Just because Google halted official sales of the device through their own distribution site doesn’t mean that they’d have an unlimited supply of Nexus Ones for which to sell to developers through the Market publisher backend. The devices are on backorder from HTC, however it’s not clear if this is due to legitimate shortages (AMOLED) [...]

These end of the month launches are becoming quite the trend for a few of these carriers. The latest rumors from TmoNews‘ trusted source suggest that the newly-announced HSPA+ compatible T-Mobile G2 will be seeing a late September launch with the phone probably seeing the light of day on September 29th, specifically. We’ve heard September [...]

Verizon’s apparently going to be offering Motorola Droid 2s to folks whose phones are rendered inoperable by way of chance. This isn’t to be confused with an insurance claim (like one you might take up with their insurance partner Asurion): you can’t just happen to throw your phone off of a bridge and storm into [...]

Call it a toy, collectible or action figure, but if you call these awesome Android figurines a “doll” you’ll get robot smacked back to iLand. Our friends at DeadZebra.com were nice enough to send us a bunch of free collectibles from their recently opened store. Last time these were available they sold out in a [...]

If you’re still searching for the perfect singular entity that can handle all your messaging needs, take a look at Trillian for Android which has just reached public beta. Directly from Trillian’s site: Trillian for Android is ready for public beta testing! Learn more about this exciting new release of Trillian and grab your early [...]

Fennec for Android development is always moving along, and we’re always right there with the Firefox for Mobile team to follow. The latest says that the latest nightly Fennec builds – while still rough in a few places – is otherwise completely usable. The app is expected to enter 2.0 alpha stages in the coming [...]

It’s not usual to find complete, downloadable images of a phone’s (or tablet’s) firmware unless we’re a few weeks away from launch, but the guys over at Samsung-Firmwares have done it again: you can now download the Samsung Galaxy Tab’s factory firmware, but it’s somewhat useless to you (for now.) I say somewhat because a [...]

It looks like those rumors of Gingerbread being a tablet-focused release may have just gotten a bit stronger. According to sources of DigiTimes‘, Google’s looking for a hardware manufacturer to partner up with for an Android 3.0 Gingerbread-based tablet, and Motorola’s currently got the top bid. Just the other day I was wondering why Google [...]

Someone call Steve Jobs so he can get just a tiny bit of amusement out of his seemingly-always too-serious day: Cosmopolitan – the magazine young women love and men hate to admit they love – has released a sex positions app for the Android market. I know what you’re thinking: no, this won’t help your [...]

A guy on Android Central’s forums got an Android cake for his birthday. What more do I need to say? Ok, I’ll say a bit more for the sake of it. If you thought T-Mobile’s green cupcakes looked delish back when Android 1.5 came out for the lone T-Mobile G1, then you’re going to love [...]

Yesterday, I thought getting the Samsung Vibrant for $99.99 was a steal, but Amazon’s one-upping T-Mobile by, well – a lot: they’re offering the phone for a penny. Unfortunately, it looks like Amazon’s only offering this to those signing up for a new two-year individual contract as the Vibrant is still only being offered for [...]

The Motorola XT720 is a device that errs right on the line between high-end and what we’d now call superphones (or highest of high-end). Earlier in the year, this device would sit alongside offerings such as the original Motorola Droid and the then-newly-released Nexus One as a state of the art phone, but can the [...]

Many were skeptical on the community’s ability to crack the Droid X’s locked down bootloader to make room for a custom recovery (which would allow you to load up custom ROMs and do other things), but developer Koush (famous for his developments with CyanogenMod and for his ROM Manager application in the Android market) simply [...]

Before we can get solid confirmation that the next version of Android will be named Gingerbread, we’re already moving on to the Hs. I’ve heard the name “Honeycomb” thrown around before, but mainly by forum dwellers and commenters speculating what could be the name of Android’s next big step up. According to sources of TechRadar’s, [...]

For those eager to get their hands on the Blackberry-esque Motorola CHARM on T-Mobile, a tweet sent out by T-Mobile USA has made it known that your day is August 25th. The tweet didn’t get specific about a price, though it does generalize it as “affordable.” How affordable? Well we have seen various reports showing [...]

Like the other Samsung phones that carry the Galaxy branding but lack the modifier ‘S’ at the end, the Samsung Galaxy U will carry shades of the premier Android phone from the Korean manufacturer while not quite stacking up in other areas. That’s all well and good, really. Different strokes for different folks, as Samsung [...]

Name a tech company that has anything to do with computers, smartphones, or portable consumer electronics, and I bet we can find at least one bit of information suggesting they are working on an Android tablet. Go ahead and count Toshiba among the many promising upcoming tablet experiences using Google’s open-source mobile OS. The good [...]

If you have been holding your breath ever since rumors started spreading last week that the Droid Incredible would be seeing Android 2.2 today, go ahead and let out that big sigh of disappointment. It ain’t happening. That’s the word from @VZWSupport on Twitter. More than that, if there is an update coming soon Verizon [...]

Whether you’re seeking a high -end Android or a run of the mill Android, folks in India should be happy to hear they’ve got some new versions of each coming to their market. The HTC Desire, the company’s flagship phone of sorts, will launch in India for Rs 28,900 ($620) with Tata DoCoMo. While in [...]

Rounding out our coverage of this week’s Adobe Android Summit we have a video demonstrating the various uses of Flash 10.1 on Google TV. We were hoping to see a bit more of other areas of the Google TV interface, but sadly Adobe wasn’t at liberty to share much other than the Chrome Browser and [...]