The Sharp 003SH will be hitting Japan’s DoCoMo under the name LYNX 3D next month, and while it features one of the most unique feature sets for an Android phone we haven’t seen too much of it. A little video overview was put together by Diginfonews showing off some of said features, though as you [...]

Forget about pictures of the Nexus S, now is all about pictures taken with the Nexus S. Some photos purportedly taken by the Nexus S have shown up on a Picasa account that seems to exist solely for the purpose of camera tests. Those looking for something stellar might be disappointed by a 5MP lens [...]

What happens when you take a Samsung Captivate and slap Giorgio Armani branding on it? A European-exclusive Galaxy S device, that’s what. For the price of €700 you get the familiar looking device and — like all good special edition Android phones — exclusive multimedia bundled in. Definitely one for those who see their phone [...]

Walmart may be trying to get ahead of the Black Friday bargains with this one. From the 17th through the 25th, a purchase of any smartphone from HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG or Blackberry will net the purchaser a $100 Walmart gift card. With Walmart carrying Android devices supported by all four major carriers, it may [...]

A Facebook post by Dell Streak UK is announcing that FroYo is heading to the UK “before the end of November”. While most users can expect to receive 2.2 by standard OTA, Engadget is reporting that Dell had a website up for a little while that may have allowed select Streak owners to download and [...]

As Android’s numbers continue to skyrocket, the threat of malware, viruses, trojans and the lot grows by the day. Eventually we will have to face the fact that Android will be a target of these mischievous developers and we will need to take the steps to protect ourselves. NetQin has just released beta 4.2 of [...]

There is reason to take this with a grain of salt as there are no screen shots, that I’ve found, yet; but there are instructions for getting this up and running for those of you with a T-Mobile Tab. Just browsing over the instructions it doesn’t sound like anything for the weak of heart and [...]

Back in August Netflix said that it would be “stupid of us” to ignore Android’s growth. And that was pretty much the last we heard of it. iOS has it and even WP7 has it, which has ruffled more than a few feathers. Fortunately, we haven’t been forgotten; or at least that’s what they want [...]

As if their massive app overhaul from last week wasn’t enough, Facebook is back with yet another update. Actually, it was probably enough, but the Facebook team just wanted to make sure it was working up to snuff. Bugs have been fixed, specifically one that affected Places use in non-English locations. Oh, and the uploader [...]

Google Mobile just unleashed a tweet that is sure to rile up the masses craving another sweet Android treat. The tweet read “Our cafes are baking up something sweet” and included a link to the picture above. Those Android-shaped gingerbread cookies look delicious and handsome with their little green bow ties, but it only makes [...]

We haven’t heard much from The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) since they demoed their home replacement app back in the year, but their latest set of Live Wallpapers, though simple, show that they aren’t resting on the open OS. The three wallpapers are available in the Android Market now, and cover the fantastical to the mysterious [...]

Another week, another Phandroid AppCast. This week saw many major updates to apps in the Android Market, and we cover a few along with the new MMORPG Pocket Legends and the YouTube Remote. For those out there not wanting to spend the cash or dignity to see what Hustler’s new Android app is all about, [...]

T-Mobile has been busy restructuring their service plans with new tiered data options, tethering add-ons, and now a couple of plans featuring unlimited data and text for families and power users. The new plans aim to be competitive with similar options available via other carriers. The details of what is being called the Even More [...]

Spearhead Games, makers of the popular iPhone game Phoenix Spirit, have announced that the game will be headed to Android, and soon. November 24th is the date they are aiming to get the forest-centric flying creature platformer into the Android Market. The game retails for $1.99 on that other mobile OS, so expect a similar [...]

The day shoppers love to hate is quickly approaching, and smartphones, tablets, and Android goodies are poised to be a big hit when Santa comes storming down those chimneys. Best Buy is gearing up for their Black Friday sale with several Android deals that are sure to move some phones off the shelves. For only [...]

Friday, Friday, Friday! It’s time for PhanMail, and we’ve got some answers to some questions you’ve had throughout the week. Want to learn how to get those text messages printed up to use against your pesky ex in court? Having trouble with installing the Swype beta after switching phones? We’ve got all of the answers [...]

China-based Lenovo Group’s Chief Executive Yang Yuanqinq has expressed plans to bring the Lenovo LePad to the United States. This follows interest from the American market after Lenovo showed off their unique user interface for Android and the detachable hardware QWERTY keyboard that you can get with their phone offering, the LePhone. They’d be butting [...]

I know, I know: this poll is a bit premature considering we still don’t have the full smorgasbord of information regarding the supposed Nexus S – Samsung’s and Google’s attempt at an “updated” developer phone. Still, considering what we know (that this might be indentical to or only slightly better than the Galaxy S and [...]

TweetDeck’s tweeted out an interesting yet still unexciting piece of information regarding the Android version of their Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn client: it now has more users than the Mac version. I say that it’s unexciting (and arguably useless) considering this isn’t being compared to a competing mobile platform, and we’re not sure what kind [...]

Dell’s not completely dumped Android following their commitment to Windows Phone 7, thankfully. (Not that we expected them to, but out of all of the launch partners for the OS, Dell seemed more likely to ditch Android than anyone.) They’re targeting the booming low-end market in India with a pair of new Android-based handsets. The [...]