The very first Acer Android Phone is shipping today in the United Kingdom courtesy of Clove. Check out that little area that says “Please Note” and as they suggest, note that the first stock has arrived and is shipping Tuesday and then note that TODAY is Tuesday! That’s right… the Acer A1 ships today: Here [...]

The Motorola Zhiling is the manufacturer”s first Android Phone made for China Mobile’s “Open Mobile System” line of phones that they brand “OPhone”. It isn’t EXACTLY like a Moto Droid with no keyboard but to draw that comparison is certainly not a stretch. The Zhiling has model number MT710 and will go on sale starting [...]

“Wind River today [yesterday] announced the immediate availability of its commercial version of open source Android optimized on the OMAP™ 3 platform from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). The Wind River Platform for Android is a validated, fully compliant software platform based on the latest versions of the Android software development kit (SDK), available with pre-integrated [...]

Yesterday Google announced real time search results, being rolled out to Google accounts in stages – I read. “Users can now see live results from Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and a host of other new sources when performing a search. The feature just went live today and it is still being rolled out to Google accounts. [...]

..Which is a good thing, right? This is going to be a much desired phone all around so we’ll take what we can get! It looks like through the night ai.sr has brought everyone a closer look at the Bravo and the updated specs since the brochure that was leaked was printed up. And may [...]

Are you hungry for awesome “go-to” Android applications to put on your shiny new Droid? Or maybe on your dusty G1? Well one of the largest restaurant review sites in all the world – Yelp – today launched their Android application on the market. Sounds delicious but not quite nom-nom-worthy just yet. The application is [...]

Depending on whether or not you want to believe two three (and counting) different members on Android Forums, the Motorola Droid is now receiving OTA updates to firmware version 2.01: Spbeyond New unlock sliders. New unlock screen. Better camera. Black widgets. Internet seems faster. I like! x0SiN0x Just got my update notification. Took maybe 2 [...]

I’m not sure about you, but Google Maps is one of the applications I use on my Android Phone more than most others. That being said, when an update for it is available I’m alllll over it. And guess what? Google has just updated Google Maps to version 3.3.0 and it includes a few new [...]

…and it is awesomely fun! As you know news recently broke about Google Goggles, aka Visual Search. Well this app is now available in the Market. Now, I haven’t had a whole lot of time to play with it because, well you know, I need to get to publishing this article and all – but [...]

Only 3 days after the Motorola Droid went on sale we broke the news that it would likely get an OTA update on December 11th. It looks like good fortune may come a tad early as BGR suggest the OTA update will start today and roll-out to all Droid owners over the next 48 hours. [...]

Imagine being at a tourist location, wanting to know what a certain landmark is, pointing your camera phone at it, snapping a picture and having Google return results for the place/thing in question. That is exactly what you’ll be able to do with a new feature on Android Phones called “Visual Search” – apparently codenamed [...]

Dell is first and foremost a computer manufacturer but more recently a mobile phone maker, with the Dell Mini 3i being the first Android of the family. With New Year’s Resolutions right around the corner I’m sure many of you are thinking about “getting more organized” and that same goal is on Dell’s list too. [...]

“What if you could decide where to shop, eat or hang out, with a little help from local Google users? It might take you a while to ask them all, so to make it easier we’ve launched a new effort to send window decals to over 100,000 local businesses in the U.S. that have been [...]

Digitimes is reporting the HTC Passion is likely going to be delayed until early 2010.  Those of you lookin’ to have one hiding in your stocking this year may just have to wait. Of course, with HTC’s 2010 lineup leaked with said leaker saying the Passion/Dragon is actually called Bravo – that would put it [...]

Alright everyone. I knew this leak was coming for a couple days now but thanks to one of those massive, pounding headaches was asleep at the time of the posting. I had fully intended on refreshing XDA repeatedly to be the first to link back to it, but as you can see I fell behind.  [...]

I have a feeling there are about to be a LOT of new Android owners in coming months. In years past, if you wanted a smartphone you would need to be willing to shell out a handsome amount of money. That has changed drastically in the past 12 months and the latest development is proof [...]

Reuters recently published an article summarizing what IDC had to say about Android’s market share in Europe.  It would seem Europeans are shying away from Android phones, showing little interest.  The bottom line – many don’t understand what Android really is, and the lack of devices available further hurt awareness. “HELSINKI (Reuters) – Operators pushed [...]

I love Wall-E. What a little guy he is! Ah, if only I could have been there personally to see it being played off the Zii Trinity. From what we can tell it was smooth and looked great. Also note: A few days back CNET Asia posted a video of the concept device being handled.  [...]

The guys over at BGR have received a few pictures of what they’ve been told is the first Motorola iDEN handset for Android – called Opus One.  I don’t know who is doin’ the telling but BGR is pretty good about what they post. Not a thing other than the pictures themselves are available. Oh [...]

“Camangi WebStation is the world’s first 7-inch handheld device that runs Google Android. The Camangi WebStation brings a new way to enjoy the Internet and your entertainment all under a stylish Internet Tablet.” Well I don’t know about you but at first glance this thing looks pretty tight to me. For $389.99 I’m half tempted! [...]