-workers [...]

While we knew that the DEXT was going to be free on Orange UK come its release, up until now we haven’t had a release date to look forward to. Well, apparently we should all be expecting it tomorrow, October 7th. So for those living in the UK and attracted to Motorola’s first attempt at [...]

It looks like the information we saw yesterday might be official by the end of the day. Verizon and Google look to be making an announcement (regarding Android?) at 10AM EST today. Keep an eye out for the official word. VERIZON WIRELESS AND GOOGLE LIVE WEBCAST 10 A.M. EST TODAY (October 6, 2009) WHO: Verizon [...]

And by all we mean everybody but the iPhone. However, all includes Android, Windows Mobile, Palm’s webOS, Symbian and Blackberry OS. Adobe’s Flash technology is pretty much epically owning the competition on the internet, as Flash is currently used by about 75 percent of online videos and 70 percent of online games. So naturally the [...]

By this point it may be fairly common knowledge that Sprint’s varient of the HTC Hero is going to cost you around $179.99 with a 2-year contract but up until now, information about getting one off-contract has been a bit on the thin side. As of today however, Sprint says the Hero will be going [...]

We would call this a rumor but seeing as BGR has gotten itself I nice screen cap of the calender, there is little left up to the imagination. Rather, we are left wondering whether “(Target 10/30)” will actually be met. So there you have it, if you are on Verizon and want an Android handset [...]

It may be called the CLIQ here, but over in Russia where Mobile-Review does its thing, its called the DEXT. No matter though, because the hardware and software are exactly the same, so Mobile-Review’s extraordinarily thorough pictures give us a pretty good idea of what to expect. So, what do they have to say about [...]

I’m headed to the airport in a few minutes, flying from good old Baltimore, Maryland to beautiful San Diego, California. What is there might you ask? Why the MOTODEV conference and CTIA 2009 of course! I’ll be traveling thousands of feet in the air and unfortunately detached from the world (or at least the troposphere) [...]

If you’re the type to scope out the ultimate deal for your gadgets of choice then perhaps at one time or another you’ve purchased your mobile phone from a 3rd party retailer. It’s becoming more common practice as stores like Best Buy and The Shack try to square off a portion of the market. When [...]

The first Samsung Android Phone to land in the United States has just gotten official as today T-Mobile announced the Samsung Behold 2 with availability this holiday season! Of significance is that the phone comes with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI so you’re not getting vanilla Android with the Behold 2. The phone features a 3.2-inch AMOLED [...]

There is good hot and bad hot. Good hot would be something like the rumored HTC Dragon – an Android Phone supposedly coming packed with a Qualcomm 1GHz processor. Then there is bad hot… like your T-Mobile G1 melting through directly through your battery cover: That’s exactly what happened to a blogger over at AndroidWorld.nl [...]

The folks at BGR got their hands on Phase 1 of Best Buy Mobile’s holiday phone launches and we see 3 Android Phones make the list: Sprint HTC Hero, T-Mobile CLIQ and Verizon Android Phone. What Verizon Android Phone is that? Most likely the often rumored Motorola Sholes/Tao/Droid but don’t forget the HTC Desire, Passion [...]