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November, 2010 Articles

Pocket Legends Beta – an MMORPG – is now Available for Android

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

Another milestone has been hit for Android gaming: a new 3D MMORPG for the  OS called Pocket Legends is now available. This game has been in closed beta status for quite some time, but it’s finally being pushed out to the general public so that we can take a look at it. The 30MB download [...]

iPhone Users Can Now Install Froyo Without a Computer and in Two Clicks

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

Even though some of you on actual Android devices are still trying to get stepped up to 2.2 (and 2.1, for that matter) it gets even easier for iPhone users. Bootlace 2.1 is an app for jailbroken iPhones which will allow you to install iPhoDroid – the name of the Android port – without doing [...]

8pen? More like Free-Pen; Gets Updated to Version 1.1

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

Despite the fact that the new and unfamiliar input mechanism for Android – 8pen – got anywhere between 10,000 and 50,000 downloads in the market at $1.58, they’ve gone ahead and made the app free for all to download. With that came a nice 1.1 update which carries the following changes: Auto-space is now optional, [...]

AVG – Popular Security Vendor – Acquires DroidSecurity

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

AVG’s looking to take on stiff competition in the Android market, it seems, as they’ve announced their acquisition of DroidSecurity – the makers behind the app “Antivirus” in the Android market. For those who don’t know, AVG provides an antivirus solution of their own for the desktop market and has been held in high regards [...]

MyTouch 4G Rooted, Says “Take That” to its Older Brother G2

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

The T-Mobile G2 has finally received its permanent root after weeks of frustration and workarounds, but it wasn’t so hard to get going on the MyTouch 4G. We’re hearing that the method for rooting is the same as the G2′s and the Desire Z/HD’s, so if you were comfortable with that and have no problem [...]

10-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab Spotted?

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

It’s been rumored that Samsung was preparing a 10-inch version of the Galaxy Tab before, but no evidence has yet to show itself confirming as much. While we do still believe Samsung has a 10-inch Galaxy Tab in the works to compete on a more level playing field with the iPad, we’ll still have to [...]

Droid 2 Global Promotional Video Published

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

We’re just going to go ahead and guess that Verizon’s not going to formally announce this thing. (And they shouldn’t need to, really. It’s still just a Droid 2 with slightly better internals.) As it shoos the original Droid 2 off of the shelves with pre-orders being taken right now, the Droid 2 Global has [...]

[Update] Motorola Backflip on AT&T Receives Android 2.1 Upgrade

by Quentyn Kennemer on November 10th, 2010

[Update]: Disregard everything I’ve said below. You can not get this update over the air, but Android 2.1 is still available. (Sorry for the confusion, guys. I don’t keep up with the version numbers for this phone.) Thankfully, you guys are quick to spot our inaccuracies and one of you have tipped us with an [...]

LG Optimus S Source Code Released

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

The LG Optimus S might be fresh out of the box, but the Korean manufacturer isn’t taking any time to get its source code to developers. Often manufacturers may delay the code by a few weeks or even months, but anyone who wants to tinker around with the Optimus S code is free to do [...]

Yahoo Updates Messenger & Mail for Android, Here Comes Video Chat

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

Yahoo has dropped some pretty major updates to their Android apps bringing them up to speed with their iOS services and adding in some much needed innovations and improvements to Messenger and Mail. The thing most will talk about is the addition of video chat support, though it is currently only available in a limited [...]

PhanCast 26: LIVE at 2:30PM EST

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

Things are heating up around the Adroid-o-shpere for the holidays: big handset launches including the Samsung Continuum and Motorola DROID PRO, the Galaxy Tab landing at its first US carrier, and Gingerbread right around the corner. All of that and more will be touched upon on today’s PhanCast that you can tune into live today [...]

Sylvania Jumps Into the Tablet Game with $180 7-Inch MID

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

What do you get when you mix old versions of Android with barely there hardware? About 90 percent of the current tablets running on Google’s OS. For every Samsung Galaxy Tab — a good tablet with a lot of room for improvement — you have about ten Sylvania “7-inch MID” tablets. Android 2.1, 512MB of [...]

NEC LifeTouch to Launch this Month in Japan

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

The NEC LifeTouch tablet hasn’t been in the news much lately, but the slate once slated for an October release has now received some semblance of a launch date. “Some time this month” is about all we get, as the company has shifted the focus of their tablet from the everyday user to the business [...]

Motorola Announces Citrus for Verizon, Available Tomorrow for $49.99 after Rebate

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

Motorola has just announced the availability of the Citrus, an entry-level Android handset for Verizon Wireless. The phone will go on sale tomorrow at the low price of $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate on a two-year contract. The Motorola CITRUS runs Android 2.1 and comes loaded with Bing services inside an eco-friendly casing made [...]

Nexus One Gets T-Mobile WiFi Calling Hack

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

If you have a Nexus One and use it to access T-Mobile’s network, your days of relying on a shoddy wireless signal are over. The new Wi-Fi calling functionality recently made available has been hacked into the Google-branded handset to allow great reception wherever a wireless router is set up. Of course, you will need [...]

Android Tops iOS, Becomes Number Two Mobile OS Worldwide According to Gartner

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

We see a lot of reports that put Android towards the top of mobile operating system share in the United States, but Gartner has just released their Q3 mobile sales report, and in it Android takes the number two spot for all mobile operating systems worldwide. Rising from just 3.5 percent this time last year [...]

Hustler App Lands in the Market, Android is for Porn

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

Hand this ball off to Steve Jobs, because he could take and run the distance with it: Hustler, Larry Flynt’s porn empire, has released an app into the Android Market so users can get their fix of exposed naughty bits past and present on the go. For $2.99 gives you a look at current Hustler [...]

Samsung Already Showing off Galaxy Tab with Super AMOLED Display?

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

The Samsung Galaxy Tab has barely finished rolling out to the many corners of the world it plans to hit, but, according to OLED-Display, they are already showing off the next generation of Super AMOLED-packing tablets. The S-AMOLED Tab is said to have a WXVGA resolution of 1200×600, and was purportedly shown off at the [...]

Sony Ericsson Anzu — Successor to the Xperia X10 — Seen in Spy Shot [UPDATE: More Pics]

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

The Sony Ericsson Xperia line of phone have been a bit underwhelming to make an understatement, but the manufacturer is chugging forward and the first shot of the supposed successor to the X10 has been spied. The phone — which is now going by the Anzu codename but could eventually earn the title X12 — [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab Now Available at T-Mobile

by Kevin Krause on November 10th, 2010

Today marks the first official release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab on American shores as T-Mobile’s version is now on sale. $399 and a two-year contract get you this larger cousin to the Galaxy S. The T-Mobile release will be followed in the coming weeks with launches on Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T for those interested [...]