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June, 2010 Articles

Droid 2 and Droid X Ads Get Teased, Droid 2 Gets Clocked to 1Ghz, X Flies On Plane

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

Seems like the new pair of Droid phones are really getting a move on lately. Droid-Life grabbed hold of the commercial scripts that Verizon’s cooking up for the Motorola Droid 2 and Motorola Droid X. Looking at the script, Verizon’s looking to take their hugely successful marketing campaign yet another step forward. Similar to HTC’s [...]

Fortumo Launches Their In-App Billing Platform, Too

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

One thing that many developers miss when they port their games and apps from iPhone to Android are in-game and in-app billing features. Many have resorted to having to route their customers to their website to buy additional content, while others have elected to just deal without the added revenue. There are a few solutions [...]

Samsung Galaxy Apollo i5801 Going to Orange UK, Gets Specced

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

On Friday, Samsung teased us about a phone they’re calling the Samsung Galaxy Apollo. We didn’t know much about the new device, but an Orange UK  ”coming soon” advertisement let loose the goods. It’ll have a 3-megapixel camera, a 3.2-inch touch screen, 24 days of standby time, 9 hours of talk time, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, [...]

AT&T Just Comes Out And Says It: Aria’s Coming June 20th [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

Days after we spotted the device in AT&T’s quality assurance and device testing video, the HTC Aria has been officially announced. It’s not the HTC Liberty like everyone thought before, though it’s entirely possible the Liberty could’ve been a codename. The display is 3.2-inches (the size of the T-Mobile G1, if you want to get [...]

5-Inch Android Tablet? $88, Please

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

We’re seeing more and more tablets introduced every day, and a welcome trend is that they just continue to get cheaper and cheaper. Even if we’ve yet to see any of these devices, it’s refreshing to see than our arms and legs won’t need to be sacrificed when it comes time to choose between them. [...]

HTC EVO 4G Gets Full Root Access

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

HTC EVO 4G owners have been enjoying their new toys chains-free since before the device was officially launched, but the access we got wasn’t “full” (the nand protection hadn’t been unlocked which denied us full read/write access while booted within Android). Due to the protection, features such as microSD card-enabled swap and apps to SD [...]

Android Wants to go Up In The Air, Professes Developer

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

No, we’re not talking about the movie. We’re talking about space! Danny Pier – an Android developer whose dreams aren’t limited to the sky (what would the early morning be without a bowl of punflakes?) – wants to see an Android phone up in space doing some galactic work. The project is named Astdroid and [...]

[Rumor] Samsung Galaxy “Tape” to Launch with Froyo, First Specs Revealed

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

Vietnamese tech site Tinh te’s claiming that the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be launching with Android 2.2 whenever it’s due out. More specs have apparently been uncovered, to boot. Their trusted source says it’ll have an ARM Cortex A8 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, a 4,000mAh battery, 16GB of on-board storage and the option to have [...]

Dell Streak Accessories Now Up For Grabs

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 14th, 2010

I’m sure there are going to be a lot of Dell Streak owners that want to get the most out of their new phone/MID, and there’s no better way to extend your enjoyment than through the use of accessories. For a device this large, desktop and car docks almost seem like worthy investments in making [...]

[Update] EVO 4G Could Be Suffering From the Same Grounding Issues As The Incredible, Other Hardware Defects

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

While we’d like to believe every device ever made could leave the factory in top-notch condition, there’s always going to be a bad bunch waiting to eventually be returned for exchange and repair. The HTC EVO 4G isn’t an exception to this rule, and most of its issues lies in that 4.3-inch screen it’s packing. [...]

Ditched Your Palm Pre? Have an EVO? Then Repurpose That Touchstone Charger

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

Android’s always been known for having a great customization community on the software side, but let’s not that there still exists a world of hardware fondlers out there. One neat little trick that just popped up enables your HTC EVO 4G to work with the Touchstone charger that everyone loved so much about the Palm [...]

Droid X: Same 4.3-inch Display, But Noticeably Larger Than Competitors

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

We knew Motorola’s Droid X would need to be at least as big as the HTC EVO 4G due to having the exact same screen size, but we’re still excited to see how the devices look when they’re put side-by-side. Thanks to our awesome members over at AndroidForums.com, we’ve been treated to that exact scenario. [...]

T-Mobile: Yea, The iPhone 4 Has Some Features, So Do Our Android Phones

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

In what looks to be a very pointless (and counteractive) memo, T-Mobile’s outlining the different features of some of their flagship phones (including the T-Mobile Garminfone and T-Mobile MyTouch Slide alongside the WinMo-bred HD2) up against the iPhone 4. It’s pointless because T-Mobile’s not downplaying the iPhone 4 in any way: they’re simply advertising the [...]

Navigate Your World: A T-Mobile Garminfone Commercial [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

Regardless of how this phone is received throughout our vocal Android community online, we have to remember that there’s still a good chunk of people that are looking for exactly what T-Mobile’s offering with the Garminfone. T-Mobile remembers that, too, and their advertising campaign for the phone doesn’t look too shabby. While I’m sure we [...]

So When Can I Have An Android Dock That Doubles As A Toaster?

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

We’ve seen some pretty unique accessories for Android phones over the past couple of years. Ulysse Nardin made a pretty nice speaker/travel box/USB hub/dock combo for their exquisite (and expensive) Chairman phone, and now a company named Metatrend thought it’d be a good idea to make an espresso machine that would nestle your Android phone. [...]

[RUMOR] Froyo Moves Closer to Release? FRF72 Update Supposedly Rolls Out

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

Ever since the excitement of Google I/O died down, we’ve all been left wondering one thing: when the heck are we going to get our dessert? Google gave us a quick – and arguably meaningless – update on the matter stating they hope to have the update ready for Nexus One users “ASAP”. Now, new [...]

Samsung Galaxy S Gets Gutted On Camera, Not Before 720p Video Sample

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 13th, 2010

A big deal is being made over high definition video quality on cell phones nowadays and video recording just so happens to be as important now as it was when we were first introduced. For those that are on the fence about the Samsung Galaxy S’s performance in this area, someone’s taken the phone to [...]

Droid X Launching in July, Droid 2 Following in August

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

Just as suspected, the newest Droids from the Motorola camp headed to Verizon will be launching a bit later in the summer. Just when, you ask? According to BGR, the Motorola Droid X will be landing sometime in July with Android 2.1 and “shadow BLUR,” which we will assume is the same thing as “NinjaBlur” [...]

Samsung Galaxy Apollo ‘Coming Soon’

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

While it isn’t quite the Samsung Galaxy S, the Samsung M100s is no doubt a solid Android handset from the Korean manufacturer. Its 3.7-inch screen and 5MP camera on Android 2.1 seen the light of day outside of Korea, but that all could be changing soon. Samsung’s British site is showing a phone called the [...]

Droid X Gets all Felt Up in Hands-On Encounter

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

If you haven’t had your fill of Motorola Droid X leaked images, we now have a couple more courtesy of Gadget University. They got all touchy touchy feely feely with the new Android phone headed to Verizon sometime later this summer and have laid out a bit more info on the latest Droid. It looks [...]