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June, 2010 Articles

Data Throttling Coming to Sprint this Summer?

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

All those brand new EVO 4Gs floating around are sure to be consuming their fair share of data coverage on Sprint’s network. And with all of the internet at your whim (soon to include Flash), I’m sure at least a few people will experience data overages. It appears that Sprint may be implementing a new [...]

Droid Drops in Price on Verizon Website

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

Even though the Motorola Droid is apparently selling quite strong, Verizon has dropped the price $50 from $199.99 as the phone is set to be replaced by an upcoming line-up of new Motorola Droids. The Droid X and Droid 2 will make more than apt replacements, but if you can’t wait for their impending release [...]

Motorola Milestone and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to See Bug Fixes

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

Today O2 Germany announced through their twitter that they have given the thumbs up to a pair of new device ROMs for their Motorola Milestone and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 devices. No official word has come from either manufacturer about said updates, but O2 has confirmed that neither update will be to a new version [...]

HTC Legend Launches on Virgin Mobile Canada Today

by Kevin Krause on June 11th, 2010

Those crazy canucks at Mobile Syrup have caught wind that the HTC Legend is out today, June 11th, on Virgin Mobile in Canada, just as the we had suspected. This means that the Bell subsidiary gets the phone just a few days before its parent company. The plan is for Bell to start retailing the Legend [...]

AT&T Just Flashed Us With the HTC Aria/Liberty [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

Looks like AT&T’s susceptible to leaking information out of their own. Thanks to one of our ridiculously aware readers, AT&T’s uploaded a video that shows a quick glimpse of what we believe is the HTC Aria/HTC Liberty/HTC Whatever. AT&T calls it their latest Android device – it certainly looks like the devices we mentioned up [...]

[Poll] How Are You Keeping Up With the World Cup Today?

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

As everyone knows, today marks the kickoff to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with South Africa and Mexico already kicking about on the field. I know there are some of you who have to be at work today or can’t be bothered to watch any football due to other engagements, so how are you keeping [...]

EVO 4G Scratch Test Says This Thing Can Take Some Wear, Maybe Even Tear

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

One of our members over at AndroidForums.com – Roman G. – is returning his HTC EVO 4G to Sprint due to a physical defect, and before he exchanges it for a brand new one, he decided to give us a look at how well the screen holds up to tough conditions. His scratch test consisted [...]

Motorola’s Handset Business Making Moves (Quite Literally)

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

No, I’m not talking about how they’re shaking the game up by announcing so many cutting edge devices that will be heading our way sooner rather than later. I’m talking about Motorola’s handset division actually making a move: out of Chicago. According to Bloomberg, they want to leave the region and create more of a [...]

Huawei SmaKit S7 Sporting a 1Ghz Snapdragon? Huawei Press Event on June 24th

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

We got a look at Huawei’s 7-inch Android tablet at Computex that passed recently, but we were still unsure on its specifics. For starters, pricing and availability are still unknown and we haven’t gotten many details about what’s motivating this supposed champ under the hood. According to Smarthouse – an Australian technology outlet – we [...]

Orange Set to Get Rid of Unlimited Data, Too?

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

It’s like AT&T spread a very infectious bug across the entire mobile world. Another carrier is set to follow AT&T and O2 UK in scrapping the concept of “unlimited data,” if MobileToday is to be believed. They tried to contact Orange for confirmation, but were unsuccessful. If this ends up being true, then we’re going [...]

INQ Mobile Finally Has an ETA for Their First Android Device

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

Waaaay back in September, INQ announced they’d be jumping into the Android race at one point or another, and now we’re finally being given a window on when we can expect their first attempt. We don’t know much about the handset itself still, but the device is set to come out at the end of [...]

Pre-Order the Samsung Galaxy S With Vodafone Now, Get It June 15th

by Quentyn Kennemer on June 11th, 2010

While we’ve seen the device go on sale in the UK in one form or another before, this is probably the first time we’ve seen it jump to a specific carrier on subsidy. Vodafone’s opening the check-out line for you to pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S. The device is expected to launch on the carrier [...]

It’s A Droid Day: Droid 2 Pics and Video Surface

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

While we were busy digging up info on the Droid X by Motorola, our pals over at Droid-Life were getting their hands dirty with the Motorola Droid 2. Clear images of the new keyboard and revamped casing show a familiar yet refined handset. Check out how the screen now covers the “chin” when slid shut, [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] About that Droid X by Motorola

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

Following up on our post from earlier revealing the final name of the Droid X by Motorola we have a series of internal screen shots that confirm much of what we have heard about the device without spoiling too much of the mystery. As expected the Droid X will be a dual-band 1xEVDO handset headed [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Gets Spec Boost to 720Mhz CPU and 512MB RAM

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

We have to admit that when the Motorola Milestone XT720 was made official with a mere 550Mhz squeaked out of its OMAP 3440 processor and 256MB of RAM it made us scratch our heads and wonder how such a multimedia-centric phone (with HD video recording) could have such mid-range specs. It now seems that Motorola [...]

Droid X by Motorola

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

Maybe the Droid Xtreme name was just a bit too…extreme, but it looks like the smartphone formerly known as the Motorola Shadow will be launching as the Droid X by Motorola. That’s the latest we are hearing from a very reliable source (the same the provided us with oh so much Droid Incredible info). Let’s [...]

More Crazy Korean Android Goodness [VIDEO]

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

Droid does a lot of things, but a fashion designer? Check out these runway models sporting the latest fashions of the summer, the HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy S, and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. If you missed the first round of fun little ads cooked up by the Koreans, check them out here. For now just [...]

Is Sony Working Up A Google TV Companion Box Too?

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

From all reports, we have been led to believe that Logitech will be the sole manufacturer of Google TV set-top companion boxes at launch. Sony would handle the TVs and a Google TV-read Blu-Ray player. But a few recent images uncovered by Engadget seem to suggest that Sony will get in on the set-top box [...]

Samsung Behold II to Receive Update Beginning June 28

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

Remember when Samsung apparently did a double take on their suggestion that the Samsung Behold II would receive an update to Android 2.1? As a response to outcry from Behold II owners, they at least promised the phone would be seeing Android 1.6 — a marginal upgrade, but an upgrade nonetheless. And that would be [...]

Guild Software Helps MMORPG Addicts Get Out of the House by Bringing Vendetta Online to Android Handsets

by Kevin Krause on June 10th, 2010

If you find it too difficult to just up and quit your MMORPG ways (I get it, it took you YEARS to get that Paladin to level 75), Guild Software is at least making it a bit easier to unglue your butt from your computer chair and stretch those legs a bit. They are bringing [...]