HTC’s gone on record to officially acknowledge that the HTC Desire, HTC Legend, and HTC Wildfire will be getting an upgrade to Android 2.2 sometime in Q3 of this year. Essentially, you could be surprised and see it released in two days, because that’s when Q3 starts. Realistically, it will probably be a few weeks [...]

It only makes sense that Samsung’s doing well in their country of origin where they’ve pushed the Samsung Galaxy S more than anywhere else (beside the US, at least, with the four major carriers here making a pretty big deal out of it). SK Telecom – the exclusive carrier for the device – announced that [...]

At long last, the LG Ally has been rooted. The device – which was released on Verizon late May – hasn’t had the most vocal fanbase (in terms of “power users”, anyway) but that doesn’t mean the development community isn’t there. After a shaky trial and error process, instructions are now up and you Ally [...]

Here’s a chance for some of you Android developers to get motivated about creating some unique and cool games for our beloved operating system. The Independent Games Festival has added Android as one of the mobile gaming categories (sitting alongside devices such as the Nintendo DS, PSP, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad). IGF is a [...]

Well, this just made my “want” meter for the Dell Streak shoot through the roof. StreakSmart got their paws on the final packaging for the Dell Streak, and it’s a looker. Some of you “greenies” (or “Go Green!” guys) might not be impressed by this, but Dell’s really pushing this as a marquee device over [...]

We can’t tell if Basil is the codename or market name, but it appears that what we were introduced to as the Motorola Charm could end up getting a name change before hitting the market. TmoNews got their hands on what looks like a training document or user guide for the device showing it with [...]

Firstly, it’s official: the new name for the “internet” is “datawebs”. Anywho, that update that was giving so many HTC EVO 4G owners problems yesterday has now been pulled. Users started reporting bricked devices when they accidentally applied the update twice (the phone would notify them of the same OTA update after they’d finished applying [...]

A spokesperson for Verizon Wireless officially updated us on the rumors of the HTC Droid Incredible being an end-of-life product: it’s simply not true, they say. Rumors started festering about when the Droid Incredible appeared on the same phaseout list that the now-extinct HTC Droid Eris did. The first thought that came to our minds [...]

The day has finally come for Nexus One owners on AT&T and T-Mobile to receive Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo). After weeks of seeing internal and test builds floating around the offices of the Googleplex (and every imaginable corner of the internet), Users are reporting that they’ve either been prompted to download firmware FRF85(B), or that [...]

Google Docs has made document portability a breeze for the desktop, and now you will be able to access the same files from your Android handset with the newly released version of the mobile viewer. Accessible now on Android devices as well as iPhone and iPad, the mobile viewer allows you to view PDFs, .ppt, [...]

Remember when we speculated that the Amazon Kindle app for Android would see its release in July concurrent with the Samsung Vibrant? This is one instance where we are happy to admit we were wrong, because “coming in July” just turned into today, as in the Amazon Kindle app can now be found in the [...]

This is why we can’t have nice things! It would seem that a small group of those receiving the brand-spanking new HTC EVO 4G over-the-air update are getting the exact opposite result of a phone tweaked and improved. Instead, their phones are coming out of the update process as paperweights, bricked beyond any usefulness, and [...]

If you are among the many loyal HTC Hero owners in and around the UK, you no doubt have had your fair share of ups and downs waiting for the promised update to Android 2.1 We are now receiving reports that areas including the UK, the Netherlands, and Sweden are all seeing instances of Hero [...]

We told you about mSpot a while back, and if you were lucky you may even have snagged one of the spots in the invitation only beta that we had to hand out. If you don’t remember mSpot, what you need to know is that it is a service that takes the music on your [...]

For anyone that has been waiting out on the standard X10 Mini for the QWERTY keyboard of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro, your day has arrived, as SE has branded the phone retail ready. It should be on or heading to the shelves of their carrier partners around Europe as we speak, though [...]

We recently saw a “portable” Xbox LIVE setup for gaming on the go, and one of the key elements to making it work was tethering the Xbox to an Android phone via PDANet. If you tried to duplicate the rig but are had trouble connecting to the internet, the following video should help. OK, you [...]

The internets are a-buzzing with word that a small test group of original Motorola Droid owners are starting to receive an OTA update to Android 2.2. While we are waiting to get confirmation on the veracity of these reports, a test update could indicate that the upgrade to Froyo for all users isn’t far off [...]

Good news for current and prospective HTC EVO 4G (and soon the Samsung EPIC 4G) , 4G coverage has rolled out to several more cities, bringing Sprint’s tally up to 36 markets across the US. New areas receiving high-speed coverage are St. Louis, Missouri; Richmond, Virginia; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Sprint has been doing [...]

[Update]: Given the nature of some of the comments below, I feel the need to chime back in and clear a few things up. This post was not meant – in ANY way – to spark up “socialist” propaganda or “spread” anything. Reading the original text, I’m only commenting on the humor found on the [...]

One small detail that snuck by us throughout Samsung’s round of Galaxy S announcements early this morning was that the T-Mobile version – being dubbed the Samsung Vibrant – would be launching with Amazon Kindle. The device itself will be launching July 21st, so we can’t help but wonder if the Amazon Kindle app will [...]