Google took the opportunity today to discuss second quarter earnings and growth, showing a 24 percent growth in revenue during that period. In terms of cost-per-click growth, it rose from 2 percent, down from the 4 percent growth seen last year. When analysts expressed concern, Google admitted that though cost-per-click is more rapidly expanding in [...]

Heads up, Canadian readers! Rogers has just lowered the on-contract pricing of several of their Android phones. Included in the price cuts are the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, the Acer Liquid E, and the Motorola Quench. If you are looking to get your hands on any of those handsets in Canada, now would be a [...]

MiKandi, the app store for adults-only software on Android, has reached a new milestone today, releasing Sex Chat Live, what they are calling the first live adult web-cam streaming app for mobile devices. You get access to streaming video of ladies from BabeChatLive exposing their naughty bits, all in premium video optimized for mobile display. [...]

When ZTE first unveiled their intentions to get a whole group of Android smartphones out onto the market, it seemed they would mostly be low-end devices running older versions of Android. They are still mostly leaning towards the lower-end of the SPECtrum (see what I did there), but at least with time the version of [...]

When the version of HTC Sync released last week for the HTC Aria on AT&T provided an easy workaround for getting unsigned applications onto a handset blocked from such functionality, we all took it with a bit of trepidation knowing it may end up like many things in life — too good to be true. [...]

The Samsung Vibrant — T-Mobile’s version of the Galaxy S — just went on sale today. We have heard some reports that T-Mobile may not be putting the greatest amount of gusto in the world into promoting the handset (units aren’t even out on display in-store in some locations), but that hasn’t stopped Shivers from [...]

We’ve seen Windows 3.1 running on the Motorola Droid — and that was a pretty good taste of the early nineties for Android in itself — but now we can kick it straight up to the year 1995 and get the Windows OS that kickstarted the familiar look of all recent Microsoft operating systems. Thanks [...]

Word is that Europe could be seeing an EVO-like device that so far has been known as the HTC Ace, but new rumors are suggesting the Ace could end up being the Desire HD, a phone that would take the hot as fire Desire brand and catapult it to a new level. Some rumored specs [...]

Along with the release of the Motorola Droid X today, Verizon has updated DroidDoes.com, now displaying the full line of Droid phones in 3D viewable amazement. It’s worth checking out, but the real fun comes in the form of the ability to navigate the website through motion tracking via your computer’s webcam. You can’t do [...]

The original Palm OS featured a single-stroke input method called Graffiti to allow users to write characters out quickly through a touch interface. While it definitely may have taken some getting used to as certain character gestures were reworked to be slightly altered versions of their alphabet alternatives, it has developed quite a little following [...]

If there is one thing I love, it’s technological advancements that provide a mean to an end with the least amount of physical work possible. Call it efficient, call it amazing…I often like to just call it lazy. But if your tired fingers just can’t muster the strength to use your phone the old-fashioned way, [...]

Europe already caught the Wildfire, and now India is getting in on the action too. The HTC Wildfire, an entry-priced Android 2.1 device featuring the Sense UI has made it to India. It will be available unlocked for the price of 16,000 INR (about $343). This will continue the global spread of the Wildfire, which [...]

Yesterday word came through the grape vine that AT&T would be releasing the 5-inch phone/tablet Dell Streak on July 19th. It seems a bit sudden with almost no lead up and right in the midst of a push for the Samsung Captivate, but we were willing to at least not totally discount the rumor at [...]

We haven’t heard from Pantech in a while, and that’s probably because they’ve been cooking up their latest Android handset. The Vega IM-A650S is sporting a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB of ROM (no word on RAM), 8GB of “external” storage (microSD card?) and more. It’ll be running Android 2.1 with Pantech’s [...]

Uh-oh. Those dreaded “end-of-life” rumors are starting back up again. This time, the original Motorola Droid and Motorola’s forgotten Devour might be on that list of devices headed out of the mill. DroidForums caught wind of an internal screen showing both of the devices as “limited” or with “no remaining shipments” to be had from [...]

One lucky AT&T user was able to walk into a store and buy a Samsung Captivate today. The device isn’t set to launch until this Sunday, if you didn’t know, and while it’s only a few days away, it’s still pretty crazy they were able to grab one up. We’ve seen shots of the device’s [...]

[Update]: It appears Samsung actually targets this for pedestrians and not drivers. My apologies for reporting otherwise. With that, then I can say that this is a great idea! Still, guys, be careful while walking and using this app as crossing any streets should require your full attention. If your state has already banned texting [...]

It’s been a while since we heard about the tablet device that HP was supposed to be introducing with Android on-board. That’s probably because the project is now on hold, if AllThingsD is to be believed. Their sources inside HP have told them that the planned 2010 release has been pushed back, but there’s no [...]

The plot thickens. Motorola’s under a heavy barrage of verbal backlash from the Android-hacking faithful due to their completely locked and encrypted bootloader on the newly-released Motorola Droid X. It’s one thing to lock the bootloader, but what if your phone was designed to brick itself if you so much as tried to hurt its [...]

Qik was supposed to be ending this today, but they’re announcing  that all users can use their premium features for free through September. Citing the platform’s shaky start on the HTC EVO 4G, Qik’s looking to make it up to folks now that they can actually use the service without much of an issue. Heya [...]