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October, 2010 Articles

Pre-Order T-Mobile Galaxy Tab on Amazon

by Tyler Miller on October 31st, 2010

Take note that the price tag is the unsubsidized price! So all you EM+ fanatics, get ready to start your engines! The Tab is set to launch on the magenta carrier November 10th; the November 9th listed on Amazon is probably true but that only means it will ship on the 9th. If you’re ready [...]

Droid 2 Global: $200 | T-Mobile Comet: $150

by Tyler Miller on October 30th, 2010

BGR got their grubby hands on a picture of CostCo’s inventory system showing the Droid 2 and the T-Mobile Comet. Interesting note is that the Droid 2 Global will launch in two colors: black and white. Unless the D2G decides to pull an iPhone 4, of course. Both phones are priced right at the level [...]

Eric Schmidt Was Google’s #2 Choice. Guess Who Was #1…

by Tyler Miller on October 30th, 2010

That’s right, folks. Let us pause for a moment to consider what may have been. Turns out, in a documentary called “Game Changers” by Bloomberg TV, Sergey Brin and Larry Page originally wanted our favorite anti-CEO Steve Jobs to run Google but he was too busy running some other fruit picking company to come over [...]

Apple Sues Back

by Tyler Miller on October 30th, 2010

So around the sixth of October, Motorola sued Apple. We must have missed that one, our bad. But the long and short is that Motorola sued Apple for a whopping 18 patent infringements earlier this month. Apple didn’t take too kindly to that and decided they wanted to remove any and all doubt that the [...]

MyTouch 3G FroYo Distribution Window Extended

by Tyler Miller on October 30th, 2010

Originally the MyTouch 3G 1.0 was supposed to have its FroYo roll out completed by 25 October. That window has now been extended to 15 December. A disappointment for sure as no reason was given for why the delay was issued, the only reason I can infer is to alleviate network stress; but that’s all [...]

Samsung Intends for Galaxy S to go Diamond by Year’s End

by Tyler Miller on October 29th, 2010

But it still doesn’t mean they’ll get FroYo on all variants this century. *snark snark snort* Samsung’s reported soaring profits are due to booming semiconductor business with the Galaxy S contributing heavily. You’ve gotta hand it to Samsung for being able to push the ever-loving-snot out of this phone. To date it’s estimated that Samsung [...]

More Playstation Phone Pictures Hit the Tubes

by Tyler Miller on October 29th, 2010

A slew of new images of the fabled PS Phone have surfaced on Engadget. The ruse I mentioned a few days back seems to be drifting closer and closer to truthsville. Although what’s interesting in this round of images is that the device shown is stuck on FroYo, when the first set went out sporting [...]

Facebook Phone? Facebook Mobile Event on November 3rd

by Rob Jackson on October 29th, 2010

When you talk about Facebook, usually it’s about Facebook being the dominant player as a website and social entity. And it is. But what is stopping Facebook from going from a website  that also makes mobile apps apps to a company making (or branding) social hardware just as Google went from providing a dominant search [...]

Google Bans SMS Spying App From Android Market

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

Earlier this week DLP Mobile launched Secret SMS Replicator, an application that is installed on a host phone and secretly forwards SMS messages to another handset. The function of the app didn’t sit well with Google, and in a move fairly atypical of the way apps are handled in the Android Market, Google has removed [...]

Motorola Droid 2 Discontinued at Best Buy, D2 Global Cometh

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

The Motorola Droid 2 Global is just weeks away, and it’s just about fact now that once it hits shelves you can expect the standard Droid 2 to be a thing of the past. Making moves in that direction, Best Buy has begun to pull its stock of D2 handsets to prepare for the Global [...]

Verizon Rebate Form Shows Two Motorola Droid 2 Global Handsets?

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

Aside from showing off the long list of upcoming Android handsets for Verizon, a new rebate form has one rather peculiar listing. The Motorola Droid 2 Global is listed with two SKU numbers suggesting there will be two versions of the world-roaming smartphone. It could mean we will be seeing a white variant and a [...]

T-Mobile myTouch 4G and HTC Desire HD Compared in Benchmark Tests

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

If you are looking for a blazing fast Android handset you might need to look no further than the upcoming T-Mobile myTouch 4G. The phone was put through the benchmark paces and compared against none other than the HTC Desire HD, a phone using the same 1GHz Snapdragon processor along with 768MB of RAM. In [...]

Grab an Angry Birds Plush Before Supplies Run Out

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

We showed you these Angry Birds plushes last week, but at that point in time did not know when we could expect to see them on sale. Looks like the time is now, but they are only available in limited quantities. At $14.99 they certainly aren’t breaking the bank so these will no doubt sell [...]

Sprint Giving New Samsung Epic Buyers $50 Media Hub Credit

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

Is the Samsung EPIC 4G in your future? If it is, Sprint wants to give you a $50 credit to use to rent movies and media from Samsung’s Media Hub service. Starting this Sunday, October 31st (Halloween) and running through January 8th, 2011, when you pick up the Epic 4G you won’t just be getting [...]

Phandroid AppCast #2: PowerAmp, Dolphin HD 4.0, Blackmoon AttachSave

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 29th, 2010

It’s Friday, and that means we’re itching to download some apps! Today, I take a quick look at three apps: one coming soon, one that was just updated, and one that should curb your Gmail frustrations if you ever found yourself needing to download those pesky attachments. PowerAmp is destined to be one of the [...]

Galaxy Tab Passes the FCC Again, this Time as Wi-Fi Only

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

We’ve already seen the Samsung Galaxy Tab get its FCC filing, but that was when it featured both Wi-Fi and a 3G radio. This time gone is any cellular connection, giving a final confirmation that the Wi-Fi only Galaxy Tab exists and is soon to see a release. We saw a Best Buy document that [...]

PhanMail Friday: Your Questions Answered [10/29/2010]

by Kevin Krause on October 29th, 2010

We’re back with another edition of PhanMail Friday, the column where we take a peak inside the Phandroid mailbag and give you the low down on your Android questions. After sorting through the heap of emails received, we pulled out a few of our favorites for the benefit of you, our loyal readers. And remember, [...]

Samsung Transform Review

by Rob Jackson on October 29th, 2010

We first got a look at the Samsung Transform at CTIA in San Francisco after it was announced alongside the LG Optimus S and Sanyo Zio as Sprint’s first 3 phones to rock Sprint ID. I had pretty high hopes for the Transform for a number of reasons; but summarizing, it seemed like the Epic [...]

John Carmack: Rage is Coming to Android

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 29th, 2010

And Android gaming just started looking a whole lot better in one tweet. ID Software’s John Carmack has just slyly announced that they would be porting Rage to Android by posting the following to his Twitter account: I’m going to regret having "ios" in all my type names when I port Rage Mobile to Android. [...]

Sony Ericsson Issuing Android 2.1 for Xperia Line (Nordic and Other European Regions) Sunday

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 29th, 2010

Trick or treat! Halloween is the day that you Xperia X10 owners will finally be stepped up to Android 2.1, says Sony Ericsson. After a long string of delays and more than a carved pumpkin-full of angry users, you guys will finally be able to enjoy a modern version of Android. Ericsson says that they’ll [...]