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January, 2010 Articles

Nexus One Official!

by Rob Jackson on January 5th, 2010

As you probably know, Google is holding a press conference as we speak and they’ve finally admitted that all the hoopla is about the Nexus One. The waiting game is over. Stay tuned to Phandroid.com throughout the day for ALLLLLLL the information you could possibly want on the Google Nexus One made by HTC! And [...]

“Ground Breaking” Logitech Device On Way?

by Anthony Perez on January 5th, 2010

A new device seems to be in the works by Logitech, seeings how they have a posted a job listing for an “Android Applications Developer” on a contractual basis. The posting says it is looking to “a super-star engineer” with the ability to write “world-class Android applications” for a contract to work on “a ground-breaking [...]

Nexus One SURPRISES: Will There Be Any?

by Rob Jackson on January 5th, 2010

We’re less than an hour away from the Nexus One press conference and we already know so much – at least we think we do. Google could have easily blown the hinges off this event by calling the phone “The gPhone” and playing their hand a little closer to their chest. But could Google be [...]

Sony Ericsson X10 Hits Rogers Q2 2010

by Talton "Phases" Pettigrew on January 5th, 2010

Looks like The Xperia X10 will be headed to Rogers come Q2 of 2010. Full press release follows: •  The Xperia™ X10 introduces an open and integrated world of social media, communication and entertainment •  New UX (user experience) platform lets consumers organize everything and discover more with one of the most open, human and [...]

Android OS Popularity Grows by Leaps and Bounds

by Anthony Perez on January 5th, 2010

Google’s Android mobile operating system has been out on the streets for more than a year and has changed the smart phone market! ChangeWave’s December of 4,068 consumers found that the Android operating system causing a stir in the smart phone market with the Motorola Droid as the biggest and most immediate culprit. Among those [...]

Phones, Tablets, and ¿Appliances?

by Anthony Perez on January 4th, 2010

You heard right, the NIM1000, a touch screen Android based module can be used to control all kinds of appliances. It is designed for manufacturers of products such as kitchen appliances, washers, and dryers. Made by Touch Revolution, the NIM1000 module will be shown at CES in the appliances and gadgets section. The washer/dryer has [...]

Acer Liquid A1 Gets Eclair Update In March?

by Anthony Perez on January 4th, 2010

The Liquid A1 is Acer´s first Android handset, has been seen at the FCC, and launches with version 1.6 of Android.  According to a French blog, Liquid A1 owners may get an update to Android 2.0 as soon as March this year. The new edition will have new features like synchronization to multiple accounts, plus [...]

Nexus One Round Up

by Anthony Perez on January 4th, 2010

So, since we have been a little off in terms of our Nexus One news with New Years Eve and the designated recovery day afterwards, here is a Round Up with tons of juicy tidbits for you all: Nexus One on AT&T?!?!? Although this is completely hearsay, but one of BGR’s contacts reports that there [...]

Motorola Droid Multitouch Browser

by Anthony Perez on January 4th, 2010

Europe’s Milestone has had multitouch from the beginning, but now a hack brings multitouch web browsing to the Motorola Droid here in the States. In order to obtain multitouch on your Droid simply follow these five steps over at AllDroid. You will need to root your phone first so this is not for beginners. Anyone [...]

Verizon Wireless Has Free Droid Battery Doors

by Anthony Perez on January 4th, 2010

(Updated) So for those of you who haven’t tried the DIY Motorola Droid battery door fix, Verizon Wireless has been shipping off free battery cover replacements. Although currently sold out, you can keep checking Verizon for more availability and save yourself a few bucks for the minor nuisance of a loose battery cover. Update: Within [...]

New Moto Devour In Silver

by Anthony Perez on January 2nd, 2010

Like we just discussed, the Motorola Devour, previously the Motorola Calgary, will be launching for Verizon. Our guess  is sometime in Q1 and with new and improved Android 2.1. BGR reports one of their contacts has spotted it in a new and snazzy silver. What do you all think of the new looking Devour? Anyone [...]

General Mobile’s 2nd Android Phone: The COSMOS

by Carl Channon on January 2nd, 2010

Well here’s another interesting beginning to the new year. A new Android handset by General Mobile titled the COSMOS. Android Authority received some pictures and details of the new Android-powered handset. This is GM’s first phone with Android 2.0 and successor to their first Android handset the DSTL1. Check out some images below: Reported specs [...]

Nexus One Gets Rooted!

by Carl Channon on January 2nd, 2010

I think we all expected the Nexus One to be rooted sooner or later but maybe not before it has even been officially announced! Thanks to MoDaCo’s founder Paul O’Brien yesterday he announced “Superboot” via a  thread on his site. Superboot is a boot.img that when flashed, will root your device the first time you boot [...]

Is the HTC Bravo the HTC Incredible?

by Carl Channon on January 2nd, 2010

A few weeks ago some names were found in a ROM including ‘HTC Bravo’ & ‘HTC Incredible’. Then shortly after the HTC Portfolio for 2010 (Q1 & Q2) leaked onto the internet which put some of those discovered names to images and spec’s. Well in the same informative post on XDA, ‘b3ler3fonte‘ also shares some [...]