Because you just can’t stop an Android modder from rooting every phone that lands in their hands, the latest to get the treatment is the myTouch 3G Slide. After doing some work on the Cliq and Behold II, Eugene373 over at XDA-Developers set his sites on the Slide and has given a nice how-to for [...]

If you watched the Google TV keynote at Google I/O or have been following any blogs like our very own Phandroid lately the following video may be old hat, but for the uninitaiated Google has put together a nice succinct overview of their new television/internet hybrid multimedia experience. The more I see of Google TV [...]

Remember that Altek phone that popped up looking prepped for Android and featuring a huge honking piece of camera glass? The altek Leo camera-phone was shown off at CommunicAsia 2010, just as was promised. Revelations include Android 2.1 with a Froyo update in the pipeline, a 1/2.3-inch CCD image sensor rated at 14MP, and a [...]

Between all the leaked pics, internal marketing documents, and a hands-on encounter one of the burning questions remaining was exactly when the Droid X would touch down at local Verizon stores. Now thanks to some information passed along to the folks at Droid-Life it looks like that date will be July 19th, as Verizon stores [...]

HTC’s just updated their support page for the HTC Hero with a new OTA firmware update. The update – which seems to specifically target YouTube – could be a precursor to an even bigger update soon (June has long been a rumored date for the European Hero). Thailand’s already got Android 2.1, so it can’t [...]

Vodafone’s announcing that they’ve launched 360 Shop for some of their Android handsets they currently offer. Their shop will offer some unique features compared to Android’s native market, including personalized recommendations based on your app usage and downloading history. They’ll also be able to show you locally-relevant apps through promotions, and you’ll be able to [...]

AMOLED displays are still in short supply as we know from Verizon’s inability to keep the HTC Droid Incredible in stock, and now it’s affecting even more carriers. US Cellular – excited as they’ve ever been to bring the HTC Desire to their customers – had to delay the phone because HTC can’t produce them [...]

June 19th looked like it was going to be a special day for T-Mobile after a product launch schedule for the MyTouch 3G Slide showed something “big” being planned. Later, we saw a commercial script and some initial print advertisements showing T-Mobile would be offering Dads the ultimate Father’s Day gift. That gift has now [...]

It was believed that the smallish HTC Wildfire would be launching for Vodafone today (with pre-orders being taken a few days earlier), but it doesn’t appear to be available any more now than it was then. As of the time of this posting, their official site is still listing the device as being available for [...]

There’s a nice big pool of Samsung news to be had this morning. Firstly, those rumors we heard yesterday were not true: the Samsung Galaxy Tab has not been renamed to the Galaxy Tape, as “trusted sources” would have it. The news was confirmed by JK Shin, president of the South Korean company’s mobile division, [...]

For a while it seemed like every newly announced handset was receiving a rumored “Pro” model featuring a hardware QWERTY keyboard, and one of the more anticipated was the Samsung Galaxy S Pro. As the standard Galaxy S has been making its rounds drawing closer to a release, news of the Pro version subsided and [...]

Remember the 66,483 HTC EVO 4G handsets Sprint stores sold over the two days following the phone’s release? If not, that’s probably because the sales figure leaked by a Sprint employee on the XDA-Developer forums didn’t get too much air time between the released and retracted “record” sales figures reported. Even though the figure didn’t [...]

There is much to be said about the statistics released by various mobile traffic tracking services — and the latest numbers really don’t come as a huge shocker — but Quantcast has just released a report showing Android market share continues to rise steadily, now resting right around 20 percent compared to iOS’s 58.8 percent. [...]

We’ve now got over 1,000 Android Application reviews  and more than 200 Android Game Reviews at AndroidApplications.com! We’ve promised to reward the best review each day with an Android Phone and we’re making good on that promise – just delayed the announcement a bit. So without further adieu – the winners from the past 4 [...]

As seems to be the case more often than not, if you want OS updates for your Android handset, you may be better served turning to the development community if you are the risky type that likes tinkering around with your phone. This time a band of ROM-smiths over at ModMyMobile have built up an [...]

Japan-based NEC is dishing out a bit of info on their upcoming Android-based tablet called LifeTouch. Featuring a 7-inch TFT LCD screen at 800×480 resolution, the Android 2.1 device runs on an ARM Cortex A8 processor, gets 256MB of RAM, and sports a 3MP camera. Cloud-based solutions for businesses will link up to NEC servers [...]

The recently leaked Sony Ericsson phone known as the Shakira looks like it will be called the Xperia X8, a fitting name for the phone that sits between the X10 and X10 mini in terms of size. Along with the new name reveal the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog has a slew of new pictures of [...]

Apologies for the delay – I’ve had a hectic few days to say the least. We WILL announce winners #3, #4, #5 and #6 today and we ARE STILL collecting new entries for our Phone-A-Day Give Away Contest. I know there are hundreds of people waiting to know what the heck is up so I [...]

Right ahead of the phone’s rumored June 16th launch date, Best Buy’s showing the device on their Canada Mobile site at $79.99 (3-year agreement) and $399.99 (off-contract). It looks to be an in-store only item, but we’re not sure if pre-ordering is an option. In any case, call or head into your Best Buy to [...]

We’ve just learned that SlingPlayer’s now accepting emails to notify users when SlingPlayer Mobile is available. Still no concrete word on “when” that will be exactly, but I suspect we won’t have to wait too long into the summer months to see the app launched. Currently, only the UK site has the sign up form [...]