Last month, T-Mobile UK told everyone that the upgrade to Android 2.2 would be available sometime in September. There were no further details to be had, but it’s September and T-Mobile’s got some good news for their customers: the upgrade is in Google’s hands now waiting to be approved. We’re not sure how long it’ll [...]

It’s been a bit over a month since we heard about the Samsung Captivate headed to Rogers in Canada, but a new leak by Cellular Guru today suggests they could be close to launching the device. An internal screenshot of an employee training module shows that the Samsung Captivate – alongside other non-Android devices – [...]

We’re a couple of days late on this coming off of the weekend, but LauncherPro Plus has been updated on Saturday to add Facebook support as developer Federico Carnales hoped it’d be out before the week expires. This comes just a week after he added a Twitter widget which is now part of a duo [...]

Sony Ericsson enthusiasts SE-First are apparently the “first” to get their hands on the final retail packaging of the Xperia X8 and they treat us to a nice unboxing showing everything that comes with the phone. Everything here is no surprise as the phone itself can be described as an X10 Mini with a slightly [...]

The Acer Liquid Metal that leaked the other day has apparently been confirmed by a representative of Acer’s in the UK, so says ElectricPig. Some new details have been confirmed: they say it “features a metal backplate,” confirming the suspicions of many saying the entire phone doesn’t look to be entirely metal. Also confirmed (and [...]

Yet another build of Android 2.2 (Froyo) has leaked out of the labs and into the hands of Android hackers. What has changed since the last build isn’t clear, but the consensus seems to be that if you are thinking about getting the new firmware on your rooted handset, it is likely more trouble than it [...]

Well that answers that question. The Motorola DEFY was announced today for T-Mobile, bringing its rugged build and Android 2.1 to the network. The Defy features a 3.7-inch WVGA screen with the Gorilla Glass treatment to prevent scratching or breaking. The phone is also resistant to water and dust resistant making this a perfect fit [...]

I’m sure a huge chunk of the Android fanbase watches Oprah on a daily basis, so this cross-promotion seems like a no brainer (could you sense the sarcasm). Motorola will appear on today’s John Travolta-centric episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to help kick off her final season of jerking tears out of housewives and [...]

The Motorola CHARM launched at a pretty bargain-basement price in terms of Android smartphones on American carriers, but that doesn’t mean T-Mobile can’t push the cost down even further. What debuted for a meager $74.99 on a two year contract will now cost you all but $49.99 for the same today. For that price you’ll [...]

For those signed up for the Swype beta for Android, today greets you with another update to the super-awesome virtual keyboard. The update includes support for German and Portuguese as well as the addition of a few new gestures such as auto-space suppression (swipe from spacebar to backspace). Word prediction has been enhanced and prediction [...]

Last week a bit of a hub bub surfaced around the Samsung Fascinate and its inclusion of Bing over Google as the search widget baked into the device at launch. On top of that, many an Android-purist freaked out when a false rumor began to spread that Verizon would keep Google off of all of [...]

Radio Shack has gotten pretty bold in the deals they cut to make sure you buy your latest handset at one of their stores over other retailers, and the trend continues with the T-Mobile G2. The Shack will be offering TMo’s first HSPA+ smartphone for $149.99 on a new two-year contract, a whole $50 off [...]

While other Canadian carriers play host to the Samsung Galaxy S, Telus has gone a slightly less sophisticated route and picked up the lower-end Samsung Galaxy Apollo. It won’t best the Galaxy S in any category with its 3.2-inch TFT-LCD HVGA display, 3MP camera, and 150MB on board storage with 2GB microSD bundled, but it [...]

If it seems like ages since Cellular South first announced they would receive the HTC Desire, that is because, well, it sort of has been. Way back in June the company first announced that the device would make it to their regional network, and we were under the impression the phone would have launched back [...]

It is pretty much a sure thing that Verizon will see the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and we have a good idea it will be on Sprint too. But now word is coming out that the Tab will also find its way to AT&T. I know, a real shocker. Especially when considering the companies roll-out strategy [...]

Everyone and their mother has been awaiting word of the first dual-core Android handset, and according to a recently leaked document T-Mobile will be the carrier to give it to us. Leaked to TMoNews, the document doesn’t give us a flat out point-to-point rundown of specs and features, but it covers all of the ones [...]

Well that didn’t take long. After the last update to the platform versions chart showed Android 2.2 sitting somewhere below 5 percent distribution on devices, a slew of updates for the likes of the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Incredible plus the release of the Motorola Droid 2 has helped rocket the OS version up [...]

That stock black battery cover got your HTC Droid Incredible feeling a bit bland? You can spice things up a bit with red or white replacements that are apparently now available in Verizon stores. The covers don’t show up on the Verizon website for order, but the above picture suggests with a bit of effort [...]

Last month we got word of an SMS trojan making its way out of Russia and on to Android handsets, and it turns out it isn’t the only one. A second virus has been located fitting the same M.O. as the first, this time going by the package name of Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.b as opposed to the original [...]

A new player is getting into the wireless game in the Great White North. Videotron, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Company, is launching a new network for the people of Quebec, and to make sure the carrier starts things off in style two Android handsets have come along for the ride. The Motorola XT720 (which [...]