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October, 2010 Articles

Bike Doctor for Android Helps you Fix your Wheels in a Jam

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

We’re a bit late on reporting the release of this app, but here goes nothing: Bike Doctor – a popular app from iOS device that helps you fix your bike on the go – is now available for Android. You can find the app in the Android market for around $4.80. Bike Doctor’s claim to [...]

Motorola CLIQ Getting Android 2.1 Mid-November?

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

Yes, you’ve heard this one before, but bear with me: new evidence suggests T-Mobile will be pushing out the upgrade to Android 2.1 for Motorola CLIQ users soon. It’s been a long time coming, and – by now – everyone’s more concerned about Froyo than they are Eclair, but those faithful CLIQ owners with T-Mobile [...]

Without Hardware Acceleration, Pinch-to-Zoom on Opera Mobile is Beautiful

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

I’ve never really been known to make much noise over a feature like pinch-to-zoom – double tapping with my freakishly-long nails and fat fingers does the job just fine for me – but Opera’s about to change that with the release of Opera Mobile 10.1 (the public beta should be coming sometime this month.) Robin [...]

[Update] Angry Birds is Free, & It’s Out!

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

Just as we expected to wake up to, Rovio has released Angry Birds. Many of you woke up excited to find an email directing you to download it from GetJar and couldn’t wait to send us an email right after your morning of light reading. Trust us, we feel your excitement. And just as we [...]

Android 2.2 for the Samsung Galaxy S (GT-i9000) Being Pushed Out Now

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

Well there seems to be a very good reason why Samsung decided to pull the source code for the upgrade to Android 2.2 for the Galaxy S from their OpenSource site: it’s now being pushed out to GT-i9000 devices in several regions (if not over-the-air, then definitely through Samsung Kies. These regions include Denmark, Norway, [...]

Google Not Against Alternative App Stores, & Neither Am I [OPINION]

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

Alternative app stores and markets for Android are nothing new. GetJar’s long been a provider of downloads, SlideMe is a classic offering that everyone from the original G1 days should remember, and countless more are out and about. No one’s really made noise about this sect of the ecosystem, however, until folks like Verizon, Amazon, [...]

Samsung Captivate for Rogers Finally Launching Next Week

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 15th, 2010

Rogers in Canada has a great message for you Galaxy S fans to wake up to this morning: the Samsung Captivate will be launching next week. The news comes to us via the company’s blog where I’m sure they’re just as excited as you are to get this thing out here. The phone’s launch was [...]

Google: We’re on Track to Make $1 Billion this Year from Android

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

Google held a financial earnings conference call earlier today and threw out some interesting mobile-related stats to prove that their desktop search strategy isn’t the only thing poised to earn them some big bucks. According to Google’s  Jonathan Rosenberg, if you take all of last quarter’s earnings and extrapolate the trends over the next year, [...]

Droid 2 Global Now in Training

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

Just as we suspected, the Droid 2 Global is still out there, and it’s just entered training for Verizon Wireless employees. We’ve been hearing that this and the recently announced Droid Pro were being aimed for launch by the time the holiday season rolls around, so this timing is as perfect as perfect can get. [...]

Dell Streak Headed to Rogers Early November

by Kevin Krause on October 14th, 2010

The Dell Streak recently made its North American debut on AT&T in the US, but this leaked slide from Rogers is indicating that it’s only a matter of time before the tablet/phone is  available for the Canadian carrier. It shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise, as the Streak’s 850MHz 3G radio bands have [...]

VISIONary Gives T-Mobile G2 Users a One-Click Root Solution

by Kevin Krause on October 14th, 2010

In an effort to alleviate the stress of needing to re-root the T-Mobile G2 after the phone is rebooted, developer community hotshot Paul O’Brien has created an application that will provide quick one-click rooting for users. VISIONary is a standard Android application that is installed to the G2 and provides root in no more nor [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab Retail Packaging Unboxed and Itemized

by Kevin Krause on October 14th, 2010

It’s a bit hard to keep track of when and where the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be available with a new pricing or release date popping up in some country or another nearly every day. Germany seems to be one of the first places to begin seeing retail-ready Galaxy Tabs moving into the hands of [...]

Huawei Ideos Will Be T-Mobile Comet for Launch

by Kevin Krause on October 14th, 2010

The Huawei Ideos is getting out to all sorts of carriers around the world, but don’t expect to see that name when it lands at T-Mobile on November 3rd. Sticking with their penchant to ditch manufacturer names and rebrand devices, the carrier has dubbed the device the T-Mobile Comet. The “Comet” codename initially appeared on [...]

Android 2.1 Update for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and X10 Mini Pro Coming by End of November for T-Mobile UK

by Kevin Krause on October 14th, 2010

The long wait for Android 2.1 should soon be coming to an end for at least a small portion of Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and X10 Mini Pro owners when T-Mobile UK pushes the update for owners of the handsets by the end of November. Through a posting to the T-Mobile UK support forums it [...]

HTC Desire Z Source Code Released

by Kevin Krause on October 14th, 2010

Continuing the commitment to open source, the HTC Desire Z source has been tossed up to the Developer Center at HTC’s site for all to freely peruse and in some cases abuse. If you’re the type that likes to get knee deep in code this is a good chance to see behind the veil of [...]

Motorola Outs List of Droid X’s Issues After Upgrade to Android 2.2

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

Motorola’s not keeping quiet on the mound of issues that have piled up since they’ve released the upgrade to Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid X on Verizon. They hear you, and they’re working to get this small-looking but pretty big list of issues fixed up in the near future. Let’s take a look at [...]

Angry Birds For Android – A Quick First Look at the Full Version [VIDEO]

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

We’re getting close, guys. Rovio promised a release of Angry Birds would be up in the Android market by the end of this week. While we’re not sure about the status of that window, we do know that they are very close to a final release. They’ve given us the opportunity to take an early [...]

Samsung Galaxy S Froyo Source Code Yanked

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

If you didn’t get your hands on the source code yesterday for the Samsung Galaxy S’s Android 2.2 upgrade, then you better hope someone’s uploaded a mirror: it’s no longer available on Samsung’s OpenSource website. It would appear that the publishing of the source was a bit premature, and I would assume that someone’s going [...]

Verizon iPad October 28th: Let The Apple & Android Showdown Begin

by Rob Jackson on October 14th, 2010

Verizon Wireless just issued a press release announcing the launch of the Apple iPad on October 28th in over 2,000 Verizon Wireless stores. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the start of a new frontier in the Android vs. Apple war and the details make it even more interesting. The Verizon iPad will NOT be sold [...]

Flash 10.1 Downloaded Over a Million Times

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

It was bound to happen, but today’s the day – Flash 10.1 has been downloaded over one million times in the Android market, says Adobe. It was an interesting ride going from the moment that Flash for Android was rumored up until the point where it was finally released, but they’re finally starting to see [...]