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October, 2010 Articles

Love Android? Support Breast Cancer Awareness? Bid on this Pink Android Beanie, Shades, and Headphones Combo

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

Team Douche member KMob (@Kmob on Twitter) – otherwise affectionately known as a member of the team behind Cyanogen Mod and other Android-related hackery – has teamed up with AndroidBeanie and RadioAndroid to auction off a package of pink accessories in support of women everywhere fighting Breast Cancer. Those accessories include a pink Android beanie [...]

YouTube Gets Redesigned (“Gingerbread Version”) & Heads to the Market

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

Many of you were skeptics regarding information we let out regarding the forthcoming upgrade for Android – Gingerbread. One piece of info we told you guys about was a new YouTube app – version 2.0 – that got a significant overhaul in terms of looks to bring it up to par with the rest of [...]

Motorola Defy to T-Mobile November 3rd, $99.99

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

We’ve seen this thing launched in Germany already, but T-Mobile was hush on a date and price for themselves, up to this point. They’ve officially “tweeted” that the Motorola DEFY will be launching November 3rd for $99.99 after a two-year agreement. This phone “defies life” as it can seemingly take any and everything you could [...]

Logitech Revue Being Sold by Best Buy Now

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

It was announced that the Revue would be out by the end of this month (October) and rumors stated that the device would be launching October 21st. Sure enough, it’s nearly the 21st (the 20th, from where I’m sitting) and Best Buy’s starting to take orders for the device online. It seems that the device [...]

Samsung’s Galaxy Player Finally Gets an Ad

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

We’re still waiting on this thing to launch, but Samsung’s finally going gung ho with the Galaxy Player now that they’ve got the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab out of the way. They’ve released a comprehensive video showing off all of the device’s features. Most will describe it as a smaller Galaxy S without the [...]

Chillingo – Publisher of Angry Birds for iPhone – Acquired by EA

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

This isn’t entirely related to Android, but kind of is. Chillingo – publishers of some of the most popular apps on iOS, such as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope – are reportedly being bought by EA for $20 million. Earlier reports errantly stated that they were the developers behind Angry Birds and owned the [...]

Access Locked Levels in Angry Birds Early Via Hack [VIDEO]

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

Well, folks, it’s that time where a popular game eventually has its exploits exposed to the world. This isn’t really a game breaking glitch (In fact, you can even make the argument that it’s game making.), but with a bit of trickery and a lot of tapping, you can apparently unlock the second and third [...]

MyTouch 4G/HD ROM Dump Roundup

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 20th, 2010

Following the “dumpage” of the MyTouch HD’s (4G?) ROM the other day, lots of goodies have made their way to the internet. We were able to snag some video and crafty XDA’ers have been able to pull that video-enabled Yahoo Messenger client from the ROM to work on other devices with front-facing cameras, such as [...]

PhanCast 23: LIVE at 12:30pm EDT

by Rob Jackson on October 20th, 2010

We’re back, baby! The podcast is back, Michael Jordaning yall with Episode #23. Although I guess if it’s the comeback episode it should be PhanCast #45? Semantics aside you can listen in and live chat at BlogTalkRadio.com/phandroid or stream it live below:

Motorola Droid 2 Gets Overclocked

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

If you thought the Android hacking crowd was going to idly sit back with their Motorola Droid 2 handsets and watch as the Droid X stole all the overclocking glory, you are sorely mistaken. FreeWELL is back for the second day in a row taking the same methods used to boost the clock speeds of [...]

Don’t Miss This Limited Edition ‘Power Vampire’ Android Figurine from DYZPlastic Available on Halloween

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

While we were really digging this Android pumpkin from yesterday, the latest announcement from DYZPlastic easily puts that holiday offering to shame. The latest in a rather full line of collectible Android vinyl figures, Power Vampire will be available as a limited edition release for purchase on Halloween (October 31st) beginning at 2PM EST. Don’t [...]

The Tale of the Android App that Crippled T-Mobile’s Network

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

Android apps can do a lot of things, and while you may have never expected one of them to be choking out T-Mobile’s network for an entire city, turns out that is exactly what happened. An FCC filing by TMo brings up the year old incident to draw attention to the sticky situation created when [...]

New Verizon Roadmap Says LG enV Touch Pro Also Launching on November 11, Droid 2 Global to Feature ‘Improved Camera’

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

Yesterday we caught wind of a slew of Android handsets headed to Verizon on November 11th. The four mentioned were the Motorola DROID PRO, Motorola Droid 2, HTC Merge, and Motorola CITRUS, but no love for the LG enV Touch Pro. Thanks to an anonymous tipster we can now add that phone and it’s dual [...]

Multitasking Mom? Samsung Thinks the Galaxy Tab is Perfect for You

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

Leave no stone unturned must be Samsung’s advertising motto when it comes to the Galaxy Tab. They don’t want any demographic to go untapped when it comes to getting the word out, and their latest focus is on the busy moms of the world that could sure use a nice little device to help them [...]

Google Wi-Fi Collection Switched Off – What Else Are They Working On?

by Rob Jackson on October 20th, 2010

As far as I’m concerned, there are two sides of Google: The stuff we know they’re working on The stuff they’re secretly and privately working on I have no idea how big each of those sides are but a recent article on ReadWriteWeb is making me increasingly interested in that secret/private side. Apparently Google had [...]

Verizon Announces Samsung Galaxy Tab, November 11th for $600

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

Verizon has made the Samsung Galaxy Tab official, and as rumored the device will be landing on November 11th (seems to be a big day for new VZW releases). What comes as slightly unexpected is the absence of subsidized pricing with the Tab pegged at $599.99 and sold with an optional data plan. The data [...]

DriveSafe.ly 2.0 for Android Gives A Hands-Free Solution for Texting While You Drive

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

DriveSafe.ly, an app that lets you go hands-free while driving and still receive and respond to text messages, has expanded its availability from BlackBerry and dropped into the Android Market with its 2.0 version. Currently the Android version will read your texts and emails aloud in a robot voice while only allowing you to respond [...]

Lenovo Delays Their Android Tablet for Honeycomb

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

Yet another manufacturer is delaying their Android tablet plans in favor of a more primed version of the operating system as Lenovo has announced they have no plans to release a slate device in the US until sometime in 2011. Word is that the company is holding out for the Honeycomb iteration of Android, a [...]

HTC Desire Z and Desire HD to Come Loaded with TomTom Maps

by Kevin Krause on October 20th, 2010

One of the major changes touted in the new version of HTC Sense loaded on the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z is HTC Locations, a new mapping and navigation service that allows for map pre-loading. Today the Taiwanese manufacturer announced exactly where it will be getting its map data. A partnership with TomTom will [...]

Verizon to Offer $15/Month Data Promotion

by Kevin Krause on October 19th, 2010

Reuters is reporting that Verizon will begin moving into tiered data with a $15/150 MB per month promotion being offered that will last through at least the end of December. Verizon isn’t the first company to introduce such data packages, with AT&T offering a similar tiered structure. However, AT&T’s plans allocate 200 MB per month [...]