When we first glanced at Vodafone’s first self-branded Android phone, it kind of took us by surprise: it’s surprisingly small. Its 2.8-inch QVGA screen screams budget phone, but we won’t discriminate. The guys at TheUnwired first gave us a sneak peak at the small bugger, and now it’s official: the Vodafone 845 (what some may [...]

US Cellular is keeping no secrets about their very first Android device, and they want to brag about it just like you did to all your friends when you first got your hands on your Android. Aside from naming some specs that will be old news if you frequent this site or are a European [...]

The FCC is running its tests on a new HTC handset — model number HTC PC70110 — paired with AT&T’s 850/1900 MHz  3G bands. They even posted pictures of this new touchscreen device with a full slide-out qwerty keyboard (are they trying to beat us bloggers at our own game?). Other than the row of [...]

The Vodafone-ready version of the Nexus One is coming on April 30th, and though the pre-order is no more than a week old, the initial stock of N1s has already been depleted. This is in contrast to the US release of the phone, which saw plentiful units and a slow start to sales. Vodafone issued [...]

In a recent conversation with The New York Times, Andy Rubin,vice president of engineering at Google, waxed philosophical on the open nature of Android, its position in the smartphone market, and Steve Jobs’ recent digs at the platform. He also name-dropped Froyo and confirmed that Flash 10.1 would be fully supported in the upcoming update [...]

Motorola has made a statement on their Facebook page to lend some clarity to the newly-announced Skyhook partnership for future Android devices. From what can be gathered from the statement, they are making the move out of no ill-will towards Google, and want to use Skyhook to enhance the abilities of location-based services and apps. [...]

Google just can’t keep the wallet in their pocket, and their latest splurge bought them a little Israeli start-up called Labpixies, developers of casual games and other applications such as Flood-It for Android, iPhone, and Facebook. Their early-adopter status with the iGoogle platform probably didn’t hurt when catching the attention of their new sugar daddy. [...]

Zeemote, makers of of the JS1 Bluetooth gaming peripheral, have now made an Android SDK for said controller available to developers. The SDK supports Android 1.6 and higher, and is aimed at bringing a console-like experience to handheld gaming. The JS1 is a small, portable controller that provides an analog joystick and four buttons for [...]

Before I get into the meat of this post, I feel it’s necessary to state this disclaimer: this isn’t a 2.1 update. Having saved myself from being pitched to the wolves, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet seems to have gotten a firmware update last week that passed right by us. Among the list of fixes [...]

Bummer. A few of our  UK phans with O2 won’t be able to get their hands on an HTC Desire at the end of this month, after all. O2 has just announced that – due to longer-than-expected testing – the phone wouldn’t be available until mid-May. That’s only about (roughly) two weeks from the anticipated [...]

Over the past few weeks I have been taking the time to review various music streaming apps for Android (a fairly daunting task given the many options), and now it’s time to report back on my findings. I’m sure if you’ve followed the site you will have probably caught a few of these reviews, but [...]

Last week, we filled you guys in on the Latin America-specific MOTODEV Summits that would be taking place, and the first one is set to begin today. In Mexico City, Mexico, Motorola will be holding their sessions starting at Noon local time (that’s 12:00pm Central) and you can follow the action on Twitter by searching [...]

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that the rumored LG GT540 had undergone a name change – it would be known as the LG Optimus. We didn’t hear anything about its availability or pricing, but LG just made it official: on May 1st, you’ll be able pick one up for yourself in the UK. [...]

I know some of you were upset about Google pulling a Verizon Wireless version of their self-coined superphone, but all hopes are not lost for those of you on America’s 2nd-biggest CDMA carrier. Speaking to a Sprint representative, AndroidGuys wanted to confirm that Sprint still had plans to bring out a version of the Google [...]

Samsung’s keeping the wheels rolling on their global Android footprint expansion, and this time it’ll continue in China. Samsung Hub is reporting that the GT-I7680 will be making its way to China Mobile. The phone is said to run a “special” version of the Android OS, but no details on the specific version have come [...]

Ok so perhaps we can’t get TOO greedy, but Koreans are getting a boatload of Android today. Earlier, we saw the launch of LG’s LU2300 and SU2300 smartphones, and now Samsung is bringing their Android 2.1-enabled Galaxy A to the country, as well. SK Telecom will carry the phone which seems to be a slight [...]

The Android devices we’ve been anticipating from LG for a while now have finally launched in South Korea. Both handsets, headed to Korean carriers SK Telecom and KT, are equipped with a 1ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.5-inch AMOLED 800×480 display, and a 5-megapixel camera. We’re inherently jealous of our Korean Phandroids that’ll be able to [...]

I’ve come to look forward to these metrics reports: we get a very interesting (and arguably accurate) look at how Android is faring not only within its own ecosystem, but the entire mobile phone space as a whole. AdMob just released their mobile metrics report for March 2010 and there’s some pretty cool data to [...]

Finally… we’ve got the HTC Incredible! Some of you may be saying, “Finally? It doesn’t come out until Thursday!” but as you probably know, we’ve already seen a bunch of reviews pop up. Nonetheless, we’re working on our own in-depth review, which we’ll post on Wednesday (God willing). In the meantime enjoy this unboxing: And [...]

The Weather Channel has released a pretty big update/overhaul for their  Android app today. The most noticeable changes come in the user interface, which received updated graphics and the addition of custom tabs for different locations. A new widget comes in several sizes, and multiple widgets can be set each to a different location. Other [...]