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February, 2010 Articles

Oberon Media Will Release 20+ Android Games in 2010

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

Oberon Media, along with its publishing group I-play, anticipates releasing 20+ Android games in 2010. Keith Adair, I-play’s global VP of sales and marketing for mobile, has found multiple advantages in Android being that not only can games be found in the Android Market, but carriers can also launch their own portals. "We see a [...]

HTC Scorpion To Sting Market With 1.5GHz Processor and WiMax?

by Rob Jackson on February 10th, 2010

The folks over at AndroidSpin got an anonymous tip – which we should always be cautious about – regarding an upcoming device called the HTC Scorpion. If the rumor is true, it’ll have a 1.5GHz processor, run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and perhaps have WiMax connectivity which would mean its Sprint bound. Here are the lines [...]

Homerun Battle 3D Brings Cross-Platform Multiplayer Compatability

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

Recently, we have seen a lot of bickering and griping about games in the Android Market as compared to the iPhone’s App Store. Well patience my friends, patience! Homerun Battle 3D was released for Android devices early last month and it features cross-platform multiplayer mode. This allows existing iPhone players to face off against Android [...]

GeeksPhone One Found In France

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

GeeksPhone One was announced this past summer and now, according to Android France, is finally available to those in Europe. Android France got their hands on one and posted some pics. Although a long time has passed since the initial announcement, no  upgrades have been made to make the GeeksPhone One more competitive, given the [...]

Details Of Droid Getting Android 2.1

by Rob Jackson on February 10th, 2010

(Updated) The Motorola support website has posted information about the Motorola Droid update to Android 2.1, including details on exactly what you’ll get when it hits your handset. The down and dirty? You won’t get live wall papers or the cool app tray animations, but pretty much everything else is on the way. Do the [...]

New myTouch 3G Coming Today?

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

For those of you waiting for the new myTouch, today might be your day. The myTouch 3G with 3.5mm jack was phone was rumored to launch, today, February 10th and T-Mobile posted it to their site this morning. New additions to the phone include: 3.5 mm headset jack 288 MB of RAM Swype keyboard doubleTwist [...]

Android Gains Market Share In Q4!

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

comScore, an internet marketing research company, reported that Android devices saw the largest U.S. market share growth in Q4, between September 2009 and December 2009. The firm found Android has increased its hold on the market by a total of 2.7% to a total of 5.2% in Q4. Motorola was the top ranked with 23.5% [...]

Moto CLIQ Getting Android 2.1 In March!

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

With the rumored release of Android 2.1 for the Moto Droid this week, we also get news that Moto CLIQ user’s won’t have too wait much longer either. BGR reports that their Motorola connections say that the CLIQ will be getting the 2.1 update at some point in March. We have seen the specs of [...]

Urbanspoon Comes To Droid and Nexus One

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

We just got an email from Urbanspoon about the launch of their new application for Android. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Urbanspoon is a restaurant slot machine application that we have already seen on the iPhone. It uses the accelerometer of the device so that all you need to do is shake the [...]

Opera Mobile For Android Coming At MWC

by Anthony Perez on February 10th, 2010

Another great development coming from this year’s Mobile World Congress is the launch of Opera Mobile browser to Android. Opera announced in a news release that it will unveil Opera Mobile 10 for Android at Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona. Hopefully, we will see the Opera Mobile to be somewhat similar to the [...]

G Is For Gingerbread

by Rob Jackson on February 10th, 2010

Anyone who closely follows the future of Android knows that development builds are referred to by incrementally alphabetic desserts – Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo. So that makes “G” the next unknown, right? Well Brian Swetland, an Android Kernel expert, recently told us to run, run as fast as we can, we can’t catch him he’s [...]

Nexus One Phone Support: (888) 486-3987

by Rob Jackson on February 10th, 2010

Nexus One problems? If they include the status of your purchase or shipping questions than you can now call 1-(888) 48NEXUS and talk to a live support person on the PHONE! Pretty cool except for the fact that ACTUAL problems, you know, like your phone not working, are still only answerable by way of the [...]

Nexus One ETF Lowered To $150

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

Remember when we learned that Google’s Nexus One ETF (technically Equipment Recovery Fee) was not only a whopping $350 but also was imposed in ADDITION to T-Mobile’s ETF – and then we threw a hissy fit? Well the FCC promptly started an investigation and it looks like Google is either admitting they overdid it or [...]

Motorola Droid 2.1 Update Coming This Week!

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

Earlier today we told you the Motorola Droid’s update to Android 2.1 was coming very soon and now, thanks to an Official update on Motorola’s Facebook page, we know that very soon = this week! Have your Droid’s charged and at your fingertips so when that “Do you want to update” question pops up, you’re [...]

Documents To Go Only $9.99 For Limited Time!

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

Dataviz makes an application called Documents To Go that allows you to view, edit and interact with Microsoft Office documents like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF – right from your Android Phone. There is a free version of the app that provides limited access (view only) for Word and Excel, but the FULL version will [...]

iPhone 3GS Better Than Motorola Droid?

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

Engadget is having their 2009 Engadget Awards and Android is making a case in many categories. Unfortunately, for bothh Gadget of The Year and Smartphone Of The Year the Motorola Droid is 2nd to the iPhone 3GS – BLEH! Time to rally the troops! Head on over to Engadget 2009 Awards and VOTE FOR THE [...]

Motorola Milestone Updates

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

There have been a BUNCH of Motorola Milestone updates over the past several days/weeks and the phone is definitely getting some nice… mileage. It’s launched in new places, gotten updates and much more. We wanted to keep you up to pace with the Motorola Droid’s twin brother so here goes nothing. Milestone Launching On TELUS [...]

T-Mobile Q1 Roadmap Probably Fake, Features CLIQ XT

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

Look at the below leaked T-Mobile 1st Quarter Roadmap and notice that Sony Ericsson is misspelled as “Sony Ericcson” while Motorola is referred to as MOT instead of the typical MOTO. Simple mistaked in an official document or typos by a stupid and careless photoshop prankster? Considering the MyTouch 1.2 with 3.5mm headset jack isn’t [...]

T-Mobile MyTouch 2: New Name For HTC Espresso?

by Rob Jackson on February 8th, 2010

The folks at T-Mobile might be looking to extend the MyTouch brand they’ve built thus far as TMO Today tipsters are saying the rumored HTC Espresso will launch with the name T-Mobile MyTouch 2. First came the MyTouch 3G, then the MyTouch 3G Fender Edition and now we’re rumored to have the MyTouch 3G 1.2 [...]

Rumor? HTC Bravo Coming To Orange In March

by Anthony Perez on February 8th, 2010

Is this a real, official Orange document? Or is it a clever Photoshop job? I’ll let you be the judge, but hopefully it is official.. The Bravo is coming soon and according to this screen shot to Orange, although that is not yet confirmed. Its specs rival the Nexus One just with the optical trackpad [...]