We reported yesterday that some folks with the HTC Hero through Orange were already receiving the first half of the two-part Android 2.1 update, and now it looks like the actual 2.1 part of that update could be rolling out as early as next week. Orange issued the following official statement on the matter: "We [...]

If you thought the Motorola Milestone getting Android 2.2 and the one-click root method for the Droid X would be enough to fill your Motorola-hacking desires, perhaps this image of Froyo supposedly booted onto the X might send you over the top. Nevermind that we are hearing an official Android 2.2 release might be hitting [...]

Provided you can locate an APK file outside of the Android Market, it really isn’t all that hard to install illegally obtained copies of paid apps onto your Android phone at no expense to yourself (unless you use an AT&T Android phone, har har har). Seeing the potential trouble this could cause for hard working [...]

A pre-sale page has gone up on the Cricket Wireless site for the first Android phone to grace the growing carrier’s line up. The Kyocera Zio could be headed to Cricket as soon as August 15th along with a rumored $55 unlimited plan. It won’t come as the most impressive Android debut on a smaller [...]

Bummer. The developer responsible for one of the most sought-after apps this week – the newly released PSX4Droid – is not seeing maximum potential return on his app. For some strange reason, over 6,000 purchases remain on hold with none of them being authorized for download. We’ve contacted the developer for more details on the [...]

The Droid X has been rooted – we learned that a few days ago. The process – while simple to ADB and command line users – was still pretty involved. The guys at AllDroid have come up with a very simple process to remedy any worries anyone might have with pulling the trigger on unlocking [...]

As we wait for the first round of Tegra 2-based Android tablets to make their way to store shelves, another has been introduced today. E-Noa’s bringing us a 10-inch device – dubbed the Interpad – that’s packing some impressive specs in hopes to get people to open their wallets up at the end of the [...]

After an unfortunate scare by Motorola when they’d stated they had yet to make a decision on bringing FroYo to the Milestone, the development community got a bit itchy and made some very impressive progress. Dext3r from ModMyMobile’s forums has gotten an almost-fully-working port of the FRF91 build that many Nexus One owners (and users [...]

Modu’s not made much noise in the Android world, but they’re still working to change that. Their Android-based handset – which we’ll conveniently call the ModuPhone, for now – is pretty interesting. It’s a blockish looking device that seems to enjoy pure plastic bezel. The screen isn’t entirely square (think Motorola Charm’s screen rotated 90 [...]

While Google stopped offering the Nexus One well before the Android engineers took full advantage of its hardware, we can’t say that the device has reached “true” end-of-life: Google’s just not going to be the ones to get it into your hands. Unfortunately, the original “Google Phone” (Remember that one?) – what we hold close [...]

HTC’s long been selling their devices under the  name “Dopod” in China – quite the ironic scenario considering their home turf is Taiwan – but they’re looking to change that today with the introduction of three new launches (or relaunches if you’ve already enjoyed these in other parts of the country). The HTC Wildfire and [...]

Even if the Dell Streak ships with Android 1.6 you can swallow some of your fears of them not supporting the device (software wise) after it’s in the hands of thousands. Dell’s committed to providing their users with Android 2.2 sometime in the future stating it shold be here later this year. That’s awesome. What’s [...]

All of our UK readers can start their afternoons with a delightful treat today: Sky has brought their Sky+ app to Android. The app serves as a remote control at the forefront but has the ability to deliver so much more. After logging in with your Sky account, you can browse the entire list of [...]

One of the most unique of the Samsung Galaxy S offerings – Sprint’s Samsung EPIC 4G – hasn’t gotten much shine compared to its released brethren (even before they were officially announced). The chapters to that book are still being written, though, and it moves right along with the realization of a new spec sheet [...]

FroYo rumors still swirl about as most (translation: all phones besides the Nexus One) Android handsets have yet to be upgraded to the latest version. As it’s been suggested before, Verizon may be the first American carrier out of the starting gate to offer Android 2.2 to most of their Droid customers. Specifically, AndroidSpin‘s tipster [...]

This is quite the odd combination that seems to have come straight from the depths of nowhere. Augen – a company I’ve never even heard of until today – is looking to offer their Android-based tablet for K-Mart shoppers later on this week. The device – being dubbed the GenTouch78 –  has a 7-inch capacitive [...]

Over the weekend Sanjay Jha wasn’t ready to confirm or deny Motorola’s plans for bringing an Android tablet to market while speaking on Android and the boost it has given Motorola’s cell phone business, but now analyst Ashok Kumar has it from “people familiar with the project” that Motorola is not only working on one, [...]

Google is opening up Android development even more with a new policy for the Native Development Kit (NDK) seeing contributed code added directly to the public source tree rather then the private tree it was once relegated to. The hope is that a more transparent contribution process will prevent OEMs from releasing devices with unfinished [...]

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is designed to be reviewed and updated every three years so that definitions of fair use can adapt as quickly as the technology they are regulating, and in the latest round of adjustments and clarifications made to the act, the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights have [...]

While the Places Directory by Google has been available in the Android Market for quite some time now, Google has revamped the concept of a local directory and packaged it directly into the latest update to Google Maps, version 4.4, available today. Complete with new icon and now simply known as Places, the standalone application [...]