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April, 2010 Articles

Multi-Touch Evolved in the Droid Incredible and EVO 4G Thanks to maxTouch

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 20th, 2010

Some interesting news has popped up this morning. Ever since the introduction of Android 2.1, we’ve seen multi-touch enabled by default for any device with the hardware and the aforementioned software. The Nexus One and The Motorola Droid/Milestone are two such phones that come to mind, but they’ve been bound by a very unsightly technological [...]

India Is Granted A Dance With The HTC Legend

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 20th, 2010

Good news for those of you in India! The HTC Legend is now available for you to purchase for about 26,500 Indian rupees (which translates to 592 American dollars, 441 euros, 386 pounds, etc etc). It’s the same unbranded, international Legend that we’ve all seen of and heard of before, so there should be no [...]

Phandroid Joins Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at HTC EVO 4G Event Next Month [Update]

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 20th, 2010

On May 12th, Sprint and Dan Hesse will be hosting an event where you can get an even closer, more personal look at the HTC EVO 4G up close. Many people have already gotten their hands on it at CTIA, but I’m sure this event will allow people to go even deeper with the phone. [...]

Lenovo LePhone Is Going To China

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 20th, 2010

Even with its unusual form factor, keyboard design, and obvious Asian influence, Lenovo’s LePhone intrigues me in a way that I can’t explain. It’s a good thing I didn’t get excited about this phone coming to the US as I’m sure all signs pointed to a stern “no” from Lenovo, but at least our Chinese [...]

Official Droid Incredible Overview Video Courtesy of Verizon

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 20th, 2010

Verizon’s starting to get the hype train rolling a bit faster on the HTC Droid Incredible since they’ve opened the floodgates for preordering yesterday.  Product specialist Derek gives us a pretty enthusiastic rundown of the Incredible and its features. We don’t learn much new here, but we do get to see some of the Verizon-specific [...]

AT&T To Get Sony Ericsson X10 at End of July

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

Engadget Mobile has received word from a “trusted source” that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is currently scheduled for release at AT&T during the 30th week of this year. This week falls during the waning days of July and the start of August. Of course, this isn’t set in stone, but the existence of an [...]

Will the Samsung Galaxy S Arrive at All Major US Carriers by End of Year?

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

It was first believed the Samsung Galaxy S might end up as an AT&T exclusive. A filing with the Bluetooth SIG, however, suggested that the phone may be appearing on T-Mobile as well. Now there is speculation arising that the Galaxy S will make its way to the big four US carriers by the end [...]

Flash On Schedule to Arrive on Android Before Second Half of 2010

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

An interview with Fox Business recently twisted Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen’s words concerning the release time frame of Flash 10.1 for mobile devices, or so Adobe says. The original report indicated we wouldn’t be seeing full-blown Flash for Android until the second half of the year. Adobe says that’s just not true and Narayen’s words [...]

Dell Mini 5 Coming to T-Mobile?

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

An FCC filing dug up today by someone with a lot more time on their hands than me points to a separate version of the Dell Mini 5 (or Streak if you prefer) headed to the WCDMA bands of T-Mobile. The filing is for a model of the Mini 5 approved for the T-Mo-specific WCDMA [...]

Black HTC Desire “Coming Soon” on Orange Website

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

The black rendition of the HTC Desire was announced last month, and though we heard it would be available around the end of April, little else has surfaced. Now it is pictured and listed among the Orange website, though it is tagged as “Coming Soon” with no hint as to when “Soon” may be. As [...]

RunKeeper Sprints Into the Android Market

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

One of the latest apps to make the migration over to the Android Market from the land of iPhone exclusive apps is RunKeeper, an exercise tracking application that has been well-received on the iPhone platform. Android already has a decent selection of these apps — my up-to-now personal favorite being CardioTrainer — but RunKeeper is [...]

MyTouch 3G Slide Shows Its Specs

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

We have seen plenty of images of the myTouch 3G Slide over the past few weeks, but little was known about the internals of this T-Mobile exclusive. A source in possession of the phone has shed some light on this issue, giving us our first real idea of where this phone sits. The myTouch 3G [...]

Droid Incredible Pre-Order is ON!

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

Quentyn just gave you a run down of reviews from across the interwebs of the new Droid Incredible by HTC for Verizon, and I thought it was worth mentioning that the pre-order is now live at the Verizon site. Click the link to reserve yours for $199.99 on a 2-year contract. As an aside: I [...]

Google Not Playing Coy When Wooing New Android Developers

by Kevin Krause on April 19th, 2010

It’s no secret that the Android Market is growing in its app selection by leaps and bounds. The market gained 9000 apps in the month of March alone, and now hosts 38,000 total. [Insert soundboard joke here]. One of the developer’s of the Texts From Last Night app on iPhone recently got in touch with [...]

US Cellular Confirms They’ll Be Getting the HTC Desire

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 19th, 2010

Last week, we saw a mail-in rebate form that showed you’ll be able to get a $70 rebate on an HTC Desire with US Cellular. The eligibility dates on the document showed that we should be seeing the Desire announced sometime soon for the regional carrier, and it was. Not many details in regards to [...]

Droid Incredible Reviews Are Storming In [Round-Up]

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 19th, 2010

Considering that Phandroid – and our extremely resourceful sister site, AndroidForums.com – were the leaders in pre-announcement HTC Incredible news and information, we were surprised to see we were overlooked when pre-launch reviews started popping. Remember these? Check out this very passionate community of Incredible fans over at AF’s official HTC Incredible section. Here’s the [...]

Motorola Devour Could Be Getting Updated Soon, Won’t Be 2.1

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 19th, 2010

It’s easy to forget about Verizon’s latest phone with all of the fuss about their upcoming Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible if you aren’t used to the new name, yet). Android Central leaked a flier which shows that an update for the Motorola Devour is on its way. This isn’t the big 2.1 update we’re looking [...]

The Droid Game Gripper Reviewed By A Phan

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 19th, 2010

Those of you who wants to squeeze more out of their Droid gaming experience will love the Game Gripper. It’s a rubber-based attachment that surrounds itself onto your Droid and maps plastic controls to your phone’s hardware keyboard. It looks like it works well and should be considered a must if you want to get [...]

Xperia X10 To Get Android 2.1 Sometime In September?

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 19th, 2010

Mobiles.co.uk is reporting that a rep for Sony said that they’d be releasing a “big” update sometime in September for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. We’d assume that Android 2.1 is the update in question,  but we wouldn’t classify that as “big” seeing as multiple handsets are already getting their injection of the latest features [...]

Motorola’s New Android-based Flip Phone Leaks

by Quentyn Kennemer on April 19th, 2010

If Motorola was considered late to the Android game, then they can’t be knocked on their variance in regards to their handsets. Now, Another unique and quirky handset is making its rounds across the web. This flip-phone, which doesn’t even have a code-name yet, looks to be running the latest version of MOTOBLUR atop Android [...]