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November, 2010 Articles

NetFlix Updated on Revue

by Tyler Miller on November 30th, 2010

Show of hands: Who likes the NetFlix app on their Logitech Revue GTV sets? Thought so. Although it doesn’t seem to be on mass distribution yet, it seems a few Revue users have received an update to the NetFlix app. No word on when this one will hit the masses; but updates are updates, and [...]

doubleTwist Gets Wireless Sync

by Tyler Miller on November 30th, 2010

For you doubleTwist fans, doubleTwist has just launched a new feature: syncing over WiFi, courtesy of AirSync. Once you’ve got the free version of doubleTwist installed to your Android device, you’ll only need to upgrade for $.99 within the application. After you’ve upgraded, it’s a simple process to pair up with your desktop and one [...]

Autodesk Comes to Android, Turns Your Phone into a Sketchpad

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

Autodesk, maker of 2D and 3D design software, has finally landed on the Android Market with SketchBook Mobile, a drawing application that lets you, well, sketch anywhere you feel inspired to get going. A longtime favorite on iOS, SketchBook Mobile has reached 2.2 million downloads since launching last fall. Autodesk wasn’t so sure they wanted [...]

Archos Internet Tablet Family Lifted to Android 2.2

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

The Archos line of Internet Tablets featuring Android (the 28/32/43/70/101) have received their fair dosage of Froyo today, as the (for now) latest version of Android has arrived. Along with the bump up in version number comes a pretty good list of enhancements and additions. The full list: Higher performance: just in time compiler (JIT) [...]

Phan Giveaway: Tomorrow During Podcast

by Rob Jackson on November 30th, 2010

The holiday season has snuck up on us and our inboxes and To Do Lists have been blizzarded upon with items. Yes, blizzarded is a word – I just made it up. For those wondering where the heck our weekly Tuesday Giveaway has been hiding, it’s under the pile of priorities, and we’re going to [...]

Checkmate: T-Mobile G2 Cracked Wide Open Despite Manufacturer Protections

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

It didn’t take long for the T-Mobile G2 to get root, but it didn’t last long either. HTC had taken precautions to prevent permanent rooting of the device, resetting every time the phone was powered down. Still, a workaround was found to allow for permanent root, but why stop there? Flashing ROMs is one thing, [...]

Motorola Charm, ZTE Micromax Andro A60 Launch in India

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

Two new entry-level Android handsets are headed to India, both of which attempt to cram as much value into a small package as humanly possible. The Micromax Andro A60 is a re-branded ZTE Penguin, and will retail for 6,999 INR (~$152). For the price you get Android 2.1, a 2.8-inch resistive touchscreen, 3.2MP autofocus camera, [...]

HTC Merge Gets a Two-Page Spread in Entrepreneur Magazine

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

Somewhere, in some bizzarro, alternate universe the HTC Merge has been released, and we have the proof. The folks over at AndroidCentral stumbled upon a full two-page spread in Entrepreneur Magazine advertising the handset as the “work phone updated for your life,” See it take the tasks of your day an easily swat them down, [...]

Droid X and Jawbone Icon Bundle Today’s Verizon Holiday Deal

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

The deal of Black Friday have come and gone, but Verizon is still in a giving mood this holiday season. Each day up until Christmas the carrier is featuring a special deal, and today’s is for $30 off of a Motorola Droid X and Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset bundle. Not the most extreme deal, but [...]

Still Having GPS Issues with the Vibrant and Captivate? Samsung to the Rescue with Fix FAQs

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

The Samsung Vibrant and Captivate are all around great phones — the Galaxy S phones in general are — except for one teensy weensy little problem. The GPS has been known to go a bit bonkers, give inaccurate location, or just plain not work from (most of the) time to (most of the) time. A [...]

T-Mobile UK Hoping to Begin Android 2.2 Rollout for Samsung Galaxy S Today

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

T-Mobile UK’s Samsung Galaxy S could be getting some Froyo loving by the end of the day if a message posted to the Samsung support forums is any indication. The reason for the uncertainty, however, seems to be in the delivery method. See, TMoUK wants to deliver the update over-the-air rather than through Samsung’s much-maligned [...]

Android 2.1 Update Delay Due to AT&T’s Stringent Testing, According to Sony Ericsson

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 finally received its long awaited update to Android 2.1…in most parts of the world. In the US, where the handset calls AT&T its home, the story isn’t quite the same. In fact, while many users in Europe can do all the fancy things Eclair affords, those with the X10 in [...]

Content Ratings Ready for Action on Android Market Developer Console

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

Last week Google started spreading the word that a content rating system would go live for the Android Market shortly, and a Thanksgiving holiday later it is now ready to roll in the developer console. Nestled between copy protection and location settings is a rating system a la the ESRB letting a developer list an [...]

Revision3 Now Broadcasting on Android

by Kevin Krause on November 30th, 2010

Popular internet TV network Revision3 has finally transcended the iPhone and realized real tech people use Androids, bringing their streaming video app out of the hands of the Apple elite and into the lives of those who prefer little green robots. If you aren’t familiar, Revision3 was founded by Digg’s Kevin Rose and several other [...]

Kobo for Android Updated to Facilitate Easier Sideloading and Introduce More Options

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2010

Kobo for Android has been sitting at the bottom of the barrel in terms of eReading applications on the Android market, but that’s because their app was as closed as a dangerous manhole: it was difficult reading anything not bought from Kobo’s own store. An update to their application changes all of that , though, [...]

Zenonia 3 for Android Supposedly Out in Korea; Where’s Zenonia 2?

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2010

Before we could even get Zenonia 2 (which we expect to be launched sometime this December, according to earlier reports) some folks at XDA have managed to uncover a Korean version of Zenonia 3. The popular RPG series grabbed a lot of fans when it first made its way to the Android market and everyone’s [...]

WinAmp for Android Updated to 0.9.2, Introduces SHOUTcast

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2010

WinAmp has been in beta for a little while, and just as the TweetDeck team was, they”ve been moving fast to incoporate new features and eventually get to a 1.0 release. Today marks that day and you can find the final release of WinAmp for Android in the Android market now. It adds SHOUTcast support [...]

Verizon 4G LTE Details Incoming December 1st

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2010

While we’ve already gotten a whiff of the 30-40 cities getting LTE in Verizon’s initial launch, there are more details to be had: when? What? How much? Thankfully, they’ll be holding a press conference December 1st (that’s tomorrow) to shed some light on it all. We won’t know much until then, but when we do [...]

Pictures Taken from the Samsung GT-i9200 find their way onto Picasa

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2010

Some new pictures have found their way onto Picasa courtesy of what could be the Samsung GT-i9200, otherwise known as the “Galaxy S2″ that’s been in the rumor mill lately. There’s nothing much to say here except the camera quality looks like it’ll be quite as decent as the one found on the Galaxy S [...]

Verizon Advertises a Motorola DROID X… running iOS

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 30th, 2010

There’s nothing like a good marketing blunder to kick the earlier parts of the week off. Verizon’s marketing department wants you to know that you can speak where you want to go into your phone and never get lost again, and they give a little visual of the application which helps you do just that. [...]