This year’s TED conference is in full swing and it seems as though the 1,500 fortunate people in attendance have serious reason to rejoice. Google has decided to give them all a free unlocked Nexus One. Seeing as how tickets are $6,000 a piece, those in attendance don’t need a free phone, but considering how [...]

For those of you who love our favorite robot and want to him off in your home or workplace, well we have got the perfect arts and crafts project for you. This blog shows a papercraft Android put together by William Link-san and how it was done. After 7 various designs, he finally decided on [...]

We told you about the update for the Nexus One that was SUPPOSED to fix the 3G connectivity issues that users have been experiencing since the launch. Even now after the update, users are still reporting glitches and problems with connectivity. One Nexus One owner even reported that by touching his phone on the lower [...]

It’s no news that I am a huge fan of my Motorola Droid and am loving the news coming out of Shenzhen, China of the Motorola XT800. It features a dual-SIM with one being CDMA and one being GSM. Interesting right? Seems like a neat feature to have stateside since we have both depending on [...]

People sure do have a hard time keeping secrets these days! We already knew plenty about the upcoming HTC Legend – both pictures and specs – but Dutch mobile carrier KPN must have felt like the world should know more. Visiting the KPN website will display a “reserveer nu” button for the HTC Legend (seen [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Portal that went on sale last month in the UK finally gets reviewed and photographed for us in the U.S. to get a look. A quick recap of the Portal shows it to have some potential over the HTC Tattoo and boasts: Android 1.5 3.2-inch HVGA display 3.2-megapixel camera GPS Wi-Fi Bluetooth [...]

I don’t get it… Or maybe it’s just that dumb… plus they spelled “phandroid” wrong ;) [Via AllThingsD]

Some of you have been asking us more about the Dell Mini 5. Well, although we have yet to get our hands on one, our friends at Engadget have been given a prototype review unit and have snapped up a plethora of photos of the new tablet. They promise an upcoming review so keep your [...]

So, we all have been seeing the myTouch LE Fender commercials at nearly every commercial break. Apparently, they have been doing their job as the myTouch Fender edition has completely sold out of all inventory since its release, roughly three weeks ago. T-Mobile had 17,250 units in their inventory and they have been selling like [...]

Three months have passed since our last podcast but in episode 14 we waste no time jumping right back into all the Android news from recent days. Rob Jackson, Dave Demarest and Talton Pettigrew hang out and talk about the Google Buzz, the success and failures of the Nexus One, the Droid 2.1 update, SuperBowl [...]

More news from this year’s Mobile World Congress, this time from chip maker Marvell. They are claiming a revolutionary development and all for around $100. Most recently, Marvell has launched its new chipset for e-readers and aimed to bring down the price. Well, now they have developed a new processor range for phones, the Pantheon [...]

Engadget reports that  they received a statement from Adrian Ludwig in regards to Flash 10.1 only being available for devices that run on Android 2.1. According Ludwig, group product marketing manager for Flash: Adobe, Google, and other members of the Open Screen Project are working together to make ensure the full Web experience can be [...]

BGR has brought us some of the latest leaks from Verizon with some internal documentation that shows a launch to all channels in March. For those of you who haven’t heard or seen the specs, here ya go: Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard 3.1" HVGA, 320 x 480, 65K colors Bluetooth 3.0 Megapixel camera Android 1.6 with [...]

More news from this year’s MWC is the collaboration of Garmin and ASUS to bring us the A50. It claims to have “more location technology than any other smartphone” Here is what we have seen thus far in terms of specs for the A50: 3.5-inch HVGA Capacitive touchscreen Custom, finger-friendly UI 4GB of internal storage [...]

I started using AOL Instant Messenger a LONG time ago… back when seventy-billion AOL dial-up CDs were exploring the planet on retail countertops everywhere. For some reason, I’ve never let it go. Even with Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, MSN, ICQ and whatever other options you throw at me, I’ve never let go of AIM and still [...]

Google Buzz was announced yesterday and I’ve been slightly addicted to it ever since using the Buzz Layer on Google Maps for Android. It’s basically a challenger to your facebook status updates and tweets, including the ability to “follow” people, but in the context of location. Add some features to work with the likes of [...]

Earlier today we made a post about a page that went live on Motorola’s site providing details of the 2.1 push to the Droid. Unfortunately not long after our post the page was taken down. Fortunately for our readers, one of my friends still had it up on her browser – and she took a [...]

It seems like we have been overcome with Android 2.1 update news, now it’s the HTC Hero’s turn. HTC is currently working on the new ROM for the Hero that will include the Android 2.1 update. HTC’s Benelux team reports that the Hero will get the update in March. In addition to Android 2.1, the [...]

For those of you who have been dying to be able to print or use a USB flash drive with your Moto Droid, this is for you. Well, unfortunately there is no cable manufactured at this time. However, with these steps, the world of USB devices awaits you and your Moto Droid. Android currently doesn’t [...]

Once again, here is another shot of the HTC Legend that has been turned in to Engagdet. However, this time the pic comes with some specs that go along with what we have already seen: 3.2-inch HVGA AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor 5 megapixel camera with LED flash Bluetooth 2.1+EDR WiFi Quadband GSM [...]