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July, 2010 Articles

One More Way to School the iPhone: Skies of Glory Brings Live Cross-Platform Multiplayer Gaming to Android

by Kevin Krause on July 19th, 2010

What better way to take out all of your fan-boy hatred than by strapping into a World War II era plane and strafing some iPhone nerds into fiery oblivion. While doing this in real life is a) not advisable, b) completely illegal, and c) a caper the likes of which would take almost too much [...]

Droid X Firmware Update is a ‘Go’ from Verizon, Small Privacy Issue not Addressed in Fixes

by Kevin Krause on July 19th, 2010

That Motorola Droid X firmware we reported on earlier is definitively on, so those who find themselves new owners of the latest and greatest from Verizon should be seeing it on their handsets as an OTA in no time (that is if you haven’t received it already). It seems the update is the same that [...]

Control Your Xbox Media Center with Official XBMC Remote for Android

by Kevin Krause on July 19th, 2010

If you use Xbox Media Center as your go to source for all of your video, audio, streaming, and, well…media needs, you will be pleased to know that the XBMC Remote has gone into public beta in the Android Market. The remote app has been in development for almost a year, and though it was [...]

Yet Another Droid X Commercial

by Kevin Krause on July 19th, 2010

If you haven’t got your fill of Droid X advertising, here is ANOTHER new commercial from Verizon. This one is called Eagle Eye, so see if your eagle eyes can find some sort of Droid code hidden among the frames (I’m coming up with nothing so far). [via Droid-Life]

Droid Incredible OTA Delayed to Include Android 2.2 (FroYo) Beginning of August?

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

Some of you HTC Droid Incredible users may have been upset that the rumored July 16th rollout date came and went, but it could’ve been for good (if not absolutely great) reasoning: the update could be delayed to include FroYo as one of the changelog items. BGR‘s received a tip (the tipster’s association to HTC [...]

Samsung Galaxy S Review

by Kevin Krause on July 19th, 2010

There is a lot to be said for a phone that so boldly has attempted to corner the smartphone market by getting out on almost every carrier imaginable all over the world. The big four US carriers are — with some concessions made — even getting in on the game with the first two variants [...]

O2 Now Offering the Samsung Galaxy S, Free from 30 Pounds per Month

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

O2′s now offering the Samsung Galaxy S. If you want to snap this device up for free, you’re looking at a minimum 300 minutes, unlimited messaging, and data/WiFi for 30 pounds on a 24-month cycle. Take a look at the chart below to see what other plans and pricing options are available to you. Click [...]

International Travel, Turkey, and My Android Phone

by Rob Jackson on July 19th, 2010

Tomorrow morning I’ll be flying to Istanbul, Turkey on a 10-day trip that I hope will be filled with awesome scenery, cultural education, culinary delights and more. While I’m incredibly excited, I have to admit that I’m also a tad nervous: while I’ve traveled outside of “The States”), I’ve never experienced a country with such [...]

New Motorola Slide-Up Pre-Like Device Headed to Verizon?

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

I’m going to call this one the Motorola Droid MiniDroid Pre Thingy (at least until we can get more official details and a codename of some sort). HiAPK’s gotten more blurrycam shots of another rumored device. This time, it’s a phone by Motorola which has the Verizon-branded Droid eye shining on the display and looks [...]

Droid Eris OTA Update Should Be Out for Everyone Now

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

It seems we have to begin reporting these stories with a degree of caution so as to not get everyone’s hopes up when they can’t find an OTA update to be found. Thankfully, we’ve already received several reports from our readers (thanks, guys!) that the latest OTA update for the HTC Droid Eris has started [...]

Yahoo! Bringing an Official Fantasy Football App to Android Soon

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

Since 2008, Android users have been bawling about the lack of quality fantasy football apps available on the Android market. CBS tried their shot at providing their own app for the platform they run, but it was introduced with a world of bugs and eventually became obselete as going to the browser to do your [...]

A Phandroid’s Story About How He Found A Droid X (Washington, DC)

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

I’m sure all of the @DroidLanding contest winners have awesome stories regarding their trek to find one of 20+ devices (or vouchers for those devices, more appropriately, but all the same considering you get the device right away), but we are especially flattered that one of our loyal readers was one of the lucky winners [...]

4G LTE SIM Cards Inbound for Verizon

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

Those internal changes that Verizon’s been making to help usher in their LTE-based 4G network doesn’t just end with the backend. Engadget‘s received word that SIM cards for LTE-enabled devices have started to flow into the ecosystem well ahead of any device launches (with the first expected to be sometime before the end of the [...]

Droid 2 Dummy Phones Still Indicating Custom Skin?

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

When the Motorola Droid 2 was spotted at a NASA trade show a month ago, the spotter saw that it was running Android 2.1 with what looked to be MOTOBLUR on top (later confirmed to be the same custom skin for the Motorola Droid X that Motorola wasn’t naming). When asking a Motorola rep about [...]

Motorola i1 Officially Announced For Sprint, Coming July 25th for $150

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

When the latest edition of Sprint’s playbook magazine (for authorized dealers) leaked earlier this month, we learned that the Motorola i1 had been marked on their calendar for a July 25th launch (following rumors that July 20th would be its landing date). Today, Sprint’s confirming those rumors with an official announcement. The Motorola i1 will [...]

Motorola Charm Delayed Until August 25th Indeed, Coming in Two Colors?

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

We first heard nearly a week ago that Motorola’s latest messaging phone – the Motorola CHARM – had been delayed until August 25th due to issues with the battery. At that time, it was said Motorola would also gear up to provide extended batteries at a cheaper (or – in a best case scenario – [...]

Early, Official Press Shots of the Motorola Droid 2?

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

If you’ve been trying to crack the case over at DroidDoes.com (where you can unlock a secret site with a bit of Sherlock’n), then you probably didn’t think to look for anything related to the Motorola Droid 2. Engadget’s tipster Dominic did think to, however, and came up with a Motorola Droid 2 flash page [...]

Prayers Answered: Barnes & Noble eReader App Coming “Very Soon”

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

With the introduction of Barnes & Noble’s Android-based eReader – the Nook – many were wondering why Barnes & Noble won’t release an Android application for smaller and similar devices with non-eInk displays. Most of the big players have already made their way to the market – with Amazon, Kobo, and Borders each having published [...]

Sony Ericsson Posts Profitable Q2 Thanks to Android

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

In a trend that doesn’t end with HTC, Sony Ericsson’s posting their second quarter financial results and they proved to be very positive for the company. Sony’s striking up a round of applause for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 as they recognize it as one of the devices that’s helped push their mobile phones division [...]

Droid X Update May Be Here Today

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 19th, 2010

Don’t take this without a grain of salt (as some of you mistakenly did when we reported about the HTC Droid Incredible’s supposed OTA) but the Motorola Droid X may be getting an OTA sometime today. Version 1.13.604.en.US was pushed out about a week back, but the device had only been released to reviewers, DroidLanding [...]