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August, 2010 Articles

Remember the Milk Goes Freemium for iPhone, Android to Follow?

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

Remember the Milk is one of the most useful note taking, list making, and productivity tools out there. It’s been around since before Android landed on its first device, and while they took quite a while to make their way into the Android market, the app was (and still is) only usable for anyone with [...]

HTC Desire Available Today From US Cellular for $199.95

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

The HTC Desire is finally officially available in the United States through regional carrier US Cellular. You can walk into a store and grab it up for $199.95 after a $70 mail-in rebate and a new two-year contract – a fitting price for a phone that still sits among some of the best HTC has [...]

New GAPPS for T-Mobile G2 Has New Google Voice Widget, More Launcher Customization

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

We’ve already seen the latest and greatest that Google’s GAPPS package has to offer with current custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod, but the one being shipped with the T-Mobile G2 holds an even bigger punch: a new Google Voice widget. The build was found within the same firmware we saw leaked the other day for [...]

Xperia X8 to cost Less than $300 in the US?

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

We’ve not received much word on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 – the device once known as the “Shakira” – since SE made their official unveiling, but following yesterday’s FCC approval, new rumors suggest that this phone will be priced to sell: less than $300 without subsidy. It’s clear that this phone was not meant [...]

Verizon Confirms HTC Droid Incredible’s Update to Android 2.2 Begins Today

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

We’d only been following rumors and internal leaks, but the known-legit Twitter account – @VZWSupport – has replied to a couple of their followers letting them know that the upgrade to Android 2.2 for the HTC Droid Incredible will begin 8/27/2010. Translation? Today! A lot of you have already been looking for the upgrade with [...]

Latest Fennec Alpha is Now Available

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

A bit more than a week ago, we reported that Fennec was heading into the 2.0 version of its alpha stages. While nightly builds of the Android version had been available before, only the Nokia N900 version of the mobile browser had gotten a stable Alpha distribution (yes, I know that makes no sense, but [...]

Still Not Convinced on the Samsung Fascinate’s September 9th Date? Shame On You

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

Following the Samsung Fascinate’s entry into Verizon’s warehouse manifests yesterday, evidence began pouring out regarding the device’s launch date. A Verizon and Samsung Fascinate-sponsored MTV event would first tip us off to an early September date, with further internal evidence pointing to a September 9th launch, to be precise. Android Central‘s been tipped with a [...]

Latin American Backlash Forces Motorola to Re-Evaluate Upgrade Plans for Milestone

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

Who ever said online petitions and rallies couldn’t get anything done? Yesterday, we reported on the upgrade to Android 2.2 for Motorola’s Latin American Milestone owners. The status then? They simply would not get an upgrade to Android 2.2. Immediately, the Latin American community started on a campaign (which – on Twitter – can be [...]

SRS 5.1 Virtual Surround Sound in All Galaxy S Phones

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

Driving home the fact that this is the phone media buffs need to buy (after we learned it was the first Android phone to get official DivX HD video certification), SRS is announcing that their 5.1 Virtual Surround technology can be found in all Galaxy S Smartphones. The feature can be enabled by an easy-to-spot [...]

Retailer FlipKart Lists Galaxy Tab, Says It Will Have AMOLED

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

We may have just gotten the first official product entry for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. FlipKart – a store I personally haven’t heard of until now – has the device listed as out of stock, but does well to list a host of specs. A lot of this stuff we’ve seen before in leaks and [...]

BACKFLIP Rooted Using Droid 2′s Method

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

Sharing is caring, or so says Motorola’s catalog of Android smartphones. After we learned that the Droid X’s and Droid 2′s root methods were one in the same, some other nifty hackers owning the Motorola BACKFLIP confirmed the exact exploit and method worked for their AT&T-branded device. Now I’m wondering if all of Motorola’s phones [...]

Official Chase App Spotted for Android, But What Will it Bring?

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

After Chase released the latest version of their awesome app for iOS, we were left wondering if they were ever going to make an official trek to Android. If a shot of this app tweeted out by a mobile apps designer is anything to go by, they’re definitely bringing an app. The question is: are [...]

Android Port for N900 Making Progress, Now Includes Calls and Data

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

The folks behind the NitDroid project are not sleeping when it comes to getting Android (2.2, specifically) up and running on one of Nokia’s latest products: the N900. The last time we saw it, they hadn’t quite optimized the port for performance and there were many connectivity features not working. As you begin to watch [...]

Samsung Fascinate Pre-Order Starts This Weekend at Best Buy

by Quentyn Kennemer on August 27th, 2010

It looks like our earlier suspicions of a Samsung Fascinate launch drawing near were true: Best Buy‘s all set to start offering the phone for pre-order this weekend. While this isn’t an official Verizon undertaking, we’re pretty sure Best Buy wouldn’t initiate something like this without solid confirmation that the device will be out within [...]

T-Mobile G2 September 29 Release Confirmed

by Kevin Krause on August 26th, 2010

The September 29th date has been tossed around a bit for the release of the T-Mobile G2, and while many put faith behind it little was brought forward in terms of evidence. Now TMoNews has gotten their hands on some internal documentation that all-out confirms the HTC Vanguard — better known as the G2 — [...]

Samsung Fascinate Launching September 9th, Training Documents Leak

by Kevin Krause on August 26th, 2010

The inventory shots we got ahold of this morning were only the beginning of what has turned into a deluge of info on the Samsung Fascinate for Verizon. Not only have internal training documents been secured, but we also have a leak that gives us our first solid release date for the phone. If it [...]

Glasses-Free 3D Android Tablet to Debut at IFA

by Kevin Krause on August 26th, 2010

There is something to be said for glasses-free 3D. If anything is going to make the push towards 3D content jump out in the consumer market it is going to be a device like Nintendo’s 3DS that does not require the purchase of expensive and wonky glasses to produce three-dimensional imagery. So it was only [...]

Joe Hewitt Rephrases His Earlier Statement on Android

by Kevin Krause on August 26th, 2010

Who knew that when Joe Hewitt of Facebook made a comment to the extent that developing for Android is “horrendous” it would turn into one of the biggest debates in the Android blogosphere. Except he didn’t actually quite say that, or so he has gone on to explain in a recent tweet clearing up that [...]

Logitech Revue Lonley TV Ads Want You to Know Your TV Misses You

by Kevin Krause on August 26th, 2010

A series of slightly creepy ads have made their to YouTube in support of the Fall release of the Logitech Revue, the first set-top box to feature Google TV integration. While they don’t do much to shed any light on Google TV or the way it can enhance the television experience, they do a good [...]

Droid Pro is the Droid 2 World Edition?

by Kevin Krause on August 26th, 2010

At least a healthy amount of debate has gone into whether or not the Droid Pro listed in a leaked Verizon roadmap will be an all new device or simply the world edition of the Motorola Droid 2. Those hoping to score a Droid with even more power than the Droid X may be left [...]