Phandroid Newsletter

Get weekly news recaps, access to exclusive contests and giveaways, invites to beta applications, promotions/coupons and more!

We respect your privacy. We'll never share your Email address and you can always unsubscribe.


October, 2010 Articles

Samsung Loaning Out Galaxy Tabs for Two-Day Periods in London for Two Weeks

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 14th, 2010

Samsung’s back at it in London. First, you guys got the chance to become “Mobilers” and got to keep a free Galaxy S just by walking around and using it. Now, Samsung’s setting up shop to hand people some Samsung Galaxy Tabs to do the same. You don’t get the added cherry on top of [...]

Opera Mobile For Android Adding Pinch To Zoom, Hardware Acceleration “Within A Month”

by Rob Jackson on October 14th, 2010

Browser preferences are a very personal thing and many people tend to be pretty die-hard about their browser of choice. For Opera users with Android devices, this has been rather frustrating. The company announced the beta of their Opera Mini for Android browser back in March, and updated the app in July, but still lacked [...]

Grooveshark for Android Gets a Big Update

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 13th, 2010

Grooveshark has quickly become one of the most popular streaming music services in the Android market, and yesterday they released a big update in the Android market to appease their customers. Alongside a bunch of bug fixes (those are always welcomed), we’ve been treated to a host of new features that should win over a [...]

White Fascinate and X10, Dell Streak at Best Buy October 24th

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 13th, 2010

Best Buy’s getting even more white phones and the Dell Streak soon, it seems. A new leak from AC shows that the Samsung Fascinate on Verizon and the Xperia X10 on AT&T will be getting makeovers for a re-release exclusively for Best Buy. For the Fascinate, the entire back of the phone will be white, [...]

Froyo for Galaxy S (i9000) Source Released

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 13th, 2010

Samsung’s been working around the clock trying to get the upgrade to Android 2.2 ready for their flagship line – the Samsung Galaxy S series of phones – and it looks like a release may be impending. Today, they’ve released the source code for the Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 (also known as the international Galaxy [...]

Kindle Preloaded on All Verizon Devices

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 13th, 2010

Verizon and Amazon today announce that Amazon’s Kindle app for Android will come preloaded on all of Verizon’s future Android handsets. I haven’t taken a good look at the application myself (I’m not a big fan of digital books.) but Amazon’s ridiculously extensive catalog of titles available should please the eBook fan who isn’t too [...]

Chrome Netbooks, Tablets Expected This Year [CONFIRMED]

by Rob Jackson on October 13th, 2010

We know you love you some Android, and the mobile OS has become pretty darn dominant over the past three years, but it’s no secret that Google has some other tricks up their sleeve besides Search Engines and Androids. While Chrome Browser hasn’t taken off in terms of adoption and market share like the search [...]

Sony Internet TV First Impressions – This Should Be Your Next TV [Hands-On and Video Inside]

by Kevin Krause on October 13th, 2010

Ladies and gentlemen, this is history in the making. Someone finally got internet TV right. OK, so technically Google TV got internet TV right, and the experience mirrors the Logitech Revue almost identically (more on that later), but when you package it in some beautiful Sony hardware it’s enough to make a grown man turn [...]

TweetDeck Arrives in the Android Market

by Kevin Krause on October 13th, 2010

Turns out TweetDeck’s recent statistics were teasing more than just a few unreleased devices and the Gingerbread update to Android. The full app is now available free-of-charge in the Android Market for all to download, enjoy, and tweet away. The release appears to be for the most part the same as the most recent beta [...]

T-Mobile More Or Less Mum On G2 OTA

by Rob Jackson on October 13th, 2010

It’s hard to argue with people who have actually gotten the G2 OTA that provides Wi-Fi calling and Internet Tethering but T-Mobile isn’t ready to admit anything. The carrier provided an official response to Phonescoop regarding the purported push, which was the close relative of the “no comment” kin: “Wi-Fi Calling and tethering/Wi-Fi sharing are [...]

The World’s Best TV Remote [SONY INTERNET TV]

by Rob Jackson on October 13th, 2010

Sony Internet TV was just announced, and while it’s awesome, it’s mostly awesome because of what Google TV brings to the table. The four actual TVs are nice and all, and the Blu-Ray player is great, but it’s what Google TV allows you to do that makes them great. So what separates Sony Internet Television [...]

Get the Motorola Droid 2 for a Mere Penny on Amazon

by Kevin Krause on October 13th, 2010

Amazon is continuing its streak of offering devices for the extremely low price of a single US cent, this time putting the Motorola Droid 2 up for sale at the price. For a measly 1/100 of a dollar and a new two-year contract the phone can be all yours. You will need to add the [...]

HTC Desire Android 2.2 Update Coming Tomorrow for Three Subscribers

by Kevin Krause on October 13th, 2010

Android 2.2 (v2.25.771.1) will begin its push to HTC Desire handsets on the UK carrier Three tomorrow, October 14th, according to the mobile provider. They are so ready to push the update that they have its launch pinned down to an exact hour (now that’s something you don’t see everyday). That time would be 9AM [...]

Dell Continues to Promise Froyo for the Streak by End of Year, Ceases Updates to Android 2.1

by Kevin Krause on October 13th, 2010

The recently leaked Android 2.2 ROM for the Dell Streak has to mean the official update is coming soon right? Well if you haven’t installed it already, Froyo isn’t too far off though Dell won’t commit to anything other than their “before the end of the year” stance. The timeframe was reconfirmed, but users are [...]

Evernote 2.0 Beta – Get it Now

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 12th, 2010

Evernote is continuing development on their note-synching and productivity app, and they’ve recently announced that the latest version – 2.0 – is in beta. The best thing about this announcement is that you can go and grab it from their site right now to try it out for yourself. They warn that – because this [...]

TweetDeck Dumps Some Stats, Shows HTC Glacier Still in the Wild

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 12th, 2010

TweetDeck likes collecting data. Most companies do, in fact. Not all of them like to share their data, though, but TweetDeck’s just vomited a nice helping of data regarding usage of the Android version of their Twitter client which is still in beta. I’m going to skip all of the boring stuff regarding device and [...]

HP Photosmart eStation C510 Printer/Tablet Bundle on Sale Now for $399.99

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 12th, 2010

The unusual combo of printer/Android tablet in the HP Photosmart eStation C510 might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’ve been needing a new printer and wouldn’t mind having a companion tablet powered by Android then you can order it starting today at HP’s website and participating resellers. We honestly wouldn’t recommend getting [...]

mTrip Comes to Android, Seeking Beta Testers in Particular Cities

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 12th, 2010

mTrip – the popular travel guide app for iOS devices – is finally about to make its way to the Android market and they’re looking for users to help test the device. This beta isn’t as simple as downloading a .apk file. You’ll need to live in one of the following cities to participate: Amsterdam, [...]

Motorola Olympus MB860 to AT&T First?

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 12th, 2010

Remember @Androidevicespy? It was the same Twitter account that tipped us off to Verizon’s collection of Motorola phones long before Verizon was willing to come clean (and before any of their leaksters were willing to spill the beans beforehand.) It seems the same Twitter account has picked up on the Motorola Olympus MB860 that just [...]

Order Your Sony Internet TV, Blu-Ray Player Now!

by Quentyn Kennemer on October 12th, 2010

Sony’s just announced that their Google TVs will be available on Best Buy store shelves starting October 24th. They’ve stated that you can now pre-order at SonyStyle.com and will be available to you starting this weekend if you do decide to go that route. You’ll be able to purchase four models – 24, 32, 40, [...]