The upgrade to Android 2.2 is right around the corner (we can claim that as fact now) for the HTC EVO 4G, and with that some unofficial (but just as juicy) previews of the new features have been caught on blurrycam. The dedicated flashlight app – upon opening – presents you with nothing other than [...]

We’ve seen Samsung’s Android-based tablet – the Samsung Galaxy Tab – before (and it was quite the convincing shot), but it appears that the tablet is going through its prototypical and testing phases and has been caught in the wild again. Nothing’s confirmed, but it looks a lot like the 7-inch beaut we’ve seen spotted [...]

Samsung’s Open Source website has just officially distributed the source code for the Samsung Captivate to anyone willing (and understandably wanting) to download it. The 161MB source package will help developers in creating ROMs for the device for users in the root community to enjoy. This is nothing new for Samsung: the Samsung Vibrant’s (SGH-T959) [...]

Popular anti-virus and internet security vendor McAfee Inc. has acquired tenCube, the guys behind then little downloadable peace-of-mind we all know and love as WaveSecure. Today’s acquisition has direct implications for McAfee’s desire to enter the Android market (and other mobile spaces) to take on one of their biggest competitors – Symantec and their Norton [...]

A source of EuroDroid‘s confirmed the reason why T-Mobile UK’s HTC Wildfire has been “out of stock” for a few days and won’t be returning any time soon: they’ve apparently issued a recall due to constant customer complaints about the device crashing intermittently. It’s likely this is a software problem and specific to T-Mobile UK [...]

Awesome news for those of you wondering where your upgrade to Android 2.2 was hanging out at after the HTC EVO 4G got its official confirmation: at least for HTC Desire users in Europe, you’ll see the upgrade this weekend. Depending on where you got the device (through carrier tariffs and whatnot) you might not [...]

Samsung posted their Q2 financial results this morning. They shipped some 63.8 million handsets to users around the world, with 19 million of those being touchscreen devices. Unfortunately we can’t pull an accurate number for Android handsets from this considering Samsung has touchscreen phones running their own Bada OS as well as other proprietary operating [...]

Being able to control your set-top-box (with whatever cable provider and/or DVR service you’re using) away from home has become all the rage these days, so it doesn’t surprise me to hear that Comcast’s bringing their app to Android. Previously only available on iOS devices, their app will not only offer you full control over [...]

In their latest findings from those entertaining teardowns we hate to watch (but somehow still love to see), iSuppli determined that all of the materials needed to make one HTC Droid Incredible incurs a bill of $165.35. While I don’t agree with iSuppli’s Andrew Rassweiler on the Droid Incredible being a “Nexus Two” candidate (they’re [...]

If spotting FroYo in the leaked official user guide for the Motorola DROID 2 wasn’t enough, our trusty Verizon tipster checked in with us to give us a peak at the training plans that will soon be bestowed upon Verizon employees. There are a few good takeaways to be had from this leak. Firstly, it [...]

There was speculation before (some internal screens gave this rumor some great looking legs) but Sprint’s officially announced it themselves: they’ll be the first carrier to offer Android 2.2 for any carrier-specific device starting August 3rd ( HTC EVO 4G) . They tweeted the announcement (as has become so popular these days): We’ve heard before [...]

In case you missed it, an official build of Android 2.2 with HTC Sense was leaked for the Droid Incredible yesterday, and lest you forget that means you can now experience Flash 10.1 on the peppy Android handset. As more and more phones prep for their Froyo updates, Adobe is gearing up to launch Flash [...]

Canadian Android site AndroidTablets.ca is reporting an August 3rd launch date for the HTC Desire at Telus. The employee who confirmed the date in-store wasn’t able to give an exact price but quoted it as probably coming in under $100 for a 3-year deal. This goes against earlier leaked figures putting it at $299.95 on [...]

It looks like some of the new formats Google showcased at Google I/O are starting to make their way to the mobile ad-space. Display ads can now bring geo-targeted marketing to mobile browsers and apps. Advertisers simply check a “location extension for display” box and will utilize the mobile device’s location-sensing abilities to provided targeted [...]

Let’s cross our fingers on this one, and I mean really really cross them, because it looks like Sprint is gearing up to announce the Android 2.2 update for the HTC EVO 4G tomorrow morning. A few devices will probably be involved in an early test round kicking off along with the announcement, with the [...]

As we sit and wait for more information on the launch of the Dell Streak on AT&T in the US, it’s sometimes easy to forget the phone/tablet has been available around the UK for a bit now. And before America gets either, the 32GB version of the streak has joined the more meek 16GB incarnation [...]

OK, yesterday when I posted a strange Nexus One/Wiimote/Handlebar mount mashup I questioned just how far people might push their Android phones, and it turns out at least a few are looking to outer space as the final frontier for the little green robot. While converting an N1 into a make-shift Gameboy showed some ambition, [...]

The Motorola DROID 2 might not be out on shelves yet, but that hasn’t stopped at least one Best Buy store from getting accessories for the next member of the Droid family out on display. Droid-Life got their hands on some pics of a case for the phone that doesn’t yet have an announced release [...]

While the leak of an official Froyo ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S might suggest the update to Android 2.2 might be coming to the international version of the phone rather soon, Samsung’s UK Twitter account revealed that the end of September is the likely target. Still a bit farther off than we could hope, [...]

It’s that time again. Verizon has a new device and people are thirsty for all of the tidbits they can get well ahead of launch. Not unlike the other Droid phones before it, the Motorola Droid 2′s full user guide has been leaked and is available for download (PDF). The guide is business as usual, [...]