Love your Samsung Captivate but does all of the AT&T bloatware and disabled sideloading got you feeling a bit disenfranchised? If you don’t mind thumbing your nose at the man while take a few constructive liberties with the software of your device, BriefMobile has a complete guide to removing all traces of AT&T from your [...]

The tried and true myTouch 3G is now available for free on a new two-year contract with T-Mobile, so what better time than now to pick up the phone that may be aging but isn’t quite down for the count yet. It is promised an update to the latest Android OS version 2.2 along with [...]

As the HTC Hero update to Android 2.1 continues to make its way to all corners of the world, the latest reports are that those that purchased the phone for Orange’s network in Europe are now receiving the first part of the two part update. This initial update is not Android 2.1 itself, but rather [...]

Motorola’s co-CEO Sanjay Jha spoke out about the company’s relationship with Google and its Android OS at Fortune Brainstorm Tech over the weekend. Notably, he asserted his belief that Android would become the dominant mobile operating system seen on a vast majority of devices over the next five years. He likened the current battle between [...]

Cyanogen and company’s ambitious (and appreciated) efforts to bring Froyo to as many handsets as possible continues with their latest string of releases this morning (or late last night depending on who you are). The custom-cooked FroYo ROM based off of AOSP 2.2 has been in release candidate status for a while now, but it’s [...]

I have been sitting on this picture for a few days debating on whether or not to post it. I’m no custom ROM expert, but I’m pretty sure there must be some way to fake the version number of the Android software, even if it is something as simple as clever Photoshop trickery. The questionable [...]

Sprint – like Verizon, and other carriers – has gone and taken that nice “Downloads” tab and converted it into a list of apps they suggest users download. Don’t freak out just yet: your downloads are still accessible by tapping the menu button that we know and love. This probably won’t sit well with you [...]

Verizon posted up a hefty increase in new subscriber’s for the second quarter, adding 1.4 million to the nation’s largest 3G network. Of those 1.4 million, 665,000 signed up for long-term contracts. Of those, only 0.94 percent ended service with the carrier. Compare this to AT&T’s 496,000 new contract customers and we once again have [...]

Asurion’s taken a huge step in the right direction after all of the heat they’ve gotten when it was revealed you could  no longer receive an original Motorola Droid should you ever need to file a claim. According to a representative for Asurion, they will soon be gearing up to offer a device worthy of replacing [...]

“Amazing” is all I’ll say to describe Android’s continued growth worldwide. Specifically in the UK, some very impressive numbers have been posted by research group GfK. According to them, sales of Android handsets from Q1 to Q2 jumped a staggering 350%: “The figures suggest an increasing number of consumers are now asking for Android handsets [...]

Samsung’s not the only one willing to offer their phones up for free just for the sake of doing it (ok, maybe we do realize that it’s a genius marketing tactic): Bell’s looking to give away some Galaxy S smartphones of their own. They’re giving away a Samsung Vibrant to one lucky customer each day [...]

Last month we caught wind of a Samsung-branded Android with the Blackberry form-factor in its crosshairs that we could be seeing by year’s end. The Samsung Galaxy Q will presumably feature a full QWERTY keyboard juxtaposed below a touchscreen, but little was known about what sort of specs we could expect from the business-focused Android [...]

This is the third time we’ve reported on Samsung’s sales in South Korea, but this time it’s starting to make us realize just how successful this phone could be. Even in America, 500,000 units sold is a very impressive number if the device’s name doesn’t start with an “i” (and isn’t the newly released [for [...]

There are a ton of major national and global news outlets making their way to the Android market and the current keeps flowing with today’s addition of TIME. With the popular magazine’s app, you’ll get all the latest news, photos, videos, podcasts, and more through the app. Something that most other outlets haven’t added to [...]

Coinciding with the release dates of the Vibrant and Captivate, the Samsung Product Support Television site began airing videos about those two devices. A quick look at the same website has a listing for an episode on the Samsung EPIC 4G, Sprint’s keyboard-touting 4G version of the Galaxy S, debuting on August 20th. Are we [...]

OK, so the Dell Streak runs Android 1.6. That fact’s been beaten into a bloody pulp since the day Android 2.1 was announced, but that doesn’t make it any less of a great looking device. Let’s add in a great looking (and sized) Bluetooth keyboard from Logitech – the diNovo Mini – and you’ve got [...]

Let’s face it: with the openness of the Android market comes a pretty foul cesspool that – instead of nasty sewage – is filled with useless apps. Not to step on the toes of the developers of some of these apps, but the Android market could really do without you clogging it up and getting [...]

It’s been a long time coming (the device has been out since March) but Motorola Devour users can now finally say they’ve gotten the ability to root their phones. The exploit was found when some eagle-eyed hackers took what they learned from the Droid X’s root method and set out to finally crack the now-dated [...]

We knew about the emulator for the PlayStation gaming console (dubbed the PSX as it was the first in Sony’s gaming line) since early June, but a 1.0 release has finally made its way to the Android market for $5.99 courtesy of ZodTTD. It’s named psx4droid and is currently the only emulator for the legendary [...]

Boost Mobile may have launched the Motorola i1 for their customers on June 20th, but Sprint’s not being stingy in bringing it to their customers as well. As they announced not too long ago, the device has been available since yesterday on their website. Initially, Sprint’s offering it to those willing to order online and [...]